2018 latest news -- keeping busy!

Sarah Meister, curator of photography at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York), selected my "Diving Lady Motel" image for print in The Photo Review magazine and inclusion in The Photo Review's 2018 exhibition at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Sarah selected a total of 15 works from a pool of 1,900 submitted by 421 photographers from the U.S. and abroad. The show will be on view in the university's Sol Mednick Gallery, at 211 S. Broad Street, through Sunday, December 9. 

Jennie Goldstein, assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, selected the "Diving Lady Motel" image for the Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2019 juried exhibition. The show, which will be held in downtown Houston in the lobby of the KBR Tower, at 601 Jefferson Street, opens with a reception on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. The show runs through March 15.

Kat Kiernan -- founder and editor-in-chief of Don’t Take Pictures, as well as the director of Panopticon Gallery in Boston -- selected "Diving Lady Motel" for the autumn 2018 edition of the clever photography-centered project, The Curated Fridge, currently on view on Yorgos Efthymiadis' refrigerator in Somerville, Massachusetts, as shown here. In addition, Kat recently featured my "Vacant Victorian" image on Don't Take Pictures. 

Earlier this year, at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachussetts, juror Richard McCabe, curator of photography at the Ogden Museum in New Orleans, included "Diving Lady Motel" in the Griffin's 's 24th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition. (A Boston Globe review of the show is here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2018/07/19/griffin-selections-and-connections/uNEHdxEzqGxvlfMK1DYknK/story.html.)

And earlier, in Houston: Molly Glentzer, arts and culture senior writer and critic for the Houston Chronicle, included "Diving Lady Motel" in the Visual Arts Alliance's 35th Juried Open Exhibition at Houston's BLUEorange Gallery. 

Elsewhere -- currently in Houston: 

The Visual Arts Alliance's 36th Juried Membership Exhibition -- on view at Houston's Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, through Saturday, December 8 -- includes two of my other "Roadside Relics" photographic prints, thanks to juror Laura Rathe, owner of Laura Rathe Fine Art. For the show, Laura chose a total of seventy-nine works in a variety of media out of 601 submissions. 

Last, but not least:

If you'll be in Houston this Saturday, December 1, stop by Catherine Couturier Gallery, 2635 Colquitt Street, from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., for the opening of the gallery's annual "Deck the Walls" exhibition and book sale. A couple of my “Roadside Relics” prints are up on the walls. (I'll be among the gallery artists who'll be there, so say "hi!") Other galleries on Colquitt Street’s Gallery Row also will have openings that evening, so there'll be lots of cool artwork to check out. Deck the Walls will be up through January 12, 2019.

Next stop: New Orleans! Louisiana! (More about this later!)

Just Some Photos of Some of My Photos Displayed at Various Times During 2017 at Catherine Couturier Gallery (After the Closing in May of My Solo Show)

In good company:
Top: On a shelf next to an iconic Elliott Erwitt New York City print — that’s a 15” x 15” print of mine, matted to 24” x 24”.

Center: Several in a vertical grouping.

Bottom: A 26” x 26” print, next to some of Maggie Taylor’s also colorful work, in Catherine’s office.

My Roadside Relics solo show at Catherine Couturier Gallery: It's up; check it out! Also: My arm is broken (scroll down to see photo below), and my car is totaled! But that's a story for another time!

My first solo exhibition at Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston will be on view through Saturday, May 13, 2017.

Despite having a broken arm and being on pain killers, I captured these quick iPhone pics in the gallery to give you an idea of how things look.

If you are not already aware of it, Catherine Couturier Gallery — the premier photography gallery in Houston — represents my work, and it’s a major honor to have a solo show there. (Big thanks go to Catherine, and to fab framer Arnaud Couturier, and to gallery manager Ileana Yordan for getting everything up on the walls so nicely!)

If you have any questions about any of the pieces/images, or about anything else, shoot me a message!

Gallery info: 2635 Colquitt Street, Houston, TX 77098 (map). Phone 713-524-5070. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Email: gallery [at] CatherineCouturier.com

Houston Center for Photography Juried Exhibition and More

Pictured above: Two of my pieces in the Houston Center for Photography's 34th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, at the opening in July 2016. Yasufumi Nakamori, curator of photography and new media at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, juried the show, which was up through September. Also see info here about it in my “events” description.

My “Texas Neon” piece on canvas in the Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2016 exhibition at the Williams Tower Gallery in Houston, Texas, in January 2016. Brady Roberts, chief curator for the Milwaukee Art Museum, was juror.

Heading to Los Angeles

This is big -- kind of huge for me! Psyched to be heading to Los Angeles! 

Next weekend, January 30-31, several of my prints will be at Classic Photographs Los Angeles, thanks to Catherine Couturier of Catherine Couturier Gallery, who will be exhibiting there with other top photography dealers. 

Where: Bonhams, 7601 W. Sunset Blvd. More info: classicphotographsla.com 

After that, I’ll be in LA for the April 1 opening of a group photography exhibition – photos of vintage neon signs – at the new Museum of Neon Art (MONA). Thrilled that three photos of mine were selected for the MONA exhibition, which will be on the museum’s walls for a couple of months. 

If you’ll be in LA next weekend: Come to Bonhams – there’ll be lots of incredible photos there to see (and to purchase)! 

And on Friday, April 1: Come to MONA in Glendale – see me, this photography exhibition, and more at the museum! 

This is the first that some of you are hearing that I’ll be in LA in late March and early April. Looking forward to seeing many of you during that trip!  

MAY 2015 UPDATE (brief!) 

[A.K.A. Where my (Molly Block) art work & creative-reuse work can be found in person in the coming months, in addition to being found online on Etsy in the Molly Block Finds shop here, & on Facebook here.] 

Friday & Saturday, May 8-9 — Vintage Market Days in McKinney, Texas — A variety of vintage-y things, including some antiques, furnishings, decorative items, and wearable objects — plus good things to eat, can be found at this indoor market, which is held over 2-3 days in various cities. McKinney in May will be my first Vintage Market Days market! (My photos and vintage film jewelry will be for sale.) 80+ vendors at the Myers Event Center. More info: 
http://dallas-mckinney.vintagemarketdays.com/

(I took this photo of Bill Smith’s Cafe vintage neon sign in McKinney in April 2014. I’m happy to be returning now to that fine city! P.S. Prints of this photo, including a signed, 16″x20″ gallery-wrapped canvas print, are for sale, natch!) 

Saturday & Sunday, June 13-14 — Pop Shop Houston’s annual Summer Festival, at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, in Houston — Pop Shop Houston’s Holiday Market last November was my first market, and I had I so much fun that I’m still marketing-going! Seriously, this two-day indoor market will have everything from clothing, jewelry, furniture, food, home decor, and art items — including framed and unframed prints of my photos, plus pieces of my upcycled film jewelry — to items for children and pets, and more, at the 90 or so booths here. Also: Music, food trucks, and more. For details, check out the Web site:
https://popshopamerica.com/event/pop-shop-houston-summer-festival/ 

More to come …