FutuRE PRESENCE has come and gone

Future Presence was a success; I sold work, made money, made some potentially great contacts, everybody had an awesome time, basically it was a success.  In three and a half weeks the two of us put together something way surpassed any of our initial expectations.  I can't wait for the next one.

I'll finish this with a congratulations to my dear friend Amber Courteau; the release party for her book is tonight.  I can't imagine a more deserving person.  There was a time awhile ago where we had a morning talk about things we wanted to do; publishing a book and putting together art shows were two things that were talked about.  It is pretty cool that we each got the first taste of doing those things that we wanted on the same weekend.  Recently the coincidences are piling up, this is one that is beyond crazy or fate based.

Good job Amber, Jeremy, Nathaniel and Me; we kicked ass this weekend

Final results for the Polish Pugilist

I owe Jeremy Catterton for letting me be part of such an amazing and special production.  Of my list of art related accomplishments being part of that play is easily one of my proudest moments.  Climbing and wiring in those filthy rafters, hundreds of trips up and down narrow rickety stairs, prolonged sweating, consistent stress about being in over my head amongst a group of such dedicated and talented people, being pushed far outside of my artistic comfort zone and finding that I could step up to the challenge, being pushed to new levels, meeting and working with such an amazing tribe of people, being exposed to truly dedicated artists who would die for their craft, seeing a bar set high above me and finding that I could reach it; I could keep going.  Jeremy, Hillary, Kristina, Jacob, Claire, Mike, Abbey and Paula, I'm proud to be able to say I worked with you and I'm proud that all the result of all of the time, the total dedication and exhausting effort turned into something so amazing.  I didn't do the project because I was looking to get anything out of it, I did it so I could work with and learn from a group of diverse and talented people.  We all put so much work into it, I'm so glad we are getting the recognition we all knew we deserved.  This was one of the best summers of my life.  I can also safely say that without my involvement it wouldn't have worked like it did.

POLISH PUGILIST TIED FOR BEST PERFORMANCE PIECE in Lavender magazine's best of 2010 list

I owe a lot to Jeremy Catterton, he is responsible for me being where I am artistically; for years he's been a constant and strong supporter, he made me push myself artistically to a whole new level with my work on the Polish Pugilist; through working on the play I was introduced to Nathaniel Smith, what evolved into Future Presence started as a facebook chat at 2 in the morning, because of Future Presence I was presented with opportunities I never would have encountered on my own.  In the last six months I've really found out what true hard work and dedication can get you, and I love it.