Sassafras. A Pop-Up show..Recent works by IU BFA Students..

 No One Is Going To Mourn You                                      
Aaron Bennet
Mixed Media                                             


 I had a great conversation with Aaron, during which he revealed to me
that the mouse here displayed is actually Pikachu...

Later we shared a Vernor's and he told me about his love for this "true golden ale", as it brought memories of his grandfather to mind. I said, " Totally, me too!"

 





There were four rock sculptures about the room by
an artist named Cory, (I think..? so sorry, friend!) who never did submit his Name, bio or artist info! But they sure were cool! Mixed Media and what appears to be actual moss..
(That's OK, I think he's going to return for a One-Man Show! We'll make him tell us then!)

 Evelyn Walker
Monkey
Found and Re-Appropriated Materials

This puppet doll was ingeniously created to move with surprisingly fluid and personable style. Her smile was strangely inviting, and reminded me of a character from Avatar, one of the Blue people..
 

People had fun playing with her. She was very gracious about it. Didn't seem to mind at all! She just kept smiling..

 



 Lance Pruitt
Untitled
Mixed Media

This looked great across the room. It rounded out the show very nicely, and I, for one, thought a lot about China and the United States. I had to turn the volume down, though.










 "The Adventures of Jack"
Dillon Olney (Sculpture) and Sarah Williams (Textiles)
Wax, Acrylic Paint, Bronze, & Textile

 Dillon's statement about The Adventures of Jack explains that it is a "monument to his imaginings", a "mysterious narrative of awe that evokes the power of turning the mundane into the magnificent." Dillon further states: " I believe that art is the most accessible avenue by which the impossible can become reality."
I didn't get a good close-up on my Sony Cybershot, but you can see, there, that in the little bronze guy's hand is a tiny stuffed octopus with button eyes! This was so cool looking. I loved it. 

 

 I really need to take a class or get some help from my INTERNS about all of my media difficulty, because the pictures on my IPhone include some better angles, but I can't get them off of the iphone and onto this blog. Yet. So you can only see here the small pink indication of Bryn Taubensee's Self Portrait, entitled

Bryncess with FabulousPink Fox Fur Boa Oil and acrylic on glittery scrapbook paper, frame, rhinestones look at me now?

Sorry, Bryn! It's awesome, though, and looks like she might be in a band..

These students are all sculptors in the Indiana University BFA program, and their awesome weekend  Pop-Up show was fresh, fun and amazing! Thanks to each of you for bringing your work into town!
And thanks to all who came up to the Gallery to see it, share some conversation and add a little colour to Blue. We had some very special visitors, including Julian Hoeber, who had just given a guest lecture on campus earlier that evening, and two art professors from the University.

Watch for the next Pop-Up Show on May 10/11th, Mother's Day Weekend!

Erol Ozsever

Since Spring Break was touching the middle weekends of March, we had no 2nd Saturday or 3rd Thursday but happily continued our Blue Room Acoustic Music Series on the 4th Saturday, March 23rd, with a breathtaking performance from Master Guitarist Erol Ozsever, who played piano arrangements by Eric Satie as well as another famous 'Impressionist' and Chevalier, Claude Debussey, on his classical guitar.
It was stellar!! He then treated us to a few vocal beauties on ukelele and acoustic guitar, earning an enthusiastic encore from a captivated chamberful of grateful patrons. He closed with the heartbreakingly exquisite classic, Spanish Romance, whose author remains anonymous, making the very familiar melody all the more poetic and intimate. You might hear this tune in a moving picture, or in the background at an establishment, or even on the radio or at home by choice. Let me say that the experience is nothing at all like hearing it live. Thank you Erol, for training our hearts on the moments that are not far from grace.