"Starting Fires" at USF CAM

Starting Fires -- 2011 MFA Graduation Exhibition
April 1 – May 7, 2011
Reception for the Artists: Friday, April 1, 7:00–9:00pm

For more information call (813) 974–4133
USF Contemporary Art Museum
Click for map and directions

This annual exhibition features Master’s Final Project works by MFA Candidates in the USF School of Art and Art History. This year's class includes: Robb Fladry, Ryan Foster, Zak Hemsteger, Lin Li, Francis Marquez, Justin Martin, Bruce Monroe, Daniel Moore, Ellen Mueller, Chris Otten and Jordi Williams.

Concurrent with Starting Fires, the School of Art and Art History hosts ArtHouse, a favorite annual event where open studios, special installations and performances are presented by graduate and undergraduate students of the School, and complemented by music, food and beverages.

Refractory Show at The Trolley Barn

REFRACTORY

October 15, 2010

New Media and Installation Art Show Transforms the Beautiful Tampa Armature Works Building

 

Tampa, FL – REFRACTORY will take place Friday, October 15 at the former Tampa Armature Works building in Tampa Heights (1910 N Ola Ave). This special, one-night-only show runs from 8PM – 11PM. Admission to the show is a suggested donation of $5.

For one night only, an abandoned factory on the Hillsborough River will be transformed into a kaleidoscope of moving images and media art in an exhibition that engages the historic nature of the building and explores the interstitial space between. This beautiful industrial setting will be the backdrop for more than a dozen local and national new media and video artists. Add to this the installation of the largest Dream Machine ever constructed and you’ve got an amazing visual experience and artistic product that may be the most exciting art event of the Fall season.
Featured artists include Robert Chambers, Genesis P. Orridge, Richard Kern, Gerhardt Gruen, James Johnson, Clem Crowder, FaFa, Gean Moreno, Michael LeMieux, Kurt Piazza, Robb Flandry, Brian Taylor, Noelle Mason and Ellen Mueller.

Some highlights of REFRACTORY include:

Dream Machine Installation  A stroboscopic flicker device pioneered by the late artist Brion Gysin comes to life in massive proportions. While originally designed as a table-top meditative device, this version is a giant pillar of moving light that creates a striking visual display.

Genesis P. Orridge  Recently retired from his involvement with Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle, musician and artist Genesis P. Orridge is a contemporary of Brion Gysin and William S. Borroughs and has spent recent years focusing on art and writing. Orridge is represented by New York gallery Invisible-Exports

Robert Chambers  Best known for his contemporary sculptural installations, the art of Robert Chambers has been exhibited across the country at locations including Miami, Philadelphia, and New York. He has been featured in Art in America, artnet and Arte al Dia and has work in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.

Sound Installation by Tetromino  Sound artists John Russell and Yousef Danak team up to create a site-specific sound installation piece based on the cut-up technique of William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and other Beat Hotel-era artists.

REFRACTORY is organized by a collaborative of well known Tampa Bay cultural activists including Ken Cowart, Joe Griffith, and T. Hampton Dohrman with assistance from Adam Kitzerow, Gregory Green and Bradley Askew. This event is made possible through the hard work and generosity of ASD, Experimental Skeleton, Hampton Arts Management, SuperTest and The Heights of Tampa.

For general inquiries, please contact T. Hampton Dohrman at thdohrman@gmail.com or 813.784.2972.

Tshirt show at Tempus Projects

The T-SHIRT SHOW at TEMPUS PROJECTS
May 14 - May 16, 2010

Opening Reception Friday May 14, 2010  7pm -10pm
Say you'll be there via Facebook

TEMPUS PROJECTS & InkTank Present:
THE T-SHIRT SHOW | a group exhibition featuring work from Allen Hampton, Ellen Mueller, Shara DeWitt, Robbie Land, Robb Fladry, Megan Leppla, Christopher W. Weeks and MORE!

TEMPUS PROJECTS brings these artists together for a playful event featuring a varity of t-shirts and posters. This exhibition will debut at TEMPUS PROJECTS  in South Seminole Heights located on the back lot of 5132 Florida Ave Tampa, FL 33603. All of the features desgins will be available for purchase at fair prices. Support the local art community! More on these artists will soon to be posted at www.tempus-projects.com

In the courtyard: TEMPUS PROJECTS hosts an open air happening of handmade goods in a one night venders market. Pick up quality goods from local craftsmen like Audrey Garber, Lesley Stuart Tinnaro and Scott Dias.

The Opening Reception for this exhibition will be held on Friday May 14, 2010 from 7pm till 10pm with music, refreshments and light hors d'oeuvres.

The event is free and open to the public but donations are greatly appreciated.  The exhibition runs through April 9th, 2010 with gallery hours by appointment. Classes and groups are encouraged and welcomed.

Fashion Show to stream online

Ghandi Shoes

Due to the involvement of my awesome tech-savvy grant team member, Robb Fladry, the fashion show will be streaming online!  The broadcast will probably start around 7:45pm tomorrow (Eastern Coast Time).

Click here to Stream the Fashion Show

After the show is over, check out the site to view all the clothes:
EllenMueller.com/fashion

Video of my commercials

Check out the video at the top of this Art Squeeze Blog Post. Around the 2 minute mark, you can see the video of my commercials for "The System" playing on a screen in the background.
Also, more towards the beginning of the video you can see a long shot of Robb Fladry's video about Star Wars.
Go USF grads on the internet!

Lightboxes at the USF Fine Arts Building

If you get a chance, check out the lightboxes on the north side of the USF Fine Arts building. I have a piece on display from the manual for "The System." Also on display are works from Chris Otten, Robb Fladry, and Jordi Williams. They look pretty cool after dark...

We were selected for the grant!

We were selected for the grant!

In November, I, and a group of 3 other students, applied for the 2008 – 2009 USF Graduate Student Challenge Grants for Building Research Partnerships Across Disciplines. Our proposal was entitled, "Fanaticism, America, and Sustainability." We proposed to research the status of fanaticism in America, and how fanaticism correlates to the sustainability of populations and the environment. Our sample population is 18-38 year old Americans. We will explore how their beliefs about environmental sustainability affect their fanaticism, and vice versa.

It sounds kind of dense and academic, but I'm excited because I'll be using my portion of the grant money to address these issues in a collaborative performance piece. We'll start out by doing a few improvisation workshops, and create from what we discover there. I'm very excited to have the resources to rent a decent performance space, costumes, props, production equipment, etc.

The other grad students on my team are:
Robb Fladry- Studio Art/Electronic Media
Jeffery A. Hinzmann - Philosophy
Elizabeth Victor- Philosophy

Poseurs: New Work from New MFA Students

We finished installing the show on Sunday, and everything seems to be up and running smoothly! Here's the press release:

Poseurs: New Work from New MFA Students - Reception November 14

Featuring the work of USF's first-year MFA students in a variety of visual arts media
With live performances by Khadijah Queen and Robb Fladry

TAMPA, FL – 'Pose(u)rs' is an exhibition of new work by ten artists who are pretending to be students by being artists. First-year Masters of Fine Arts students will be hosting their first visual arts exhibition at the William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, November 10 - 21, 2008. A reception will be held Friday, November 14, 7:00pm - 10:00pm. A variety of works will be on view, including photography, prints, sculpture, video, performance, and painting.

The exhibition will feature two live performances: Khadijah Queen's Liminal Acts: Movement & Madness (in collaboration with Natasha Marin) on November 13 at 9pm behind USF's Contemporary Art Museum, and Robb Fladry will be mixing audio and video on November 14 at 8pm at the William and Nancy Oliver Gallery during the reception.

Artists include Robb Fladry, Ryan Foster, Zak Hemsteger, Francis Marquez, Justin Martin, Bruce Monroe, Ellen Mueller, Chris Otten, Khadijah Queen, and Jordi Williams. Curated by Assistant Professor Neil Bender.

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USF MFA students present:
"Poseurs: New Work from New MFA Students"

Date/Times:
November 10 - 20, 2008
Monday - Thursday 11:00am - 3:00pm

Reception:
November 14, 7pm - 10pm
Featuring live performances on November 13 at 9pm, and November 14 at 8pm

Location:
William and Nancy Oliver Gallery
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave,
Tampa FL 33620
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Media Contact:
Ellen Mueller, ellen.m.mueller@gmail.com

Promotional images available for download at:
http://robbfladry.com/gradseminar/card1_web.jpg
612 x 792, 72dpi (web quality)

http://robbfladry.com/gradseminar/card1.jpg
2550 x 3300, 300dpi (print quality)

Back from NYC! (Day 4 summary)

The final summary from the NYC trip...

SUNDAY
Sunday started out with a peaceful sit in the park next to The Brooklyn Museum (they didn't open until 11am, and I arrived early, so I took the time to outline the manual for my upcoming exhibition, Complete with Illustrated Manual - I'm so excited!).


Once inside, we (classmate Robb Fladry and I) went to the Jesper Just exhibition of video works, which was a highlight of the trip - it was some of the most interesting work of the whole weekend.

Then, we went upstairs to check out the Gilbert and George exhibition which was also interesting because it was digital art by people who seemed to have only a surface/minimal understanding of the software - it brought about some good discussion about value, archival standards, etc.


Following this museum, we grabbed a bite to eat, and I was off to the airport to catch my flight back to Tampa! What a whirlwind of art overload in just 4 days! I'll be processing this stuff for a while.

See also:
NYC Day 1
NYC Day 2
NYC Day 3