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Top Ten Things I Wish Artists Would Do

paint in character, characters you do not know
make gay art
paint stills from stephen king movies
depict stories in a painting people will never see
toy with the viewers sense of usefulness
host a radio show with artists playing that artist favorite songs
make good toothy smiles in the work
use kitschy ceramic dolls and paper pulp
imply a notion of the […]

The Year Ahead

with all the year end stuff
how about a year ahead stuff
here are some things
i am looking forward to in 2007
my first day in class at mca
to see if the medicine factory has any shows
to see what shows will be at powerhouse
to see if geroge shaw returns to rhodes
hamlett dobbins at david lusk
the class of 07
meikle […]

Art All Over the Place

there is a lecture at MCA from a digital and film artist
michelle citron
thursday at 7:00
also
Chris Wollard and Steven Troy Williams
present Urban Primitives
at first wednesdays at the brooks
which is like tomorrow
then there is all the regular
first of the month stuff
at lusk - our man don estes
perry nicole - our ladies elizabeth and susan
and my curatorial debut
which […]

what did i miss

well
it looks like i missed a little bit
(here in memphis)
while i was gone on the honeymoon
(on the beach in florida)
the whole indie memphis film fest
i wonder if any of the films
i viewed won anything
i cant remember the names of any of them
but one had dennis phillipe in it
i also missed the jan hankins opening
(still plenty […]

Congrats to Dwayne and Gadsby!

Congratulations are in order for the newly betrothed Dwayne Butcher and Gadsby Creson. Both are active Lantana supporters - Dwayne through our blog and through ArtMemphis.net, and Gadsby through MCA - and we wish them nothing but the very best!

a first post hello post

hello
all of you already know who i am
if you dont know who i am
then you are at the wrong site
i know what you are asking yourself
what can i possibly say here
on this lantana projects events blog
that i can not
would not
or have not said
on the artbutcher blog
or the artmemphis board
or what i write for number
well
you will […]