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5×7 Exhibition Continues at the Arthouse through June 12th

5 x 7 Show 2011

The 5×7 show at the Arthouse is open through June 12th, sooooo you still have a shot at picking up some wonderful small art.

Crowds checking out some of the art
Crowds checking out some of the art

I did not end up going to the ArtSplurge (the first night opening when the art is initially revealed and available for sale), but the Art Social on the second night was great! There was pizza and beer, good live music and lots of friends, and a gazillion wonderful 5×7 paintings and sculptures!

Some of the old building preserved
Some of the old building preserved

The renovations at the Arthouse are excellent, allowing for much more exhibition space. The beauty of the old building has been preserved while also injecting some gorgeous contemporary design elements. I really love the modern variation of glass block windows.

Modern version of glass block windows
Modern version of glass block windows

There were several art pieces in protest of the firing of the Arthouse’s curator.  Here are a few of the protest pieces I saw.

And see some of the gorgeous art on that’s still on view at the Arthouse here (my two paintings are among this group of pictures; can you find them?): Art Openings: 5×7 Show 2011 Opening.

 

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People’s Gallery Exhibition Opening Tomorrow Night

"Luminous Future" Oil on canvas 20" x 20" © 2010 Marilyn Fenn
“Luminous Future” Oil on canvas 20″ x 20″ © 2010 Marilyn Fenn

Just a reminder that I had a painting selected from over a thousand submissions of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and more for the 2011 People’s Gallery Exhibition.

The opening is tomorrow night from 6-9pm at City Hall and features over 100 artworks from Austin-area artists, galleries, museums, and art organizations displayed throughout the first three floors of City Hall.

Short films selected for the 2011 Faces of Austin multimedia program will have a premiere screening in City Council Chambers, starting at 7 p.m. And in the Atrium, enjoy music by The Djembabes and refreshments courtesy of Whole Foods Market.

Get updated event and parking information at Austin Art in Public Places

If you go to the opening, look for me and/or my painting somewhere in that space!

Cheers!

Marilyn

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East Austin Studio Tour 2010, Part One

The Drishti Dancers performing at The Vortex, East Austin Studio Tour 2010
The Drishti Dancers performing at The Vortex, East Austin Studio Tour 2010

Participating as an Artist at The Vortex

This year’s East Austin Studio Tour was great, as always!  I had my paintings up at The Vortex, and hung out there for 3 of the 4 days of the tour.  Sold some work, met some people, visited with friends, and had a good time enjoying the other events at The Vortex (belly dancing, hula-hooping, musical performances, aerial dancing, trapeze).  Oh, I didn’t participate in any of those; I merely enjoyed watching them.

The Nematoads play at The Vortex, E.A.S.T. 2010
The Nematoads play at The Vortex, E.A.S.T. 2010

One of the several musical highlights for me was a 60’s style surf band called the Nematoads.  Think The Ventures, only really fast!  They are a 5-piece band with a fabulous drummer, bass, guitar and a horn section.  They played a very high-energy rock-n-roll set, and were pretty awesome.  The crowd loved them; they had hula-hoopers out there hooping it up through their whole set.

To find out more about the Nematoads, read their blurb from the Austin Chronicle’s Musicians’ Register.

View a gallery of images from EAST at The Vortex here.

See also part two: EAST Artists Tour
and part three: Full Day of Visiting Artist Studios, Last Day of E.A.S.T.

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Opening Reception for the The E Word

Opening Reception for the The E Word

Many thanks to everyone who made it out to the opening reception for my first solo show!  It was a great opening!

People started to arrive right on the dot, and before long, friends and art fans were arriving so quickly that I did not get to meet at least a couple of dozen guests (sorry!), nor talk to quite a few of my friends!  The good advice I got from another artist was indeed accurate: “Think of it like a wedding, you won’t be able to have a complete conversation with anybody, but they won’t mind.”  At least I hope no one minded!

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Reminder: Art Opening Tonight at Bay6 Gallery

"Julia's Garden" Oil on canvas 16" x 20" © 2009 Marilyn Fenn
“Julia’s Garden” Oil on canvas 16″ x 20″ © 2009 Marilyn Fenn

Solo show of over 40 of my recent paintings!

I hope to see you at my opening reception tonight – Saturday, October 10th, 7:00 – 10:00pm.

Food and drink will be provided, with music by The Treachery of Others.

Bay6 Gallery is located at:
5305 Bolm Rd., Unit 6
Austin TX
78721
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The show continues on weekends through November 1st.

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Getting Excited About My Solo Exhibit!

"Floating Islands" Oil on canvas Triptych, 36" x 12" © 2009 Marilyn Fenn
“Floating Islands” Oil on canvas Triptych, 36″ x 12″ © 2009 Marilyn Fenn

In eight days, I will be greeting friends and fans at my solo show at Bay6 Gallery in East Austin. I am really looking forward to that moment!

Getting ready for this has been an amazing process.  Doing all the necessary organizational stuff besides trying to paint every moment that I can for weeks and weeks and weeks, that is.

I sent out email invitations to most of the people I know; and Bay6 has also invited a large number of folks.  We’ve notified people via email, Facebook, Twitter, EventBrite, Eventful, and word-of-mouth, and we may be expecting a great turnout!  I picked up my beautifully printed postcards today from Tom at ipgprint.com; I will be mailing those tomorrow.  Plans are set for music, food, and drink, and we will start to hang the show next week.  I owe some responses to emails and blog commenters, which I will try to get to as soon as my mental energy rolls in that direction.

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Roky Erickson Performance & Movie

Roky Erickson Performance at 2007 Coachella Valley music and arts festival

We went to see Roky Erikson Friday night at the Paramount.  What an amazing show!  The evening started with a showing of the documentary film on his life, You’re Gonna Miss Me.  It was very heart-wrenching.   It’s makes one wonder how many creative people survive the damage inflicted on them by truly dysfunctional parents (and how many don’t); how many would become creative without being raised in that kind of insanity, and how many wouldn’t… I think both Roky and his younger brother, Sumner, are incredibly brave for displaying the honest tragedy of their upbringing, and the subsequent events, both good and bad.

After the movie, Roky and his current band played an amazingly great set.  It was his birthday performance, and he was totally present — playing and singing fabulously.   Songs like, “Starry Eyes,” “Two-Headed Dog,” and of course, “You’re Gonna Miss Me.”  What a treat!

(Roky was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.[1])