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If you need a little fun or are planing to quit your job soon, check out this post on “brand flakes for break fast”for a creative way to quit your job.

A little fun – How to quit your job

If you enjoyed my previous post on being an artist and you are or have ever been in graduate school, check out this post from a while back by Alex Soth. I find it halarious and hope you will also.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Graduate Studies


If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Keri Smith’s insights on being an artist.

How to feel miserable as an artist

I have been in art school for… lets just say a long time, and I wish my school looked like this! Check out this art school in Singapore.

Schools going Green


Here is a design by Howeler + Yoon architecture to mask and alter one of the top brutalist architectural landmarks of america. Read more at Architype Review.

Boston City Hall


Now that the semester is finally over my goal is to update the site, so check back soon. Also, the RSS feed for this blog is finally fixed so bookmark it!

I was up late roaming links from one blog to another and came across this recent work by Tim Davis. I was in the front row in the seat just off the right of the frame. We are probably his largest group shot.

Tim Davis

one-year anniversary show SMALL PRINT SALE
Saturday, November 17th, 7pm

Parts and Labor COLLECTIVE

November 17, 2007 – January 12, 2008
Reception: Saturday, November 17, 2007, 6 – 9pm

Some of you may recognize the above image by Niki Grangruth a fellow Columbia MFA student. Curtis Mann, Brooke Berger and I also have work in this show, so come out to the burbs Saturday night to check it out!

NEW ART 2007

November 2 – December 1, 2007
opening reception Friday, November 2 from 6 – 10pm


Come out to see this show at Around the Coyote and support some of Columbia’s MFA Alumni and Students. Bill Guy, Niki Grangruth, and I have work in the show.

Mary Beth Creiger Photo Exhibition

The Photography of Lynne Cohen seems extremely clinical at times with titles such as Laboratory, Spa, or Classroom. However, the humor comes in throught the repetition that blends such serious subjects with the unknown “fake” locations.






No Man’s Land

I have finally a chance to read throught this book that I have heard alot about. Take a look at some of the images below, it reminds me alot of Scott Fortino’s work



Web Site of Richard Ross

Richard Ross: Architecture of Authority




Columbia’s Lecture serries kicked off the year today with the visiting artis Atta Kim. These large scale images are made with long time exposures, up to eight hours. Kim seeks to explore fundamental questions of time and perception.

Atta Kim

This weekend there is a reason to get out of the city, it’s called ArtXposium. This show located at 103 W. Washington St. in West Chicago will be a 3-day multimedia art experience created by more than 50 artists (many previous Columbia students). The hours are: Friday 6-11pm, Saturday 12-11pm, Sunday 11-4pmSeptember 21, 2007

ArtXposium

I was imaging Todd Hido’s books today in the Slide Library. It made me remember the long nights when i would go out wandering the suburbs when I had nothing better to do, It was the most peacefull time to make work. Check it out:
Todd Hido

Todd Hido


Richard Misrach opened his new show, On the Beach, at The Art Institute with a lecture yesturday. If you missed it you can catch the gallery talk on tuesday 9/18.

See more works from his long career on artnet

Richard Misrach


I went to a great opening tonight called “Concerning Tomorrow” that included work from a few friends and fellow Columbia students: Curtis Mann, Chris Schedel, Matt Siber, Greg Stimac, and Brian Ulrich.
See the exhibition at 303 W. Erie (basement gallery)

I have been thinking alot about my influences lately. My work may not be very smilar to Dawoud’s, but he has helped me to see the world and my own work differently. Dawoud had a lecture tonight about the work in his new book Class Pictures.


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Dawoud Bey

“Because orange is the color of the future!”





As im sure many of you have heard by now, Chicago Photographer Pieter Ombregt has passed away after a bad accident in a bycicle race. I didnt really know him but i admired his work and see many connections to what i am doing in mine.

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Pieter Ombregt

I think the RSS feed is fixed View it here




A few new images to start the school year.

A month later, I finally have some more work processed, check it out!

Check out this blog that recently posted about my work… Conscientious Blog





Thats right, if you are from Ohio you might recognize these, BGSU!

More new work! Im traveling this weekend, so check back next week for more new images.