tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137618552024-03-19T04:07:16.495-05:00Austin DetailsARTIST'S JOURNAL :
an eye for the details of art, photography, life.Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761855.post-30797878110832209282011-06-24T13:01:00.006-05:002011-06-25T10:10:25.159-05:00Just the kind of week that makes you love life in Austin<span id="goog_1078273898"></span><br />
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IT WAS A WEEK THAT BEGAN with breakfast at <a href="http://www.austinjava.com/">Austin Java</a> with a longtime friend, colleague and photographer (and a Texan living in Washington, DC), Molly Roberts, allowing us to catch up on photography, the great outdoors, people, Texas roots, kids and life. A major influence in turning me towards Austin, Molly remains in DC as connected to the photojournalism world as ever, now adding writing and publishing to her photography and picture editing and social media skills at <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/">Smithsonian magazine</a>.<br />
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Then a little reception at <b><a href="http://AustinDetailsArt.com/?">Austin Details Art + Photo</a></b> to talk photography, printing and the gallery scene led to drinks at Manuel's that same evening, pre-bat flight, with Molly and her friend Ray--and we added Austin photographer <a href="http://www.rosenfieldphotography.com/">Lance Rosenfeld</a>, who's got DC roots too, talking photography once again--where photodocumentary work is heading (towards collectives, Lance and Molly feel; and for Lance, back to the East side, where "all the young creative people hang out").<br />
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Walking to <a href="http://www.manuels.com/">Manuel's</a> along Congress Avenue with Molly, Ray and Lance, we'd waited with a cyclist at a stop light who was heading west on 6th Street on a very special one-of-a-kind Trek bicycle, wearing just what you'd expect another Lance--Armstrong, that is--to be wearing. And looking a lot like <a href="http://www.lancearmstrong.com/">Lance Armstrong</a>, too.<br />
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Another day, lunch with two AIGA board members, a senior art director and a marketing/graphics professional, talking about coworking and our new collaborative space for creatives, <b><a href="http://CoCreateAustin.com/">CoCreate</a></b>, and the <a href="http://aigaaustin.org/">Austin AIGA</a>, the world of advertising I came from and the one they're in, and life in the new Austin. Whatever that is.<br />
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When a developer/designer named Jason arrived to use our <a href="http://CoCreateAustin.com/">CoCreate</a> space thanks to <span id="goog_1404940927"></span><a href="http://austinist.com/2011/06/22/cocreate_launches_public_working_sp.php">a story in the Austinis<span id="goog_1404940928"></span>t</a>, we were delighted to make a new connection from New Orleans, and hear his take on his former city's similarities to Austin. That puts Austin in good company.<br />
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Then another lunch another day, at the Roaring Fork, where the waiter mistook us for tourists. Our table included good Austin friend Alison Beck (with UT's <a href="http://www.cah.utexas.edu/">Center for American History</a>) and Susan Antone (Cilfford Antone's sister and<a href="http://www.antones.net/"> Antone's</a> club partner), blending a conversation that encompassed the Austin that was, inspired by my <a href="http://austindetailsart.com/gallery/jann-alexander-vanishing-austin/"><b>Vanishing Austin</b></a> series; photography collections and archives that Alison is responsible for at the Center; and the amazing 30 years of Antone's musicians and performance photographs that Susan Antone has made. Which is headed to the Center for American History, along with many other notable photodocumentary collections already archived there.<br />
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At another meeting, hosted by the Downtown Austin Alliance, a driven former astrophysicist named Torvold Hessel presented his starry-eyed vision for a yet-to-be-built <a href="http://www.austinplanetarium.org/">Austin Planetarium</a>. Right here in downtown Austin. Really.<br />
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As if those weren't enough heady Austin contrasts, Thursday's behind-the-scenes tour of the newly restored and now reopened <a href="http://www.austintheatre.org/">State Theatre</a> by new exec director Jim Ritts revealed a very old Austin tidbit rarely seen now: the old movie marque alphabet collection, dusty black letters that once announced a new Clark Gable movie playing, or a new variety show coming to the old vaudeville house.<br />
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At last glance, the <a href="http://www.austintheatre.org/">Paramount</a> marquee showed Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt coming next week. I'll be there.Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761855.post-61343614884729546682009-08-12T12:21:00.005-05:002009-08-12T12:25:23.708-05:00A Rare Treat: an all-art issue from Rare magazine, featuring my photography and paintings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vanishingaustin.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuX7Hil5aenlQDppo5N0opjHv6L4iftutXrjrUL4spikkS7uEf6HXShWKzSqoF3kS1CU1AHIZA3oZS4Gv3_haCMmmXVGAYa6gH97EcNLClsUKEqiiAHGYh05pDj6j25D91kxXXw/s400/VA_FriscoGold_0746_13x10_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369122253835099330" border="0" /></a>Featured in the Art issue of Rare this month, <a href="http://austindetails.com/">my work</a> (including <a href="http://VanishingAustin.com/"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Vanishing Austin</span></a>) is in good company with many notable Austin visual and performing artists:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://issuu.com/raremagazine/docs/august2009/75?zoomed=true">Rare Magazine :: August/September 2009 :: Art</a></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><span><br />Pictured: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">'Vanishing Austin / Frisco Gold' </span>by Jann Alexander (c) 2009<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com/">AddThis</a></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761855.post-45206942766718568892009-04-20T18:14:00.026-05:002009-04-20T19:12:26.805-05:00Austin becomes Art City for one weekend<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >YOU'RE INVITED TO A WEEKEND OF ART AND MUSIC<br />ON THE SHORES OF LADY BIRD LAKE AT ART CITY AUSTIN</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">ALL DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, APRIL 25-26</span><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://artallianceaustin.org/art_city_austin.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9pXpul39AEfa-0_O9lgRc6ULKUhGN7tuz2j7VlZfdzgJ9AwHkAK1V0RTb954q5rZWX6YHA9ntSyGP0pANWiloT6k48JSfOTlVEhxWnnmVt1-y9m30El-FXEUSPY4x1fOlmuV/s400/ArtCity2009.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326929948464560130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">F E A T U R I N G</span></b> </span> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;">fine art photography and paintings</span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> by <a target="_parent" title="AustinDetails.com" href="http://austindetails.com/"><b>Jann Alexander</b></a>, including new images from my <a target="_parent" title="Vanishing Austin" href="http://vanishingaustin.com/"><i><b>Vanishing Austin</b></i></a> series and new work from my <a target="_parent" title="AustinDetails.com Mission Mexico" href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/Mission%20Mexico.html"><i><b>Mission: Mexico</b></i></a> series and from my <a target="_parent" title="AustinDetails.com Pattern and Light" href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/Pattern%20%26%20Light.html"><i><b>Pattern & Light</b></i></a> series, among</span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> other prints and paintings</span></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_parent" title="Vanishing Austin" href="http://vanishingaustin.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0px;" title="" alt="" src="http://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/188356/e9a63528503a298adaf360e727a1d7f1/image/jpeg" border="0" width="128" height="170" /></a> <a target="_parent" title="AustinDetails.com Galleries" href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/GALLERIES.html"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px;" title="" alt="" src="http://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/188356/0ccd2f537a6fac0fd9861a9afec237d9/image/jpeg" border="0" width="108" height="168" /></a><a target="_blank" title="AustinDetails.com Pattern and Light" href="http://austindetails.com/"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px;" title="" alt="" src="http://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/188356/b5f46c359ca06698a17b02bab46c5a4c/image/jpeg" border="0" width="131" height="170" /></a><a target="_parent" title="Vanishing Austin" href="http://vanishingaustin.com/"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px;" title="" alt="" src="http://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/188356/d8c083e6ce111d78a9b68dc27ea60fba/image/jpeg" border="0" width="131" height="170" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >VISIT MY BOOTH # 223</span> on Cesar Chavez near San Antonio Street</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >HOURS</span> Saturday April 25 from 10 am-6 pm, Sunday April 26 from 11 am-6 pm</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >MORE DETAILS</span> about <span style="font-weight: bold;">Art Week</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Art City</span> at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://artallianceaustin.org/art_alliance_austin_event.html">Art Alliance Austin Events</a></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div align="center"><div><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span> </span></span></div><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" > </span></div> <div align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >© Content and Original Images copyright 2009 Jann Alexander,<a href="http://AustinDetails.com/"> AustinDetails.com</a></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span>Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761855.post-81469578606746013002008-12-10T14:37:00.010-06:002008-12-10T15:19:04.681-06:00How does art connect us?<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07PqPt64dvE9z6fsTNLiwJwe9dLzMseB6uD7gL6eBUaon2Zyq0rXM5WsynFyduZ7xir8bYz3iLdyNsTJc8ecRbaIoaI-6pEOul2Jgq74KdjNUb2zQjiaBN5RnZ2_yXlkW2ZEY/s320/PL_MochaDelite_1930_lores.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278266602671758642" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://AustinDetails.com/">Mocha Madness</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(above) connected me to Ryan at </span><a href="http://thunderbirdcoffee.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thunderbird Coffee</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, a barista who put his all into this mocha art, inspiring me to admire and photograph it before drinking it. © Jann Alexander 2007</span></span></span><br /></div></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">A<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">RT CONNECTS ME</span></span> </span></span>to the whole wide world. It's in the <a href="http://AustinDetails.com/">details</a> of everything I see, be it a painting in a gallery window, a pair of earrings on a friend, a stranger's chic shoes, a shadow cast, a colorful guitar on Congress, a paint-worn doorway, a well-designed typeface or a fine contemporary building arising above a 1950s neon sign, or the color in the sky--the art of it all connects me to everything my eyes can take in. So all of this becomes part of my world, and I'm part of it all, and more inspired and energized because of the connection.<br /><br />Art connects us all, though we may not think much about it. I've been giving it some thought lately, thanks to <a href="http://artallianceaustin.org/">Art Alliance Austin</a>'s 2009 campaign, <span style="font-weight:bold;">ART CONNECTS</span>. You can share your story about how art connects at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://artconnectsaustin.blogspot.com/">ArtConnectsAustin.blogspot.com</a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div>Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761855.post-83228221803305195562008-12-02T17:05:00.015-06:002008-12-10T15:03:54.333-06:00Holiday Art Festival Kicks Off the Holiday Art Festivities December 6-7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZZ14XOoPVjCma-6O6uSxTjDAkcSq6hbQhyphenhyphen5_6ykBVuqPLucErbnrsjrcvlwRVJf4j29t-oCSAvRdo9ew6f6BaB_foz7J2LK41TeCjJorIsatPegpcQt_xHXO3w4yrV-fRBt1/s1600-h/MX_SundownMaytes_0482sq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZZ14XOoPVjCma-6O6uSxTjDAkcSq6hbQhyphenhyphen5_6ykBVuqPLucErbnrsjrcvlwRVJf4j29t-oCSAvRdo9ew6f6BaB_foz7J2LK41TeCjJorIsatPegpcQt_xHXO3w4yrV-fRBt1/s400/MX_SundownMaytes_0482sq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275338025814778802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Above, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/Mission%20Mexico.html">S</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/Mission%20Mexico.html">undown at Mayte's</a></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/Mission%20Mexico.html"> by Jann Alexander</a></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">©</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2007, on exhibit this weekend at Laguna Gloria, Austin</span></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">UTDOORS</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> ON THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS OF</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amoa.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=104883&whence=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amoa.org%2Fsite%2FPageServer%3Fpagename%3Dcal_calendarevents">Austin Museum of Art-Laguna Gloria</a></span> in central Austin, from 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7, some 60 regional artists will exhibit art in a range of media, including <a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/GALLERIES.html">my photography</a>. The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://VanishingAustin.com/">Vanishing Austin</a></span></span> series, some 50 images to date, will be on exhibit there, along with <a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/NEW%20VIEWS.html">new work</a> in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Pattern & Light</span></span> series, my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Mission Mexico</span></span> series, my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Natural Details</span></span> photography and more.<div><br /></div>My new poster, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/JOURNAL/D775425B-B1F5-4817-83F1-2CF0B41B9635.html">Endangered Species of Austin</a></span></span>, debuts there, too. The poster is a 24 x 36" signed, custom print featuring Austin architecture, and is available to order for holiday delivery (email me at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">austindetails@mac.co</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">m</span> for more information).<div><br /></div><div>There's lots more holiday art opps all around Austin and online--see more at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://web.mac.com/austindetails/iWeb/AustinDetails.com/ON%20EXHIBIT.html">on exhibit</a></span> at my website, <a href="http://AustinDetails.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">AustinDetails.com</span></a>. </div></div>Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761855.post-1119062874187897052005-06-17T23:47:00.000-05:002008-11-12T23:37:16.397-06:00A Typical Austin Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub7l2i-RGyvRE2jVZT8roPEG7VwUpwi2vnj83U2qJojpgF_MXkvulSLVFsF3caJLJWBNO-5dvQ9lU4Phwr2s6Fv2-PKCTtlXJnh73skz5NKIjUwkD7ZLtAoLyxbt3m5GwPXSM/s1600-h/VA_Overtaken_0278_10x13-01.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub7l2i-RGyvRE2jVZT8roPEG7VwUpwi2vnj83U2qJojpgF_MXkvulSLVFsF3caJLJWBNO-5dvQ9lU4Phwr2s6Fv2-PKCTtlXJnh73skz5NKIjUwkD7ZLtAoLyxbt3m5GwPXSM/s200/VA_Overtaken_0278_10x13-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061243633167407090" /></a><br />A woman you meet at a gallery opening has had a varied career as a founding designer for Texas Monthly, an LA Times art director, a NY restauranteur and now is becoming a screenwriter. The temperature soars to near 100 and locals tell you that's about 20 degrees hotter than June usually is. You cross the bridge over Lake Austin and its shimmering blue water takes your breath away. A hot band with a cranked-up female singer-songwriter plays for two hours for a $5 cover to a full house in a place that doesn't even demand you buy drinks. The illuminated tip of the Frost Bank building follows you everywhere you go in and around the city. Yellow, orange and pink lantana burst out and are covered with mammoth swallowtail butterflies. You strike up a conversation at a restaurant with someone and suddenly you've made three new friends without hardly even trying. You agree, someone should keep Austin weird.Jann Alexander at AustinDetailsArt.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988079683874489527noreply@blogger.com2