I really like this video. Otherwise I got nothing.

SCREENPRINTS!

House on Jefferson Street, Brooklyn; 2009



House on Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn; 2009



House in Old Town, Baltimore; 2009

Maybe I've got Goya on the brain, I don't know, but I have finally kicked my ass into shape and I am finally posting the remaining etchings from my senior thesis exhibit. One part of my thesis was a series of d.i.y. styled political posters concerning mostly local issues. I chose to complement the localized content of the posters by focusing on global issues in the etching series.

The series was titled "Los Desastres del Imperialismo Americano" ["The Disasters of American Imperialism], after Goya's "Los Desastres de la Guerra".

Surge Success
Copper Etching on Grey Rives BFK, 2008


Ghost of the War Machine
Copper Etching on Grey Rives BFK, 2008


The Enemy Kitchen
Copper Etching on Grey Rives BFK, 2008

The last print was inspired by this particularly absurd reality of living in this fucked up crazy world.


Views from the actual commencement installation:




Peace.

Exciting! Scanner is up and running! This was my maiden voyage of scanning expeditions:


Flyer to get folks involved with the Zine Bazaar at Red Emma's Radical Book Pavilion coming up in September!


Had this in mind when I was trying to figure out the composition for the flyer. I heart Goya. As much as he capitalized on his art in ways I don't necessarily care for; in the end he can do no wrong in my book.

"Art Against War"

At long last I did some spring cleaning on my computer and uncovered pictures I forgot I had from the "Art Against War" show. I also found stuff from my commencement exhibition from last spring (but we'll save those for a rainy day). In any case, I figure better late than never.

For folks that don't know, the "Art Against War" show was a silent auction/benefit for I.V.A.W. (Iraq Veterans Against the War). We featured the work of their members and members of the community who share the sentiment that the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan need to come to their immediate and rightful end.
The day of the show, there was a workshop held for veterans only where they were given the space and resources to express their stories and emotions with art. Then there was the exhibition where everyone got to show their work. There were also poetry readings performed by the veterans from the Warrior Writers Collection as well as some anti-war folk songs performed by my fellow event organizer Ryan.

Here are some photos from the show:




























































Photos: 1,2: Prints from featured artist/I.V.A.W. member Aaron Hughes 3: Featured artist/I.V.A.W. member Drew Cameron, prints on combat paper 4: I.V.A.W. member reading from Warrior Writers Collection 5: View of exhibit 6: I.V.A.W. member Trey Kindlinger reading from Warrior Writers Collection 7: Exhibit view 8: Print by artist Nadine Bloch, "Saro Wiwa" 9: Audience 10: D.C. street artist BORF contributed this screenprint 11: Photo collage by a MICA Grad student/Iraq Veteran 12: Featured artist/I.V.A.W. member Jon Turner, print on combat paper

Peace.