The Ship of Deconstruction has left the Dock - The Beginning of Art Con 4 "Deconstructed"

The ball was pushed and began to roll officially today. Art Con 4 is underway. We have taken it upon ourselves to tackle a monster for the sake of giving back this year. Our venue is beautiful and raw but she needs many repairs and construction prior to the grand event Saturday December 6th. We will be burning the midnight oil all week to get it done. I hope that we blow the lid on the jar of possibilities right off. I already have a large group of people to thank for their kindness and generosity and we just began. Bring on the Art Con Army we are ready to fulfill your aesthetic stockings!

Mike Arreaga on the Table Saw prepares the art boards.


A group of Art Con folks gathered to paint and prepare.

Art Con 4 is starting it's engine!!!

We are 7 days away from Art Con 4 "Deconstructed". All of the game pieces are on the board and we start moving them around this weekend. We are in for a fun filled week of construction, art making and beautiful community connectivity! After all of the meetings and discussions it comes down to one week. Please come out and see what we created to raise funding for this years beneficiary Preservation Link on Saturday December 6th, 6:30 - 11:00pm.

Getting HATCHed at La Reunion's gallery tonight.

I will be manning a booth of my images this evening for the pop-up retail experience known as HATCH. $15 admission.

About HATCH:
A collision of Fashion and Visual Art. This event is a collaboration between La Reunion and Texas' Next Top Designer. There will lots of visuals and goodies for you to purchase.

Come on out and get Hatched tonight!

7pm - 10pm
2129 Farrington St., Dallas Texas 75207

Art Chicas 2008

I spent the day teaching a group of 10 amazing young women. Please go here to see the end results and snaps I took of each of them.
The assignment was:
To shoot with DSLR cameras in fully manual modes, abstract or indirect portraits of a stranger. (The girls were paired with another girl in the class. It had to be someone they did not know.) Then they had to reflect and write about the image they chose. At the end of the day was a reception with there work and stories were on the wall. I was very proud of the gals for taking the assignment seriously and diving right in.

This was part of Art Chicas with La Reunion. There were 4 artists involved and forty young women this year. What a wonderful day.