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"That's Odd" opens at Olive Hyde

“That’s Odd” an art exhibit featuring the work of two Berkeley artists, Pamela Blotner and Jim Rosenau, opens at Olive Hyde Art Gallery, 123 Washington Blvd. in Fremont, with a reception 7:00-9:00 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2012. The show runs through June 9, 2012.


As the son and grandson of publishers, Jim Rosenau was raised in a house with 5,000 books. Having read an essay, “Lumber,” about how the term meant not only wood, but the ideas stored in your head, Jim wondered if books could be made into lumber and what could be made from them. After collecting outdated reference books and novels which attracted him, Jim began to creatively experiment with his ideas. His resulting book furniture has earned him a wide following and his work has shown in almost 50 states and countries.


Pamela Blotner’s work has been influenced by her experiences as an Illustrator/Mission Specialist on missions for Human Rights Watch, Physicians for Human Rights, and the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center. She has exhibited her drawings and sculpture throughout California and in many other states. In addition she is a member of the Graduate Faculty of Meridian University, a member of the faculty of Pixar University at Pixar Animation Studios, and an advisor to the Board of Artist’s Rescue Mission in Houston, Texas.
In selecting artists for “That’s Odd,” Olive Hyde Art Gallery Director and Curator, Sandra Hemsworth, says “I was first attracted to the work of both Pamela Blotner and Jim Rosenau for the way in which they use everyday functional objects to create very conceptual, sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical works. There is a sense of maturity and wisdom or truth to their work. You can't help but want to understand the history behind the ideas they are trying to convey, the stories they are attempting to tell."


“That’s Odd” offers the viewer an opportunity for a different experience in the world of contemporary art, its interpretation and value.















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The Art of the Book represents the seventh in a series of yearly shows, first at Donna Seager Gallery and now at Seager Gray Gallery. Thirty-five artists from various disciplines including fine presses, mixed-media artists, ceramic artists, writers and poets are featured.

The exhibition includes everything from the sublime treatment of poetry by Charles Hobson and Carolee Campbell to the conceptual appropriation of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in the exquisite thread piece by Lisa Kokin. Carved books by Samantha Y. Huang and Ingrid Siliakus accentuate the beauty of paper itself without concern for text while Brian Dettmer exposes layers of meaning, reinterpreting text and image with his exacto knife. Books and newspapers are replicated in clay by Richard Shaw, Stephen Paul Day and Michael O’Shea. Merging tradition with high tech, Penny Nii and Mohammed Allababidi collaborated on a handmade letterpress book that comes with a downloadable app and interacts with your iPad, using new Digital over Analog technology. The Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York with the permission of May Castleberry contributed The Island of Rota, an ingenious collaboration between writer Oliver Sacks, artist Abelardo Morell and designer Ted Muehling. This work epitomizes our belief that when form and content are in perfect agreement, there is a kind of harmonic chord that is struck, deepening the experience and transforming book into art.

Participants in The Art of the Book (includes all writers and collaborators): Jody Alexander, Mohammed Allababidi, Tor Archer, Anita Barrows, Doug Beube, Eavan Boland, Carolee Campbell, Julie Chen, Stephen Paul Day, Marie C. Dern, Brian Dettmer, Debra Magpie Earling, Daniel Essig, Kota Ezawa, Anne C. Gable, Casey Gardner, Danielle Guidici-Wallis, Alisa Golden, Charles Hobson, Samantha Y. Huang, Kathryn Kain, Peter Koch, Lisa Kokin, Mary Risala Laird, Alan Loney, Claudia Marseille, Mary V. Marsh, Ciel McKay, Abelardo Morell, Ted Muehling, Penny Nii, Michael O’Shea, Emily Payne, Sara Press, Andy Rottner, Steph Rue, Oliver Sacks, Judith Serebrin, Richard Shaw, Elizabeth Sher, Ingrid Siliakus, Helen Stanley, Nikki Thompson and Eugenie Torgerson.

A catalog of the exhibition is available for purchase through the gallery.
email to reserve your copy

art@seagergray.com














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Here's an idea from Mary Robinette Kowal, a challenge .... A Month of Letters.
For the month of February, send something in the mail each day, a postcard, a letter, a picture, a fabric swatch, a clipping...
More information at her link below:



http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/month-of-letters/















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Bibliotheque de Sarrebourg .... France





Valdor ... Montblanc, Espana

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FLUXFEST CHICAGO 2012 February 9th - 12th, 2012

The Cat is Out of The Bag ..... Time for Another FLUXFEST !!!


Feb 9th - Opening of " FROM THE ARCHIVE " - Mailart and Fluxus from the archives of Fluxus/St. Louis.
@ Chicago Art Institute, Joan Flasch Library.

An afternoon opening reception for an exhibit of works that have accumulated here at the archive .. work by all of us and more ... ( if you've never sent Mailart or anything to the archive ..send it now and I'll make sure it's included in the show )

Feb. 10th . ' FLUX IT YOURSELF ' : Scores and Performances by Contemporary Fluxus

Tentative Location : Center For Book Arts, Chicago ( kind of a DIY free for all, where we can do whatever scores we like, plus a one day long exposition of our publications ) either send publications to me ahead of time, or bring them along.

Feb 10th 6:00pm " Flux Dinner " @ The Artist's Cafe, Chicago

An informal get together at a Chicago landmark .... also an opportunity to sign posters and catch up with each other.

Feb 11th 11-5pm "Fluxus Day at the Chicago Cultural Center"

an amazing performance space, and an event sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

several events to participate in ...

1. " Mailart Creation Station " - an ongoing space with supplies for making and sending Mailart, informing and interacting with the public.

2. " Women In Bowlers " - a celebration of the women of Fluxus - from its beginnings till now, coordinated by Picasso Gaglione with Dada Machine Fluxus, and everyone who wants to perform.

3. " One Ring Circus " - Contemporary Fluxus scores performed by taking turns ... I'll be there with a sign up sheet, and announce ( like we did last year at the MCA and at ABC No Rio ) ....

4. " Long Form Flux " ... Plenty of room for longer durational pieces to be ongoing .. Let me know what you want to do & we'll work it in ... we have lots of space to work with,
also hallways and stairwells ... Bring your Ideas

5. " Fluxhibition 5.4 " - Cecil Touchon will once again transport valises filled with small flux-works from the Fluxmuseum Collection to show and share for the day.

6. " Free For All " - Please either bring or send ahead a multiple, publication or postcard in an edition of 50 or more that can be given away to the public. Last year was amazing .. over 50 different pieces came in, and all were distributed ... that's 2500 works that went out in a day ....how cool is that! I'll be collecting 8 full sets to box and donate to archives. ( Last years boxes ended up in MOMA, Ohio State, The Sackner Collection, Chicago Art Institute, MCA Chicago, and more.... )

Feb. 11th ongoing ( 8am - 6pm ) " Write Now - Artists And Letterforms "

A major exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center that showcases a diverse range of recent works by artists utilizing letters and text in a wide array of mediums. * The " Fluxus, Mailart, and Visual Poetry Project " that many of us are in, is located on and around a 30 ft. long wall as part of this exhibition, and will be open during the day.


Feb 11th 6:30 pm " The New York Correspondence School of Chicago Dinner "

The Berghoff, host restaurant of last year's Correspondence Dinner, once again
welcomes us for a special meal ... Bring Mail art and Multiples to share and swap.

Feb 12th " Flux Film Fest " @ 6018 NORTH.

A matinee festival of New Fluxus Film ( send me your film work now on DVD, so we can get the schedule set up. ) with a special screening of RE: MACIUNAS a new film by Jonas Mekas - Made for us for the Lithuanian Biennial. Also, an opportunity to explore 6018 NORTH - a new grassroots non-profit arts center for Performance, Sound, and Alternative Art .. this amazing space is in process, and will become the new Public Home of the Mailart / Fluxus archive that I've been accumulating ... (by next year our Archive Space will be completed, with a viewing room for Mailart / Fluxus works and publications, and walls to do special exhibitions from the archive.)

Housing : We've been loaned a Beautiful large apartment for the week, with several airbeds and 2 bedrooms .. and a great kitchen .. ( could be an amazing home base for our activities, also, several of our Chicago folks have opened their homes for the week. Let me know if you'll be needing space to stay )....


* If you're sending works ahead of time please Clearly Mark them as for Fluxfest / Chicago.
* send to this address:
Fluxfest Chicago
c/o Keith A. Buchholz
3449 Hartford St.
St. Louis, Mo.
63118 U.S.A.

Call or E-Mail me regarding Housing or Ideas .....
1-314-276-4802 Keith9963@sbcglobal.net

Any Ideas that anyone has, please give me a call. lots of opportunity to Perform in some great public spaces, view and make Mailart, and a chance to visit and collaborate.
I hope lots of you can make it.
Peace,
- Keith Buchholz - Organizer









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Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont CA ... Holiday Faire











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