Music Muse

Today's inspiration comes from a band I just discovered Freelance Whales.

This Pop/Experimental group is from Queens, NY and releasing their new CD "Weathervanes" on April 13th.  The best description I've heard of them is on their own myspace page "Sounds Like: Somebody wired their heart to a synthesizer".

I wont lie I don't know how to put music in here yet but you should checkout their myspace page and take a listen to their songs!

Generator^1st Floor 

We getup early just to start cranking the generator

Our limbs have been asleep we need to get the blood back in 'em

We're finding every day several ways that we could be friends

We keep on churning and the lights inside the house turned on

And in our native language we are chanting ancient songs

And when we quiet down the house chants on without us

©Freelance Whales

Freelance Whales will soon be in Seattle TWICE:
March 28th at the Crocodile Cafe with Bear in Heaven and High Places
May 15th at Neumos with Shout out Louds


Other bands that I like who have a similar sound:
Cloud Cult
The Polyphonic Spree

Brainstorming in the gallery

I went to Art Not Terminal today with Yukari and my teacher Ramey to start looking at where we might hang things.  Finding out how to allocate space for a group show is harder than I thought... but we'll figure it out.

A few pictures of the SubT room with Jenna Johnson's work up!   It looks great but I'm definitely excited to see my own show up!  

It's time to get cracking on production of my three series.

Hey, Hot Shot! Photography Competition

Hey, Hot Shot! is now open for 2010 entries!  This will be the only session this year!

The deadline for submissions is August 22, 2010.  However as it gets closer to time the entry fee gets more expensive.  So get your five images from one body of work together today and submit while it only costs $60!!

For more information go to www.heyhotshot.com

Getting ready for my Exhibition

In order for me to graduate in June with my BFA in photography I am required to have a gallery exhibition of my photographs and participate in the portfolio day.

So here I am six weeks out from my gallery show starting to feel the full court press to get it all done!  Yukari Isa and I are going to have a joint show in May (opening night May 1st) at Art Not Terminal in the SubT room (downstairs).

I suggest checking out the current show by Jenna Johnson who is going to be the first BFA student to graduate from Ais!

Anyways I am preparing three different series for this exhibition.  Two are fine art photography while the 3rd is a mixed media series with a photography base.

I made two portfolio books through Blurb for my two photo series.

A graphic design student helped me with my first attempt to make one of these portfolios.  I bought the 6"x6" book.  You can see the difference between the small first attempt and my new one at 12"x12".

Most photographers love to see their work bigger and I have to admit I am now one of them.  The larger portfolios are great!  I am really impressed with the quality and am happy that by following the clear guidelines that Blurb provided my first attempt was a success!

The two series that got portfolios are "Dream me some meaning" (left) and "Things I forgot to show you"(right).  You can see more images from these series on my photography website under Fine Art and then the series title.

Intro to an Art Student

Well hello all!

I seriously am obsessed with art!  So I decided to share my inspiration and personal projects with you!  I hope you enjoy, maybe learn a little or at least find some inspiration in what I have to share.

A little info about where I am with my artistic life right now...

-I go to school at the Art Institute of Seattle where   I will be graduating with a BFA in June.
At which time I will then be heading off to get a masters somewhere else still TBD.

-Last summer I had a booth at the Fremont Sunday Market where I sold my hand made jewelry and photography.

-I have taken a handful of jewelry classes from Fusion Beads (great store!).

-Plus I'm a fidgetter which means I always have to have a project to work on.


Well now I should get back to work... scanning images for my boss!