The Public Works of Sargent Johnson
Photographed by Duane Conliffe
January -February 2012
http://www.DuaneConliffe.com
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-sargent-johnson-11474
March 1-30, 2012
Photographs by Fayette Hauser
As the psychedelic San Francisco of the 1960s began evolving into the pansexual San Francisco of the 1970s, The Cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies -- gay, straight, and undecided -- decked themselves out in gender-bending drag and tons of glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the Palace Theater in North Beach.
The Cockettes were born on stage, New Year’s Eve, 1969. The collective passion was to take every fantasy, desire, idol and dream and in the most joyously flamboyant way possible, put it onto the stage.
Fayette Hauser performed with the group and contributed to the look and structure of many of the shows, and photographed them as well until its demise in the spring of 1972. Fayette went on to perform with Tomata Du Plenty and his Whiz Kidz in Seattle and then, with Tomata, in New York at CBGB’S, Café Cino, La Mama and the Bouwerie Lane Theatre.
Born in Troy, New York, Fayette grew up in the honky-tonk town of Asbury Park, New Jersey. She received her first camera, a Brownie Holiday Flash, at age nine and began photographing her favorite place, the Fun House Arcade on the boardwalk, home of Asbury’s best and brightest freaks.
As a teen-ager, Fayette made frequent trips into Manhattan to check out the underground scene, meeting filmmakers Jack Smith and Andy Warhol and was in the Warhol film The Life Story of Juanita Castro, scripted by Ronald Tavel.
After graduating with a BFA from Boston University, College of Fine Arts, Fayette moved to Greenwich Village for a year before migrating to the West Coast. Moving to Los Angeles in 1975, Fayette received an Assoc. Degree in Photography at LATTC and has gone on to work as a Photographer, a Costume Designer for Film and Theatre and a Stylist for performers such as Bette Midler, and The Manhattan Transfer.
http://www.drkrm.com/cockettes.html
Nature in the City
An Exhibit of Photography, Painting & Sculpture
September 1-28, 2011
Barb Oplinger, Paintings boplinger.com/art
Julie Jaycox, Botanical Photography juliejaycox.com
Miriam Owen, Sculpture miriamowen-driftwoodsculpture.com
F. Joseph Butler, Watercolors fjosephbutler.com Facebook: The Little House Committee
Mel Solomon, Photography melsolomonphotography.com
Richard Zimmerman, Photography rezphotography.com
Timothy Armstrong, Installation Photography curbworker.com
August 1 -29, 2011
Barbara Traub Essence of Luminescence
Daughter of a photographer father, Barbara launched her career in 1987 with a solo show at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and first place win in the Baltimore Sun Magazine annual photo contest. Her early work was influenced primarily by the poetic aesthetic of street photographers who portray people and things in their own milieu at decisive moments. In the early 90s she was introduced to the photographs of Ralph Gibson, whose attention to detail, use of high-contrast, and sense of the surreal further influenced her style. Traub went on to shoot freelance for publications, work in darkroom and computer labs, assist for other photographers, and teach film and digital at the university level while continuing to pursue her personal vision.
Barb’s photos have been exhibited at venues such as the Arts Commission, 111 Minna, Scott Nichols, and SFCW in San Francisco, Cooper Union, CB’s 313 and 4th St. Photo Gallery in Manhattan, Bert Green and MoNA in LA, CPA in Carmel, Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, School 33 and UMBC in Baltimore, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, International Fotofestivals in Texas, Belgium and France… and are included in public and private collections worldwide.
1994 was her first time at Burning Man. She worked several times on assignment for Wired and was chief photographer for their 1997 book Burning Man. Around the turn of the millennium, she switched to digital and discovered much to her surprise that the camera's shutter could be programmed to mimic the specific click of her mid-70s 35mm rangefinder (both the Leica and Konica were made in conjunction with Minolta). 2006 marked the publication of Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography(Immedium). Time declared the image on the book’s cover to be an iconic photo. The revised edition Desert to Dream: A Dozen Years of Burning Man Photography relaunched 7/7/11 at The McLoughlin Gallery in San Francisco along with ‘Every Reverie’, an exhibit of her photography.
http://home.earthlink.net/~traubleaux/
July 1-23, 2011
Wilma van Mierlo Color Play
Wilma was born in the small village of Zundert, in the south of nederland (same birthplace as van gogh!). Her interest in art has spanned over 4 decades, in which she has studied all forms of expression, but her love comes back to the canvas. She has also traveled all over Europe, and America in her endless study of the Dutch and European painters to Native American art structure. Each of her paintings explores the emotional, exhibiting nuance and energy. You need to explore it yourself, and feel the underlying sense of depth and deep heart. Wilma has studios in Breda, Nederlands, and Lake Arrowhead, California. Continuing to hone her skills, she still fosters her love of adventure and travel.
Wilma's education started with De Beeldenaar Art School (3 years). She has also had private art classes from Dutch painters like Hendrik van Dijk (7 years), Frans van Veen (6 years) and Margriet Oomen (6 years) and Mart Mous (8 years). Currently she is studying with Helga Batman-Koplin.
She still seeks out new insights with Breda Art Studies and with Mart Mous. Wilma continues to develop her own style, expanding on all themes including; nature, flora, landscapes, abstract and nudes.
Wilma has exhibited her artwork in such places as the Utrecht Exhibition, a few Zundert Exhibitions and Library of Breda Exhibition. Her latest Exhibitions in 2006 & 2007 were at the Burnt Mill Beach Club, Winter Show, Lake Arrowhead, CA. She is also represented at 'Blue Jay Gallery' in the Blue Jay Village, Lake Arrowhead, CA. Additionally Wilma was a board member of Kreatief Centrum (Creative Art Center) of Zundert.
http://mysite.verizon.net/nuaa/vanMierloo
