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Just moved to Cincinnati to teach art, can't believe they pay me for this.

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I run the Art Foundations program here at DAAP in the University of Cincinnati

Friday, June 30, 2006

After a long talk last night with Vaughn about what happened in his relationship with "The Folksy Satan" we discussed the reality of who you are now is who you will be, and what you have now is what you will have later.

This concept was completely foreign to me until a few weeks ago when Julia threw it out there to cook like an egg on the ground (runny). It appears that this is all I have, right now, this body is how I am going to look, only older, someday later I will either be more patient or more opionated, in a few years I will have a collection of things that resemble very closely my current collection of things, and I will be eating the same foods that I eat right now. I will not begin to enjoy drinking more because I drink only a few times a year now and that will most likely continue at the steady, you can get me drunk off of two glasses of wine rate!

LIST TIME!
1. I will watch t.v. way too much for the rest of my life.
2. I will not finish books, but continue to buy them instead of check them out from libraries.
3. My gut will stay around the same size as long as I keep active at my current rate.
4. My hair will fall out starting from the right side first, and next will be a steady loss from the left side of the brow and the bald-spot dome that is onlyhinting at it's full potential this year.
5. I will most likely continue to cook the meals I eat for the rest of my life. Most of them will cost more than I should spend, and as such I will not eat the leftovers that make it affordable.
6. I will eventually have to say goodbye to my father. Deffinately sooner than I want.
7. I will learn to do my taxes, and become more comfortable with money, but continue to blow it on things I don't need.
8. I will have friends.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

House of the DEAD


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Originally uploaded by julia aurora.

One of Julia's kids make this absolutely fantastic drawing.
I want it, and then I want to make it again and again, and make a million of them. It is so good. Look at the hand prints of the dead on the drawing about the dead!

The maps and codes are so wonderful. I have found my new inspiration for making art again... Thank you julia for taking this picture.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Making BBQ this weekend

Vaughn just anounced to me his intentions of making BBQ this weekend. Something we haven't done since the old house in The Fan. The one that now stands empty and with no construction activity We could have stayed there for an extra two years. Hmmm. Good thinking Bandazian!

But making BBQ is not a high artform, it is just a simple thing that takes time. Cooking over a fire and making meat taste good just requires a few tests and a few mistakes and eventually it happens on it's own.

Some years back I worked as a host at "Famous Dave's Barbeque" in Richmond. The second Famous Daves in town, but not the last it seems now. This high end BBQ trend is beyond upsetting to me. One evening a young group of upstarts ordered the "All American Feast" which comes with a bottle of DOM! Or bling-bling juice as I like to call it. at $125 for 4 people it is nothing to laugh at. They ordered 5 feasts that night...Drunk and wet with spicy Texas sauce, everyone continued the celebration outside and the check cleared and the waitor of that table didn't even know what hit him.

My second meal in this fair city was with my Mom and Grandmother at Double T's, another b-s barbeque place that thinks it's farts don't stink. (even this review makes it seem like eating cooked meat will give you divine sight) Overpriced and underserviced everyone else in my family was happy as hell. I couldn't stand the smell of Hickory then and I can't to this day.

But every now and then I forget I don't like barbeque. I really don't like Barbeque chicken. And more than that I hate people who do frequent barbeque places. The current clients of Buzz and Neds are sunglass and mini skirt U of R grad, people with money to blow on looking white trash. Trailer Class someone in LA would call it. Or some other made up word to make it look cool to lower yourself to the food of "the people" whatever that is.

Maybe I am missing something but BBQ doesn't have to cost 5 bucks a sandwich, and 2.50 a side for enough to feed a three year old. I thought this was the stuff of fat people? Do fat people go to Bill's and the rich people stay skinny at Buzz's?

So now I have to make BBQ? I have to make a sauce and cook up a big butt of pork (shoulder actually) in a thick rub that has been soaked in brine first. I have to chop the meet and mix while still hot otherwise the flavor will be lost.

The point to all this? Once a year I completely forget that I want barbeque, and one other time a year I forget that I hate making barbeque. It is tradition and that is why it is so expensive, either in the wallet or on the psyche.

The Wrap UP




So the show went well, I love that Peter, Chris, and I are all standing with crossed legs and happy baby fat smiles. Thanks to Vaughn for the shot of this great event.In other news, Martin is super happy about William Pope L. venturing down to Artspace. A few years back my brother saw his big retrospective in Seatle and realized that art needs to smell bad to make an impact.



Lastbutnotleast, this is Junior's piece in the show. I miss it now.
I also want to start wearing a uniform to work, something clean and simple. Make my choices easier.

Friday, June 09, 2006

New Artists for the Gallery

Still setting up the schedule of artists for the gallery, trying to getsome smart artists interested. These are a few of my favorites.
On Monday I start my new contract as "prospective student Director," because we don't want to say recruiter.



Hooper Turner, remakes found images in paint. Most of them are images that is is extremely uncool to paint. Like the Land's End Catologue.



J.T. Kirkland makes holes in wood, and they drive me nuts!!!


Dolan Geiman, one of the smartest artists who wishes he never went to school so he could honestly call himself a folk artist.



Douglas Witmer, a seemingly nice guy who matches loose application with clean active lines. Reductive looks at systems.

Monday, June 05, 2006

new job

Every week something new pops up. This week, I have been offered two new jobs. One full time, one part time. Three hours ago I was on the phone with four more artists for the new gallery, which I am going ahead and calling Shaprio Gallery.

One hour ago I was being asked to send materials to 1708 gallery for review into membership. Twenty minutes ago I recieved an email about having a show in Mike Martin's new gallery down in TN. Why? Why is everything happening right now. Did I do something right? Or is it just what happens to those who wait long enough.

I have been thinking more and more about this recruiting thing, selling the school. Pimping education as I call it. For the first time I feel it is something that comes naturally to me; amiable, likeable, and honest. Over the past few months of recruiting I have recieved over 15 thank you letters and two presents, a bowl and a small print. All of this without ever giving out my email address to anyone. what would it be like if I had bussiness cards?

Now the word on the street is that the recruiting will be running hand in hand with the development team. People who know how to get investors aare going to put their heads together to try to get students. I hope it works. This year our numbers dropped by a significant number. Graduate departments all had their highest candidate pool ever, but undergrad departments were significantly down.

I'm still trying to figure out what happened, and what I can learn from being thrown in the middle of this thunderstorm.

The bad news,other than that some teachers might not get to teach if they do not have enough classes, is that the president of the university checks the enrollment data every single day. If a certain department drops on a continuous slope, the red phone is dialed and hell is to pay.

Friday, June 02, 2006

Jen Bandini


Jen Bandini
Originally uploaded by Jen Bandini.

I want to show this artist in the next exhibit I curate.

She is out of University of Georgia, and just finished her MFA. These are all from film stills as far as I can tell. Either from homemeade movies, or from classics.

Trying to get in touch with her is difficult however.