CALL FOR ENTRIES: #notmethough Curated by @CameronBlaylock & @StevenJThomson

“If it doesn’t exist on the Internet, it doesn’t exist.”
-Kenneth Goldsmith; poet, founder of UbuWeb

The explosion of social media platforms has elicited a striking reaction among artists. This exhibition seeks to consolidate this discourse within the paradigm of the show title, #notmethough, a top trending topic in June 2010, ranked third below “#nowplaying” and “#JustinBieber.” Participants are invited to comment on this title in any personal manner, be it the anonymity of the Internet, issues of privacy and exhibitionism, the notion of “the other,” statements of resistance and individualism, etc.

Entries may be presented in any format (paper, canvas, performance, projection, etc.), but must employ one of the following six social media modules:
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Flickr
• Tumblr
• YouTube/Vimeo
• Chatroulette

Submissions of social media-based art may be tweeted to the curators’ Twitter accounts or emailed to notmethoughart@gmail.com. Works will also be on view on the exhibition’s Tumblr account: notmethough.tumblr.com

Entry Deadline: June 11, 2011
Notification Date: June 13
Drop-off/Installation: June 17, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Exhibition Opening: June 18, 7 — 9:30 p.m., Curation Myth Ministries at Box 13 ArtSpace

Southern Naptist Convention, Where Two or More Gather to Nap!

The Southern Naptist Convention is congregating Sunday, June 12 at 1pm at 14 Pews. Please join us for napping, naptisms, and preparing for the upcoming NAPTURE!

This is a very busy weekend as the Southern Baptist Convention is also taking place!

The Southern Naptist Convention is open to all faiths!

For more information, please contact Emily Sloan at 713-582-1198 or emily@emilysloan.com or visit: www.nappingaffectsperformance.blogspot.com

About Napping Affects Performance: Napping Affects Performance (NAP) and NAP Church are interactive performance projects by 14 Pews artist-in-residence Emily Sloan providing community naps in collaboration with various performances, including (but not limited to) collaborations with sound, word, touch, and the delivery of naps to various sites and/or contexts. In May and June of 2010, NAP operated out of Art League Houston with six weeks of continuous performances taking place during Art League’s regular hours of operation. Since then, followers and napophiles began meeting once a month for a Sunday naps and naptisms during NAP Church services.

Napping Affects Performance, Universal NAP Church, and the Southern Naptist Convention are organizing the "NAPTURE: Don't be Left Awake!" event to be held in Houston, October 21, 2011 at 14 Pews. For more information, please visit: www.nappingaffectsperformance.blogspot.com

About 14 Pews: Located at 800 Aurora St., Houston, Texas 77009, this Houston landmark is the oldest white wooden church in the Heights. Built in 1924, it has housed the Sunset Heights Church of Christ, Aurora Picture Show, and is now home to 14 Pews. 14 Pews is a non-profit microcinema providing regular screenings of independent documentaries and feature films, along with 4 annual film festivals and several affordable film/video educational classes. For more information, please visit: www.14pews.org

TX BI 2011

We're doing it again! The Salon des Refusés 2011!

Announcing a Salon des Refusés of artwork rejected from Lawndale Art Center's "The BIG Show."

New location: Gallery M Squared
(339 West 19th St., Houston, TX 77008)

Important dates and times:
Drop off: Sunday, June 26, 1pm to 5pm
Drop off: Monday, June 27, 5pm to 8pm

Opening date: Friday, July 1, 2011, 7-10pm
On view: Wednesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm

Closing date: Saturday, July 9, 2011
Pick-up date: Sunday, July 10, 1-5pm


Details:
*One entry per artist.
*Entered artworks must have been rejected from Lawndale Art Center's The BIG Show 2011.
*Artworks must be accompanied by their rejection slip/label from The BIG Show.
*$5 to $10 suggested donation, 100% of which will go to the bar/reception and advertising
*Please note space is limited.
*Artwork may be turned away.
*Artists may bring one page of information (such as a statement or bio.) to be included in a notebook about the exhibition.
*People's Choice Prize to be voted on during opening, one vote per person so bring your parents! Prize money has been generously donated by Marv Chasen & Mike Rudelson.


Questions? Please contact Emily at emily@emilysloan.com or call 713-582-1198.

Thank you, and best of luck either way!


About M Squared...
Gallery M Squared founded in 1991 is located in the historic Heights Theater at 339 West 19th Street. The gallery represents American artists of different generations and handles work in all types of media, including painting, sculptures, photography, film, video, drawings and printmaking. The mission of the gallery is to collect, preserve, research and exhibit fine and decorative art. The gallery owner's are Max Boyd Harrison and Mike Kubis.

About the Salon des Refusés: Artwork Rejected from The BIG Show...
The Salon des Refusés: Artwork Rejected from The BIG Show is an exhibition of artwork rejected from Lawndale Art Center's jurored exhibition, The BIG Show. It is inspired by the Salon des Refusés held in Paris in 1863. The original salon of 1863 consisted of artwork rejected from the official Paris Salon. Exhibiting artists of the Salon des Refusés of 1863 included Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, and James Whistler among others. Following in the spirt of a statement from Napolean III about such a salon of "Wishing to let the public judge...," this current day version allows Houston-area artists the opportunity to share their work regardless of a juror's selection choices...though they must at least have tried!

TX BI 2011: A Celebration of Texas-based Bisexual Artists

PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Emily Sloan
emily@emilysloan.com, http://curationmyth.blogspot.com
713-582-1198

TX BI 2011: A Celebration of Texas-based Bisexual Artists

For Immediate Release—HOUSTON, TEXAS (April 15, 2011)— TX BI 2011: A Celebration of Texas-based Bisexual Artists: a group exhibition curated by Emily Sloan, on view at Curation Myth Ministries, Box 13 Artspace, April 30 through May 21.

Daniel Adame, Sasha Dela, Ben Tecumseh DeSoto, Ryan Hawk, Koomah, Traci Matlock, Y.E. Torres, Addie Tsai and Julia Wallace are the selected artists for the exhibition. Work presented includes performance, photography, video, and zine. The exhibition is curated by Emily Sloan and on view in her studio/exhibition/meeting space Curation Myth Ministries within Box 13 ArtSpace. The exhibition coincides with the Texas Biennial also on view within Box 13 ArtSpace and has a reception on Saturday, April 30 from 7-9:30pm.

“This show is very exciting as it offers a setting for a micro-dialogue of bisexuals operating outside of both homosexual and heterosexual communities” said Emily Sloan, curator of the exhibition and studio resident of Curation Myth Ministries. “I wanted to open my studio to other artists to give them a chance to share their unique vision. The show being in the same building during the same time as the Texas Biennial just adds yet another layer of excitement!”

In addition to the opening night of Saturday, April 30, the exhibition will be open to the public on the following Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm: May 7, May 14 and May 21. Saturday, May 21 at 2pm there will be a closing artists' and curator's talk.

Attached image: Traci Matlock, photograph, 2011

For more information, please visit:
Emily Sloan (www.emilysloanblog.blogspot.com)
Curation Myth Ministries (www.curationmyth.blogspot.com)
Box 13 ArtSpace (www.box13artspace.com)

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Emily Sloan
Curation Myth Ministries
Box 13 ArtSpace
6700 Harrisburg Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77011
emily@emilysloan.com
713-582-1198

Gallery 1724 announces Curatorial Residency

Stephanie Saint Sanchez of La Chicana Laundry Pictures has been awarded a curatorial residency at Gallery 1724. For the residency she is working on: For the Man: The 9 to 5 Show.

Sanchez directing "The Freshleez..." in early 2011.

About Stephanie Saint Sanchez:
Raised in Beaumont corrupted in Houston…Stephanie Saint Sanchez is an awesome multi-media artist, movie maker, instigator and it says so right on her business card so it must be true. As founder of La Chicana Laundry Pictures she has made over 25 award winning, genre-bending shorts. She also started the Senorita Cinema film festival the only all Latina Film Festival in Texas.

She is a recipient a (SWAMP) Southwest Alternate Media Project Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship and Lawndale Artist Studio Program. A super fan of movies with an ensemble cast and ties to friends and artists from all disciplines she looks forward to pushing the limits of their collective talents. For more information, please visit: www.lachicanalaundrypictures.com

TX BI 2011

Curation Myth Ministries announces:

TX BI 2011!
Celebrating Texas-Based Bisexual Artists!

Daniel Adame
Ben Tecumseh DeSoto
Ryan Hawk
Koomah
Traci Matlock
Y.E. Torres
Addie Tsai
Julia Wallace

Opening Saturday, April 30 from 7pm-9:30pm at Curation Myth Ministries, first floor studio-gallery at Box 13 ArtSpace, 6700 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston, TX 77011. For more info., please contact Rev. Emily at 713-582-1198 or emily@emilysloan.com. On view Saturdays from 1-5pm through May 21, 2011.

Contact/organizer/curator: Emily Sloan, 713-582-1198, emily@emilysloan.com