Digital to Physical (photoset)

Digital to Physical

I need to get this out of my system. I’m pissed off at Jacksonville for not coming to the Digital to Physical show. This was a national show with art from all over the country and thankfully only one of the artists, Dan May, was there. If the other had artists been at the show it would have been embarassing. I didn’t get to the show until 8pm, so there may have been more people trickling through, but I counted no less than 20 people at the show.

The show was great in every way except one, attendance. I know it was a holiday weekend and there were two big shows the night before. Maybe everyone “arted it up” and was arted out on Saturday night. Thanks to Byron King for organizing the show, he did a great job. Thanks to Brittni Wood who helped Byron. Thanks to Tony Allegretti who provided the gallery space, which by the way is a great place if you are planning a show.

If you missed the show there are two ways to catch it. Bryon King plans to be at the gallery during the following times: Saturdays from 12-5, and by appointment after 4 on the weekdays. The best way to reach Byron is by emailing him at byronking@gmail.com. You can also catch every piece in my massive Digital to Physical photoset which has almost every piece of art from the show.

Humane Society Benefit (photoset)

Humane Society Show @ Opaq

I love Brittni and everything she’s doing. This show was another example of her dedication to making the Jacksonville art scene better. The show was bangin’ except for the heat. Damn Opaq! How ’bout some window units!? Cheap art. $1 cupcakes and plenty of folks to chat with. They raised over $1,200 just from people buying artwork and cupcakes! More pics from the show here. And here too.

Lloyd Apartments (photoset)

Lloyd Apartments show

If you missed this show you might have missed the best show of the weekend. Or the most surprising at least. I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I showed up at the Lloyd Apartments at 9th and Laura in Springfield. I thought it would be a bunch of kids showing art in a thrown together show. I expected a degree of professionalism, but I was blown away when I got to the show. The house, apartment, galley, whatever was immaculate. Clean, built in bookshelves, wood floors, high ceilings, nice trim etc. The art was awesome too. Unfortunately I didn’t get many pictures and I didn’t do any interviews.

I had every intention of chatting people up, taking pictures, doing interviews, you know, the works. When I got there, everything changed. I was all intimidated. This was a totally different crowd than I am used to operating with. My camera was out of memory, my iPod battery was dead and I was a little off my game. I didn’t even remember to hand out the “Send Me Art” cards from Sean Tucker (more on that later this week). It would have been a great conversation starter. Next time.

Digital to Physical photoset
Humane Society photoset
Lloyd Apartments photoset

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