RHEANNA FANCYPANTS

Art show news!

Just got word that i’m in CARDED! Click here for the details and totally check it out if you’re in Vancouver. Or even if you’re not! Fuck it, drop everything and get here for it.

So i kept hearing that HEART ON was a rad show with a great crowd and super duper fun… but i either had a 24-hr flu or something funky because i totally felt queasy and had to go home early. It was a bit of a bummer, especially because there was a cheese tray and wine and i couldn’t partake. I missed out on free booze- you KNOW it’s serious.

In good news, i’ll be in another show, curated by the lovely Marjolyn at Box Studios! Details are TBA as of yet, but it’s called Wonderland and is fairy tale themed! It sounds just a little bit (and by that i mean VERY) wonderful, doesnt it?

All i want to do is bitch about the Olympics.

HEART ON is this Saturday at Box Studios in Vancouver!

I’ve uploaded some pics of my piece for the show to twitter HERE. “That Old Adage” … about 8 x 10, ink & acrylic on tea stained paper. I’m not very good at drawing things that are lovely and sweet, but lately i’ve had sayings like ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ or ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’ on my mind, so i just went from there…!

Vancouver is hosting the Olympics in but a week and a bit, and like most people in my fair city, i want to get the fuck out (and i am!). I’m glad that great articles like this one in Sports Illustrated and this one in The Guardian are letting the world know how the average Vancouverite feels about this train wreck.

The Olympic committee has been touting these ‘Cultural Olympiad’ arts events, but any work or events i have seen/heard about strike me as being safe, lowest common denominator endeavors. Everything i’ve seen so far feels very out of touch with the practicing artists in this city who don’t paint landscapes or carve native art for tourists. I wouldn’t expect any better from a commercialized event like the Olympics, but as they’ve directly impacted our art community with BRUTAL tax cuts, i’ve taken offense. Not that there’s anything anyone can really do. Residents of Vancouver have been prohibiting from protesting or speaking out against the Olympics in any way- you will be steeply fined and possibly given jail time if you even have a sign in the window of your home. Fuck. The. Olympics.

2010 News

Happy new year! Hope everyone’s hangovers are gone by now. They should be. I hope…!?

Well, in sad news, i had to move out of my home away from home, my beautiful studio! In good news, i’m nearly done renovating my room in the slum house i live in so i can actually work in there. This has involved putting in new floors, repainting, getting more lights and buying really unusual things like hangers and drawers. (Until now, my room has been a dark nest made of clothing, debris and dried vomit. Really.) Here’s an inprogress shot i posted to my twitter!

I’m in a show coming up on February 6th called HEART ON. It features local artists, designers, performers and musians from Vancouver, BC. It’s at Box Studios, 1622 Franklin Street. The theme is (take a guess) Valentine’s Day, and i’m sort of having trouble with making something sweet and cute. I suppose i don’t HAVE to, but i’m kinda challenging myself to make something without a brooding girl and skulls. Err, we’ll see how it goes!

Ladies First 4 is starting in Vancouver on March 8th. Like the years before, the show will be touring to a few places in the US! So far, we know this includes Pheonix, AZ and Ashbury Park, NY, but no dates yet.

I’ll also be travelling around a little bit in the first half of the year! I’m going to San Fran, Oakland and LA at the end of Feb, and Montreal again in May. Hoping to catch some great shows while i’m there. For sure i will get to catch a photography show my wonderful partner in crime Tessa Beebe is having in SF on the 24th!

Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl 2009

Halloween and the craziness that carried over into early November are finally over! Both shows I was involved in got super positive reviews, and the one i did attend in Vancouver was awesome and really packed!

Up next is the Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver on November 20th-22nd. Artists in Vancouver’s east side open their studios to the public and give people a chance to chat, hob nob and possibly stumble across empties hidden throughout studios like little easter eggs. My studio is just off of Vancover’s infamous skid row so having the door wide open and unlocked could be an adventure on a few levels!

Dave ‘Pepe’ Petko who curated the Heavy Hitting B-Grade Horrorshow in Whistler said it was a huge success and the organizers of the event have invited him to put on another show next year. October is usually one of the busiest time of year for me, and looks like next year is shaping up to be the same!

Updates all around…!

Okay, so i think about 85% of the population who has tried to maintain a blog will drop the ball eventually… That being said, i have been a busy little bee and look at me, i’m going to try getting back on the horse!

I’m in two shows at the end of the month: The Heavy-Hitting B-Grade Horror Fest in Whistler BC, and Something Wicked This Way Comes X in Vancouver, BC.

The Heavy-Hitting B-Grade Horror Fest is at 7 pm on the 30th in Whistler at The Fairmont Chateau, 4599 Chateau Blvd.
http://www.heavyhitting.com/
It’s an independent horror movie festival that has been going strong for 6 years now, and this year, Dave ‘Pepe’ Petko organized the art show that will be in the lobby. Sounds like it’s gonna be a huge event since they’ve changed the space they’re renting in the venue twice already to accommodate for all the tickets they’ve sold. Their initial capacity of 250 sold out after the first few hours the tickets went on sale. They’re up to a capacity of 1,000 and have about 50 tickets left… Unless all those 950 people who bought tickets had ski accidents resulting in brain injury, i’m gonna guess that it’s a great event to check out.

Something Wicked This Way Comes X is the tenth annual Halloween party at Vancouver’s longest running alternative club night, Sanctuary! 23 West Cordova, 9pm-3am
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123171399435
I would basically have no friends and no life if not for that bar since dressing up to go mince around that place is basically the only sort of interaction i have with the general populace. Their Halloween parties are the stuff of legend, and this year they’ve added a third room to showcase local, horror-themed artwork. So really, they’ll have something for everyone: artwork, booze, and pretty girls who have drank too much booze and thus have looser morals (i’m not talking about myself. Really!)

I’ve also updated my website with a new layout and new artwork! And new pictures of my CATS! Yea, CATS! I got another!! His name is Tobey, and i love him a lot but he’s a little bastard since he woke me up about ten times last night. What a sweetie!!