The Randall Garrett

Six years ago today, living in Mexico City during the pandemic, I started vlogging. Making videos was something I had done for a long time, but until then I had never settled into it as a serious discipline. Now 232 weekly videos later, my project to explore creativity in art and life is still growing.

the randall garrett Working-class artist exploring creativity, labor, and meaning in everyday life and across cultures. https://youtube.com/therandallgarrett?sub_confirm=1

Visual Art League of Lewisville Member Meeting + Art Talk featuring Randall Garrett

Date: January 14, 2025
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Speaker: Randall Garrett
Topic: In Search of a Character and a Story

Garrett will share how he has learned to frame all of this experience of living through the concepts of storytelling and cinematography, with the hope that those who attend will be inspired to see their own lives as a story they too will cherish.

How, as he says, "Life itself is like some type of grand narrative or film, sometimes epic and others mundane, a story one is telling to oneself, even as you live it."

Speaker Bio:
Randall Garrett was born and raised in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. He moved to Texas as an adolescent and earned his BFA at West Texas A&M, followed by an MFA at The University of North Texas. Garrett joined the seminal artist-run space, 500X Gallery, in 1992, and established his own DIY space, Plush Gallery in 2000. In 1998, he joined Dallas College and worked there as Gallery Director and Faculty in art and humanities courses for 20 years. In 2017, he moved to Mexico City, living there for 5 years, then moved to Oaxaca City, where he lived for 2 years. In 2023, Garrett returned to Dallas, Texas, where he is now the Gallery and Art Collection Manager for Dallas College. He has had 25 solo shows and performance events, most recently at Combo Co in Oaxaca City ("Tianguistopia" 2023) and Pencil on Paper Gallery in Dallas ("All My Relations" 2024).

The artist makes collage and assemblage based art, spoken word performance, and is a vlogger on YouTube.

Event Details:
• Free + open to the public.
• Visual Art League of Lewisville members are encouraged to bring a piece of artwork for the Artist of the Month.

• Non-members and guests are welcome to attend and learn more about the League. Artists of all skill levels and visual art mediums are welcome.

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Call for Art!

Theme: Strictly Abstract

Various dictionaries define Abstraction as 'freedom from representational qualities in art' and 'not representing things pictorially'. Abstract art has been around for over 100 years. Artists began to create simplified objects with little or no reference to the “real” world. The modern abstract art that we know today can be attributed to impressionism, post-impressionism and cubism. All three helped to realize the idea that art might not need to be representative or realistic.

Some abstract art is interpreting and conveying concepts such love, peace, loneliness, etc…Abstract art also relies heavily on the formal elements and principles of art to create interesting compositions due to the lack of a representational subject. There are many types of abstract art (Pointillism, Action painting, Color Field, Abstract Expressionism, Dada, de Stijl to name a few) Now go to your studio, make some abstract art and have fun! I can’t wait to see your entries!

Curator: Crystal Nelson
Judge: Randall Garrett

Exhibition Dates: Jan. 11 - Feb 1, 2025
Submission Deadline: Jan. 4, 11:59 p.m.
Intake: Jan. 8
Strike: Feb. 3

Prospectus: https://visualartleague.org/prospectus

Details:
This is a Visual Art League of Lewisville member-only show. Not a member? Sign up on our website or sign up in-person at our Holiday Mixer on December 10, 7 pm - 9 pm.

Tips for Success:
1. Review the Prospectus + the Hanging Guidelines before submitting your entries.

2. Canvases that are less than 1 1/2 inches must be framed.

3. Pieces that are hung on a wall must use D-rings and wire.

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Join us this Thursday evening June 20th 6-8 pm at the Brazos Gallery (C140) on the Richland Campus of Dallas College for an exhibition on new acquisitions to our Permanent Collection and related panel discussion. https://glasstire.com/events/2024/05/28/the-permanent-collection-new-acquisitions-and-greatest-hits/

And, if you're out this Saturday evening, please drop by 500X Gallery for the opening reception of EXPO. The opening reception will be 7-10 pm, with awards announced at 8 pm. It was a real pleasure to juror this show, and also quite difficult to make the final selections, as so many great pieces were submitted. See you there!!

The Worker will be making an appearance at .agency in Dallas this SAT DEC 9th 1:00 pm, right next to . He is a representation of the many workers I have encountered around the world, from Vietnam to Mexico, and here in the US, but mostly of the working people of my own family of the Deep South. Many thanks .wynne.kirvin for the invite!! Stop by, say 'hi'!!

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