Category: Art Blog
ArtHash: Open Salon – Opening Photos
Check out the photos from the recent Art Hash: Open Salon Show at the Kettle Gallery:
ArtHash: Open Salon Show
Unfiltered. Uninhibited. Unrated.
Kettle Art presents: ArtHash Open Salon Show
Opening Reception with the Artists: January 14th, 2012, 7pm
Free, open to the public.
When a group of artists began hashing gallery politics and the limitations often presented by juried shows, the artists did what they do best. They stepped outside the lines. They reached outside the box, and they came up with an original idea. An idea to present an unfiltered art display, unlike any other exhibit you’ve experienced.
ArtHash Open Salon Show will not be curated, with expectations of presenting the public with an uninhibited view of what’s really happening in the Local art scene. This display will be unique in the sense that over 50 participating artists will display artwork of their own choosing. There will be nothing blocking the way for you to view fresh, innovative, raw talent. In this day … Read More »
Flood of Emotion – Artists Healing Japan
Just-Us League, has teamed up with the Hamilton-Smith Organization and the Japan-American Society of North Texas to announce an art auction fundraiser expected to double their primary goal of $10,000 for disaster relief efforts to our sister city of Sendai, Japan. The event “Flood of Emotions-Artists Healing Japan ” began as a away for local artists to help out in the way they know how, by expressing themselves. Within days of conception, the list of donating artists, musicians, poets, and services exceeded 100. Now the event has expanded to over 200 pieces of original art and auction items. Artists as far as New York City have donated their original art works to be auctioned. One of the most touching contributions is … Read More »
America’s Call: The Rocky Road of the American Dream
America’s Call is based on the journal that John Bernhard used to chronicle his trip to North America during the late 1970s. It is the story of two young friends on a New World walkabout, questing to discover their destinies and their souls during a quintessential time in U.S. history.
The beauty of America’s Call lies in Bernhard’s visual depictions of 1970s America, the various destinations that make up his journey, and the people he meets along the way. Bernhard offers a sense of adventure and curiosity reminiscent of the vanished era he describes, and introduces those of us who missed it to a bygone America that we can only hope will not be forgotten.
“I had dreamt of traveling to the New World for as long as I could … Read More »