Wild Flag at Northern
Wild Flag is a new rock group featuring members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium and The Minders. The best thing to happen to music in 2010? Hell yes. Wild Flag debuted here in Olympia, at Northern! What an honor. They’ve already been generating quite a buzz . Here’s a review in SPIN http://www.spin.com/articles/indie-supergroup-wild-flag-debut-olympia and there’s a really […]
bmmr smmr
It’s been a bit of a bummer summer for me here in the Pacific Northwest. The chilly, dismal weather throughout much of June and July definitely affected my overall mood, in addition to a couple failed job searches and house drama. Now that August has brought hot, sunny weather to Olympia, I’m busy finishing teaching […]
May art at Northern
April showers bring May flowers, or so they say. The Black Dot Museum, curated by Jean Smith and David Lester of Mecca Normal, took over the walls of Northern for the month of May, bringing together political artists based out of Vancouver, BC. We also celebrated the one year anniversary of Northern in conjunction with […]
“From, Johnson” March exhibit at Northern
Since December, I’ve been hard at work organizing and curating this month’s group show at Northern. I met all the artists during my stay at The Vermont Studio Center this past November and December. From the Press Release: For the month of March, Northern is pleased to present, From, Johnson, a group show exhibiting the […]
greener grass & self loathing
Sometimes it’s hard to hear the Universe talking to you above the din that is your day to day life. As someone who already has bad hearing from an ungodly amount of hardcore and emo shows attended as a teenager, sometimes it’s difficult to hear anything at all (I escaped the alterna-90s and all I […]
January Art at Northern!
Northern hosted an amazing show of two young, local artists this past month. The opening was truly an event to behold with costumed creatures drumming in circles (think Show Biz comes alive) as well as a lot of attractive, hip kids. The information from the press release is pasted below along with some photos of […]
and winter begins…
The holidays are over, which means that school is gearing back up for winter quarter. Classes start tomorrow and I’ll be teaching another section of foundation drawing as well as a revised and improved printmaking course focusing on relief applications. Should be fun but exhausting. The studio is fully booked and I’m going to have […]