Archive for June, 2008
Artful Weekend in Houston, things to check out
DEAR Camp Premiere
Friday, June 20, 8 pm, ONE NIGHT ONLY
Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main Street
Free.
DEAR Camp was an installation by Brian Neal Sensabaugh at Lawndale in December 2006 - January 2007. For this exhibition, Sensabaugh traveled to his hometown in Arkansas and retrieved the contents of his brother and father’s deer hunting camp.
Sensabaugh transported these items to Houston and reinvented the contents. Sensabaugh’s version of the deer camp was installed in the Grace R. Cavnar Gallery, complete with pink walls, lace-covered antlers, and a fire pit ablaze with pink felt flames.
The process of making and the creation of the installation became of interest to a filmmaker from Austin, Lee Gamel. With his own camera and team of one, Gamel followed Sensabaugh through his current life as an artist and revisited his past in Arkansas.
Through family interviews and personal testimonies, Gamel reveals Sensabaugh’s tale of survival, triumph and ultimately happiness. The installation and the film bring together two polar opposites - Sensabaugh’s familial and private self.
Spacetaker’s Hard Hats and Hotties Sneak Peek
Saturday, June 21, 8 pm.
Spacetaker, Winter Street Studios, 2101 Winter Street.
Spacetaker has held a special place in our hearts since the beginning and now you can see what the hubbub is all about as they give you a sneak peek into the expansion of their Artist Resource Center.
Yummy bites by BB’s, El Patio Midtown and Al’s Quickstop with DJ SUN & the Soular Grooves Crew making it go down smoothly. Libations provided by Real Ale Brewing Company.
Don your best Construction Zone-friendly attire. Suggested donation $10.
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