So New In Town? opened today at Angels Gate, my last show as a desk-bound employee (I’m moving to a more curatorial and freelance role as of now, so I can work on more personal projects). I’m more than satisfied, the show is both a showcase for my efforts to turn around the Studio Artist Program at the Center, and also to bring the quality of gallery shows way, way up. The feedback from artists and visitors was awesome, and I feel like the efforts I’ve made over the past three years have come to satisfactory fruition.

So now that that’s all done, I’m off to Thailand tomorrow, to install what most likely will be the final Avian Flu Awareness piece, at Bhurapa University in Bangsaen, outside Bangkok. I’m packing a ton of painting tools, my projector and a pile of source images, and I have no idea what’s going to happen. The show opens either on the 7th or the 10th of July, there either is or isn’t a catalog, there either are or aren’t Thai artists in the show and I’m 95% sure that I can’t work directly on the gallery’s walls. Edith Abeyta and S. Ian Song, the other two American artists who will be installing their work in person, are already there, working and hopefully I’ll be undertaking a day-long plane flight to arrive in the arms of a well oiled art installation machine. Regardless, I’ll be eating some amazing food, probably some amazing seafood, taking a lot of pictures and being both out of my water and in the depths of my creative practice. More on the show when I hit the ground.

So it may get slow around here, or I may be able to post a lot, who knows. No “To Do” lists till I get back, probably. I’ll be back in LA on the 12th, wish me luck and cool weather.

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