Wednesday, February 24, 2010

This Week! Show and Tell!

NEWS

This week we'll once again be meeting at the LeQuire Gallery. Our theme is "Show and Tell." Are you working on something cool? Do you have a portfolio, sketchbook or new tattoo? Did you find a mummified lobster beneath your fridge? Bring it in! (And if you did find a mummified lobster, would you mind bringing some nicely embalmed garlic butter to serve with it? Mmm, bacteria.)

CALL FOR IMAGES

Do you have a good picture of the piece you'll be displaying in MOJO? Send it to us. We need images for our show PR. Only two more days and the window closes. Do it now!

Find out how here:

http://untitlednashville.org/images.htm

(The deadline for submissions is February 24. That's THIS WEEK!!!)

"MOJO" (SPRING SHOW 2010) DATES & DEADLINES

February 24: Deadline for Press Images
March 10: Last chance to pay at meeting
March 12: PO Box Mail Payment must be Postmarked by today
March 14: Registration and Paypal Option by midnight
March 17: Last Meeting before Show (ready to hang review?)
March 24: Art Drop Off 6pm-7:30pm
March 25: Installation 9-7pm
March 26: Untitled Art Show 6-10pm
March 27: Clean up 10am to 1pm

OUR MOJO CHAIRS:

Curators:
Pablo Scruggs & Ama McIntosh

Installation Chair:
Patrick Arena

Installation Co-Chair:
Chris Sirico

PR:
Chris Sirico

Artists' (Volunteer) Liaison:
Dustin Dirt!

Break Down Chair:
Michael Grine

Sponsorship Chair:
Ginny Edwards

Small Works Chair:
David Yener Goodman

SPRING SHOW INFO

TITLE: "MOJO"
The title means nothing unless you have it.

VENUE:
B.B. Kings
We are returning to 2nd Avenue! Thank you B.B. Kings!!! And thanks, for a third time, to our venue coordinator Marty!
nashville.bbkingclubs.com

DATE
March 26th.

Coming Soon in 2010:

More Spring Show Planning
Workshops
Grain shortages
Field trips & studio visits (Know a studio we can visit? Tell us about it!)

COOL LINK OF THE WEEK

While searching for figure drawing resources, we discovered an excellent little site that features hundreds of rotatable poses and tools such as 30-second random poses and negative space drawing. Check it out:

http://www.posemaniacs.com/

WEEKLY MEETING - WEDNESDAY, February 24, 2010

Untitled has been granted the opportunity to meet at the gallery/studio of local art legend Alan LeQuire. Thanks a bunch to Alan and the LeQuire Gallery!

7:30PM at:
LeQuire Gallery
4304 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209
http://www.lequiregallery.com

Located on Charlotte Avenue, the LeQuire Gallery features work by local
sculptor Alan LeQuire and more. The gallery also offers classes teaching the
fundamentals of drawing, painting and sculpture based on observation of the
natural world and intent on improving technique.

PARKING
There should be plenty of parking in front and alongside the building. If not,
you may park across the street at Park Avenue Baptist Church.


IN THIS WEEK'S MEETING WE'LL BE:

DOING SHOW AND TELL!!! WHEEEEEE!!!

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
TBA

2010 CALENDAR
Coming soon!

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Monday, February 15, 2010

Spring Show Unveiled! New Meeting Place Discovered!

NEWS

"Houston... we have a poster!"

If we'd thought of them, those words might very well have marked the epic choosing of the official poster for our spring show, "MOJO." And unlike the moon landing, this poster is real. One small step for Dustin Dirt! (our intrepid designer and design contest winner), one great poster for Untitled.

Check it out on our website



CALL FOR IMAGES

Do you have a good picture of the piece you'll be displaying in MOJO? Send it to us! We need images for our show PR. Getting your picture in there is a great way to get free press for your art!

Find out how here:

http://untitlednashville.org/images.htm

(The deadline for submissions is February 24.)

"MOJO" (SPRING SHOW 2010) DATES & DEADLINES

February 24: Deadline for Press Images
March 10: Last chance to pay at meeting
March 12: PO Box Mail Payment must be Postmarked by today
March 14: Registration and Paypal Option by midnight
March 17: Last Meeting before Show (ready to hang review?)
March 24: Art Drop Off 6pm-7:30pm
March 25: Installation 9-7pm
March 26: Untitled Art Show 6-10pm
March 27: Clean up 10am to 1pm

OUR MOJO CHAIRS:

Curators:
Pablo Scruggs & Ama McIntosh

Installation Chair:
Patrick Arena

Installation Co-Chair:
Chris Sirico

PR:
Chris Sirico

Artists' (Volunteer) Liaison:
Dustin Dirt!

Break Down Chair:
Michael Grine

Sponsorship Chair:
Ginny Edwards

Small Works Chair:
David Yener Goodman

NEW MEETING PLACE THIS WEEK!

We'll be at the excellent LeQuire Gallery. A big round of applause to Alan LeQuire for letting us use his space. Details below.

SPRING SHOW INFO

TITLE: "MOJO"
Remember, the title is just a title, not a theme, unless you choose to use it as a theme for your art. (Please, avoid attempts to use that "old black majick" on our president. She's married. And she knows Offensive Yoga, the ancient art of flexible DEATH!)

VENUE:
B.B. Kings
We are returning to 2nd Avenue! Thank you B.B. Kings!!! And thanks, for a third time, to our venue coordinator Marty!
nashville.bbkingclubs.com

DATE
March 26th.

Coming Soon in 2010:

More Spring Show Planning
Workshops
Gold at 1600, Dow at 6000
Field trips & studio visits (Know a studio we can visit? Tell us about it!)

COOL LINK OF THE WEEK

An extensive online gallery of the art of John William Waterhouse:

http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/





WEEKLY MEETING - WEDNESDAY, February 17, 2010

Awesomely enough, Untitled has been granted the opportunity to meet at the gallery/studio of local art legend Alan LeQuire. He's the artist behind Nashville's very own public art piece "Musica!"

Thanks a bunch to Alan and the LeQuire Gallery!

7:30PM at:
LeQuire Gallery
4304 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209
http://www.lequiregallery.com

Located on Charlotte Avenue, the LeQuire Gallery features work by local
sculptor Alan LeQuire and more. The gallery also offers classes teaching the
fundamentals of drawing, painting and sculpture based on observation of the
natural world and intent on improving technique.

PARKING
There should be plenty of parking in front and alongside the building. If not,
you may park across the street at Park Avenue Baptist Church.

MAP

(link)

IN THIS WEEK'S MEETING WE'LL BE:
1. Adjusting to new and exciting surroundings
2. Remembering last week's meeting
3. Thinking about next week's meeting
4. Giving Dustin Dirt! high fives

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
TBA ("TBA" means "To Be Announced," but it's an abbreviation. See, it takes less time to write "TBA" than it does to write "To Be Announced," so that's why we wrote it that way. Abbreviations are really cool because they keep you from having to write a bunch of stuff you'd rather not write, making them a wonderful time-saver. And in a world where endless demands tear at us like ravenous wolves, abbreviations stave off our eventual bloody collapse into a snowbank.)

OPEN STUDIO OPPORTUNITY AT THE LEQUIRE GALLERY!

Here's a great chance to work from a live model and practice your craft alongside other excellent artists:

http://artleads.blogspot.com/2010/02/open-studio-with-alan-lequire-spring.html


2010 CALENDAR
Coming soon!

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

UAG postr contst totaly this week FTW!!!! entr cuz u rock it WOWZ!11!!!1!

NEWS

Originally, this e-mail was going to be composed completely in chat abbreviations, based upon the thin premise that that the ghost of Neo-Plasticist artist and innovator Piet Mondrian had acquired a cell phone and was texting this e-mail to you from beyond the grave. However, in the interest of not being juvenile, that idea has been scrapped. (fyi mdrnism totaly pwns pstmdrnism, FTW!)

An exciting event took place this week. All our Spring Show chairs were filled! The MOJO Dream Team Line-up of Flavor is ready to rock!

Curators:
Pablo Scruggs & Ama McIntosh

Installation Chair:
Patrick Arena

Installation Co-Chair:
Chris Sirico

PR:
Chris Sirico

Artists' (Volunteer) Liaison:
Dustin Dirt!

Break Down Chair:
Michael Grine

Sponsorship Chair:
Ginny Edwards

Small Works Chair:
David Yener Goodman

Congratulations to all those who stepped up and took a bullet, I mean, um, a, uh, chair, for the team.

In other news, is your mom Jane Fonda? Send us an email! info@untitlednashville.org

Oh... I mean... send us an e-mail if you know a better place for us to meet. We're running out of space. But seriously, we'd love to meet Jane Fonda.

Check out our meeting venue needs here: http://untitlednashville.org/venues.htm

MEETING THIS WEEK! AND THE MOJO POSTER CONTEST! MEET UP @ JJ's.

At this week's meeting:

SPECIAL GUEST

We may have a special guest attending to tell us about an excellent art opportunity coming up shortly. Let he who has wisdom determine the name of this visitor. Show up and see if they show up too.

POSTER CONTEST

Bring your designs for "MOJO" and we'll vote. Then some of us will go home in tears. Again.

Not sure what to do? Details about Untitled Posterage are on our website here: http://www.untitlednashville.org/poster.htm

SPRING SHOW INFO

TITLE
"MOJO"
Remember, the title is just a title, not a theme, unless you choose to use it as a theme for your art. (Please, no more velvet portraits of Jim Morrison.)

VENUE
B.B. Kings
We are returning to 2nd Avenue!
Thank you B.B. Kings!!! And thank you, again, to our venue coordinator Marty!
nashville.bbkingclubs.com

DATE
March 26th.

2010
Coming soon in 2010...
More Spring Show Planning
Workshops
Collapse of the Japanese and Greek economies
Field trips & studio visits (Know a studio we can visit? Tell us about it!)

COOL LINK OF THE WEEK
Inflatable Street Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6xCT2aTSo



WEEKLY MEETING - WEDNESDAY, February 10, 2010

7:30PM
at
J&J's Market & Cafe
1912 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
MAP LINK


THIS WEEK'S MEETING:
POSTER CONTEST!

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
PLANNING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD (AGAIN)
THE DARK ISLAND: FACT OR FICTION?
VISITING STUDIOS

2010 CALENDAR
Coming soon!

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Thank you for being a part of Untitled!

Feel free to contact us with any questions!

Untitled Artists Group
info@untitlednashville.org
www.untitlednashville.org
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Valentine's Day Reminder

Don't forget to buy your inamorata some flowers. Or some art. Or some mojo, whatever the heck that is.



Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Board Interest Meeting on Tuesday, Regular Meeting on Wednesday! SNNNOOOOW!

NEWS

It snowed really hard this week. Some of us are still trapped in our homes, watching movies like "Dr. Zhivago" and "The Thing from Another World." You know, the flick where they find the alien in the ice at the North Pole. You don't know? Then use the dark power of bittorrent and watch it tonight! (Ed. note: The Untitled Artists Group in no way endorses the illegal acquisition of copyrighted material. [Ed's. wife] Oh look! The Complete Good Eats Collection has finished downloading! [Ed.: Shhh!])

And, more importantly than strange meteorological manifestations, tomorrow night is the Board Interest Meeting. Are you interested in joining the inner circle of Untitled as a 33rd Degree Board Member? See below for details!

In less icy news, we're outgrowing our meeting venue! Do you have any ideas for meeting locations? (No, we won't meet in your Mom's basement.. unless she makes awesome cookies or happens to be Jane Fonda.) Send us an email! info@untitlednashville.org
Check out our meeting venue needs here: http://untitlednashville.org/venues.htm

MEETING THIS WEEK! @ JJ's. (see below for more info)
At this week's meeting:
Spring Show Planning

A big thanks to those who stepped up as Show Chairs last week. We still need more help! Positions remaining include:
Installation Chair
Sponsors Chair

Interested in being a chair for the spring show? Come to this week's meeting to see how you can help! Check out our volunteer guide for more info about chair positions: http://untitlednashville.org/volunteer.htm

BOARD INTEREST MEETING
This Tuesday, February 2nd, we will be holding our annual Board Interest Meeting. This is an opportunity for you to learn how the board of Untitled operates and how you can get more involved. This meeting is open to everyone!
When: Tuesday, February 2nd, 7:30pm
Where: JJ's. (1912 Broadway)


SPRING SHOW!
Yes, we now have a date! (As in, calendar-wise. Some of us are still working [sniff] on finding an appropriate romantic companion for the show. [sob, sob])

TITLE
"MOJO"
Remember, the title is just a title, not a theme, unless you choose to use it as a theme for your art!

VENUE
B.B. Kings
We are returning to 2nd Avenue!
Thank you B.B. Kings!!! And thank you to our venue coordinator Marty!
nashville.bbkingclubs.com

DATE
March 26th!

POSTER CONTEST
Next week! February 10th. Get your MOJO working, whatever the heck that means, and bring in your designs to our weekly meeting! (Appropriate logos for insertion coming soon.)


2010!
Coming soon in 2010...
More Spring Show Planning
Workshops
Countdown to the End of the World (again)
Field trips & studio visits - know a studio we can visit? Tell us about it!
National Appreciate Tina Ahyoka Day

COOL LINK OF THE WEEK
Pushpin Portraits
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/6981855/Push-pin-mosaic-portraits-by-Eric-Daigh.html

Image of Push-pin Mosaic Portrait by Eric Daigh
image from Telegraph.co.uk

WEEKLY MEETING - WEDNESDAY, February 3, 2010

7:30PM
at
J&J's Market & Cafe
1912 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
MAP LINK


THIS WEEK'S MEETING:
SPRING SHOW PLANNING & FILLING FINAL CHAIR POSITIONS


UPCOMING MEETINGS:
POSTER CONTEST. LOOKING FOR STUDIOS TO VISIT. SEND US YOUR SUGGESTIONS!

2010 CALENDAR
Coming soon!

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