“Beyond the Print” Opening Reception
July 16, 2010 : 7pm-10pm
Caroline Collective
4820 Caroline

A blend of the traditional and experimental, “Beyond the Print” presents the work of the University of Houston’s Block 2010 Program students. This medley of artists begins with a foundation in traditional photography – exploring large format prints, experimenting with 35mm and digital processes – and then departs from the norm, quickly moving into installation and electronic means of presentation.

The themes range from broad societal issues to more introspective thoughts. Taken together, “Beyond the Print” creates not a dialogue with the viewer, but a symposium. Each artist imparts a distinct tone to lens-based image making.

“Beyond the Print” introduces us to eight emerging artists: Michael Burgas, Brittney Connelly, Osman Galindo, Vanessa Godden, Daniela Hernandez, Fatmeh Hmaidan, Gisela Parker, and Thais Verissimo. The show is curated by Shannon Duncan with the assistance of Ned Dodington, and Geoff Smith. “Beyond the Print” is sponsored by C2 Creative and hosted by Caroline Collective.

This show Artists Chuy Benitez, Kira Black, Oliver Bludworth, Matt Bower, Lindsay Burleson, Brittney Connelly, Claudia Cruz, Shannon Duncan, Osman Galindo, Christa Havican, Sarah Hazel, Corbin Hughes, Marian Ochoa, Smitty Regula, Kyle Silverstein, Nick Teel, Matt Tremble, and Ervin Valdez explore mediums including found object, photography, painting, video, drawing, and installation.

The show will be curated by Shannon Duncan, organized by Ned Dodington, and sponsored by C2 Creative, LLC. RSVP on Facebook here. The exhibition itself will be open from February 27 to March 18 and may be viewed during Caroline Collective’s regular business hours (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm). You can also call the team at Caroline Collective at 832.429.6867 to see about scheduling a private showing if you can’t come during regular business hours.

Rarely is such a complete document of the living city captured so completely on film. Join us this January 8th at 6pm in celebrating this amazing testament to a vibrant community.

Caroline: A Collective Experience is curated by Shannon Duncan and Ned Dodington. The show is hosted by C2 Creative at Caroline Collective.

Artists include University of Houston instructor Shannon Duncan and Intermediate Photography students Brittney Connelly, Correy Crawford, Osman Galindo, Leah Hebert, Angelique Huber, Yanine King, Tenshi Lau, Shannon MacGregor, Gabe Pastrano, CJ Soukup, and Alejandra Trevino.

Caroline: A Collective Experience
Opening Reception: January 8th, 6pm
Caroline Collective, 4820 Caroline St. Houston Tx, 77004
Show runs through Feb. 19th 2010.

What: First Annual Gingerbread Build-off
Where: Caroline Collective – 4820 Caroline St. Houston, TX 77004
When: Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 – 10am to 2pm
Winners on Exhibition: Dec 21- 23, 9am – 5pm at the ArCH, 315 Capitol, 77002
How Much: 25$ per team (3 people maximum per team)
Register Starting December 9th: gingerbreadbuildoff.eventbrite.com

The Rules: The build-off will feature competition in three categories (Children, Adults, and Architecture/Design Professionals). Teams of up to three people will compete in their respective categories. Gingerbread Buildings will be judged by an independent panel of food, design, and architecture experts. Buildings will be evaluated for structural soundness, decorative quality, innovative use of materials, and overall design. The top three structures in each category will be shown at the Architecture Center Houston downtown following the competition.

The entrance fee will provide each team with access to a 2′x2′ foil-covered base and basic gingerbread structural materials, including: six 8″x10″ gingerbread sheets, graham crackers, frosting, red-hots, peppermint candies and canes, gumdrops, toothpicks, etc. Teams may bring their own gingerbread and/or extra edible materials for their design – NOTE: ALL EXTRA MATERIALS MUST BE EDIBLE! Formwork, adhesives, etc. cannot be incorporated into the design. Spectators will be allowed to watch for free. Heckling will cost ya.

Design preparation prior to competition day is encouraged! Sponsorships are available. Tickets may be purchased in advance through gingerbreadbuildoff.eventrbrite.com. Payments may be made via paypal. Please contact Ned Dodington at ned@carolinecollective.cc for questions and sponsor information. All proceeds go to C2 Creative – Houston’s non-profit incubator for the creative community.

(All teams are responsible for cleanup and recycling of materials after judging. If you break it, you eat it!)

Hosted by Caroline Collective & C2 Creative in association with the Architecture Center Houston (ArCH)

WHAT: Houston Poster Art: 2000-2009 Opening

WHEN: November 20, 7-9pm

WHERE: Caroline Collective (4820 Caroline Street)

Houston’s recent musical landscape has been dominated by artists that defy classification. Innovation – often ahead of national trends – has mingled with the city’s overall aesthetic, collectively resulting in a vibrant and supportive community known for presenting new forms of expression evolved from the union of previously disparate styles.

Evolving in step with Houston’s diverse soundscape and drawing from its innovation is Houston’s ground-breaking poster culture. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of the world’s most sought-after rock poster designers call Houston home. These figures, as well as the rising generation of artists expressing their passion for both art and music, are pushing the evolution of the unified art form, setting the standard locally, nationally, and internationally.

Houston Poster Art: 2000-2009 selects from the whole of locally significant concert art from the first decade of this century, presenting a number of different styles and techniques, which ultimately map the growth and progression of the art form in Houston over recent history. Although impressive by itself, taken from within the context of the greater Houston music scene, the exhibit offers a window into the collective subconscious which motivates local artists to create.

Houston Poster Art artists: Dann Miller, Rene Cruz, Tom So, Steve Sims, Shelby Hohl, Jeremy Osborn, Wesley Mitchell, Jason McElweenie, David Wang, Dan Castillo, Ben Godfrey, Lance Scott Walker, Flynn Prejan, Jacob Calle, Noel Martinez, Michael Rodriguez.

Musical Artists included: ::KAI/ROS::,30footfall,AM Syndicate,Amina,Animal,Antenna Inn,At The Drive In,Auf Der Maur,Balaclavas,Beans,Ben Kweller,Benjamin Wesley,Bill Callahan,Black Moth Super Rainbow,BLACKIE,Blades,Blue October,Bright Men Of Learning,Bring Back The Guns,Busdriver,Buxton,By The End Of Tonight,Carter Brown,Code Seven,Cooper Temple Clause,Copilot,Dana Falconberry,Danny And The Nightmares,Dave Dove,Dead P.A.,Death Cab For Cutie,Death From Afar,Decibully,Dizzy Pilot,Don Caballero,Dr. Knuckstable,Earlimart,El Orbits,Ellypseas,Engine Down,Explosions In The Sky,F For Fake,Fatal Flyin,Fishbone,Flowers To Hide,Focusyn,Fugazi,God’s Temple Of Family Deliverance,Guerilla Foco Clan,Head Automatica,Heavy Mojo,Interpol,J.W. Americana,Jana Hunter,Jawwaad Taylor,Jay Satellite,Joanna Newsom,Keith Rowe,Lisa’s Sons,Listenlisten,Longwave,Loren Connors,Los Ramones,Los Skarnales,Margot,Matthew Shipp Trio,Misfits,Mogwai,Mooney Suzuki,Murder City Devils,Muse,Natalie Stewart,Natives Of The New Dawn,No Cover,No Talk,Nosaprise,Octopus Project,Office,Papermoons,Parts And Labor,Pernice Brothers,Phosphorescent,Rachel Buchman,Radiohead,Red Meadow,Robert Ellis,Rockbox Djs,Sachiko M,Satin Hooks,Scott H. Biram,Sean Meehan,Serena Maneesh,Sew What,Sex Vid,Sharon Montgomery,Shit City High,Shonen Knife,Sigur Ros,Sister Morales,Smash Alley,Social Insects,Something Fierce,Spain Colored Orange,Sparklehorse,State Bird,Stereo Total,Substance,Sugar Shack,Supergrass,Swarm Of Angels,The 45s,The Blood Brothers,The Clouds Are Ghosts,The Cure,The Dimes,The Evangelicals,The Ex-Optimists,The Groceries,The Guilloteens,The Hangouts,The Jonbenet,The Jonx,The Kimonos,The Little Ones,The New Year,The Rapture,”The Snake, The Cross, The Crown”,The Strokes,The Theater Fire,The Tontons,The Walkmen,The Watermarks,The Wiggins,The X-Pats,Tortoise,Tricky,Voxtrot,Wayne Hancock,Wayside Drive,Woozyhelmet,Worlds Most Dangerous Band,Wovenhand,Yellow Fever,Young Mammals,Zydeco Dots

Join us in celebrating the work of Houston artists and the music scene they illuminate.

The curators would like to thank Texas Art Supply.

Music will be provided by D.L. of KTRU’s Vinyl Frontier.

Exhibition Dates: November 20 – January 1

Houston Rock Poster Art show is presented by C2 Creative and is curated by Philip Beck, Ian Wells, and Matthew Wettergreen.

Please join the C2 Creative community in opening their new show Hous(e)ton at Caroline Collective Friday, October 2nd from 7pm to 9pm. The show features work from local Houston photographers Shannon Duncan and Ben Desoto.

The works collected here from the talented Houston Artists Ben Desoto and Shannon Duncan speak about home, house, and Houston – home to us all. Each artist has chosen to explore the shadowy axioms of house, home and Houston. That’s not to say in a derogatory manner, but to say from the inverse.  Each of their subjects is shown without house, or home. Their work shows us the oft-overlooked side of our fair city. Shannon’s works painstakingly reveals the beauty in the everyday mundane detritus of urban life while Ben’s work forces us to confront the very human realties of homelessness. Each set however has an optimism that far outstrips the meager realities of the objects or people shown. Together each artist elevates the inverse, the shadows of our homes, houses and Houstonians to a place of touching poignancy. And together each photographer reminds us that every great image, and maybe every great story, starts with a negative.

Light refreshments will be provided.

C2 Creative and Ned Dodington, curator, makes this show possible, with the assistance of Shannon Duncan. For more information about the artists contact Shannon at sladunca@gmail.com and Ben at zendfoto@hotmail.com

Download pdf invitation here.

Through a six-month residency program, C2 Creative provides:

• Dedicated work space
• Collaborative meeting rooms
• Education and workshops
• Mentorship and startup consulting
• Operational guidance and resources
• Access to an active support community

We need your help! Your tax-deductible donation to C2 Creative will help small businesses and creative community-focused projects thrive. To donate by credit card or PayPal:

To donate by cash or check, please make the check payable to “C2 Creative” and send to:

C2 Creative
4828 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77004

We need your energy! Have an innovative idea? Submit your project proposal, business plan, and/or creative programming idea to C2 Creative at proposals@c2creative.cc – we could help you launch it!

Please fill out our application below and send the following items to proposals@c2creative.cc or mail to 4828 Caroline St., Houston TX 77004:

• Resume
• Artist statement
• A link or CD to your portfolio or site with 10-12 images of representative work (jpeg is fine), complete with titles, dimensions, and media used
• $10.00 application fee (please remit payment [here] or make a check payable to “C2 Creative”)
• Any supporting information or materials you think will help in the consideration process

* NOTE: If sending physical materials, please send copies of originals. All items submitted become property of C2 Creative.

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