Friday on and off the High Line in New York City
End of the day Walk in Manhattan
So, I will finish my little trip down memory lane for my friend soon, but at the moment I want to be in the moment. So here we are, after a good working day in NYC, and I take a brisk walk up to the Park and back to 44th. I thought I would peek in on the Window Dressing at Bergdorf Goodman, but most of the shades were pulled. It is Wednesday night after all (Window changing night), and even when New York is Warm, its Cold. Slight drizzle, comfy food from Cafe Un Deux Trois, and sharing a few pictures.
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And on to catch up with 2009
As the catch up continues - not far from the present now -
2009 was a wonderful year.
The bronze puppet theatre was installed in
MOA's Samson Park.
The Fall show at the indoor gallery of
Museum of Outdoor Arts was a group show entitled
Cabinet of Curiosities,
in which I designed the installation
Cabinet of Curiosities and Impossibilities
by Lewis Dobson.
And finally, after so many years and thousands of hours,
Hudson Holiday, the 15 acre holiday holiday extravaganza, finally opened. I thought I had gone to heaven. It was a big sigh of relief....
Whew!
Catching up dear friend to 2008
The wondrous Alice themed party
for the American Association of Museums kicked off the Spring.
Later that Fall, some of costume pieces (emp. on "pieces") from the Grandville collection
joined Ukelele Loki at MOA's indoor galleries - During Magic Lantern - to make this video:
The Design & Build
grand performance was built around the "Keepers"
grand performance was built around the "Keepers"
(This is an overview of the D&B programs history - "The Keepers" didn't get edited yet)
and the Keeper's Mandala was commissioned by the Museum of Outdoor Arts for the new interior design.
The solo show "Magic Lantern"
opened in the Fall at MOA's indoor gallery:
opened in the Fall at MOA's indoor gallery:
While we slipped in to Cherry Creek to produce, from scratch, 100 feet of Holiday Windows:
Emry Gweldig's Wondrous Keep
Which was also a major focus of HGTV'S Holiday Windows 2008 (6th annual!)
And the Madden Company opened the stunning Pallazzo Verdi with 3 major works commissioned through MOA, including my work - Chandelier Chardin and the surrounding Lighting System.
Yup, a very full year...
Catching up an old friend on our adventures - 2007
2007
Flew by. A lot of conceptual work for the
Neiman Marcus 100th Anniversary in the beginning of the year,
and then it was a whirlwind starting with a group show at
MOA's indoor gallery: Architexture
art directing the Design & Build
Sacred Water extravaganza performance,
travelling with the Museum of Outdoor Arts' camp at Burning Man
and then capping off the year with the "Backyard Boogie" for MOA's continued campaign toward the large outdoor light show concept.
We also finally said goodbye to the Church,
and found new quarters in the
"Glens"neighborhood of Lakewood.
I'm Back - March 31st, 2012
I dropped off the face of the earth in the Fall.
I fell back to the surface, and they say i'll be fine.
Now I'm anxious to tell you where I've been and what I saw and what I am doing, but I want to start with a little trip down memory lane. 6 blocks, each a year. It all flew by so fast... That's when you know your having fun! So give me a couple of weeks to catch up with a dear friend and coconspirator who I haven't seen since Christmas of 2005, and then I'll tell you of the here now and imminent future.
2006
Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret opened in January. It was a labor of love, and a lot of sweat.
It turned out nice. A little gem.
We Moved the Studio in to the Creative District of Bel Mar - Block 7
We did the "Money Tree" for Neiman Marcus for a charity event out of $1M of shredded currency, (Along with Holiday windows 2006 - A national special on HGTV) and installed a 50' aerial sculpture at the Mazza Galleria in Washington D.C. of art glass fabricated for us by the Bella Glass family.
And,
we completed the first large project for the Museum of Outdoor Arts : Ice + Snow at Samson Park
Chandeliers
The Old Church
It was 10 years ago November 1st that my 38" hair was cut off, the auction of the collection began, and we said started our goodbyes to the Church building that we had, with great love and care, turned into a studio, home and gallery. It was fun to run across these pictures recently when gathering images for a project.
Madame Irma Goes to the Opera
Well, after many years lurking in the corner, Madame Irma is finally finished and ready to make her entrance in a proper way. She is to be paired with Galactic Syzygy - the Cello assemblage that I created for the Denver Young Artist Orchestra's Painted Violin program, which is touring through next Spring.
The next gallery on the tour invited the 17 artists to send along a wall work, and it was fun to finish up Irma for the occasion. I have not had a signed work for show and sale since the complete divestment of my inventory in 2001! She is 48 x 24 plus frame. Acrylic, gilt, Austrian and German Crystal on panel.
Curtis Arts & Humanities Center
2349 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, CO
Tel: 303-797-1779
Saturday, November 12
5 pm to 7 pm - Free Admission
Show moves on December 6th
Sucked down a Black Hole
I realize that I have stopped posting here, have stopped leaving comments on friends blogs, have been so consumed with my own dramas that I am being taken the wrong direction, and dragged in to the muck. I need to treasure the good things happening and the glimmers of a bright future that are emerging.
That said, this past week it pictures:
