building shift

I have not left blog world-I am trying to shift to a new and improved Chairs and Buildings identity.............bear with me.

Story building

This little lady has her dress on to go to Oxford in the morning for a
"One Night Stand at the Ole Miss Motel"-don't judge. I wanted to make a piece to talk about Sargent's Madame X. and Amelie Gaureau's life. The map on the seat shows her ancestral home of False River, Louisiana, the map then moves to her birth place of Toulouse Street in New Orleans and then the walk from John Singer Sargent's studio to The Academie De
Beaux Arts to hang the famous Madame X portrait and then a map showing the route from Amelie's home to Sargent's studio where she begged him to take down the infamous painting.

blank building..........

C&B will be a bit dormant for this week as we get ready for One Night Stand in Oxford....follow the buzz on Erin Abbott Kirkpatrick's blog Afterschool Oxford.

Building for big

Just back from a morning at Kentuck in Northport Alabama. The bravest stuff is from the seasoned artists like Butch Anthony; one seeing his work was the first time I have uttered" I wish I had a space large enough" to acquire one of these giant entities and I really want to check out his annual Doo-Nanny next March.

Public building

We are in the "could the week have more stuff going on???season". On Thursday at 2:00pm artist Erin Hayne and Nuno Goncalves Ferreira are coming to Mississippi State to lecture! Studio NunoErin is breaking new ground in Jackson, producing haptic furniture and installing this large scale public art work at the Jackson Convention Center. The lecture is at Fowlkes Hall in the Student Union-open to all. Please come.

I heart my graphic designer......

I am in big change mode as well as generating alot of work.........I have decided to make Chairs and Buildings" more of a "thing". So I asked the very talented Jamie Runnells to think through what Chairs and Buildings might need if it were at "thing". First of all, she dealt with my ambitious vagueness with great elan and then proceeded to knock me out with some of the clearest, sweetest ideas around. See the best business card ever. Thanks Jamie-and stay tuned for more identity.

Its time

Erin Abbott has sent out the beautiful poster for the One Night Stand Show and I am excited about my comrades in the show! If your in Oxford on the 23rd-come on by!

Thought building

There is a heated debate in design schools as to whether the academia is following industry and whether it could be reversed. What I have found is the general curriculum of design schools is behind the times but if you look deeper into the colleges you see this trend toward small centers that are leading the way in design thinking. See the Aridlands Institute at Woodbury College in LA for an prime example. This fall's lecture series will lead the way in understanding water scarcity as a catalyst in the climate change discussion.

seeing some good work-

Its a couple of weeks away but this year I get to go to Kentuck Arts Festival in Northport, Alabama. Evidently, the folk art heroes of the south, Amos Kennedy, Butch Antony and Charlie Lucas converge on this festival site and make it a must see event.

Working more

If your in Starkville the opening for this is October 14th, 5:30pm.

Working..........

For the next few days I am going to take a break and get this show up. Stay tuned for exhibition photos-maybe a slide show...wish me luck. Annie



Image by Jennifer Hudson

Interior Building

Last year at this time I was asked by A Public Space editor Brigid Hughes to make a project that started with a Found Object-at the time I had come upon the work at the Ulysses S. Grant Association and was captivated by Mrs. Grants Opera Shawl...That began a series of drawings that essentially re-decorated the Grants New York brownstone-in a fictional way. Look for the the drawings published in this issue of A Public Space.

Room building

Getting ready for a show at the Mississippi State Visual Arts Center 1, 808 University Drive., Starkville. The show opens October 4th, opening reception October 14th. Come see some new work!

Working

Alot going on around here-October 14th a show opens here at the Visual Arts Center on campus. And on October 22nd I will be showing at the world famous Motel Art Show in Oxford...busy month. Here is a sneak peek prototype of some of the work I am into right now..Hope you can come by!

building light

Good night sweet New York. Hope you had a good day, see you soon.......................

Some Good Building

Don't miss Citizen Architect Tonight on PBS-check your local listing for the time. A very moving film for a very moving construct.

Party Building

A few more days of life living rather than blogging....We had a 50 birthday party for Caleb and this image was made by the very talented and warm hearted Mr Plommer........Thank you for all the composition-

Building Independence-oh yea.......

The big road trip starts this weekend - next week I will share the sights we will see....here is a Happy Independence shot from Little Building- Orange, White and Blue-we're different....Happy Holidays. Annie

Building Commerce

Madeline put together for us a "shop" for the furniture work that I have been doing. I'd like to see how they would do in the market place and the audience here is a good place to start. I will keep Chairs and Buildings purely full of ideas and try to keep commerce elsewhere.ie facebook page (yes, there is one) and the new
shop chairsandbuildings. I will probably include some flea market finds, but mostly work that I have designed myself. Feedback is always welcome!

Building memorial

Sadden to hear of the passing of Louise Bourgeois but thrilled by her life and work.