Music, Art, Friends

Western Meds w/ Rod Bryan will be laying down some sound this afternoon at the gallery.  Some members of the LR drum circle will be dropping by as well.  You should, too.

Music starts around 2.

On the off chance the parking lot fills up, you can park just south of the gallery in Vestcom's lot.

Regrets and Updates

I have to apologize for ignoring our blog.  Gallery 360 has been on a bit of a hiatus of late.  Things I have posted have mainly gone to our Facebook page, but even those have been spotty.  Here's one of those posts that kinda brings us up to date: 

Where Things Stand

I'm afraid there aren't enough activist and anarchist artists out there to pull off the summer show I envisioned. Maybe you're all traveling or chilling or, hopefully, too busy creating to bother showing. That's okay. The offer still stands. Our walls await. 

The call for recycled and repurposed art still stands, but the show will be postponed until next year. Our next formal show will feature The Ineffables: Amy Edgington and Byron Werner. This is one we've been eagerly awaiting for a long time. Opening date will be September 7th. We're also sending out an early call for entries for our 2nd annual Dia de los Muertos show in late October through November, so get to work, folks.

But don't think we're sleeping until then. One particular activist, Rod Bryan, will be performing here in Western Meds mode on Sunday, August 11th.  And other stuff is bound to arise. If you have any ideas for events, call or write. 

We still have a healthy dose of Angela Davis Johnson's dream on display, plus some other stuff, so come on by.  - Jay

Call For Entries

Seven is a special number.  So, for our seventh gallery show we want to do something different.  We want all the anarchist artists out there to take over our walls.  

In particular, we're wanting:

1. Art made from found or discarded materials;

2. RePurposed art;

3. Street art brought inside;

4. Art made by iconoclasts, weirdos and non-artists. 

This will be an upside-down and inside-out series of events.  

First, we will ask you to take a look around your house and find some stuff you don't mind getting rid of.  Stuff that might be fashioned by a clever, bold or slightly skewed individual into something approximating 'art.'  Throw it all into a box.  If that box fills up, fill another.  Bring the boxes to the gallery.

Secondly, imagine you are that clever, bold, or slightly skewed individual.  Make plans to drop by the gallery on Saturdays and Sundays in June and July to help us create new stuff from the old stuff.  If you're somebody who has already played this game, teach somebody else.  Invite your kids, relatives and friends to join you. 

As something approximating 'art' is made, we'll hang it on the wall and offer it for sale.  The gallery takes a cut, the artist (you!) takes the bulk.

Instead of an opening, we celebrate in August with a closing.  Prices are reduced and fun is had by all.

E-mail me (audiolingo-at-gmaildotcom) or call/text me (nine-nine-three-0012) with your ideas.  Bring stuff by the gallery during regular business hours.  And stay tuned for workshop hours and a list of suggested 'stuff.'

"Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat."

Nice work, Angela.

I have come to the conclusion that Angela Davis Johnson has a whole lot of friends.  Thanks to all who came out to support her Friday night.  If you haven't made it yet, you have six weeks to do so.

KINFOLK Opens Friday

Angela Davis Johnson's mixed media works are up and we're getting ready for her opening in a couple of days. All that's left to do is to conjure forth a facsimile of her dream pharmacy using bottles and string.

You and your imagination are invited. Friday, May 17th. 6 to 10 pm. 900 South Rodney Parham.

(The painting above is "No More Cotton Pickers" by Angela Davis Johnson)

Angela's Family

The women of Angela's family are starting to congregate.

Angela Davis Johnson Presents: "Kinfolk and the Apothecary Dream"

"'Kinfolk and the apothecary dream' is part family history 

and part allegorical interpretation of a dream I had about 

being led out of the city by a strange man, 

through an apothecary, to the woods, onto a levee 

where I could see my ancestors toiling in a field below me....

"By juxtaposing sketches from family snapshots

with images and text of the Elaine Riots/Massacre

I created a series of Conté drawings, collages, and mixed media pieces

that not only reflect my eastern Arkansas heritage

but also attempt to start an honest dialogue

about how the past actions of our predecessors

affect today's society and cultural identity.

"This show is a visual medicine for the mind,

an apothecary for the soul."

Come meet Angela and drop in on her dream

Friday, May 17th from 6:00 to 10:00 PM

The show runs through June.