ink on paper...

I was honored to receive such an extensive review in print today. Thankfully, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has managed to keep their arts critic (unlike the Tribune). You can read it here.

Eirik Johnson's NEW book

Sawdust Mountain, Eirik Johnson's new work is beautiful and the book published by Aperture is a must have.

A culmination of four years photographing throughout the Northwestern United States, SAWDUST MOUNTAIN tells the story of the tenuous relationship between industries reliant upon natural resources and the communities they support.

Dawoud Bey in Milwaukee...

Dawoud Bey, Usha, 2006. From the book Class Pictures (Aperture, 2007)

"Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud Bey"
Milwauke Art Museum
April 16- July 12, 2009

Bey's talk at the Milwaukee Art Museum tonight was great. In attendance; Mel Trittin, Tara Bogart, Mark Brautigam, Jason Reblando, Lindsay Lochman & Barbara Ciurej , John Shimon & Julie Lindemann, Tom Jones, and many others that I did not get a chance to talk with...

Lisa Hostetler, Curator of Photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum, makes it happen once again!

today

for heather

brings me joy (3)

Tuesday night date with my husband!

Joy Christiansen Erb at the Perspectives Gallery

We are so pleased to be ending the semester with Joy Christiansen Erb's Remembered series. Joy will be giving a virtual artist talk via skype on campus Tuesday April 21 at 11am.
All are welcome to attend! Joy's work will be on display through the month of April.

Joy Christiansen Erb artist talk
Tuesday April 21, 2009
11-11:50
Perspectives Gallery, 2nd floor
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
273 E. Erie, Milwaukee WI

Milwaukee's Spring Gallery Night...

Spring Gallery night in Milwaukee is one of the most well attended event as many of us are itching to come out of hibernation and stretch our legs.

Tonight be sure to stop by the Armoury Gallery, MIAD, the Haggerty Art Museum, Green Gallery and shoo (to see (h(om)e) of course!)

detail of petrified, 2009 installed at Armoury Gallery

brings me joy (2)

Watching this...

shooting (h(om)e)

Photographing new bags by (h(om)e) this afternoon. You can see the new digs at shoo this friday night - April 18, 2009 Milwaukee's Spring Gallery night.

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march 26, 2009 driving to Haggerty's forum on wisconsin art

brings me joy...

"silly daddy" via hello chickpea



miss you guys!

Talk at Haggerty Art Museum...

For the very few of you whom may have time on Wednesday April 8th at 11:30am, I will be giving an informal talk about my work in the Current Tendencies: Ten Artists From Wisconsin

Lunchtime Learning with Sonja Thomsen.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
11:30 a.m.
(in conjunction with Current Tendencies)
Free and open to the public



The show has not been reviewed as of yet but Mike Brenner did write a short recap of the show for The Decider.

Photographer and installation artist Sonja Thomsen explores the fragility of memory and experience in her piece "Lacuna." Serene images that capture private, contemplative moments in time are systematically scattered on the gallery walls. Several of the images are presented in stacks; like stories told again and again, the images start to fade and blur until, at the very bottom of the pile, only a blank piece of paper remains. - Mike Brenner for The Decider

Santa Fe Prize and Hiroyo!!!

Read interview with Hiroyo Kaneko here.

Congrats Hiroyo on winning the Santa Fe Prize juried by Charlotte Cotton.