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Nurture & Nature

Hello Clamp Light friends!

It’s that time again and Second Friday approaches. This month we have an exciting announcement as well as a fantastic exhibition being installed as I write this!

First to the news, as of September 1 Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery is moving to a new location, 1704 Blanco Rd. Suite 104. This is on the northeast corner of Blanco Rd. and Fulton Ave, where the glowing obelisk is (I feel like we should call this area the Hippodrome de Blanco!). Because we are moving into a larger space almost double the size of our current space we are able to bring on two new members of Clamp Light. I would like to take a second to formally welcome Carol Cunningham and Chris Adams to Clamp Light! We are excited to bring in fresh blood and look forward to both of their contributions!

Last February Carol approached Clamp Light about curating an exhibition based around the interaction between animals and humans. She wrote a proposal and we were excited to agree to it. On Friday she will see the culmination of her work come to fruition! Using the whimsy and flamboyance Nurture & Nature brings five artists together to discuss the Sex, Animals, Dripping Cakes, Flowers, and the Everyday Object. The artists include, Ann Woods, Clare Little, Scotty Hensler, Wesley Harvey and Carol Cunningham. Here are the artists websites if you want to check out their work!
Websites: Ann Woods
http://annwoodartist.com/artwork/2964841_Violent_Delights_Installation.html

Clare Little
http://clare-little.squarespace.com/

Scotty Hensler
http://www.saatchiart.com/hensler

Wesley Harvey http://wesleyharvey.com/artwork/3512954_portraits_of_day_dreaming_alternate_view.html

Carol Cunningham
http://cargocollective.com/caroldcunninghamart

Chris Adams (not in this show but one of our artist new residents!)
http://thats-no-moon.blogspot.com

So come out and welcome Carol to the Clamp Light Community this Friday!
Also I would like to give special thanks to Cari Caldwell
(https://www.behance.net/caribcaldwell) for the design of our the show cards!

See you there!

Website Redesign!

Hey Clamp Light crew,

So you might have noticed that the website has gone through a bit of a redesign in recent weeks. Let me take a few minutes to walk you through some of the new features on the Blog. First we have included several new pages to our blog design. The first of these is Exhibition Opportunities. Here we have included a few easy to follow instructions to present your artwork in the Clamp Light Gallery. Next, we have embedded our Exhibition Calendar this will help you keep you up-to-date with all of the happenings at Clamp Light. The next page is the Clamp Light Resident Artist page. This page will take you to a link for each of our websites. Please check all of them out! The next two pages are devoted to Social Media. The first is Clamp Light's Instagram Feed embedded into the page. This will allow you to like photos and keep up with all of the shenanigans that happen at and around these crazy artist! And the final new page is Clamp Light's Twitter Feed embedded into the page. Now clamplightstudios.blogspot.comis the one stop shop for all of the Clamp Light info!

Happy Exploring!

Tom

Thoughts on "I am what you want me to be" new work by Sarah Roberts

I am sitting here looking at the Facebook invite (https://www.facebook.com/events/475577922569275/?ref=22) for Sarah’s upcoming show here at Clamp Light on April 11, and am struck by amalgamation of materials that go into her pieces. The reconfiguration of found materials, held together with simple string and knot work allows the viewer to construct their own narratives, between past and present, person and evidence, and most assuredly between artist and viewer. The work is about communication between memory and self, driving us to be introspective. Sarah speaks about this site-specific installation in terms of creating a womb-like space for the viewer; this expresses to the desire within many of us (speaking for myself at least) to limit the overwhelming sensory input, which we experience on a minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour basis. I look forward to seeing where she is going with these ideas and can’t wait for April 11^th.

See you there,

Tom