UPDATE & Mask making WORKSHOP!!! paste fun-forever times!!====>+plus scandal bonus!

Hello All. This is to announce and inform those as to the specifics surrounding the outcome of the AU meeting on thursday (oct. 11) and the subsequent scandalous blunder (never a dull moment).

To much of my surprise there was a flurry of attendance and a spirit of action amongst the participants. During the meeting I announced the potential to participate in the carnival of the great pumpkin on Oct. 23rd which I got from this link. Unfortunately the posting contains a critical typo which I did not catch.

AS A RESULT===> we are now signed up for a booth for the Carnival of the Great Pumpkin (at the expense of 25 dollars of club money).

once it was decided by the raucous members in the meeting that we wanted to participate, a discussion of our collective inability to handle hot dogs transpired until finally:

WE WILL BE MAKING MASKS FOR SALE and possibly some other crafty type activities as yet to be determined.

As a result==> There is scheduled a mask making workshop @ Kris O.'s House in Mission On SUNDAY (Oct. 14) starting @ NOON

DIRECTIONS: i am on the NW corner of two mile line and bryan rd. Entrance is the second driveway on the Left (west, directly across the street from mailboxes) when traveling north. Just south of the canal. Heavily wooded and no visible dwellings from the road.

This workshop will primarily feature elements of "papier mache" but all other creative elements are welcome (I have a wealth of crap to rummage through and tools to boot). I have procured 3 plastic masks to use as molds and a 5 lbs sack of high gluten flour for the making of a sticky paste (at an expense of 12 dollars to the club). I am however lacking in the newspaper area. PLEASE TO BRING NEWSPAPER IF IN ATTENDANCE.

The Carnival is scheduled for Friday Oct. 26th from 6 to 10pm. We will have a 10' x 10' booth and there is a cash prize for the best decorated booth. There are also additional gorry details surrounding involvement in the carnival of the great pumpkin. If interested please inquire or attend sunday, or next thursday.

ATTENDANCE AT WORKSHOP NOT REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION. YOU ARE WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED TO MAKE MASKS ON YOUR OWN OR INVOLVE YOURSELF IN ANY CAPACITY.

THE PROBLEM THAT WAS ILLUMINATED DURING COMPOSITION OF THIS EMAIL IS AS SUCH:

I also announced that I will be having an art auction and show at my place friday the 26th and all were invited to attend and participate. Thus 23 turned to 26 and now there are two 26es in collision. As such I will not be in attendance at the carnival of the great pumpkin (i am not sure if this of consequence to anyone, but i digress). After having attended a painful risk management seminar, it is important that I make it clear that my party is NOT an officially recognized or supported Artists Unanimous event. You were merely invited under the guise of being a group of like-minded nice people. My plan thus far is to continue to hold the workshop and assist in the preparations for the booth while remaining true to my previous obligation of an art auction. I welcome and plead to anyone offering resolution to such a large blunder on my part. If you have input please reply to all so that a forum may grow.

As a cheery ender/aside:

The thrice iterated group project is still in swing. If you have not participated in 3 iterations a lacking piece is awaiting your masterful attention. Email me (artistsuanimous@gmail.com) for arrangements on receiving your deficiency.

Thank you to Sara as she has set up a Deviant art account for our club @ http://au-utpa.deviantart.com/. I don't know anything about this so I direct you to Sara for fulfillment on the subject: saraf@rangerserv.com

I have recently gained the ability to make deposits in our bank account (soon you will be updated about the scandal surrounding this news but I will limit the updates to one scandal a piece so be patient) and thus am now accepting dues for those interested. Several of your fellow members have already engaged in dues paying and report increased satisfaction in life.

Please notify me if you or someone you know is not receiving the emails and would like to. Also notify me if you wish to rid your inbox of this incessant dribble.

Thank you all, for whatever-whenever, you are all great people.

-Kris Ohlinger, scandal producing dubious president of the UTPA art club: Artists Unanimous.
-www.artistsunanimous.blogspot.com

MEETINGS ARE NOW ONLY ON THURSDAYS. EVERY WEEK IN THE FINE ARTS ANNEX PAINTING ROOM (101) FROM NOON TO ?.

Proposed group project (9.12.07)

If you are interested contact artistsunanimous@gmail so that I may get you a board to work on or perhaps harass mr. leonard in the ceramics room for one.

a piece of primed mdf (medium density fiberboard) will be handed out to each attendant. The directions are to use the pallet for some artwork; any medium/subject. However you need not finish. Next meeting you will bring back the unfinished, but started piece. We will then randomly reassign the piece to someone else. Their task is to work with the piece in their own way with the given kernal. Finally we will randomly assign the twice worked piece to a final round of people and they will be laid the burden of finishing the piece. Theoretically a diligent participant will work on a piece at each stage.

if we are able to aggregate a group of successfully completed pieces we should like to show them.

Proposed summer project towards the collective exhibition at the premiere artwalk of the 07/08 art season.

DIORAMA!! (I define diorama as a little world. Perhaps think small theater set. My motivation for this project is to present to the willing participants an arena of confinement within which to fill to suit their expression. It may have a scale representation of actual items or it may be a to scale model of unactual items. Inbetweener too-also.)

With the following mandatory noticed suggestions:

1) to be a housed in a found object box (preferably rectangularish and closed on 5 sides for the purposes of orienting and display and continuity. Power cords out the back if you please.)

i.e. an old microwave, an old cigar box, an old tool box, an old tv box, an old speaker box, an old animal carcass (from a box shaped animal of course), etc…

2) there should be some sort of viewer interaction interface (clearly labeled to invite its use and to suggest its use alone, and NOT complete molestation of the entire piece. for the purposes of engagement.)

i.e. a switch that turns on a light, a switch that turns off a fan, a lever that lifts a deal, a button that buttons a fly, a pull cord that opens a door, a knob that opens a flap, a zipper that zips a zap, a push rod that delivers a god, etc…

I would like at some point this summer to have a workshop to make available my tools and spare parts for construction purposes and provide a social incentive (chips and dip) to produce work. Look for an invitation between Summer I and Summer II sessions (July 10th and there abouts). One should not wait for this event to get started. Below are two pictures of dioramas off the internet. Notice that they do not have an interactive element, and that they would be all the better if they did, and you should like to put such an element in your diorama. All comments, questions, suggestions welcomed.






Nuevo^de facto AU, “the utpArt club,” president,
Kris Ohlinger
Vorange4@gmail.com

opportunity to show at The Blue Onion

Arist's Unanimous Presents Miniature Masterpieces at the Blue Onion
March 10th - April 14th, 2007

If you would like to show work please bring it by The Blue Onion on Dove in McAllen between 9a and 11a on Saturday March 10th.

There is no theme but the size of the work should be small - 5" x 7" and smaller.

If you have any questions please let me know.
~wendy

A second opportunity to show during the Art Walk

We will also be showing some large sculpture work in the courtyard of The Art House. So ...if any of you AU members have sculpture work and would like to show at the Art House on Friday contact me ASAP.

~wendy
956.460.1880

opportunity to show - Art Walk February 2007

Art Walk February 2007

Who: Open to members of Artists Unanimous as well as interested UTPA Students and staff

Where: Douglas Clark Gallery

When: February 2, 2007

Theme: Expressions of Love

~please try to avoid cliché

All mediums 2 & 3d welcome

To Participate:
Send a picture of your piece along with the following information:
• Your Name
• Title of Piece
• Medium
• Size
• Price or Not For Sale
• Optional - Contact info: email or phone #
Send this information via email to artistsunanimous@gmail.com

Deadline: Wednesday January 31, 2007

All work to be shown must be delivered to Douglas Clark Gallery between 4 and 5:15pm on Friday February 2, 2007. No work will be accepted after 5:15pm.

If you will not be able to deliver your work at this time but do want to show please contact Chris Ramirez (956)451-6089 or Wendy Gilbert (956)460-1880 to make arrangements prior to Friday February 2, 2007.

opportunity to get your work published

gallery, UTPA's journal of student literature & art, is soliciting poems, short stories, essays, criticism, drawings, paintings, and photographs for publication.

The deadline for entry is March 8, 2007

For more information and submission forms CLICK HERE

or stop by COAS 211 - The Department of English Office.

Tommorrow - 1st Meeting of Spring '07 Semester

Come join us for a new semester of talking about art, sharing art and showing art beginning Tuesday January 23rd 2007!

We will be meeting in the same place, the Painting Room (formerly the Printing Room) in the Art Annex from 12p - 1p.

exhibit tonight