FLUX FACTORY FEBRUARY

If you missed our opening, The show is open through Thursday February 10. Please come to our pot luck byob brunch this Sunday February 6, or to our "cabaret" this Tuesday February 8 for fun, music, performance, as part of Non Solo's residency at Flux Factory. More info here:http://www.fluxfactory.org/non-solo-a-touring-arts-exhibition-at-flux-factory/

!!! See you there!!!

Some pics below of people interacting with my installation, Dont Stop.

(photo credits: Elizabeth Murray)

Birds

Birds 8"x8" Mixed media on paper, 2007. Sold 2011. Thank you Despina.

FLUX FACTORY THIS THURSDAY!

http://www.fluxfactory.org/non-solo-a-touring-arts-exhibition-at-flux-factory/

Happy New Year! New Art! New Shows! Friday January 7th, Saturday January 8th.

This Friday January 7th from 6-9pm non solo will be having our inaugural exhibition at Hunter College's 68th street campus on the lower level. This show will feature collaborative and solo works by Margaret Coleman, Stephen Eakin, Heather Elizabeth Garland, Lacey Prpic Hedtke, Kevin Loecke, Yasamin Keshtkar, Solange Roberdeau, Anna Marie Shogren, and Bonnie Kaye Whitfield.

There will also be artwork, clothing, writing, handmade notebooks and other such wares for sale to raise money for travel, shipping, and other such costs for shows in other parts of the country on deck for 2011.

We would love to see you there!!!

Other dates for upcoming shows at Flux Factory and St. Cecilia's can be found in the advertisement below.

More on non solo's current and up-coming events here: http://nonsoloshows.wordpress.com/

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This Saturday 6-9pm come to Sideshow gallery's annual group show! With over 300 artists, it's sure to be a scene.
http://www.sideshowgallery.com/index.html

You can even play a "Where's Waldo" of sorts and look for my piece:

Please imagine this piece rotated once to the left. (My computer WILL NOT let me fix this.) The image is a figure. It's an oil painting on board entitled "Crossroads" at 11"x 11". Hope to see you at some of the shows! Best wishes for a Happy 2011!

--Heather Elizabeth Garland

New Sincerity is now Non Solo.

http://nonsoloshows.wordpress.com/

And we are coming to your town!

G is for GODZILLA!

I'm going to be doing a talk on my art at Binghamton University next Wednesday. This is a daunting/exciting event. Currently putting the finishing touches on the images, writing notes, talking to friends, etc. Talking definitely helps "talks" come together.

A lovely byproduct of this process was a cleanup/collection of all of the images of Godzilla I have on my computer. This guy (picture above) was definitely from a bar in Williamsburg, though at the moment, I cannot recall which one...I think Iona?

Been thinking about Dana Schutz a lot today, and her fearless use of invention in paintings. Did not know she also grew up in Michigan. Looked at her years ago (my first introduction to her work was the face-eaters) and I was not interested. I think I judged her on one image.

How naive. Her work is fantastic, honest, inventive, brave, and brilliant in color and composition. I like her idea that it is ok to destroy something she's invented because it's simply her invention and if she wants her invention to come back to life that's ok too.

It's nice to invent something to destroy:

Favourite Sons- Pistols & Girls from Insound on Vimeo.

Void

Void 16"x24" oil on canvas 2006. sold 2010. Thx M.