I have mentioned on many occasions how much I love Kolo products.
Kolo recently wrote another blog entry about how I use TTV (Through the Viewfinder) and the Kolo Essex Travel Journal for my A Little Piece of Home journal.
Thank you Kolo!
Click here to read the entry on the Koloist blog.
I am honored to be a part of the RayKo 3rd International Juried Plastic Camera Show in San Francisco, California. The opening reception is February 26 and the show will be up until April 17.
Click here for more information about the RayKo Photo Center and the exhibition.
You can click here to view the 2009 Year in Review Slideshow.
Last night I attended the gallery reception for an exhibit I am a part of — I Spy With My Plastic Eye.
The exhibit pays homage to the plastic camera and my print “Childhood Memories”, shot with my Holgaroid, is one of many amazing images in the exhibit. I feel so honored that I was asked to participate in this show.
The exhibit is at A&I Hollywood and benefits WeSpark, which provides free cancer support services.
A fine art book sponsored by HP is available for sale, featuring all images from the show with shot details and artists commentaries. The book is $40 and you can purchase it by clicking here.
Here is Aline Smithson‘s foreword to the book:
I Spy With My Plastic Eye is an exhibition visualized by photographer Astor Morgan. The exhibit, brought to life by A&I, is a testament to the unique qualities of toy cameras. Each artist approached their imagery with a singular voice, using a variety of film types, techniques and cameras. The photographs in this book speak of gesture, of time passing, of simplicity and complexity, allowing for a wide range of expression. And all of this magic has been captured through an inexpensive plastic lens, part of an inexpensive plastic camera that inspires discovery and serendipity. And that is the best part.
-Aline Smithson
The Vintage Santa Monica 2010 Desktop Calendar is finally on sale. I’m so happy at how this calendar turned out.
Images included in the calendar:
Sears
Zucky’s
Bay Shore Bowl
Carousel Building
Station 26
John Adams
Foster’s Freeze
Surf Liquor
Fairview Library
This version of the calendar is south side specific, fyi. Geez I wonder why?
The calendar is $13.95 and I accept credit cards, checks and money orders.
There is also FREE SHIPPING through December 5.
Click here to purchase.
I was invited to join the Polaroid Team on Etsy and they recently showcased one of my Polaroid images on their blog. Click here to view the blog entry.
Etsy teams are groups of organized Etsy members who network, share skills, and promote their shops and Etsy together. The Polaroid Team has shooting with Polaroids as their common interest and passion.
I was very honored when Local Collection at the Glendale Galleria invited me to be a part of their first store. This is the first test of this concept and they have a phenomenal track record on first to launch retail concepts (i.e. first Apple store in the world, first Disney store in the world).
Local Collection is a mix of apparel, accessories, jewelry, home decor, wall art, furniture and pottery/sculpture all done by local designers and artists.
They will be selling my calendars, fine art prints (framed and unframed), paper items I’ve created and greeting cards.
The private opening of the store is next Thursday, November 12 from 5-9pm.
I am very excited about this new venture.
Fellow Samohi alumni Coco Costigan-Daniels has reopened her Santa Monica Mudd Studio (in it’s old location no less!). Santa Monica Mudd is a pottery studio which teaches lessons and hosts birthday parties and other types of social gatherings.
I was honored when Coco asked me to have some of my fine art photographs in the studio space along with painters Gus Harper and Anne Ward Sures. I thought it only appropriate that some of my Santa Monica photographs be showcased in the studio. The gallery portion of the studio has been named “Maiden America.”
There is an opening reception on Sunday, November 8 between 2-6 for refreshments, to view the amazing artwork and to see the new and improved studio space.
Santa Monica Mudd is located at:
2918 Santa Monica Boulevard #2 (Just east of Yale)
Santa Monica, CA 90404
The Pico Improvement Organization presents their 4th Annual Pico Art Walk and Car Show today from 10-5pm.
The walk takes place along Pico Boulevard from Centinela to the Pacific and the Classic Car Show takes place at Virginia Park.
One of my prints, “Circle Vision” will be at the La Foto Gallery until October 28. There is a reception tonight at 7pm at the gallery.
I was informed on Friday that I was one of the five winners of Kolo’s “What’s in your Kolo Window?” contest. Click here to view the Koloist blog entry about the winners and their submitted artwork.
I submitted my A Little Piece of Home journal and they liked it enough to choose it as one of their winners. Thank you Kolo!!
I can’t wait to get my prize in the mail – Kolo albums, photo boxes and accessories.