The Endless One, Hilary White, Paradigm Gallery 

Hello DoN,

I was actually DJing an art event at the James Oliver Gallery one evening when we met briefly and you handed me your card. I like to hold onto things of that nature so I looked into what you do and it’s great! I appreciate the time and effort you put towards keeping people updated on art events in Philadelphia on your website.

I am having an art opening at Paradigm Gallery on May 24th. The title of the show is “The Endless One”. I do large scale mixed media pieces as well as screen printing. I have attached my show card for the event. The front image is also titled “The Endless One” it’s medium is hand cut wood, acrylic sheet, oil paint, acrylic paint, acrylic rod, vinyl. It’s dimensions are 77″ x 78″ x 15″ .

My website is www.hilarywhiteart.com

The Endless One, Hilary White, Paradigm Gallery 

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LTextile, Textiles Lithuania, Philadelphia Art Alliance

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 // 6:00PM TO 9:00PM, Opening Reception: Sabrina Gschwandtner: Sunshine and Shadow, “LTextile” and Emily Spivack: Sentimental Value

FREE: Please join us for the opening reception to our Summer Exhibitions:

“LTextile”: Contemporary Textiles from Lithuania

“LTextile” brings together the work of artists and designers from Lithuania in a survey of contemporary textiles, co-organized by PAA Curator Sarah Archer and Egle Ganda Bagdoniene, Vice-Rector at the Academy of Arts in Vilnius.

Two different beers will be available from Švyturys, the oldest operating brewery in Lithuania.

More Here - Philadelphia Art Alliance website.

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Life’s a Drag, Drag Performance and the Taboos of Femininity, Kate Brazina

Performance by Icon Ebony Fierce, Porcelain and Ann Artist, photography by Michael Valtin, video by Kate Brazina at Moore College of Art and Design Senior Exhibition 2013.

“The evolution of drag has it’s first recorded roots in the Thirteenth Century Theater and now is widespread on various platforms such as film, television, underground theater and nightclubs.” - Kate Brazina

Life’s a Drag stands out among great art installations at the Moore College of Art Senior Show because of the manipulation of context, situation, audience, history and future of public art installations. In a Warhol-ized world, art curators seek that cultural awareness nerve that will signal something is different, strange or unknown that can be discovered. The presence of three high profile Philadelphia drag queens along side the graduating class of 2013 of America’s only women’s art school was disorienting and fabulous.

Life’s a Drag, Drag Performance and the Taboos of Femininity, Porcelain

Through facebook messaging DoN asked Kate Brazina some questions: Moore College of Art is a unique institution for women. Did your investigation into drag culture have anything to do with the school’s signification of women as separate? Is your work impacted by the male gaze?

“My interest in drag culture mostly came about because I work in nightlife with a lot of queens. But, my interest in feminism and femininity definitely came from my time at Moore.”

“Moving forward through the next 800 years drag has become a progressive form of entertainment and integral part of the gay community catering to people of all walks of life.” - Kate Brazina artist statement.

Life’s a Drag, Drag Performance and the Taboos of Femininity, Kate Brazina, Ann Artist, Moore College of Art Senior Exhibition.

“My work has a lot to do with the male gaze and playing with comfort zones.”

Gaze is a psychoanalytical term brought into popular usage by Jacques Lacan to describe the anxious state that comes with the awareness that one can be viewed. The psychological effect, Lacan argues, is that the subject loses a degree of autonomy upon realizing that he or she is a visible object. This concept is bound with his theory of the mirror stage, in which a child encountering a mirror realizes that he or she has an external appearance. Lacan suggests that this gaze effect can similarly be produced by any conceivable object such as a chair or a television screen. This is not to say that the object behaves optically as a mirror; instead it means that the awareness of any object can induce an awareness of also being an object. – Wikipedia

Life’s a Drag, Drag Performance and the Taboos of Femininity, Kate Brazina at Moore College of Art Senior Exhibition

Kate Brazina has tapped the zeitgeist of the gender-fuck cross-dresser as a meme for rebellion in the larger context of society in a powerful and appealing presentation including the prerequisite chairs, TVs and drag queens, the metaphorical psychological mirror.

DoN remembers watching Milton Berle on a black and white TV in the 50s prance and sissy it up in a funny sexualized way. This week America’s Next Drag Superstar, Jinkx Monsoon, was crowned on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5, a cable TV reality competition show exposing many of drag’s secrets to a curious audience. RuPaul said in a recent interview that the biggest audience for her product line is teenaged girls. Impersonating women in an all girl’s school takes, as Rupaul would say, charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Condragulations Kate Brazina.

ps. DoN‘s drag name is Gayla Dolly.

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Written and photographed by DoN Brewer except where noted.

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Ivy Chaya Art Studios and Gallery, 106 East Pine Street, Millville NJ

DoN asked how new gallery owner Ivy Chaya plans to participate in the vibrant Millville art scene?

“We’ve been here since September 2012, so this will be our first Spring and Summer here. Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts has the Ace Kids, we want to offer some private lessons as well as workshops, too. We’re going to try and incorporate a lot of kids activities. Especially with the Flower Festival, that’s going to have a lot of kids involved in it, too.”

Ivy Chaya Art Studios and Gallery, Millville NJ

DoN asked why Millville?

“We’re looking forward to the nice weather, longer days and more business visitors. I’ve always heard that it’s a cool art scene but I met it in person, right before we moved in, and experienced Third Friday, and fell in love with it. Eddie had lived here before, he took me on a tour, then we saw an ad for a live/work space and we jumped on it. It’s been an amazing learning experience.

The community is great. Open arms, you know, what can we do to help? And we just got involved with so many things so quickly. And it wasn’t hard to do, there’s great communication and the word of mouth network, and everyone’s really motivated and wants to participate.”

Ivy Chaya Art Studios and Gallery, Millville NJ

Ivy Chaya has a good support system and she took the long, slow Winter months to prepare her business for the future. There are some big changes coming to High Street.

“Yeah, Cumberland County College is going to start building, using empty buildings and creating an amazing center with gallery space, office space and that kind of thing. That should bring the younger crowd, the college students to be here.”

April showers bring May flowers and at Ivy Chaya Art Studios and Gallery is an abundance of floral paintings framed with reclaimed fencing blown down by Super-storm Sandy.

Ivy Chaya Art Studios and Gallery, Millville NJ

Downtown Millville Flower Festival, Saturday, May 11, 2013, High Street, Millville, NJ,  Ivy Chaya Art Studios and Gallery

Code, QR codes, text, inkjet print, DoN Brewer, at The Plastic Club, Members Medals Show 2013, May 5th – May 23rd, reception 5/5/13, 2 – 5:00pm, 247 South Camac Street, Philadelphia.

*Hey DoN, this is Susan, I’m over at The Plastic Club and I’m calling to let you know you won The Zeigler Prize. She (Sharon Ewing, Director of Gross McCleaf Gallery) really thought your work was innovative and works on multiple levels. Meaning it’s attractive in itself and also leads to these other worlds of video and media.” – voice message from Susan Stromquist, Exhibitions Chair, 5/1/13

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

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