Info time!

"Enough Room" - An Arts Showcase
August 26/27, 2010
8 pm
Hosted by the Greater Denton Arts
Council at 400 E Hickory Street
Denton, Texas

Featuring artists from Denton, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and special guest African dance choreographer, Mr. Stafford C. Berry, Jr., from Durham, North Carolina.

Free beer from RAHR Brewery (Fort Worth) both nights
Free pizza from HotBox Pizza in Denton on the 26th

The show is completely free!
There will be art for sale, as well as a few larger pieces up for silent auction. Proceeds go to benefiting Null Synaptic and the Greater Denton Arts Council.

Finishing Touches

Thanks to Baplax Industrial, we were able to quickly put up some great rooms in the exhibit this past Monday.


Now, the exhibit looks like THIS!


The two art studios featuring Peter George (Denton, TX)
and Clarke Curtis (Austin, TX)


Installation from Tim Harding
"Don't piss in a glass house"







The party room featuring DJ Jesse Grisak

We have walls!

We have been in the space a little over a week, and we now have walls made from recycled materials. We may just subtitle this event "The Green Show."

Before: Tuesday August 10, 2010


































After: Friday August 13, 2010

Moved in! (Sort of)

So, it begins!

We have the Meadows Gallery all to ourselves! We had a productive first day on Thursday, August 5th, and are now waiting on some sponsors to help with our materials.

This weekend will include a lot of Craigslisting, and a lot of scouting for more sponsors.

So far;

Rahr Brewery will be providing drinks for both the 26th and 27th performances!
Hot Box Pizza of Denton will be providing food on the 26th!

We are waiting to confirm a few more sponsors.

If you know someone who owns a small business, and feel like they would be interested in supporting our show, then shoot John an email at JMOsburn@gmail.com with the name and contact information of the business. We are offering ad space in our program for an incredibly affordable price and could use all the support we can get!

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Now: Here are some photos and a video from Day 1.

Not entirely sure what Tim is doing in this...

Remember when I advertised that we needed a videographer? After watching this, you'll see why. Mainly, I don't like working a camera.

We'll hit you up again in a few days.

In case you missed it last night...

"Half Empty" by John Osburn on Vimeo.

Starring:

Nikki and David Belshe
Introducing Belly and Rocky

Music by John Osburn

"Half Empty" at Hub Shorts Film Festival

Hello everyone,



If you are unsure what kind of whacky hijinks to get into this Friday night, July 9th, then just mosey on over to the Dallas Hub Theater for the first ever Hub Shorts Film Festival. The festival features 10 short films produced by local DFW visual artists, including John Osburn's short "Half Empty."



If anything, the main reason to go is for the cupcakes and director Q/A immpediately following the showing.



So, come out for a night of "10 artists, 10 films, and 1 perfect evening of cupcakes and good art."

-NS

Meadows Move-In in 39 Days!

Hello everyone!

Well, John is in Durham, North Carolina playing for the American Dance Festival, and is about to move back to Austin for a month;
Lily just returned from Italy and is kickin' it with Big Rig Dance Collective for the next month;
And Tim is working with artist Vernon Fisher and getting ready to teach art for Tarrant County College's Upward Bound Program in July.

"Enough Room" is officially only 2 months away! Greater Denton Arts Council officially accepted our Exhibit Proposal and even pushed our move-in date 4 days earlier to August 5, 2010.

Now, since the focus is on providing a variety of art to the northern DFW community, we are not only encouraging people to come view the exhibit on August 26th/27th, but also come visit the Meadows Gallery during the building of our exhibit. From August 5th - August 25th, we would like to open our doors for anyone to view our artistic process and the construction of our gallery. We feel the construction of this exhibit is just as important as the actually exhibit showing at the end of the month, in that it shows members of the community coming together to create a space devoted to the appreciation of art in Texas.

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for people to help with the construction of this exhibit. This includes people to volunteer time to help build walls, construct rooms, and paint them, people to offer tools and materials (hand tools, electric tools, lumber, doors, leftover paint, etc...), as well as people to take pictures or video of the construction (please specify on form). In return for hours/materials, we will give each volunteer a piece of the exhibit (TBD) to keep in remembrance of this momentous occasion.

If you are interested, complete this form, and email it to JMOsburn@gmail.com.


To give you all a heads up on what to expect, here is a list of acts booked in our sideshow:

• Knife Thrower
• Classical Guitarist
  
• Contortionist
• 32nd Annual Denton Puppet SideShow Extravaganza
  
• Stand-up Comedian
• African Dance Group led by master dancer Stafford C. Berry, Jr.

Overall, it is going to be an amazing program. Once again, just shoot the completed form to John if you are interested in volunteering in ANY way.

Thank you and we will let you know when new things begin to surface!

-NullSyn

Long time no write?

Lots of things going on right now.

New project in the works.

Dallas Museum of Art gave us money to produce a community arts project featuring artists from DFW and Austin. The project consists of us building a hallway with several rooms branching off, each room featuring work from different visual artists. Greater Denton Arts Council offered their Meadows Gallery to host our exhibit and performances.

Dates: Exhibit Construction: August 9 - August 25
Spectators are welcome to come view the construction process/progress during
Exhibit Visiting hours

Performances: August 26 - 27 (Thursday - Friday)
7pm - 10pm

Location: Greater Denton Arts Council - Meadows Gallery
400 East Hickory Street
Denton, TX 76201

Main Collaborators Include:

i. Lily Sloan (Bio at http://www.lilysloan.com/)
Dance Choreographer
Visual Artist
Film Maker

ii. Timothy Harding (Bio at http://www.timothyevanharding.com/)
Painter
Drawer
Sculptor

iii. John Osburn
Musician
Composer
Producer

More information will be posted as it develops.