Small Works by Jack Sims and Laura Fanning

untitled by Jack Sims

"Runaway" 

collage by Laura Fanning

Small Works through 2 PM today.

Creations at 360

I put these up on FB but forgot to put them up here. They're pictures of some of the divine leftovers from our "Artists Scrounging" show.

This is our temporarily adopted family of Chris Massingill's upcycled sock monsters. If you want one, act fast, because she's soon to regain custody. They're priced from $45 to $65. Her cards run $5 each and tell the story behind each. Read more about the adventures of Finnigan, Midge, Professor Argyle, et al on her FB page.

Laura Fanning's mixed media piece "Saint Martin" is $150.

This wonderful little creation is by Amy Edgington, one our favorite Little Rock artists. Titled "What the Housemouse Knows," it consists of an altered CD in a metal tin. Printed on the CD is this poem:

"What the Housemouse Knows"

Backsides, insides and undersides of things, secret whiskered passages, the metallic taste of giant fears. This is no place for cowards. There are avalanches of pots and brooms and shoes. Inside walls, wires coil ready to defend themselves, nails point the way to heaven. The dirt and smells and messes of the gods are all the kindness a mouse expects. When we spot her, we scream, stand on chairs and guard our private parts; we set traps, lay poison, and flush tiny, ruptured bodies down the toilet. Rituals performed, we forget how we have eaten crumbs and have papered our nests with stolen scraps, how we have cringed from blows or blessed the lack of them and even called this "love." We do not dare admit our own internal injuries, our precarious survival, in a house where the most we hope for is to not get caught by those who lord it over us.

How much is this enchantment, this small reminder of empathetic humility? A mere $35. 

Scavenger Art

"Artists Scrounging" will feature recent work by 24 artists who are using found or re-purposed materials in their assemblages, sculptures, mixed media, jewelry and collages. Artists include Laura Fanning, Melissa "Mo" Lashbrook, Michelle Canulla, Nina Sharkey Culpepper, Jay King, Jessica Crenshaw, Amy Edgington, Ming Donkey, Michael Crenshaw, Gerald Brown, Joyce Haase, Fabio Adrian Delgado, Mike Church, Kelley Naylor Wise, Byron Werner, Loogie, Debra Young, Chris Massingill, Ann Filiatreau, Wade Wise, Lynn Frost, Steph Brouwers, Susan Jones, and Jessica Forest.

The opening will be 7 to 10 PM, Saturday, September 20th. Come sip, nibble, see cool stuff and talk to them what made it. The show will run through November 1st.

On the Walls

Some of the works currently on display and for sale at Gallery 360.

"Bill Clinton" 

a print by Byron Werner - $100

"Gatewood" 

an assemblage by Laura Fanning - $75

"Death of a Worker"
  mixed media by Ming Triplett - $500

"Window Candy #2"

fused glass by Debra Young - $110

"I, murakami"

oil on canvas by Angela Davis Johnson - $300

"Old Faithful"

an altered photograph by Lynn Frost - $65

Join Us for Art Festivus!

It's that time of the year again.  Time to dust off the old Festivus pole and air our grievances.

Actually, our grievances are few this year, but we do have feats of strength to exercise.  They are the talents of our artist friends, and we'll be showing them off on Friday, December 13th.  

What's that you say?  Gallery 360's end of the year group show opens on Friday the Thirteenth?  Hell yes, it does.  We ain't askared of no superstitious nonsense.  We'll pin it to the floor.

The opening is 6 to 9pm.  We'll be featuring works by Amy Edgington, Laura Fanning, Lynn Frost, Matt Hawk, Angela Davis Johnson, Vernon Oberle, Ruth Pasquine, Nina Sharkey Culpepper, Ming Triplett, Byron Werner, Nina Willacey, Kelley Naylor Wise, Debra Young & others. The show will run through Jan. 31, but since there's some kind of gift-giving holiday coming up, some of the pieces may exit the building early.  Don't worry, though; we plan to replace them with more good stuff.

So, that's Friday the Thirteenth, 6 to 9pm, for the Festivus for the rest of us.