Happy Art Shit.
“I could while away the hours
Conferrin’ with the flowers”
Art in Bloom was this last weekend. I guess posting about it ahead of time would have been more productive, but then again, the Tennessee Williams Festival was this weekend as well and no one posted shit about that. And I would have actually gone to that had I remembered and wasn’t so busy. But I didn’t go to that or Art in Bloom in spite of my love for the museum and my indifference toward flowers. I did, however, help a friend build the exhibit for Leontine Linens last weekend. Actually my buddy tenant 2.0 helped out as well - guess he felt some stock in the place having rebuilt and improved their website a few months ago. I know it’s just a small display thingy, but it looks kinda nice and it was great to work with friends on something.
Besides, I usually spend all my time working alone. This weekend was a good example. Months of working alone finally came together and the house is nearly leveled. I only raised it about six inches (and that was only in one spot). But even though it doesn’t sound like much, six inches when you’re talking about raising a house is a huge deal - might as well be six miles when you don’t know what you’re doing. Leveling the house, like getting a roof on, is one of those things that stops all other projects until it’s done. It just doesn’t make sense to do anything until the house is sitting level on a strong foundation - and believe me it’s much more stable now.
That house falling on Thursday morning threw a hell of a scare into me. I was checking and rechecking everything the whole time. I even took off work yesterday to finish it up. Some contractor friends of mine came down Sunday with a hugely expensive orbital laser level deal. We took some readings and calculated how much each pier needed to be raised. This was invaluable. It made things so much simpler. The idea was, I needed to do this while it was fresh in my head - waiting until next weekend could be devastating. I’m glad I did.
Again, it’s a small victory but it’s still pretty cool since I can actually see a difference. So much of the crap I’ve done around the house in the last year (bought it last March) were tear outs and deconstruction and planning, etc. No sense of satisfaction in that really. Guess that’s true of the whole city though - the recovery effort on some scale has just been clean up and planning.
And another interesting note, they started late last week and through the weekend gutting the old bakery on Freret Street. I’d just like to say thanks to the owners of that building/business. Nice of you to wait almost 20 months to gut it - that gave me time to almost forget that Post-Katrina smell that got stuck in my sinus’ for a year. Appreciate it.
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Congrats, I know you have been working hard and it is good to hear things are progressing nicely!
Bob McGuire, through his perseverence, perspicacity, and positive thinking has obtained a sculpture donation from the Arthur Silverman Studio for Fortier Park.
Arthur Silverman is excited about this opportunity to help Fortier Park grow into the finest neighborhood park in the city.
Please make arrangements to attend the last opening of the Arthur Silverman Studio.
Mr. Silverman will no longer be producing works of art so this is a once in a lifetime event.
The opening and reception is to celebrate Arthur Silverman’s tremendous career. Please join us and introduce yourself as a Friend of Fortier Park at 3915 Baronne Street from 5:30 to 9:30 Thursday evening.
Thank you for being there for all of us!
Charlie London
http://www.katrinafilm.com
April 18, 2007
ARTHUR SILVERMAN: Sculpture
Exhibition Dates: April 19, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, 2007 at
Location: Arthur Silverman’s Studio, 3915 Baronne St. near Martin Wine Cellar
Gallery Hours: FINAL OPENING, A one time event, 5:30-9:30, April 19, 2007
Contact Info: 504.891.2618. http://www.artsilverman.com/
The Arthur Silverman Studio is pleased to present “Art Silverman: Sculpture,” an exhibition of recent work by celebrated sculptor Arthur Silverman. The exhibition will be on view one time and one time only at the Arthur Silverman Studio, 3915 Baronne Street. The artist will be present at the opening reception hosted by the studio on Thursday, April from 5:30 to 9:30 pm.
This will be the FINAL OPENING for the Arthur Silverman Studio. Mr. Silverman’s work will no longer be available as he
has retired as a sculptor. Mr. Silverman will be donating a piece of his work to Fortier Park.
Arthur Silverman graduated from Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans and practiced urology for more than thirty years before taking up sculpture as a hobby. He soon gave up his medical pratice and immersed himself in his passion for creating geometric sculpture in metal. Since then he has produced more than 14 major public commissions in New Orleans alone, located at universities, commercial buildings, government offices and other public spaces.
Please join us tommorrow evening to celebrate Mr. Silverman’s successful career. Don’t miss this tremendous opportunity to take part in this epic event.
For additional information contact the Arthur Silverman Studio at 504.891.2618 or visit his web site artsilverman.com