UPDATE:

The No Fishing Monster went on display tonight in front of the Halle Arts Center in Downtown Apex. It will sit on the bench for one week and is scheduled for pick up 10/21/08





Strings: Fishing




This piece is in the works but the goal is to get it finished and out on the street this week. Destination, the Apex Community Center where Fishing Monster will sit on a bench for a week (unless it rains...).



When complete, the arms (which still need to be attached) will hold onto a fishing pole. The "No Fishing" sign (not completed yet) will free stand next to the bench sitting monster. I also plan to sidewalk chalk a small fishing hole with maybe some goldfish swimming around.



This peice is based on the Reading Monster that sat on a bench downtown during the Apex Arts Festival.

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Apex Art Festival Friday Night

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The night before the Second Annual Apex Salem Street Art Festival and I'm sneaking around, hanging hitchhikers and installing installations...



OK , maybe not sneaking so much. It took me an hour to hang it all.



Plus, Rock, the director of the Cultural Arts Center, stepped outside his office and asked me what the heck I was doing.



My response, "Just placing this 6 foot tall monster on this bench here in front of your art center... but wish I had some chalk..."



This only resulted in him saying, "Yeah, I got some chalk. You have ten minutes... My wife is waiting..."



So I took his chalk and made some foot prints coming out of the sewer...



In the end I'm my own worse critic. What works is the monster. Why? Because he is incorporated into the space. He becomes part of the urban environment.



What doesn't work? The mammoth, which I worked so hard on. Though I'm sure it would make an excellent gallery piece, it doesn't make for great street art. Ok, so art and learn.

Salem Street Art Festival

Oh yes, I am planning on participating in the Apex Arts Festival this Saturday. Not that I asked... or was invited... but is that what art is all about?? Hmmmm....

My garage in preparation...

Eva Perry Pole Gallery Opens!

The Eva Perry Library Pole Gallery opens today.

The show, which consists of three, six foot long fence segments, will run through October.

Here is a peak!

Jay Bakker in Town



Went to go see Jay Bakker speak this morning and was glad I did. I've been following Jay via podcast from the Revolution Church in NYC.

If your not familiar with Jay and Revolution I'd recommend you check out some of the Sundance channel's show One Punk Under God.

Jay is, in his own words, transparent and it is refreshing. No big front, rather humble and quit a funny guy. His message, though controversial because of his stance of the gay and lesbian community, is really about grace and love.

Now I have to explain to my pastor why I skipped church to go hear another preacher ;)