MANDEM wins Honorable Mention at Creative Tallahassee 2013!

At the artist reception and award ceremony for the juried Creative Tallahassee exhibit at City Hall Art Gallery, our painting “Skin Horse” received an Honorable Mention Award. A second MANDEM piece, “Giving Ground,” is also part of this exhibit.

More about Creative Tallahassee 2013:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Some of the most prominent and talented artists in the Big Bend area will be featured in the Creative Tallahassee 2013 exhibit coming to the City Hall Gallery.

Creative Tallahassee 2013 highlights the work of many well-known and emerging Tallahassee artists in an annual juried exhibition. Paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles and sculptures will be on display from March 6 - April 29 at the City Hall Art Gallery, which is located on the second floor of City Hall at 300 South Adams Street. It is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Local art officials say the 2013 competition was fierce. More than 175 individual pieces were submitted for consideration. From those, forty five artists were selected by a special jury to have their work shown in this year’s show.

Creative Tallahassee 2013 is one of over a dozen annual exhibitions curated by the Council on Culture & Arts. The exhibit is part of the City of Tallahassee’s Art in Public Places program. For more information about this exhibition, upcoming exhibitions, or the Art in Public Places program, contact Amanda Karioth Thompson at COCA, 850-224-2500 or amanda@cocanet.org. (http://www.wtxl.com/news/local/creative-tallahassee-coming-to-city-hall-art-gallery/article_0b49ba10-84f0-11e2-a647-0019bb30f31a.html)

Updates: Upcoming MANDEM Art Shows

Westcott Galleries Project
August, 2012 - May, 2013 (Tallahassee, FL)
Westcott Galleries at FSU / Juried Group Show
The first annual Westcott Galleries Project Exhibition will feature selected works by faculty, alumni, and students of Florida State University as part of the university’s new “Art on Campus” initiative. Lilian Garcia-Roig is Chair of the Art on Campus initiative and the Westcott Galleries Project. The James D. Westcott Building is a historic building on the FSU campus that houses the chief administrative offices. Our work will be found on display in the provost’s office.

Strozier Artbrary Spring Exhibit
February - May, 2013 (Tallahassee, FL)
Robert Manning Strozier Library at FSU / Group Show
Each semester, a selection of artistic works by Florida State University students, faculty, and staff are selected to be publically displayed for patrons of Strozier Library to enjoy. The exhibit is open to members of the public. Learn more at the Strozier Library website: http://www.lib.fsu.edu.

COCA’s Creative Tallahassee 2013
March 6 - April 29, 2012 (Tallahassee, FL)
City Hall Art Gallery / Juried Group Show
The Council on Culture & Arts hosts the annual Creative Tallahassee exhibition to highlight the work of both well-known and emerging regional artists. Competition was fierce, and MANDEM was honored to be among the 45 artists selected by the jury. This highly-anticipated annual juried exhibition is part of the City of Tallahassee’s Art in Public Places program. Learn more about COCA and the City Hall Art Gallery: http://www.cocanet.org/city-hall.

Show Title TBA: baade/mandem/mazza
September 17 - November 5, 2013, 2013 (Tallahassee, FL)
City Hall Art Gallery / Three-Person Show
The works of artists Carrie Ann Baade, Jim Mazza, and MANDEM will be on display for this show, which is being organized by the Council on Culture and Arts. Stay tuned for more details about this exciting event. If you’ll be in the area, don’t miss this.

(Photo: The MANDEM Family setting up the art display for the Southern Humanities Council Conference, held in Savannah, GA earlier this month. The Littlest MANDEM — Kitsuko, 24-months-old — is always eager to help with art!)

Rations, 1 and Rations, 2 are currently on display at the Gadsden Arts Center in Quincy, FL, as part of the Out of Pocket exhibit. They are acrylics and oils on wood.

(Fans of the work we’ve done for Abney Park’s Airship Pirates may recognize the model as “Steambaby,” an affectionate title given to our daughter Kitsuko when Captain Robert met her at Dragon-Con in 2011.)

Upcoming Art Shows!

Out of Pocket: Small Art Invitational (during the 24th Art in Gadsden Regional Exhibition of Fine Art)

Gadsden Arts Center, Second Floor: Quincy, FL

November 16, 2012 - January 26, 2013

Pathology

Fountain Art Fair during Art Basel: Miami Beach, FL

December 6, 2012 - December 9, 2012

Cyborgs & Posthuman Culture

Arnica Artist Run Centre: Kamloops, BC

January 8, 2013 - January 31, 2013

Strozier Artbrary

Robert Manning Stroizer Library: Tallahassee, FL

Now - December, 2012

Westcott Galleries Project

Westcott Galleries at FSU: Tallahassee, FL

Now - May, 2013

Oraculo

Buenoes Aires, Argentina

December, 2012

12-12-12: The End of the World Project

Tamworth, NJ

December, 2012

The photo is from the “Tarot Passport” performance art done at Railroad Square in October. Kitsuko (aka The Littlest MANDEM) played The Sun in a MANDEM-conceived costume.

MANDEM art show opening at Fermentation Lounge (Tallahassee, FL) Friday, August 31, 2012 - 6pm-8pm. Spread the word! We hope to see you there.