Awards - Third Coast National

Awards for the 2010 Third Coast National juried by Trenton Doyle Hancock were announced at the opening reception of the exhibition on Oct. 16^th. Congratulations to all the winners:

Erick Schaudies Memorial Award for Best In Show - Mary Porterfield (Chicago, IL) - “Church of St. Helens”

Second Place - “Enjoy Your Meal” by Fields Harrington (Denton, TX)

Third Place - “The Ballad of Private Joe Muldoon” by Herb Reith (Oak Ridge, TN)

Fourth Place - “Companion Unseen” by Micah Bloom (Owatonna, MN)

Fifth Place - “Teenage Missive” by Matthew Barton (Austin, TX)

Honorable Mentions:

“The Things We Care About the Most”- Jeffrey Dell (San Marcos, TX)

“Poem” by Danny Haslett (Fort Worth, TX)

untitled (photograph) by Kate Shannon (Mansfield, OH)

“Remembering Sister Dorothy” by Keith Slaby (Cleveland, OH)

Videos of Trenton Doyle Hancock's insightful gallery talk will be posted soon. The Third Coast National exhibition is on view through Nov. 19. Come see it during ArtWalk this Friday, Nov. 5^th, 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Third Coast National Results

Thank you to all the artists who participated in this year’s Third Coast National! 68 works of art were chosen from 860 works of art by 250 artists. To those of you listed below, please double check the titles of the work or work(s) listed and refer to your prospectus for shipping and deliveryinstructions. The prospectus is available at http://www.kspacecontemporary.org/opportunities/3rd%20Coast%20National%202010%20Prospectus.pdf

Congratulations to the selected artists! Special Thanks to our juror TrentonDoyle Hancock for taking on such a big job! It is going to be an excellent show- hope to see you all at the opening Saturday October 16, 6-8pm!

Selections:

Alderman, Sandra- Dog Daze

Andrew, Ian- Road Trip

Ataeva, Anna- Man in a Bowl

Barton, Matthew- Reversal of Fortune; Teenage Missive

Bloom, Micah- l1 and l2(Interventions diptych); Companion Unseen

Brooke, Sandy- Homage to M.R. at St. Marks

Brown, Donna R.-Growing Up in a White Town

Caldwell, Jim- AYoung Man in a dress (The AIDS Trilogy); AIDS- First Steps (The AIDS Trilogy)

Carpenter, Kyle-Shoe Shine

Cooper, Casey-Untitled Green

Dell, Jeffrey-The Things We Care About the Most; The Ravishing

Dyrhaug, Kurt- Crop Wing

Elko, Mike- The Perfect Print

Fulk, Bill-Chess Pieces

Garner, Melissa-Transmigration

Glaspie, Nate-East 25^th St

Hamlow, David-Archival Structure 4: Rhubacubeotahedron

Harper, Sharon- Puppet Show

Harrington,Fields- Enjoy Your Meal; Burger Deadly

Haslett, Danny-Poem

Herrera, Ben- Till you’re blue in the face

Horan, Katy- Grandmother

Inscho, James- The Diplomat

Jardine, Alison- Impermanence

King, Mary- Xmas at Sheila’s

Lazorko,Anthony- tides in….soaps out

Lehene, Marius-Transit, Highway Yellow 3

Lopez, Gerald- Damnant Quod Non Intelligent

Marc, Stephen- Untitled (#1) from the series Shadows Beyond the Broken Mirrors

McEwin,Florence- “Tango” ; “Happy Feet”

Menchaca,Michael- Castigo’s Travels; Castigo’s Revenge

Mithell, Ariel-Dog Circle (Where we came from); Rabbit Circle (Immortality Cape)

Murphey, Thomas Michael- Artobject6

Parker, Stephen- Prescription Vacation

Parlin, James-The Aging Athlete

Philips-Garcia,Catrina- Alexis, Javier

Plough, Jean- House 1

Popoff, Kelly- Man and Wife; Father, Sacrificial Scapegoat

Porterfield,Mary- Pool of Life; Perceiving the Brink; Church of St. Helen’s

Rieth, Herb- The Ballad of Pvt. Joe Muldoon

Robles, Michelle- Composition in Red/Black (Giclee)

Row, Brian- Tree of Life, Too Stoned to Talk

Salgado, Jr.,Rodolfo- Distilling Apparatus

Schubert,Kristina- The Break-Up III

Schwab, Justin- Static Field 4

Shannon, Kate- Untitled, 6”x9”

Slaby, Keith- Remembering Sister Dorothy

Smith, Andrew- Minutes Fall into Hours

Soriano, Michael Joachim Westfried- Sex Drive; The American Dream

Taylor, Kim Rae- Elephantine

Trout, Ian- If Your Sticks In The Wind

Walker, Jade-Figure #7

First Friday ArtWalk is HERE!!!!

K Space has been working with the Downtown Management District and other local business to host the FIRST First Friday ArtWalk for Corpus Christi which is taking place on Friday, August 6th from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Come out and celebrate the local arts and culture scene with a tour around downtown Corpus and of course stop in at your favorite local gallery, ahem--K Space, to check out the newest video installation show - OPP: Other People's Projections (you can check out the previous post for more info on this show).

Also! By attending the First Friday ArtWalk, you can get to know about some of the great things happening downtown like the Grande Summer Art Adventures program that K Space had this summer for local youth. A mural that the youth worked on will be commemorated at La Retama Park with a ribbon cutting at 5:30! Show your support of talented local youth and join us!

See you all Friday!!!

You Down With OPP?

Ya You Know Me!

The K Space crew is busy getting the gallery ready for our upcoming video installation show, OPP: Other People' Projections. The exhibition opens Saturday July 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and features the work of John Aåsp, Christopher Lowther, John Medina, Monica Panzarino and David Politzer.

OPP: Other People’s Projections is a video installation exhibition that explores ideas of identity through self-reflexivity, pop culture, sexuality, childhood practices and touches of humor. This eclectic exhibition highlights the use of both new and old media to convey stories and ideas.

John Aåsp is a multimedia artist whose studio focus is video as past photographic practice. His work can be viewed as a hybrid image between photography and cinema as it is played on a continuous loop and highlights the bridge between old and new media. His work is exhibited internationally. John is currently Director of Visual Arts at Rockport Center fort he Arts on the Gulf Coast of Texas. He serves as co-director for the Rockport Film Festival.

Christopher Lowther considers several aspects of space — cinematic, cultural and sexual — in various digital art mediums. He is Assistant Professor of Time-Based Media at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He teaches Video, animation, interactive design, and 3D modeling/animation. Lowther is the recipient of the prestigious College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship (funded by the National Endowment for the Arts) in recognition of his innovative use of space and video projection to reference stereotypes of masculinity in Hollywood film. Lowther's videos and installations have exhibited both nationally and internationally.

John Medina, a Corpus Christi native, is an artist, musician and storyteller. His work commonly incorporates music, performance, installation, video, sculpture and printmaking in an effort to tell stories of his own life and the experiences of those around him. His video work is an exploration of conceptualism and the video medium itself. Often times Medina will use cheap, consumer-level or found cameras and low-end or amateur editing software to create his videos. Utilizing these tools connects Medina's work to the viewer and makes reference to the phenomena of modern video culture. Currently Medina resides in Dekalb, Illinois where he is pursuing his MFA at Northern Illinois University.

Monica Panzarino is a current MFA candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and received a BFA from the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University in 2002. Her work is primarily in single-channel video and sound and is often created using real-time processing. She is influenced by popular culture and aims to challenge its conventions and aesthetic. Her videos have screened both nationally and internationally, most recently at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Germany.

Nadine Sobel currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA in 2006 from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Her work examines comfort, empathy, and what we have the ability to change. She explores this using ceramics, video, performance, found objects, and mixed media in a sculptural, installation environment.

David Politzer has recently taken a position at the University of Houston in the Photo/Digital Media department. He received his M.F.A. in Photography from Syracuse University and has. He works with mixed media as installation art and has shown his work both nationally and internationally.

OPP: Other People’s Projections is sponsored in part by: Grande Communications, Fox KUQI Television, House of Rock, Republic National Distributing Company, The Clower Company.

Summer Shows

Exhibition Announcement
Image: untitled panel by Dennis Kemmerer, 2010

Main Gallery:
CARRIERS, PANELS, AND CULM PILES: works of art by Dennis Kemmerer
(continues through July 23)

Art Star gift shop: Goodbye Girls: Michelle Smythe
Hot Spot Gallery: Small for One, Small for All – works by Nola Guajardo, Ricardo Longoria, Roel Palacios, Joe Peña, Nora Verdin
Art Star & Hot Spot exhibitions close June 18.

Corpus Christi, TX: K Space Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of its new season of exhibitions on April 29th, 5:30 to 9 pm. Carriers, Panels, and Culm Piles features works of art by local artist Dennis Kemmerer. Much of the work in this exhibition relies on the beauty of wood by incorporating actual shipping pallets and wood veneer. However, it isn’t all about wood. Kemmerer has a uses a color palette drawn from early Renaissance artists combined with theories of Abstract Expressionism.

Kemmerer received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and teacher certification from Corpus Christi State University and Master of Fine Arts from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Kemmerer resides in Corpus Christi with his wife Rhonda and their three pets, Duchess, Del, and Mar.

Also, don’t miss Small for One, Small for All in the Hot Spot Gallery on the third floor. This show offers a great chance to collect small pieces by some of Corpus Christi’s most popular artists. Included in the exhibition are colorful landscapes, still-life’s and portraits by Nola Guajardo, Ricardo Longoria and Joe Pena, bright and cheerful jaguars by Nora Verdin, and the masks of Roel Palacios.

In the gift shop: GOODBYE GIRLS - Michelle Smythe has created a series of paintings dedicated to young women who have needlessly lost their lives at a young age. Each work includes a girl's face and a ghost-like formal dress representing her hopes, dreams and the life she was unable to live - the wedding dress she will never wear.

Hours: Wed-Sat, 11 am to 5 pm.

Corpitopia

Opening at K Space Contemporary
Saturday, Jan. 16th

Corpitopia: A multi-media installation and community project by Robert Bubp

Free Workshop with the Artist:

“Playing with the Urban Plan”

Saturday, January 16, 11 am to 1 pm

Opening Reception:

Saturday, January 16, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Artist Robert Bubp will speak at 5:30

Exhibition continues through March 6, 2010.

Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm.

FMI: call 887-6834 or visit www.kspacecontemporary.org.

Drawing at right by Robert Bubp

Also Opening, Jan. 16, 5:30 - 8 pm:

In the gift shop Art Star– Casey Cooper

In the Hot Spot: Balance & Counter-Balance installation by Jimmy Pena & Day Wheeler

Those who attend the opening may get their hand stamped (free) to get into see the “Ugly Beats” at House of Rock later that night.

Corpus Christi, TX: K Space Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of Corpitopia, a community project and installation created by Kansas artist Robert Bubp. Corpitopia explores resident’s interpretations of what Corpus Christi will or should be like in 10 years, 25 years, 50 years. Specifically, how would its appearance change to accommodate “city” concerns: schools & educational facilities, homeless shelters, police stations, green spaces, traffic/roads, housing, cultural amenities, universities, prisons, health centers, etc.

Community participation is highly encouraged. Those who attend the free workshop (Jan. 16, 11 am to 1 pm) and anytime throughout the run of the exhibition may participate by creating their own maps and drawings in the exhibition’s “studio” or by playing the “game” mapped out on the floor of the gallery. Bubp has also set up a blog for the project at http://corpitopia.blogspot.com/. You can add you’re your 2 cents there.

Bubp aims to create an involved community process that does not end when the show opens. One goal of the project is to encourage residents to take ownership of the ideas and process for community-building and engagement. Corpitopia will serve as a record of community action and discussion for whomever may be concerned to look at it.

Robert Bubp is an Associate Professor of Foundation, Painting and Drawing at Wichita State University, Kansas. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Georgia and a Master of Fine Arts from Georgia State University.

Corpitopia is sponsored in part by: Grande Commications, Fox KUQI Television, House of Rock, NuStar Energy, Post Net/Pronto Reprographics, V Boutique Hotel, Andrews Distributing, Republic National Distributing Company and Omni Hotels.

WIG-OUT Press Release

Press Release
Partida Tequila presents WIG OUT 2009 fabulous fundraiser benefiting K Space Contemporary

Honoring: “Hair to the Throne” Nelda Martinez, City Council Member At Large Date: Thursday, October 29, 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Tickets: $50

For immediate release – Please use image of Nelda Martinez attached. Corpus Christi, TX: K Space Contemporary is excited to announce that plans are underway for Wig Out 2009, our signature fundraiser. This annual event – where wigs are strictly required! – will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. at K Space Contemporary.

Co-chairs, Sharon Custer Cave and Omar Lopez, have set a fundraising goal of $15,000. Proceeds from Wig Out will be used for gallery operations; to help fund our unique art education programs and exceptional exhibitions; and to enable us to continue to set the highest standard for contemporary art in South Texas.

WigOut 2009 kicks off with a Wig Parade aboard the DTown Tram during ArtWalk. Lead sponsor, Partida Tequila is providing specialty margaritas for the entire evening. Stylists from Corpus Christi’s best salons are designing wigs for the event, which will be modeled throughout the evening. Wig Out will include door prizes, food, drinks, silent auction and an art sale of works by many the region’s best known artists. Entertainment includes a special appearance by the cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Master of Ceremonies Rache’l Payne, and music by DJ Curtis Rock.

At 10:00 pm WigOut will move to one of Corpus Christi’s most respected and recognizable downtown hot spots, House of Rock. Scarecrow People will headline the amazing WigOut After-Party where all the fun continues.

Special Thanks to our sponsors (at this time): Partida Tequila, AEP Texas, Andrews Distributing, House of Rock, Grande Communications, KUQI Fox 38 Television, NuStar Energy, Republic Distributing, Navy/Army Federal Credit Union and Convergent Broadcasting. We expect the 2009 Wig Out to be the biggest in the history of this event!

For additional information, please feel free to call K Space Contemporary at (361)887-6834. Tickets may be purchased online at www.kspacecontemporary.org. (Image of Honoree Nelda Martines and invitation attached) K Space Contemporary is an artist-operated 501©3 non-profit organization dedicated to presenting and promoting contemporary art. Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. FMI: 887-6834 or visit www.kspacecontemporary.org.

Third Coast National - PRESS RELEASE

What: Third Coast National – Third Annual National Juried Exhibition

When: Opening Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

Gallery talk with Juror Fairfax Dorn at 5:30pm.

Exhibition runs through November 21^st.

Where: K Space Contemporary, 415 D Starr Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78403

Contact: V. Michelle Smythe, 361-887-6834, info@kspacecontemporary.org

Images: “Mansion” by Melissa Wilkinson, “Now What” by Russ Orlando

K Space Contemporary proudly presents its third annual juried exhibition, Third Coast National, drawing artists from as far as San Francisco, CA and Athens, GA. This non-thematic exhibition utilizing artistic mediums such as photography, painting, sculpture, film, and graphic design will be on view from October 17^th through November 21^st.

Juror Fairfax Dorn, artist, Executive Director, and co-founder of Ballroom Marfa, left a highly successful position at the Whitney Museum of American art in New York City for the West Texas desert landscape. Formerly a resident of Corpus Christi, the juror currently engages emerging and established artists to promote new ideas on an international scale. Recent projects include an eco-friendly Drive-In theatre/music hall and ongoing missions to bring people together though the arts.

A gallery talk by Fairfax Dorn will take place at 5:30 pm. Admission is free, with refreshments and live music by Oscar Guerra and Bruno Andrade. Also opening this evening: Dyslexic Dreams Go Green by Robert Cockrell and Jim Forsythe in the 3^rd floor Hot Spot Gallery and Blackbird People, drawings by Ricardo Ruiz in the Art Star Gallery.

Sponsors include the Arts and Cultural Commission of Corpus Christi, KUQI Fox, Grande Communications, V Boutique Hotel, and Andrews Distributing. This exhibition was also made possible through the efforts of the Texas A&M Museum and Gallery Practices class led by Elizabeth Reese, Phd.

Participating artists include: Therese Bauer (El Paso, TX), John Bissonette (Las Vegas, NV), Peter Combe (San Francisco, CA), Casey D. Cooper (San Antonio, TX), Bryan Drew (Lincoln, NE), Stephen Gambill (Corpus Christi, TX), Andrea Land (Springfield, MO), Haejae Lee (Richmond Hill, NY), John Mastenbrook (Corpus Christi, TX), Leigh Merrill (Denton, TX), Russ Orlando (Franklin, MI), James R. Pace (Tyler, TX), David Politzer (Youngstown, OH), Shravan Rajagopal (Marquette, MI), Kaletia Roberts (Dallas, TX), Greg Rubio (Corpus Christi, TX), Martina Shenal (Tucson, AZ), Alison A. Smith (Athens, GA), Josh Smith (Portland, OR), Cliff Tisdell (Hoboken, NJ), Susan Smith Trees (Lake Forest, IL), Vaugn Wascovich (Commerce, TX), Marqi Weir (Placitas, NM), Jonathan Whitfill (Lubbock, TX), Melissa Wilkinson (Hewitt, TX), and Brandy Wolfe (Allston, MA).

PRESS RELEASE- Premier Film Event- Art:21

 For Immediate Release:

Corpus Christi, Texas 

K Space Contemporary Premier Film Event 

Art:21- Art in the Twenty-First Century  

Now in it’s fifth season, Art:21 will screen at K Space Contemporary.  This prime-time television PBS series is the only one of its kind to focus exclusively on contemporary art and has received the Peabody Award for distinguished achievement in electronic media.  

Free premier showings for two episodes of Art:21 will be screened at K Space Contemporary on Thursday October 1^st & 8^th from 7-9 pm. The event will be complimented with a panel discussion led by guest artists and professionals.  Art:21 the television series airs beginning October 7^th on PBS. 

Art:21 is a series of artist interviews which provide rare access to individuals who grapple with the complex issues of our time, ask tough questions, and make works that delight, amaze and sometimes unsettle audiences worldwide.  Featured artists include Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, and Yinka Shonibare. 

October 1^st- Episode 2: Fantasy

Fantasy presents four artists whose works or personal stories transport viewers to imaginary worlds and altered states of consciousness.

Jeff Koons utilizes symbolically charged images and objects from popular culture to frame his questions about taste and pleasure in modern society. His painstakingly crafted artworks were recently exhibited at a groundbreaking and controversial installation at the Chateau de Versailles.

Mary Heilmann filters her inner world through her work, imbuing abstract paintings, ceramics, and furniture with references to memories and aesthetic influences.

Florian Maier- Aichen is a German-born landscape photographer. His works— alternately romantic, cerebral and unearthly—question German Romanticism and myths of the American West. A young Beijing-based Chinese artist, Cao Fei’s videos, photos, and new media works explore perception, reality and inner lives in places as diverse as a Chinese factory and the virtual world of Second Life. 

October 8^th- Episode 3: Transformation 

Whether observing and satirizing society or reinventing icons of literature, art history, and popular culture, the artists featured in Transformation capture the sensibilities of our age while at times inhabiting the characters they have created.  

 Yinka Shonibare MBE -Working in multiple mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography and film, Shonibare draws upon his bicultural upbringing, European literary classics, 18th and 19th century history to create tableaus of dazzling color and patterns that provoke re-consideration of stereotypical colonial narratives.

Cindy Sherman, well known for her photographic series, creates a myriad of characters, metamorphosing herself from Hollywood starlet to clown to society matron in her photographs and early films. 

Paul McCarthy has created works of video, installation, sculpture and performance. His video-taped performances and multimedia installations satirize polite society, ridicule authority, and bombard the viewer with a sensory overload of spectacular imagery. 

For more information, please call (361) 887-6834 or email info@kspacecontemporary.org

 

 

Enmascarados Press Release

K Space Contemporary Exhibitions

Sept. 4 to Oct. 9, 2009

Opening Reception: Friday, September 4, 2009, 6 to 8 p.m. Exhibition continues through October 9, 2009. Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm. FMI: call 887-6834 or visit www.kspacecontemporary.org.

Image: "Tag Team Death Match," Acrylic - Enrique Martinez

Enmascarados: Homage to the Social Phenomenon of Lucha Libre

Also in the Main Gallery: Michael Ryan Howell: New Work, Project Slicker: Condom Couture for the Runway in collaboration with Planned Parenthood of South Texas.

In the gift shop Art Star–Lisa Harrison Ramirez.

In the Hot Spot: Alone in a Crowd: Cody Jones

ABOUT ENMASCARADOS:

Corpus Christi, TX: K Space Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of a new art exhibition, Enmascarados: Homage to the Social Phenomenon of Lucha Libre. Enmascarados (the masked ones) is an art exhibition that showcases top Chicano artists’ interpretations of Lucha Libre, Mexican freestyle wrestling. Displayed are photos, paintings, mixed media, video, and sculpture. The exhibition was curated by curator, artist, and musician Angel Quesada, and is currently traveling throughout the state of Texas.

Statement by Exhibition Organizer, Angel Quesada:

Since the spectacle of Lucha Libre (freestyle wrestling) began in Mexico, it has captivated audiences and created a phenomenon that has gained popularity all over the world. The fact that the wrestlers don a mask is very compelling and beckons us to assume a role in the ring. Whichever side you choose to play in the ring; the "rudo" (rude boy brawler, bad guy) or the "tecnico" (traditional technical wrestler, good guy), the mask acts as a portal allowing our imagination to embody the luchador (wrestler).

This exhibit sits us, the audience, on the edge of the dark and controversial, the childish and even spiritual… rendering for us a colorful allegory of good versus evil. Although the mask's use in the sport hides the luchador's face, what emerges as a result of this masquerade is the paragon of a Mexican visual past and a newfound adoration and creation of a new iconic face of Mexico.

"Enmascarados: Homage to the Social Phenomenon of Lucha Libre", is not simply an exhibit but a collection of Chicano artists participating in a happening. It is a tour de force of artistic talent celebrating a slice of culture. The work included displays photos, paintings, mixed media, video, and sculpture which continue a dialogue of diversity and irreverent playfulness, nostalgia and exoticism.

Participating Artists:

Federico Archuleta (El Paso), Jesus Cimi, Fidencio Duran (Austin), Celeste De Luna (Brownsville), Faustinus Deraet (Mexico City), Xavier Garza (San Antonio), Beto Gonzalez (San Antonio/Los Angeles), Hector Hernandez (Laredo), Gerald Lopez (Corpus Christi), Enrique Martinez (El Paso/San Antonio), Marcela Moran (Laredo), Abel Ortiz-Acosta (Val Verde/Del Rio), Angel Quesada (Los Angeles/Boston), Bonifacio Rodriguez (Austin), Jose Rodriguez Venezuela/Leander), Ricardo Ruiz (Corpus Christi)

About the exhibition curator, Angel Quesada (www.angelquesada.com):

Quesada, has worked as an artist, curator and preparator, and was production manager at Mexic-Arte Museum 2005-2009. Quesada has coordinated numerous exhibitions including, YLA 12: Embracing Chaos on behalf of Mexic-Arte Museum at the inauguration of The Mexican American Cultural Center Austin in 2007 and Del Otro Lado in Houston for the Art League of Houston in conjunction with Chase Bank in 2008.

Quesada, originally from Laredo and Eagle Pass, has lived in Boston, Los Angeles and Del Rio. He currently lives in Austin, Texas and is a Master Instructor at the Mexican American Cultural Center.