Well, my interview with artists Amanda Browder and Tom Sanford is online at Bad at Sports, a Chicago-based arts blog. Unfortunately, my interviewers were disappointed that my studio lacked both strippers and coke both of which tend to make work impossible. Hopefully, I made up for the lack of drugs and tits with my art, some beer, and stories about the art world. My next solo show, The Bastard Tour, opens September 4th at Platform Gallery in Seattle from 5:30 - 8 pm if you happen to be in the northwest. I’m still seeking old vinyl for the show, so please drop it off at the gallery if you live in the greater Seattle Metropolitan area. Otherwise, I’m going to be scouring record stores for the worst of the worst. Detail: (Cover) Sellout, gouache and graphite on panel, 54 x 44 inches, 2008

If you happen to have fallen out of love with New York or are over it, check out Kristen Jensen’s hand embroidered “I Hearted New York” t-shirts at her website, www.iheartednewyork.com
I have one, though I secretly still love New York. Paradoxically, it would probably make her happy if you bought a little piece of her sadness, or just visited her project. You can check out her work if you happen to be at the next Hunter open studio this fall.

If you know you want one, just email her at jensen.kristen@gmail.com

image linked from www.jameswagner.com

Just wanted to thank everyone who came out and made Saturday a fun time for all and helped Jade and I earn our money back on the lemonade stand. James Wagner has a nice shot of us in action. Check out his blog to see more images from NADA’s County Affair and a nice write up of the day. It was an unusual event, one I haven’t seen the likes of since Parker’s Box weekend long IAM5 Anti-Art Fair a few years ago. If NADA can put together a few more events like this, I’ll have to start writing apology letters. Keep your art cups, cause we’d like to take this down to Miami with an expanded mission.

We’ll keep you posted.

Stop by tomorrow, Saturday the 26th, at the NADA County Affair on 27th Street between 11th and 12th Avenue to buy some lemonade and shit from Jade Townsend and I between noon and six. We will be offering lemonade in hand drawn art cups, as well as ‘my foot up your ass’ and ‘the secret to art world success’ among other things (including free phone calls to independent curator Janet Phelps in Texas. She’s waiting for particularly bitter artists to call.) Please inquire about the lemonade special and just come hang out with two weird, desperate dudes trying to make their money back the old fashioned way.

Jade Townsend and I will be selling lemonade at the NADA County Affair this Saturday from noon till 6pm on 27th Street between 11th and 12th Ave. In order to facilitate the sale of lemonade, Jade and I will be offering hand drawn cups, free art career advice, and whatever else strikes us as necessary to move our product. Please ask us about the lemonade special. Our mobile art crate lemonade stand will be located outside Schroeder Romero Gallery, or the most advantageous place to push lemonade on the public. Please come by and help us earn enough money to recover our investment and perhaps a little extra so we can get drunk Saturday night. It’s been a very long, hot summer and everyone could use a little lemonade.

See the Press Release below for more reasons to come out Saturday and make fun of art.

The New Art Dealer’s Alliance (NADA) is organizing an event for 27th street that follows the theme of an art oriented county fair, and will be called “NADA’s County Affair”. It will consist of artist run game booths, swap meet, tag sales, live entertainment, DJs and a benefit raffle! The goal of this event is to create a fun “block party” type event, which both NADA members and their artists will be invited to participate in, as well as engage the general art-going public. We thought that this would be a great first time NADA summer public event. The event will occupy approximately half the block, sidewalk, and one lane of 27th street between 11th and 12th Avenues.

Participants include:

John Connelly Presents - Tag Sale, and Mungo Thomson’s Bouncy House
Matt Bua ( Derek Eller Gallery )- The Architectural Cribbage Design Table
Martha Friedman ( Wallspace )
Jeffrey Tranchell - YouTube curated playlists
Kim Holleman - “Trailer Park”
BoBo’s on 27th Street ( Foxy Productions )
William Powhida and Jade Townsend ( Schroeder Romero ) - “Lemonade Stand”
Schroeder Romero - Armchair Quarterback
Sweet Tooth of the Tiger - Renegade Bake Sale and Face Painting
Sara VanDerBeek and Anya Kielar ( Guild & Greyshkul Gallery ) - Jewelry, postcards, friendship pins
Justin Tripp, Ryan Foerster and Shawn Kuruneru - Zines
Andrea Smith ( Zieher and Smith ) - Tag sale
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery - Make your own Shrinky Dink crafts
Elizabeth Lovero and Jesse Bransford - Tarot Card Readings
Scott Hug/K48 - Tag sale, K48’s and Merch
The Gamble of Life by Jacques Louis Ramon Vidal ( Sunday
Jerry Bibby ( Cleopatra’s )
Little Cakes
Zak Kitnick - Oriental Trader
Liz Luisada ( Klaus von Nichssagend )
Ronna Lebo - Tag sale
Color Wheel
Alexia Lewis and Peggy Jo
Pabustan from the performance group “Vos”
Bob Linder - DJ
Ceci Moss - DJ
Joshua Smith and Jennifer Teets - Advice for a Quarter. Like Lucy in the Peanuts.