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Me at Latino Cultural Center with my work "Flourish" photo courtesy of Angelica Navarro

Friday evenings reception at Latino Cultural Center was one of the best I'd ever had the honor to be part of. The space was elegant, all the work was excellent and curated beautifully. There was a wonderful spread of food and libations and lively music to greet you when you entered and all the artists were introduced by Ben Espino the host- to better connect with everyone. The cherry on top were the beautiful color catalogs printed and stacked by the sign in book for everyone- all the artists work were reproduced with small bios! How is that for taking care of artists? I'm afraid I've had too many dealings on the flipside of this...galleries that don't send press releases, don't bring their people to the show, make you submit bios or statements...but never put them out for the public to read. Mainly just very careless about whether the work gets viewed and only providing a ROOM for art to hang...well that is only the very basic part of an art show in my opinion. Galleries make artists hand over a percentage on each piece sold- so artists have to crank up the price on their work to make sure they get the amount they deserve. High price tags- put some artists out of range with their usual would be buyers. It's only fair the gallery is doing everything in their power to HELP the work SELL. Am I right or is this just crazy talk? So it was very refreshing to be on the other side of the coin and feel like you are being thanked for your hard work and efforts. THANK YOU LATINO CULTURAL CENTER! I have faith again! :)

The work "Hecho en Dallas" will be up until Aug. 1, 2012 and it is wonderful, please go see it!

This week starts out with some much needed cloud coverage....YAY! A brief respite from the suns death beam means I can ride my bike to go visit my Mom, go to the post office without cursing the infernal rays and jog without ending up in the hospital. Thank you clouds!

Much to do this week and my photos are back from my photographer friend so that means I can source out a printer and get that ball rolling! VERY SOON! PRINTS of the newest works! I can't wait!

Finishing up some records this week, djing on 4th of July at Double Wide, hopefully hitting up some parties I've been invited to and the usual WORK. Hope everyone has a good week ahead!

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