Return to Sender at Tempus Projects

I have a drawing in the upcoming exhibition, "Return to Sender," at Tempus Projects in Tampa FL.  All the artists included in this exhibit received beautifully printed square postcards, created a drawing or other artwork on them, and returned them to Tempus Projects.

Opening Reception:

Friday, Sept 16, 2011 at 8pm

On view by appointment Sept 16-30, 2011

Exhibiting artists include:
George Anderton, Kienan James Almeida, Linda Armstrong, The Art Guys, Bradley Arthur, Ariel Baron-Robbins, Neil Bender, Harvey Benschoter, Dylan Berry, Mikel Bisbee-Durlam, George Blakely, Tate Bunker, Roger Chamieh, Jeremy Chandler, Jiarra Chiang, Elisabeth Condon, Jesse Cregar, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, Shara DeWitt, David Diaz, William Downs, Ljiljana Edmiston, Lyman Edwards, Erica Ellis, Leslie Elsasser, Sarah Emerson, Zesch Fallon, Cor Andrew Fahringer, Becky Flanders, Kendra Frorup, Ilse Padilla Fisher, Jeff Gibbons, Edward Gillum, Joe Griffith, Daniel Georges, Gregory Green, Scott Groeniger, Allen Hampton, Holly Hanessian, Lisa Harasiuk, Tyler Jopek, Carolina Sardi, Mario Schambon, Don Sizemore, Rebecca Skelton, Ryann Slauson, Alexis Kleinbard, Ina Kaur, Gabriel Kudela, R Land, Robbie Land, Robert Lawrence, Rory Laven, Terri Lindbloom, George Long, Diran Lyons, Ann-Marie Manker, Lynn Manos, Cynthia Mason, Mark Mothersbaugh, Eric McCafferty, Ellen Mueller, Justin Myers, Justin Nelson, Ashley Niven, Kym O'Donnell, David Packer, Roger Palmer, Sam Parker, Kurt Piazza, Bianca Pratorius, Jim Reiman, Babs Reingold, Herman Reller, Jim Roche, Erica Rohman, Cornel Rubino, John F. Russell, Shannon Richie-Lindsey, Edwin Smalling, Brian Taylor, Joe Tsambiras, Kevin Tsoiasue, Rumi Tsuda, Nichole Van Beek, Stephanie Wadman, Kirk Wang, Julie Weitz, Theo Wujick SP, Rob Yulfo, Anthony Zollo

Tampa Series

I'm not sure what the title of this series is yet, but it's exploring the various facets of Tampa, FL.  Rollercoaster, tollbooths, waterbirds, House of Meats, roadkill, Red Lobster, and so on...

ONE exhibition at Museum of Science & Industry

Come check out two pieces from my recent fashion show at the ONE exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI).

ONE Art Exhibition
January 29 - February 26, 2010

The opening reception will take place on Friday, January 29th at 7 P.M.

MOSI will be hosting the ONE exhibition in the second floor ARC Gallery. ONE is a multimedia art exhibition that explores the concept of “one”. “One”, as a number, refers to the integer before two and after zero. It could also be perceived as unity or an ideological force, such as narcissism, capitalism or monotheism. Many facets explore the singular; a sole aim, a single life, a solitaire game.

Admission to the exhibition is included in MOSI general admission. The ARC Gallery is located on MOSI's 2nd floor and surrounds the IMAX® Dome Theatre.

Mark your calendars for Pecha Kucha V4

PECHA kUCHA V4
Friday; Jan 15, 2010

20slides x 20 seconds + 8 presenters = a great night of art, innovation and creative thinking

presenters include:
becky flanders | april childers | robert neff | ellen mueller | michelle malott | raina benoit | tom wagner | kathy gustafson hilton

Come join us at studio 620 in St Petersburg.

Friday, January 15th, 2009
studio@620  |  620 1st ave S, St Petersburg
7:00 doors, 8:20 presentations
$5 at the door
cash bar

Pronounced ("peh chak cha") is the Japanese word for "chit-chat." It is also a blend open mike, happy hour and forum for new ideas. Designers, adovocates and overall creative people are given 20 slides shown for 20 seconds a piece. Originated in Japan, Pecha Kucha has spread virally over 260 cities around the world.

follow Pecha Kucha Tampa on facebook .

Ellen Update - Summer Edition

So I just wrapped up my first year of grad school, and am loving the free time to finally take full advantage of the beach! This semester has been a hectic one (when isn't it?) full of exhibitions and performances (and more and more and more).

This summer is going to be busy, but very fun:

- Today I start an art history course entitled, "Against Interpretation," which should be a good time ;)

- Then, June 16 - July 17 I'll head out to Dell'Arte International in Blue Lake CA for a month of performance workshops, for which I cannot wait! I'm hoping it will stir up some inspiration for the grant performance I have to conjure by next October.

- I'll also be swinging by Minneapolis for a visit August 4-9, so I'll be very excited to catch some MN Fringe Festival shows and see my dentist (I had no idea it would be so hard to find a good dentist in FL)!

- And before you know it, school starts Aug 24 (I'll be teaching my own section of Beginning Drawing - awesome!).

That's about all the news from Tampa for now...

Trying My Hand at Blogging Locally

Recently, as I was searching for ways to publicize my upcoming performance, and I came across a publication for women, skirt!, which has a local Tampa edition. I noticed they were looking for people to blog for them, so I sent an email, filled out a little application form, and voila! I am now a registered blogger for skirt! Tampa.

I plan to write about my perspective as an artist who has moved to the Tampa area from Minnesota. I'll be focused on what Tampa has to offer to people new to the area, especially artists/creatives.

Feel free to check it out: http://tampabay.skirt.com/blog/10528
So far I only have a single post, but I plan to write at least twice a week for them.

1st week Grad school DONE & Going to NYC!

Well, I've completed my first week of grad school, and am sufficiently over-whelmed. I have a "Contemporary Thought" class that requires 1 full day per week just for reading the articles required for class (the professor suggests using Saturdays). I have a "Graduate Seminar" class that surprised us with a required trip to NYC in October (I'll get to that in just a moment). Then, there's the "Intermediate Drawing" class in which I am assisting a professor and a "Directed Study" course, so we'll see what fun surprises I'll be challenged with in my studio time. It's been overwhelming, but good - I came to grad school to be challenged, and they are definitely holding up their end of the bargain!
Tampa is a very hot and humid place right now (we're in our hurricane season), but I'm told time and again that the weather will improve soon. Other notable Florida items: there are little lizards everywhere, people are generally shocked and do not believe me when I say I don't have a car, and voter registration ends Oct 6th here! (I didn't realize how spoiled I was in MN where you can register the day of the vote)
Finally, as I mentioned before, I am going to be taking an unexpected trip to NYC October 9-12, 2008. If anyone is currently in NYC or knows someone there with a spare couch or floor space, please let me know... I am small, polite, and unobtrusive. I'm hoping to cut costs by finding some way to crash for free, or at a steep discount - any thoughts or suggestions are welcome!

FLOCAS postcard almost ready to go...

I just finished prepping the postcards for the printers. Once they've been proofed, off they go! (let me know if you see any mistakes!) I'm pretty excited for this show. I'm learning a lot of important things about marketing a show in Tampa, which was one of my main goals in joining the marketing committee for this FLOCAS show.

Aside from this project, I'm just excited for school to start on Monday. I can't wait to get into classes again... and even homework! (I know, I know, I will be laughing at that line in a couple weeks, but for now I'm itching to get moving).

Traveling show down in Florida

Three of my pieces from the Their Turn Series have been selected for the fall traveling FloCAS exhibition (Florida Consortium of Art Schools), juried by North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art Director Bonnie Clearwater. I'm super excited because the show will travel to Tallahassee in August, Gainsville in September, and Tampa in October. Three cities all in one sweep as I start things down at grad school!

The 3 pieces going in the show are entitled: "January 8", "April 30", and "March 19" (pictured here). "March 19" (pictured here).