Wage Job (Endless Column),2012. Flatware, Napkins and Napkin Bands in progress.
As part of the BOLT Residency program at the Chicago Artists’ Coalition (CAC) , Baang and Burne artist Stacia Yeapanis will present her solo exhibition , OVER AND OVER AGAIN, an exhibition combining video, sculpture, collage and embroidery to address the sometimes grueling, sometimes pleasant sisyphusian nature of daily life in order to reveal the ways that repetition can provide solace, understanding, and the opportunity for transformation in the face of its own monotony.
Solace Supercut,2012. Multiple video stills.
On May 24 from 7:00-8:30pm, the exhibition will be accompanied by a screening of It Means Whatever You Want It to Mean (2010),a remix video of appropriated clips from 23 television shows, the characters carry on a conversation about the meaning of life across the boundaries of their shows, each building on or responding to the previous remark. Yeapanis gives voice to the sisyphusian experience by remixing the words of fictional characters, revealing the philosophical narratives present in popular TV shows.
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
May 11 -31, 2012
Opening Reception: May 11, 6-9pm
Chicago Artists’ Coalition
217 N Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
http://chicagoartistscoalition.org
For more information on Stacia Yeapanis’ work and her BOLT residency, visit: http://bit.ly/IBDoM5
As part of the kick off for the Venice Art Walk and Auctions season, the work of Baang and Burne artist Todd Squires will be included in the 2nd annual Surf & Skate Auction, benefiting The Venice Family Clinic. The event will feature one-of-a-kind skate decks and custom-shaped surf boards, from local artists, musicians, athletes, and tattoo artists.
Todd Squires comes to his subjects from an intense interest in film and cinematography. His work combines photography, digital art, film, and mixed media. His collaborative project with artist Raymond Pettibon on the book Faster, Jim, was presented at the Getty Research Institute exhibition The Artist Turns to the Book and also belongs to the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. His photographs, video art, and mixed media works have drawn attention in both solo and group exhibitions in the Los Angeles area.
Venice Art Walk & Auctions – Surf & Skate Auction
Friday, April 27
Silent Auction 6-9pm
After Auction Party until 10pm
Track 16 at Bergamot Station,
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg C-1, Santa Monica, CA.
For more information visit: http://theveniceartwalk.org
Your real asset is your network. Making your personal relationships work for you and working new relationships into your personal and professional life are keys to success. Refine your networking skills with art gallery director / entrepreneur Charlie Grosso and consultant Riegan Sage at Leveraging Your Network.
In this class we will:
- Demystify the ins and outs of networking by breaking it down into specific components
- Learn skills to transition new contacts from initial hand shake to life long connections
- Clarify the difference and opportunities available in networking online and offline
- Prepare physically and mentally to make talking to strangers easier
Be prepared to have fun and learn new skills with two innovative movers and shakers with diverse backgrounds and experiences spanning multiple industries.
You should attend if you are:
Entrepreneurs
Artistic professionals
Young Professionals
Anyone wanting to broaden their network and opportunities
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location:
HIve at 55
55 Broad Street (at Beaver) 13F
New York, NY
Click here to reserve your spot: http://bit.ly/HYoUpR
Are books, magazines, and art catalogs still relevant in today’s technology-saturated environment?
Join us on March 20th for lively discussion on Art, Publishing, & Technology.
Social Media Week panel discussion: “Beyond Broadcasting and Into Community Building” hosted by Baang and Burne Contemporary at Wix Lounge.
The panel will shed some light on: art issues magazines are having, art used to illustrate a story, how the art catalog industry is changing because of the internet, and how art book publishing companies are dealing with and effected by this.
The old aphorism that we should never judge a book by its cover is changing. Come share in the discussion on how publishers and editors are looking to entice unsuspecting browsers with today’s new media!
Art, Publishing, & Technology.
March 20th, 7- 9:30 PM
902 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, 10010
Complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Click here to reserve your spot: http://bit.ly/y9Hr1j
Baang and Burne Contemporary artist Ed Smith‘s exhibition ‘Small Gods and Heroes’ will be in view at The Wedeman gallery at Lasell College until February 24, 2012.
About Ed Smith:
Ed Smith’s bronze sculptures and bold works on paper take on life’s most significant and complex issues. In his work, metaphors for love, desire, birth, mourning, and death are treated with a nearly heroic tone that is charmingly reminiscent of old master drawings while remaining incredibly contemporary.
Smith is a Guggenheim Fellow in Sculpture and Drawing and an Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. His work has been written about and reviewed in the New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art News, the Miami Herald, Giornale Dell’Arte, The San Francisco Examiner, and many others.
His work is represented in the collections of The British Museum, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp Belgium, The Hood Museum, The Davis Museum, and Yale University.
The Lasell College Wedeman Gallery
1844 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466-2716
Tel. (617) 243-2000
www.lasell.edu
Journalist Sara Farizan covers Baang and Burne artist Ed Smith’s exhibition Small Gods and Heroes at at Lasell College’s Yamawaki Art & Cultural Center:
“Not only is Smith’s product impressive, but the passion and knowledge he has regarding the history behind his figures is evident.
His sculpture, “Harpy”, has a human leg holding up a grotesque, muddled, almost mutant-bunny like head. Smith explains that a harpy was a horrible, winged being that was created to enforce morality, a monster to chase your conscience.”
Click here to read the full article.
‘Ed Smith: Small Gods and Heroes’
January 16 to February 24, 2012,
The Lasell College Wedeman Gallery
Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center
1844 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466-2716
Tel. (617) 243-2000
www.lasell.edu
This year during New York City Social Media Week, Baang and Burne Contemporary will host the panel discussion:
“Beyond Broadcasting and Into Community Building”.
As social media quickly becomes the primary way to reach and connect with new audiences, how can artists, arts organizations, and galleries transform their traditional roles to become more socially engaged and relevant through community and collaboration? How can creative communities move beyond mere broadcasting and marketing and into meaningful dialogue and engagement?
Friday, February 17, 2012. 6-8 PM
Wix Lounge
10 West 18th Street -2nd Floor
New York , 10011
Click here for more info and to reserve your spot!
Join us!
Baang and Burne artist Jane Zweibel has been invited to participate in the “П_Stop” project, a Public Arts Projects in Perm Russia as part of the Museum of Contemporary Art PERM’s Public art Program.
Throughout 2012, over 119 public bus stops in the city of Perm will be created to transform the city center into an outdoor museum of fine arts.
Several of Zweibel’s “Self-Portraits as Midlife Mermaid” will be featured.
Self-Portrait as Midlife Mermaid #6 2009 Oil, acrylic, glitter on stuffed canvas.
About Jane Zweibel
Jane Zweibel’s “stuffed paintings” are sewn, stuffed, and painted sculptural objects which challenge and blur the boundaries and traditions of both sculpture and painting. The resulting soft sculptures allude to childhood stuffed animals and dolls, while also suggesting cartoon
figures, spiritual icons, and effigies.
Jane Zweibel holds an MFA in Painting from Columbia University and is the recipient of grants from the Puffin Foundation and the Artist’s Fellowship Inc. She has also been awarded fellowships from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Banff Centre of the Arts. Her work has been reviewed in Art in America and the New York Times. A retrospective of her work was mounted at the Kulay-Diwa Gallery in Manila, the Philippines in 2011.
Click here to visit the Baang and Burne website
and view more of Jane Zweibel’s work.
The Wedeman gallery at Lasell College will host an exhibition by award-winning Baang and Burne Contemporary artist Ed Smith.
The exhibition, ‘Ed Smith: Small Gods and Heroes’ will run from January 16 to February 24, 2012, with an opening reception to be held from 6:30-8PM on February 2, 2012.
About Ed Smith:
Ed Smith’s bronze sculptures and bold works on paper take on life’s most significant and complex issues. In his work, metaphors for love, desire, birth, mourning, and death are treated with a nearly heroic tone that is charmingly reminiscent of old master drawings while remaining incredibly contemporary.
Smith is a Guggenheim Fellow in Sculpture and Drawing and an Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. His work has been written about and reviewed in the New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art News, the Miami Herald, Giornale Dell’Arte, The San Francisco Examiner, and many others.
His work is represented in the collections of The British Museum, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp Belgium, The Hood Museum, The Davis Museum, and Yale University.
The Wedeman Gallery
Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center
Lasell College
1844 Commonwealth Avenue Newton, MA 02466-2716
Tel. (617) 243-2000
www.lasell.edu
One of the questions I get asked most often is “You have so many things going on! How do you manage to get everything done?”
The answer: I don’t.
The truth is that I have no magic recipe for packing more hours into the day. My to-do list often over flows onto 2 or even 3 pages, I don’t have a full or even part-time assistant to help me get things done, and I have just as many work and family obligations as the next gal.
The only reason that I’m able to be so productive, work on so many fun projects, and take all of my exciting, last minute weekend getaways is because I have learned to say “No!”
Every errand, so-called obligation, or activity that has no significantly positive, long-term impact on my life has been banished. I simply give them the “CHOP”.
“I’m having a boring dinner party Friday, can you come?”
Thanks! I love you…But Nope.
“Hey, we’re gonna see the new Justin Timberlake movie. Wanna come?”
Nope.
“Can you donate an artwork to our annual fundraiser….?”
Uhm, Hell No.
Chop, Chop, and CHOP!
I don’t have spare time. All of my time is accounted for and filled with high-value and high-reward experiences that truly increase the quality of my life.
(Note here that I said life, not art career.)
Learning to say “no” easily and often, will not only allow you to make advances in your art career, but will ultimately improve the over-all quality of your life.
My questions to you:
What can you start saying “No” to TODAY?
What do you have a hard time saying “No” to?
What everyday activities in your life deserve to be given the CHOP?
What low-value activity can you completely eliminate from your schedule until you’ve reached some of your more rewarding, meaningful goals?
Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
-Kesha
Mr Baang + Mr Burne
