“A Tapioca Da Tia Lu” by Lula Marcondes

The East Side Studio Tour was lot of fun this year and great motivation to fix up my studio, celebrate my 31st Birthday and invite artist Lula Marcondes to exhibit his work with me. I have admire Lula’s work after seeing his large puppets and banners in the Austin First Night parade in 2006 and then seeing it in critique studio when I came to visit the UT Design program in 2007. Lula is from Olina, Brazil and is an architect, musician, and artist. His work is very influenced by the Brazilian folk art movement and Brazilian woodcutting art. He showed a new work of his at my studio titled “ A Tapioca Da Tia Lu” that is a tribute to one of the oldest tapioca (taco) sellers in his home town. He created this addition with the help of the Austin Series Project which works with artists to create limited edition serigraph print of their work. I like that he not only turned his painting into a print but added a section of fabric from Brazil for the women’s dress. He has incorporated Brazilin fabrics into many of his works. During the studio tour I gave Lula a lesson in linocut printmaking and he is almost done with his new print!

“A collaborative workshop format is the setting used to foster diverse artists’ development and creativity through exposure to the serigraph technique. Each participating artist creates a limited edition serigraph print and The Serie Project, in turn, is able to make the fine art available to the public through these affordable, signed and numbered prints.”
-serieproject.org

You can see the Series Projects current show at the Mexic-Arte Museum from now through March 1st. I highly recommend it!

East Side Studio Tour

Metamorphosis Arte East Side Studio Tour

“Bambi meets Godzilla”

The animation, “Bambi meets Godzilla” was suggested to me in relation to my border wheat past video project. Its a little harsh but gets the message across fast. I like that the original animation by Marv Newland is done in black ink and is very simple. It is easily found on YOU TUBE along with newer additions that have used his original concept. These other versions use a very different graphic style and add new chapters to the short story. I like how in some of the new versions Bambi has revenge on Godzilla.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBkc2jK-6w&feature=related
by marv newland

new versions
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u99n-F1QP7E&feature=related
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lces8YVhI4&feature=related

US/Mexico Border Fence Wheatpast project in Marfa, TX

Oct. 26, 2006: President Bush signed a measure authorizing
the construction of a fence along 700 miles of the 2000 mile
U.S.-Mexico border. As of Oct. 2008, 344.3 miles have been
completed.

"The fence would have a negative effect on everything from the
insects that would now be flying around the lights instead of
pollinating the cactuses, to the birds that eat them, right up
to the large predators like the jaguars,"

-William Radke, Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge

The Market Street Railway Mural size: 12 by 38 feet

Mona Caron is a freelance illustrator and public muralist based in San Francisco, CA. She has received several awards for her murals and has become a colorful part of the Bay Areas art activist and mural community. Her mural titled “Market Street Railway” shows the history of market street thought different color coded sections that show important scenes that have taken Market Street. They include: the bloody labor riots of 1934, an early Pride Parade, and the massive February '03 peace demonstration, and a futuristic eco-city illustration. I have been very insired by her eco-city image as well as her bike art.

"I chose these moments that show a radically different use of the public space in a continuum that wouldn't put too much emphasis on one or the other," Caron explains. "The implication is that all of these are things that make the city vibrant, and this is what the street is for."-Mona Caron