Sneak Peeks of Installation for Krampus Show

Tomorrow night :)

Art Show This Weekend

Another sneak peek for the Corpus Illuminata show. The opening day is this Friday and it also runs on Saturday. My piece "At the Heart of it All" will be on display and for sale. I'm very excited to see my piece because I have never displayed something like this before.

Here's what's going to be happening at the show:

Corpus Illuminata ~ An Anatomic Interpretation

In the Evening of the 12th and 13th Day of August 2011, it will be unveiled an extraordinary exposition of biological and medical exploration entitled Corpus Illuminata - An Anatomic Interpretation. Hosted within the District VII Gallery in Detroit, this unique event will consist of one part exhibition of anatomic-inspired artwork, one part museum of medical antiquities and one part academia of accredited presentations.

The exhibition portion will feature 33 artistic explorations from 24 artists local and across the nation. Within the museum portion, collectors of Victorian-era medical instruments, quackery and oddities will bring together their cherished pieces to re-create themed display rooms ranging from surgical to mortuary. On stage, various speakers will present and discuss a variety of topics that include human anatomy, psychology, the history of contraception, the chemistry of herbal supplements and other intriguing subject matters.

Video installations within the venue will be feature films and videos ranging from historical medical experimentations, human autopsies, artistic interpretations and more. The ambiance is supplied by Life Toward Twilight from the new CD "I Swear By All The Flowers", which explores memories from the end of the Nineteenth Century through a sound collage from antique sources, including music boxes, ticking grandfather clocks, steam trains, wax cylinder recordings, early mechanical factories and old voices. Also, gelatos, gelato floats and flavored teas, courtesy of the Detroit Tea Company, will be served within our apothecary-themed health bar.

The doors open at 6pm on both evenings until midnight and all ages are welcome, however discretion must be advised due to some graphic medical content.

Admission is only five dollars.

We do hope you join us.

Corpus Illuminata ~ An Anatomic Interpretation
August 12 & 13 2011 - District VII Gallery - Detroit

www.corpusilluminata.org
www.facebook.com/corpusilluminata

District VII Gallery, 2690 Wight Street, Detroit, MI 48207
www.districtvii.com

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Corpus Illuminata Artists

Allison Gardiner (MI)
Ash Sivils (TN)
Ashley Marnich (MN)
Aunia Kahn (IL)
Colm McCarthy (WI)
Danielle Rittenhouse (NM)
DVS (MI)
Eve Noir (MI)
Jack O. Summers (MI)
Joseph Ferraro (MI)
Jello Jeff Hocking (MI)
Ken Hales (WA)
Kim Hoxworth (MI)
Lindsey Harnish (MI)
Mariandra X (OH)
Mike Dereniewski (MI)
Paige Reynolds (Canada)
Ryan LaVoisin (MI)
Scott Holloway (MA)
Spilt Sugar (MA)
Tim Pewe (MI)
Tradd Featherstone (MI)
Shanta Ambady (MI)
Vincent Castiglia (NY)

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Corpus Illuminata Presenters (w/scheduled time each night)

8pm md 20/20 "The Human Anatomy" - MD, Wayne State School of Medicine

9pm Meghann Murray "The Chemistry of Herbal Supplements" - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Detroit Mercy

10pm Kristine Diven "The History of Psychiatry" - Owner of District VII Gallery, Artist Photographer & Medical Antiquity Collector

11pm Lianna Trimble "Contraception: Accident vs. Intention" - Artist & Student of Historical Science & Medicine, Oakland Community College

Art Sneak Peek

Sneak peek of my art piece "At the Heart of it All"...
for the anatomical themed art show.
The show opener is a week from this Friday.
I've never displayed a piece like this before....
so I'm still figuring out the best way to view it.
I hope it fits in o.k. with the other anatomical pieces of art!
More info about the show can be found HERE.

Eskimo Girl

The next art show I will be a part of is Unfiltered VI. This show focuses on outsider artists but more specifically the self-taught artist. Yup, I am both. And I will have three pieces in this year. The opening reception is August 20th and the show runs until October. I was a part of this show last year and had several pieces in it as well. It was a fun show and I discovered a lot of great artists too.

This year I'm happy to say I got three {figurative} paintings in. And no mixed media pieces for this show either. This is unlike last year where every piece I had was mixed media. And I'm glad about that. See if you would've asked me last year, I would've said I'm primarily a mixed media artist. But this year I've been testing my painting abilities rather than relying on the objects I use. So I wanted to do sneak peeks of these pieces and tell a little about each one.

This sneak peek is of Eskimo Girl. She's on 12 x 12 canvas. I made her at the end of last year when it was brutally cold in Michigan. Originally she had hair instead of the eskimo-looking hood around her face. I don't know why I wasn't happy with that. So I think I just started to swirl the colors around her face. And well, I sorta lied...this piece has a bit of mixed media in it. A little glitter and a little flock. Yes, flock. It's hard to describe...but it adds nice texture if you don't blend it too much. {Google "flock" if you're curious.}

People have looked at this painting in my house and have said they felt cold {or that she looks cold}. Well, that was my intention exactly...so woo, success! Actually she is my favorite piece of the three. I think a big part of it is because I typically don't use a lot of white paint. So in the end I was really happy that I eased up on the darker colors for a change.

More art stuff

above: sneak peek of WRATH:IRA
(biggest piece I've worked on to date, 3 feet by 4 feet)

Can't Stop the Tornado

Can't Stop the Snake

The Blue Flower

Dead Flowers


Hope you are all doing good!
Enjoy your week.
XoX~Eve

Sneak Peeks for the Holiday Show

Scary Teddy from Nightmare Before Xmas

Sally from Nightmare Before Xmas

I'm thinking I'm going to attach these tags. Because we are responsible for selling our art at the show. So that means I have to leave some sort of contact info on it. I thought the "magic movement gift tags" (yes the package says that) were a good idea.
I'm dropping off my three pieces tomorrow. Yes I have one more but that's a secret.

OH & feel special because I haven't posted these on my FaceBook page yet. ;)