Connecting the Layers: Art Workshop with Deeann Rieves

Saturday, April 3rd

Learn collage, layering, and mixed media techniques including beeswax and assemblage if your feeling adventurous with us! :) We will make finished mixed media pieces focusing on making connections between the layers visually and conceptually.

Doors open at 12:30p, class is from 1p-4p, clean-up and goodbyes 4:30p
If weather permits, location will be outside in backyard.

costs: $35

must bring your own canvas - size is up to you. recommend 16x20 or larger ...other supplies provided.

Richard Fudge's House
4471 Dunn Ave, Memphis, TN 38117

Please RSVP to the event through Facebook or email me at richard.fudge@gmail.com

Here's a link to Deeann's blog where she talks about a previous workshop.
http://blog.deeannrieves.com/2009/12/this-saturday-little-rock-workshop.html

Time for a new Fudgemobile

Dear Stanley - my '93 Honda Civic Hatchback,

We've had a good run and some good times. You've been a pretty reliable friend. But you're getting up there in your years and mileage (about 175,000). And we had that little accident back in September that left you with a smashed nose. I just can't afford to take care of you anymore. You were great as a second car, but now that you're my only vehicle... I need a newer model. One that has A/C that works and can hold larger canvases, and hopefully is a manual transmission. I'm sorry. I've changed and you just don't meet my needs anymore. ( It's not you. It's me. I love you but I'm not in love with you. etc. you know the drill. )

Sincerely,
Richard

Contenders for new artmobiles:

Subaru Outback
Honda Accord wagon
Toyota Matrix
Scion xB

The goal (beyond having a car with working A/C) is to be able to transport LARGE canvases, to have an ideal roadtrip vehicle, and to have a car with less than 175000 miles that is threatening to die if i dont spend tons money on it. You're so needy, Stanley.

Fudge around town

A friend pointed out to me that I've got art hanging all around town but I haven't even made mention of it to hardly anyone. It's not a big deal to me since none of the work is new. But I guess that it is noteworthy that I'm hanging at 3 different locations right now.

Samuel's Furniture and Interiors  
The location in East Memphis at 5508 Poplar Avenue has 4 pieces of my work on display.

Starbucks @ Germantown Pkwy. & Trinity Rd
My favorite Starbucks in town has 4 pieces of my work on display. Why is it my favorite? It's not because they display my work, but because I have a bunch of friends who work there so I usually get a hug with my coffee.


and of course, The Stirring Art Gallery at Hope Church
I've got quite a few back in the gallery along with many other Stirring artists' works. It's going to be a nice collection and you should come check it out and our Maundy Thursday service. Speaking of which, 8 other artists and myself created paintings for this service. But that's all I can tell you about that. 

True Colors - Maundy Thursday service at The Stirring
Thursday, April 1 - 6pm and 8pm
How do you appear to people?
Do you appear put together on the outside, but it’s secretly all you can do to get out of bed in the morning? Why do we try to paint ourselves as something different than what we truly are?


Join us at The Stirring for our special Maundy Thursday service and discover the power to reveal the true you. Worship led by the The Stirring Band and a message by Eli Morris.Communion will be served in The Stirring’s unique style.

Anti-Valentines Day Art

I know that Valentines Day has come and gone. But I wanted to share with you some of the drawings and doodles I made around that time. I noticed my doodles had taken on a theme. So for those of us who'd rather say  "F you" than "Be Mine"  enjoy my art therapy / anger management. ;)

Brooks has a call to artists - Memphis Scene

I just saw this on the Brook's Museum web site:

Announcing the first-ever exhibition completely controlled by you! For the first time in the history of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, we are calling on the community to submit artworks for "The Memphis Scene", and then to vote on which ones make the cut! Submit anything! It can be a painting, a drawing, a graphic design poster, a sculpture, a photograph, or a mixed media piece. We want to see how creative you can be!

Capture the essence of Memphis in its two greatest forms: Music and the Visual Arts!  

We are looking for any artwork which takes, “Music in the city of Memphis” as its theme, and we aren’t just talking about Elvis.  Memphis has one of the most diverse musical and artistic scenes in the country, and we want to show it from all sides.  From Memphis mariachi, to Three 6 Mafia, to your own jam sessions, we want to show how our city’s art and music come together as "The Memphis Scene".

You can read the entire Call to Artists here: http://www.brooksmuseum.com/memphisscene

Continuum Arts – Memphis, TN

I amazed sometimes at the number of artist groups in Memphis. Especially the number of groups popping up that are made up of artists of faith, believers, Christ followers, or how ever you what to say that these are artists who go to church but dont make churchy art. Anyway, here's a little about them and info on an upcoming event of their's. Hope to see you there.

About Continuum (from their web site)

The Continuum is a local community of Christian artists seeking growth through camaraderie with like-minded individuals who share a passion for the creative expression of the Imago Dei, the ability to find pleasure in the transcendent, and a desire to influence culture with culture through acts of creative excellence.

continuumarts.com

An email from Jim Allman, Director, about an upcoming Continuum event:

Already, I've received a phone call from a friend regarding the article, Beauty and Desecration, who asked, "Do you really believe all this?" Because of that phone call, I have great confidence that the article will provide a foundation for a good and lively discussion. I'm excited to hear what the rest of you think, and I believe there will be much fruit as a result. I strongly believe that the place of Beauty, the role of art and the spiritual functioning of the artist have been under appreciated not just within western contemporary culture, but within the western contemporary Church, as well (may be even more so). I am convicted as an artist of faith to engage in a responsible pursuit of these; I do not anticipate or require myself to dogmatically answer all the questions, but I do believe I am required to honestly struggle with definitions and directions not so that I am more knowledgeable, but because I cannot get away from calling and the ever present wish to more adequately fulfill it.

Please, join us on the 19th of March 2010 at LifeLink Church's gallery, Gallery 210 (second floor) to contribute to the conversation and shaping of my understanding. We will meet at 7:00 PM and will likely have an advance, private showing of the gallery's newest exhibit, Amanda Hamilton's White Lake, before engaging in our discussion on Beauty and Desecration:

The article “Beauty and Desecration” speaks to the value of the beautiful to the human experience and how modern art has attempted to subvert its impact. Buy it or no, it is an important topic to debate, and certainly a subject that is highly polarizing. We will gather to discuss the issues as framed in this article by the philosopher and author, Roger Scruton. Hopefully, we will begin to unpack the word Beauty in the process and consider art’s greater role to human knowledge and development beyond mere expression and play.

Jim Allman, Director
www.continuumarts.com
(901) 848-9938