"bric a brac" opening

"bric a brac" opened on friday night............. we had a nice crowd...........g ood energy.........a nd amazing set of music provided by eddy paycheck , supplied the sound track to the new collection of art...........by j.shea...........lots of familiar faces were in the crowd.......as well a few new ones......thanks so much for coming by for unveiling of the work......... the show will remain exhibit till april 22nd.........so feel free to drop by the next few weeks.........the sculptures look pretty fresh in the natural light of the shop...................

J.Shea "Bric a Brac" exhibit

i'm in the final stages of completing my 1st collection of work for 2010.............its title is "bric a brac"...........and the opening reception for the new exhibit will happen this friday night.........march 19........at lyrik.............in portland ,or.........once the collection is installed and photographed i'll be posting some images of the new work............most likely friday morning...........

"bric a brac" .....is a new series of work by j.shea , created and derived by rumaging through garage sales.....flea markets and secondhand shops......
often these collected objects are broken......lost.......or forgotten.........and the process of tracking them down and finding them is just as meticulous as the
the work in the studio of reconfiguring them and breeding a new life into them............since relocating to portland 2 year ago.......shea has been collecting
these objects and emersing himself in the strange world of thrift store and flea market culture..........finding inspiration not only in the items for sale but in the people that create those environments like the vendors and the regulars............this new collection of work is created in various media......including
sculpture........carving............assemblege work.............either freestanding........hanging.......or in the artists familar shadow box style........the new
collection of work will remain on exhibit till april 22,2010

Brazilian Portuguese meeting

It ended up becoming a Brazilian music night as we were all astonished by Gina's beautiful voice! All we wanted was to hear her singing, and her Portuguese accent singing Bossa Nova was excellent!
We had also Capoeira PDX with their ladainhas that made us want to dance.
Thank you all, and especially to Gina and Alex.

Here is a video of Gina singing with Canta Nova, it is short, but it is all this site allows me to post:

"one" opening reception

we had our opening reception for "one" last friday night ............ curated by hungryeyeball.......... it includes new works from klutch, eatcho, and jason graham............... the gallery was packed all night with many of our favorite artists, curators and supporters........... the show includes a beautiful new series of watercolor paintings by jason graham............ a series of dark pen & ink drawings by eatcho......... and some colorful abstract postgraph work by klutch............. the show is on exhibit till march 18th....... so if you missed the opening.......feel free to stop by........ all the art is available for purchase on-line as well......... at http://hungryeyeball.com/store/catalog/art-shows/one-lyrik ...... a special thanks to greg pitters for curating the show

February Great Create

It was a great event with Fruition and Stephen Sauer that ended up being a great dancing party! I worked in my crochet robots and Joe in his mail bombs... Bree was sewing, Keenan was drawing in his sketch book, Mary was making a beautiful scarf with some beautiful Japanese yarns, Christa was taking photos, Melisa was working on cards, etc.
Here are some pictures:

"Inner Demons" Art Show Opening

We had our 1st art reception for 2010 on January 16th…………..with a solo exhibit by local artist Morgaine Faye………….titled……”inner demons”…….. the opening was a lot of fun………….. and the reception to her new work has been amazing………. Morgaine’s exhibit contains 30 new paintings……….. mostly in watercolor…….. the show remains on exhibit till February 18th……………….. so if you are interested in picking up one her pieces……….. you might want to stop the shop……… half of the show has sold-out already………… its been a great way to start our new series of art shows off for 2010
Thanks Morgaine…….. we love your art!

January Group Meetings

January 2o10 group events were great! It was a good start for all of them: the Japanese-karuta, The Great Create, and the Brazilian-Portuguese meeting....

Here are some images (and videos with the audio):

Ladainha songs performed by capoeira teacher Vira-Lata, and students Sabe-Tudo, Rapaz and Fanny (the video is short but you can have an idea of what is Ladainha with Brazilian instruments like "berimbal")

Simon and Zach played "Chorinho" songs ... Simon playing "pandeirao" (tambourine) and Zach playing "Bandolim" (mandolin)

And these are photos of The Great Create:

John Houx played after driving all day from California...

& Jesse and Childish watching John after they played....

And finally, some pictures of the Karuta sets we played last time. Anybody that can ready some "hiragana" can play..... this is my favorite with caracters from children's stories....

And "Daruma-san"