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The VORTEX and CHULA

are pleased to announce

an Open Studio and Performance Festival

at The VORTEX for

East Austin Studio Tour 2010

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When: Saturday and Sunday, November 13-14, 21-22, 2010 11am-6pm.

CircX VorteX, November 14 7pm.

Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd.  Austin, TX 78722

Free Admission!

The VORTEX and CHULA present 2 weekends of visual and performing arts for East Austin Studio Tour.  Each day of the tour, visual artists display their work while performing artists provide demonstrations and performances.  See the full list of daily events at the Vortex website.

The Vortex is Exhibition Space # E28 on the EAST map.

Visual Artists from the Cherrywood Neighborhood include:

Paul Ahern, Cardboard Artist, www.cardboardistry.com

Stephen Bartolomeo, Painter

Marykathryn Briggs, Photographer, http://www.blurb.com/books/ 1302977

Patricia Chapa, Silkscreen Paintings.

Marilyn Fenn, Painter, marilynfenn.com

Carolyn Green + Katinka Pinka, Mother-daughter team devoted to multi-media collage art, clothing, and accessories from recycled materials, www.katinkapinka.com

Cassandra Ramirez, ceramic artist showing bowls and succulent planters.

Cedar Stevens, hoopster and herbalist, Hoops by Hullaba Loola and Natural Magick Shop

Jeff Woodruff, art jeweler, painter and mobile sculptor, www.metalicity.com

Demonstrations and performances each day between 11am and 6pm of EAST include work by Sky Candy Aerial Collective, Drishti Dancers, John Steven and Tyler, Abigail and Hansel, Nematoades, Haun’s Mill, Los Super Avengers, and Sticky Fingers Fashion Fragrance Show.

CircX VorteX returns with a fall installment at 7pm on November 14.  This Free Circus Arts show features Aerial arts by Sky Candy, Drishti Dancers, live music, and more.  Donations accepted to support the artists and the venue.

For more information contact vortex@vortexrep.org.

www.vortexrep.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 19, 2008

Contact: Marilyn Fenn

AUSTIN ROAD SHOW

FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Five Austin artists take their show on the road, proposing five distinctive views of the weirdness of both life and the imagination. “Real and Imagined” will appear at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center from October 3rd, through October 29th, with an evening reception on Friday, October 3rd, 6:00 – 9:00 pm.

At mid-career, these artists can point to rich and varied backgrounds and bodies of work. Jill Alo paints dreamlike images that, like dreams, can be both heavy and light, offering the viewer multiple layers of meaning. Her unexpected use of color conveys angst as well as humor. Linda Anderson’s paintings explore a lifelong interest in symbol and allegory. Integrating a classic decorative line with universal themes, her work invites and rewards repeated contemplation. Kathleen Claps’ quirky, often witty acrylic paintings reference a rich internal narrative and quietly challenge the notion of a benign and orderly world. Marilyn Fenn’s paintings explore the tension between abstraction and representation—exploring the luscious arrangements of paint on the surface of the canvas interacting with the illusion of the third dimension—to create vivid and compelling work. William Wahlgren’s canvases blend traditional glazing techniques with a minimal sensibility. Suggestions of subtly modulated skies or foliage create a rich yet monochromatic atmosphere of sheer imagination.

As a group, these artists represent a diverse array of mid-career accomplishments, from teaching to regional and national gallery representation and exhibition histories. For more information visit the Fort Worth Community Arts Center website at http://www.fwcac.com or call (817) 738-1938.

Blogging from the Right Side of the Brain Art Exhibit

Texas Kaos Presents Netroots Nation After Party and Art Exhibit

Hosted by Bay6 Gallery and Studios

Reception:
Saturday July 19th
7:00PM to 10:00PM
5305 Bolm Rd Bay6 Austin TX.

As the Netroots Nation conference winds to a close Saturday evening, we invite you to join us and Bloggers from across the nation at Bay6 Studios to 'Kick Back and Kick it Up before We Kick 'Em Out!'

Sponsored and hosted by Texas Kaos and Bay6 Gallery and located five minutes from the Austin Convention Center in East Austin, the event will feature music, food, drink and present a group art exhibition "Blogging from the Right Side of the Brain" featuring work by Texas artists Marilyn Fenn, Daphne Holland, Jack Howe, Darvin Jones, Mindy Kober, Sharon Kyle-Kuhn and Brooke Wilton.

For more information and direction see www.texaskaos.com, www.bay6studios.com