Just alumni art kids making our way in world. This blog was created for the purpose of spurring each other on to bigger and better things. Members: Jerry Phillips, Ann Flowers, Adrienne Miller, Emily Detrick, Michelle Moode, Alex Griendling, Michael Peyton
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Post-Christmas Fun Tidbits
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
A Blast from the past!
Remember when Ann and I were in charge of a class exchange?
I thought in honor of my new found appreciation of colour....this old image from the good ol'days would make for a great coloring book page!
so people, colour away!
Submission will be featured in my Facebook as it's own project album!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
and it continues...
Jerry B. Phillips
mezzotint, etching
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
don't forget the veggies
celery stick, mushrrooms, notes, math, and.....ribbon? hm.
asked the students in my drawing class what i should draw in the sketchbook. this is what we came up with.
jerry does color
I'm taking a class on color, and I've been working with color all semester. I'll admit I was extremely terrified that first couple of weeks, but now I'm completely approaching color with a more confident mind set.
Seriously. I started making print where I am negating the black ink for the process and product.
Tah-dah!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Frogman's 2009
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Back Hatch-a! (Get it?)
Posted By Adrienne:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
treading water...trying not to drown
I don't what it is about this semester but, i feel like my life just doubled in speed and i was completely caught off guard.
I feel like the boat i'm riding suddenly burst into speed, spilling me in the ocean, and I'm just treading water watching the boat leave me behind.
I need to learn to tread water better, so i can wait for the coast guard. Does a unit even exist here in Peoria?
Sunday, October 26, 2008
AnD Poster
Hey guys. Jer gave me the heads up, so this is my first post. Things are going well in Cali. Having to swear myself to secrecy keeps me from showing anyone anything, unless it makes it to finish. So, I'm happy to share with you this piece that I worked on. Look for it in the coming weeks:
This poster isn't 100 percent good to go, because it was leaked. I dare not upload the finished one. Anyway, good to see people's stuff. Jer and Adrienne, looking forward to more sketchbooks. Good luck with the grad schools Adrienne, I , however, have no help to offer.
EDIT: apparently, the website I linked the image from didnt appreciate the broadband "theft", so I just uploaded the same image.
Friday, October 24, 2008
And So It Begins
Sunday, October 12, 2008
I'm back with a brand new invention!
This is a blog by Ann Flowers. I'm not sure if I'm suppose to say that so abruptly but it's true! It's me!
Jerry and Adrienne have done an amazing job with this blog and then I went and messed it up by never posting here. Sorry, guys! Ya'll are great.
But now I have a blog I'm maintaining so I figure I can work on both, right? I'll give it a go.
My blog is here.
Check it out!
The image above is some new work. I love working on manilla envelopes. They make a great shape. They sort of look like houses and I dig houses right now.
So that's a little bit of me. And another thanks to Jerry and Adrienne for being so blogtastic!!!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Mid-America Print Council 2008: Fargo
So it's the final night of MAPC 2008: Fargo and I must say that it was by far the smallest conference I've been too, but I had a blast never-the-last. I have met so many people and particularly other students. The Herron School of Art kids are pretty awesome.
SGC is going to be pretty awesome. There are going to be so many people I'm going to remember.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sketchbook Exchange Project
BOOK: Animal
Here's the first entry in the animal book for this project.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Not my Art, BUT. . .
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Some New work!
after talking with Adrienne, I have finally uploaded these! Heading to Murray on Tuesday...the good ol' graduate school visiting artist program. Nathan and I are taking three other Bradley grads down to see the home stead of Murray's Art Department.
alright!
Even Though You Missed It...
I thought you'd like to know. A small blurb on a show I was in last weekend:
Bi-Annual Nashville Print & Poster Parade
Featuring affordable artworks on paper for everyone!
August 29th & 30th
Reception – Friday Night, August 29th, 6 to 9 pm
Saturday Hours - 10am to 6pm
Venue – Ruby Green, Nashville, TN
If the economy crunch is affecting your art collecting or home decorating, well this is the answer to your problems! Tag art gallery’s Jerry Dale McFadden and Isle of Printing’s Bryce McCloud have put together another print and poster art extravaganza coming up at the end of August for one weekend only. The show will feature some of the hottest printmakers from around the country together under one roof. The artwork will be exhibited at Nashville’s only non-profit art center, Ruby Green. A portion of sales from the show will benefit Ruby Green.
This is the show for folks looking for unique and affordable artwork for their home, dorm room, office or wherever. There will be lots of gig posters/rock posters as well as art prints of all kinds, whether made from screenprinting, letterpress or stenciled artwork. Average prices range between $20 to $40. Just in time for back-to-school!
Some of the fine printmakers that will be featured include Nashville’s own Bryce McCloud of Isle of Printing. McCloud, who has helped pull similar shows together with TAG, is a renowned guru of printmaking here and around the world. McCloud apprenticed at Hatch Show Print years ago before venturing out on his own and continues in the tradition of vintage letterpress, woodcut and linocut prints. McCloud was featured in Chronicle Books’ “The Art of Modern Rock” along with some of the other artists that will be featured in this exhibit.
Other artists exhibiting include Lesley Patterson-Marx, Emily Leonard, Laura Baisden, Dan Grzeca, Dirk Fowler of f2design, Allison Glancey of Strawberryluna, Burlesque of North America, Mike Davis and Sasha Barr just to name a few.
Ruby Green is located at 514 5th Ave S., Nashville, TN 37203, (615) 244-7179
Though TAG art gallery no longer has an actual gallery space, this is the first installment and example of Jerry Dale McFadden’s plan to continue curating interesting art shows in the Nashville area as well as around the country. Other upcoming events include an exhibit of new work by New York artist Lori Field along with Nashville favorite Anna Jaap, to be held at Estel Gallery, September 6th – October 4th. Also, McFadden has arranged a show of new paintings by Samuel Dunson to be held in October at the Vanderbilt Divinity School, Oct. 9th through Nov. 7th.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wedding Bells
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Wow!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Ahoy Tomato
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Hi Ho, Hi Ho. . .
Friday, May 23, 2008
New image and NEWS
graphite on paper
Jerry B. Phillips
I was asked two days ago, if I would teach a beginning drawing class Monday and Wednesday nights in the Fall! My first real class!!! I'm so excited.
Also, crazy peeps, me and the Robyn are headed to South Dakota this July....who's going to be there?
Saturday, May 3, 2008
First Year of Grad School...over?
This crit is something rather special. It's officially called, "The Advancement to Candidacy" crit, which all Murray Kids can relate to. Back in Murray, we called it "Mid-degree Review."
Basically, I'll show my work and talk about where I think it's heading and how the changes in imagery and idea are related to this direction. They will then decide whether or not I can continue with the program.
I sat down with Nathan today, and we both had the same reflections about grad school at Bradley. Murray treated the BFA students like Graduate Students. So we're actually not having trouble at Bradley, that's not including the working at developin concepts and experimenting with new processes and such. you get the deal.
I'm not really concerned with the semester ending...I'm really shocked that I'm already through 1/3 of my Graduate School Career...that's incredible.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
MAPC Conference Fall of 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
final version. i hope.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
from the west
LMU's on spring break, which means I am having an intense, uninterupted week of productivity....both making work and tending to computer-business like my Blog, and my Etsy shop. It feels springy in LA. One would think there wouldn't be a perceivable change in weather, but there totally is.
Also working on my plan to attend Southern Graphics Council at the end of the month. I can't wait.
Hey Emily! Are you going? And don't you owe me a print?
Here's a picture from Athens, dug up from the archive:
Love, Michelle.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Books!
I'm all about books this semester.
It's completely taken over my life...fo reals.
pictures will be up soon of book I made and of my work place.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
More work and fog...also fainting goats
New work
9 5/16 x 7 9/16 inches
Jerry B. Phillips
collograph (polyester organza, matte medium)
4 x 3 inches
Jerry B. Phillips
etching, aquatint, drypoint