Growing up in the rust belt, I’ve always been fascinated with dilapidated things, worn out parts, rust and decay. I could never figure out how to paint like that, and I’ve always wanted to.
Sunday, I attended…

Nominations are now being accepted online for the Governor’s Arts Awards 2010. The Governor’s Arts Awards program honors…
So that makes Missoula’s Greyman one of our most prolific street artists, right?
I know that there are plans for a 24 hour sketch-off in October @ the Ceretana as well. 24 straight hours of models and drawing. THAT is going to be a blast.
The Leaving and the Left – A Celebration of Love and Loss, the newest project by Marc Moss, aims to to disassemble language in an attempt to rebuild it again, using new understandings, insights and lifelessons. Built with rusty metal, bits of telephone wire, scrap glass and old tatters of love letters and emails, this collection explores collective memory in a celebration of what once was, what is, and what is yet to come.
Initially, I had intended to use snippets of old love letters, juxtaposed with after-the-breakup letters to illustrate that love and sadness can exist in the same space, although maybe in different time continuums. Acknowledging and honoring both disparate feelings is important. Attempting to replace love with hate isn’t truly possible or healthy.
I’ve been thinking about an art project of snippets of old letters under stacks of sandwiched glass mounted on wood. Details aren’t worked out yet, but here are some initial sketches of how the glass might be laid out, along with some notes. More as I progress on this. Doing data mining tonight.