What’s wrong with hippie art and landscapes? A letter to Eugene, Oregon 2018
Tree. Moon. Animal. Landscape. The soothing images of Saturday Market and Etsy are repetitious, earnest and unchallenging. This type of art has a solid footing in the culture of the white and well-fed. I’ve lived in Eugene for 28 years and I can say that for most of Eugene’s residents, this is the only art […]
Premiere of Trophallacy
My performance art piece, Trophallacy, a critique of the win/lose paradigm, premiered on 5/26/2018 to a packed house. Eugene Contemporary Art presented the event and you can find more photos at ECA and Gray Space Project. I’m developing a version of Trophallacy to place online. Meanwhile, you can listen to an audio clip. This voiceover is a […]
What exactly do I DO?
“What exactly do you DO?” I get this question all the time. My elevator speech stops at too many floors. I could list titles –author, writer, artist, arts advocate – but each one of those titles requires further explanation. So lately I just say I’m Art Oprah of Eugene, Oregon. That makes people laugh and […]
#ARTivism
ARTivism. ‘Artivism’ is a term coined by author and UCSD Professor Ricardo Dominguez. I’ve been holding that word like a touchstone. I’m glad to see intelligent people are out there writing, making art and making sense of the election results. These people are less stupefied than I am, at least in my current state. I […]
Let’s Talk About Art
If you’re in the Eugene area, please come to an event I’m facilitating over the next 3 Tuesday nights. The description below provides details, but the shorthand is this: Let’s Talk About Art. FREE! Facebook Event Public Art: The Big View 3 Evenings of video and conversation based on “Art of the MOOC” Tuesdays: Sept […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Costuming of Emancipatory Politics
After 8 Seasons on Logo TV, it’s high time RuPaul’s Drag Race received recognition as important contemporary art. Socially engaged art often uses the structures of society as the very medium of the work, and yet Drag Race is radical enough to have fooled many into regarding the work as mere campy entertainment. RuPaul […]