On the theme of House, Home, Habitat
Another thing I did in May was create some new artwork for an art show at the Walkers’ Gallery in San Marcos. I submit art to the Activity Center shows every once in a while, and this theme particularly spoke to me. The show, which is up through the first week of July, features a good percentage of work from the Art from the Streets (AFTS) program in Austin (which hosts a drop-in studio for homeless artists), plus nine pieces from Chad (6 of them World Salads), eight from me, a couple of very interesting national artists, and of course plenty more contributions from the San Marcos area.
At the opening reception last week, an AFTS representative presented a feature-length documentary on the Art from the Streets program, which revealed both the incredibly awesome art that is created by the homeless participants in the program, and the cruel hardships in their lives that we maybe take too much for granted.
Here are some of my favorite pieces from the show:
Growin' Home by Timothy Baker (AFTS)
S. African Weaver Bird, 1-3 by Susan Winters Cook
Terreform Tree Habitat by Mitchell Joachim
another by Mitchell Joachim
Cathedral of Junk collage by Vince Hanneman
World Salad by Chad Hopper
And here are my own submissions ~~ some new, some old…
Home = a variety of attachments, c. 2004
Home = HARD + soft, c. 2011
Harmony and Spice, c. 2011
House of Divisibles, c. 2011
House Plan, c. 2011
House for Ideas, c. 2011
Balls Dining, c. 2011
Welcome, c. 2011
Not knowing where to start…
One month ago tonight:
this photo taken by Stephanie Bonham :
And this was the end — 
Sean actually got some good documentation with his fancy camera and made a mini-documentary about it. You can watch it on vimeo. Thanks, Sean!
Synaesthetic Breakfast 