Marshall Stephens opens at the Jung Center this weekend

Remember that the opening reception to the Transcendence show at the Jung Center is Saturday, June 16 from 5-8 p.m. Our very own Marshall Stephens will have his work hanging . Congratulations, Marshall!

Thanks to all of you who contributed suggestions to add to the Tomball branch's magazine collection. I've been able to suggest both Cloth, Paper, Scissors, which is a magazine for mixed media buffs and Watercolor Artist.

Next blog I am going to post a few free and handy online tools for photography.

Ephemeral Art...

This article was posted on my Facebook page this morning. I had to pass it on. Those 'illuminated manuscripts' are cookies. Here's the link: http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/illuminated-manuscript-cookies.html

Myself, if I'm putting in all this work to create something, I want to be able to look at it for awhile. Unless it's sandcastles. I enjoy watching the waves dissolve the sharp-edged walls of my constructions and carry them away.

What about you?  What kinds of ephemeral art would you work hard to make, then enjoy watching disappear?

'Back at you!

On a recent trip to Norway, my daughter was struck by the sophisticated street art. She discovered that it is the work of an artist who goes by the name of Pobel. From his Facebook page, I discovered that
"Pøbel is a pseudonymous Norwegian street artist based in Stavanger. He is best known for the Getto spedalsk (Ghetto leperous) project, decorating abandoned buildings in...the Lofoten Islands in the north of Norway, along with notable collaborator "Dolk". Both were later commissioned to decorate the central railway stations in both Oslo and Trondheim. One of Norway's foremost street artists, his work all over Europe has been documented in a number of books on the subject. His stencil paintings are mostly sight gags. One series, for example, portrays superheroes such as Superman and Batman in decrepit old age. His age and real name is not officially known.

I thought it would appeal to certain senses of humor...
 Here's the link to Pobel's other 'street' art. 

Art as That Which Extends our Consciousness

I thought this was a thought-provoking addition to the city landscape: "With a background in architecture and an avid interest in street art, web development, and DIY culture, Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl explores the relationship between the online and offline worlds, continually questioning the impact on our lives of the digital age...Currently in residence at New York’s Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, his most recent excursion into public space is the Dead Drop project, a set of USB drives cemented into the physical fabric of the city."Here's the link

The Jung Center

If you happen to be looking for places to exhibit your work you might consider the Jung Center at 5200 Montrose, right around the corner from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The center extends the work and philosophy of Carl Jung, the twentieth century Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytic psychology who was one of the greatest researchers in dream analysis and symbolization, and who considered the arts to be a window into the soul.
The guidelines for submitting a portfolio to be reviewed by their art committee can be found on their website. Briefly, you submit a CD of your work by April 30th to be reviewed for one of nine exhibitions that will be launched the following year. It costs you nothing to exhibit but traditionally artists donate 20% of their sales back to the Center.

If you're interested you might want to check out the space during April when Woodlands artist Liz Hill will be exhibiting her work "Le Quattro Artists" there. It opens Saturday, April 14.

Images courtesy of the Jung Center and Gonzalez Studios  and Liz Hill's blog.

Marshall Stephens is Back!

Wow!  Our Harris County Public Library website gurus have just revised our website to make it more efficient, and I think you'll find they have accomplished their goal. I was blogging about Tomball Art League's Marshall Stephens, who has just hung his paintings in our Meeting Room for the month of April. Our shiny new website will now link  directly to this blog, so all you have to do is click on this link-- Marshall Stevens is Back! --to connect right to it. Fantastic.

Come and see Marshall's new exhibition!

Free Business Success Seminars at LSC-Tomball Community Library

Get Ideas, Get Connected, Get Business

A number of you sell your artwork, which means that as well as being artists you are entrepreneurs. The Lone Star College Small Business Development Center, in conjunction with LSC-Tomball Community Library, are hosting three excellent speakers this month and next. Improve your networking and marketing skills!

The CEOs of Networking

Wednesday, March 21, 8-9 am
Mitchell From, founder of My Referral Network and partner at Element Payment Services will help you determine which networking organizations to join, how many to join, and how to work them for maximum effectiveness.　

Social Media - Trend or Blip on the Radar?
Wednesday, March 28, 8-9 am
Terri Craig of MYMResults will show how YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogging, and Facebook are here to stay and how you can use them to grow your business.

Create Potential Client Lists
Wednesday, April 4, 8-9 am
Kam Draper of Infogroup USA will show you how to master the use of ReferenceUSA, a large database of businesses and customers, available free at your library website.　Expand your business by identifying key prospects and competitors with contact names, sales volume, employee size, and more. Created marketing lists and delivery routes.
All sessions held in Room L129　
No pre-registration is required. There will be a drawing for prizes at the end of each session.