| Oct
1 - 21: |
I
did a three-week artist's residency with the venerable Massachusetts
Audubon Society. During this time I trolled various MA Audubon
Sanctuaries, looking at birds, and making drawings. In conjunction
with this project, I kept a blog of my experiences and drawings.
Look for it at:
www.mydogoscar.com/birdspot/ |
| Oct
7 & 14th: |
I
taught another two-part drawing class offered by the Mass. Audubon
Center for Visual Arts... for more info click here. |
| Oct
18th: |
I
am gave an artist's talk at the Center for Visual Arts in Canton,
MA as part of their "Art Talk: Conversations with Artists,
Curators and Collectors" program. Click here
for more info. |
| Oct
19th: |
Opening
reception and display of the works created during the Mass Audubon
residency. Click here
for info. |
| July
21 - 28: |
Massachusetts
College of Art/Art New England Summer Workshops in Bennington, VT.
I taught a week-long drawing class called: "360 Degrees: Assessing
the Landscape." This was a workshop that addressed both conceptual
and visual concerns in working from the landscape. Couldn't have
been in a better location; it was a beautiful and thought-provoking
week. For more info on the ANE Summer Workshops, click here.
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| May
13 & 20: |
Massachusettes
Audubon, Canton Center for Visual Arts, Canton, MA. We drew from
live birds at the Blue Hills Trailside Museum and Nature Center,
and worked on individual development and interpretations of birds.
This has turned into a very enjoyable repeat experience, and I will
probably come back again soon. For more info click here. |
| April
15: |
I
gave an artist's lecture at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School
of Design, in Providence, RI, in conjunction with their wonderful
exhibit "Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints."
I spoke on the parallels between my work and Japanese images of
nature, and on the influences of specific artists that were represented
in the exhibit. |
| Jan
27: |
Massachusettes
Audubon, Canton Center for Visual Arts, Canton, MA. This was another
amazing opportunity to draw from live birds at the Blue Hills
Trailside Museum and Nature Center. |
| Jan
19 - 20: |
Claybrook
Lodge, Highland Plantation, ME. I spent a weekend hiking in the
woods of the Flagstaff Lake region of Maine - one of my favorite
places on the planet, and with some really fabulous people (info
on Maine Audubon click here,
info on the lodge click here). |
| Jan
6 - 13, 2007: |
I
visited the Yucatan, Honduras, and Belize, and though it should
have been a fairly tame and touristy excursion (we were joining
a cruise with 14 family members), somehow NYC managed to integrate
chaos into the experience... imagine getting ready to drive to JFK
and finding that your car had not one but two punctured tires, then
imagine missing three consecutive flights, and then missing the
boat, and then impromptu bus trips across the entire Yucatan trying
to catch up with your family... |
news/events
2006: |
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| Nov
30: |
Figments,
Providence, RI. Uber boutique paperie and gallery owner Peggy Lo
hosted a holiday show of some of my drawings: Small Animals
featured studies for a series I am working on. For more info
on this and other fabulous Figments events click here. |
| Nov
4th, 11th: |
Massachusettes
Audubon, Canton Center for Visual Arts, Canton, MA. I spent two
very enjoyable afternoons teaching a small group and drawing from
live birds. This was a really special opportunity. I mean REALLY
special. Inches away, these birds were. Unbelievable. |
Oct
14th: |
DeCordova
Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. I gave an artist's gallery
talk about my drawings in the exhibit Going Ape:Confronting
Animals in Contemporary Art. For info on the exhibit, click
here.
For info on my drawings in the exhibit, click here. |
| Oct
1st: |
I
officially moved my studio to Brooklyn, NY. Also drove across
the country and back, for various reasons, and birded along the
way. |
| May
28-Jun 9: |
Spent
a couple of weeks birding in Alaska, mostly around Nome and Anchorage.
Looking for birds when the sun barely sets is INSANE. |
| May
13th: |
After
two (or is it three?) years of captaining a Birdathon team in Rhode
Island and coming in second place each year, we finally came in
first. The weather was just awful. Anyone who doesn't know what
a birdathon is really doesn't want or need to... for a species list,
check out Audubon of RI here. |
| April
9th: |
Darien
Nature Center, Darien, CT. Exhibit of my marsh drawings and journal
writing, paired with a saltwater tank and taxonomic specimens from
marsh inhabitants. This was an amazing experience, and I heartily
recommend exhibiting in a nature center to anyone jaded and weary
of art-world speak. It just felt so PURE. |
| April
1st: |
Audubon
Society of RI, Annual Birder's Conference, Kimball Wildlife Sanctuary,
Charelston, RI. As a featured presenter, I gave an artist's talk
on the intersection of something as oddball as bird watching with
contemporary art. |
| Feb
14th: |
The
'temporary Museum, Brooklyn, NY hung an installation of drawings
from mydogoscar.com's sightings 2003.
This was a very nice little exhibit - what a fabulous Williamsburg
space. |