Manifest Destiny III - Fundraising Campaign

In the next month, I'm going to begin work on a new video piece. This work will be a satirical series of photos & videos inspired by the western landscape, historical westward expansion, and human infringement on America's natural resources.

I'm raising funds for this projet at RocketHub, so please check it out

(I can promise there's a slightly amusing video to watch if you visit the link...)

If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email at ellen@ellenmueller.com

Sustainable Fanaticism in America Series on View

My work was just installed at the USF College of Engineering in their main offices in the Engineering II building.

 

If you go in the main entrance (north) of Engineering II, walk to the back hallway and take a left. The main office (includes the Dean's office) will be a few doors down on your right. There is a receptionist at the front desk and you can explain you'd like to see the work by Ellen Mueller.  If you walk past the reception area to the back hallway and turn to the left, you will see "Sustainable Fanaticism in America" installed as a series.

 

The work will remain in this location until February 2012.

Website updates

I've been able to update my website with all the projects from this past semester:

Sustainable Fanaticism in America Series

1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony

Sustainability, Fanaticism, and Fashion on Demand!

Fashion show wrap-up

PHOTO CREDIT: April Waldman-Slone

PHOTO CREDIT: Photochick

PHOTO CREDIT: KDIVAPHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTO CREDIT: KDIVAPHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTO CREDIT: April Waldman-Slone

The fashion show was a great success!

In the end, 3 articles were written:

Student fashion show models a deeper purpose - USF Oracle

USF students inspire sustainable fashion show - Tampa Tribune

Fashion speaks - USF Oracle

We have a growing bank of photos on Flickr.

And you can view the whole event on Vimeo.

If you're interested in taking a closer look at the clothes, visit this page, and click on the design of your choice.

Thanks again to everyone that helped out!

Articles about the Fashion Show

This T-shirt, one of 30 designs in the fashion show, depicts a styrofoam-seeking eagle that steals styrofoam out of the hands of unsuspecting bystanders.

Just for fun, here's a couple links to articles about the fashion show tomorrow night:

Tampa Bay Online article
The Oracle article

Hope to see you at the show!

WHAT: A fashion show featuring clothing designed with sustainability in mind and featuring images that reflect student opinions
WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: USF's Marshall Student Center, Room 2100 A
ADMISSION: Free

All of the designs from the show will be available for purchase online immediately following the show at:
EllenMueller.com/fashion

Sustainability, Fanaticism, and Fashion at USF!

"Sustainability, Fanaticism, and Fashion at USF!," an upcoming fashion show, will take place November 14, 2009 at 8:00pm at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center, room 2100A.  There is no cost to attend this event.  Free refreshments will be provided, and catalogs of apparel will be dispensed.  This event is funded in part by a USF Graduate Student Challenge Grant. 

The purpose of this event is to display a new line of apparel, which has been designed to fit the opinions expressed by USF students who took a recent survey measuring attitudes on fanaticism in relation to sustainability.   

For more information, please visit http://www.ellenmueller.com/fashion or email Ellen at emmuelle@mail.usf.edu 

Sustainability, Fanaticism, and Fashion at USF! Date/Times: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 8:00pm Location: University of South Florida Marshall Student Center, room 2100A 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620 More Info: http://www.ellenmueller.com/fashion Media Contact: Ellen Mueller, emmuelle@mail.usf.edu

Promotional Image available for download at:

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Wrap-up of the Sustainability Mixer

I'm lucky.  Clark Brooks has done an excellent job of summarizing the events of the "1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony" in this recent blog post.  I hope you'll take a look and see how the evening went.  He has a bunch of pictures as well as some humorous commentary from his point of view as the CEO of the evening.

Enjoy!

Interview at Clark Brooks' blog

Check out this interview at Clark Brooks' blog, "Ridiculously Inconsistent Trickle of Consciousness."

Clark Brooks

We talk about my work as a whole, and upcoming events, including the "1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony."  Hope to see you there!

New Panel Series on Fanaticism, Sustainability, & America

Here are some pics of my most recent series of paint and charcoal on wood panel.  The works are inspired by my recent research into the relationship between fanaticism, sustainability and America.  These are the first four in the series of eight.

1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony

1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony
Get talking about sustainability, and recognize leaders!

TAMPA, FL – The 1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony will take place October 16, 2009 at 8:30pm at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center, room 2708.  Black and white attire is encouraged, but not required.  There is no cost to attend this event.  Free refreshments will be provided, and door prizes will be dispensed.  This event is funded in part by a USF Graduate Student Challenge Grant. 

The purpose of this event is to get members of the Tampa Bay community talking about sustainability with each other, and to recognize exemplary achievements by sustainability-minded people.  By recognizing our awareness in each other, we will cultivate stronger support for sustainability in ourselves and others. 

For more information, please email Ellen at emmuelle@mail.usf.edu 

1st Annual Black & White Sustainability Mixer & Recognition Ceremony Date/Times: Friday, October 16, 2009, 8:30pm Location: University of South Florida Marshall Student Center, room 2708 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620 Media Contact: Ellen Mueller, emmuelle@mail.usf.edu

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6.25" x 4.25", 300dpi (print quality)

Grant Progress

It's time for an update on that grant I first mentioned last December (Fanaticism, Sustainability, & America).  It's been a long bumpy road, but we finally have a survey up online for USF students (sorry we couldn't open it up to people beyond the USF campus - I was really bummed we had to restrict our sample population so much!).  

The other people on my grant team developed the survey and will use it's results to write a paper.  Meanwhile, I'll be taking the results and using them as source material for a performance piece.  The two workshops I'm attending at Dell'Arte International are also partially funded by this grant and will contribute to my research for this performance piece.  

I've already started some visual research by compiling the first 10 pages of Google image search's results on the three key words: Fanaticism, Sustainability, & America.  All the images have been printed out and collaged together for a quick reference on my studio wall.

 

Full collection of images

 

Detail shot

Detail Shot

Upcoming Panel Drawings

I've set to work on a new set of panel drawings, and I'm very excited about them.  I've been at grad school for a year, and have not done a single drawing since I arrived (aside from some illustrations in my various booklets), so I'm feeling like it's about time!  

They look very blank and intimidating right now, but I have some ideas flowing, and I know they are going to relate in some way to the grant subject matter (Fanaticism, Sustainability, & America).  The panels are all primed and ready to go, so I just have to get to work developing the compositions to go on them.  8 new works!  Woot!