Opening night of the 72nd Rockford Art Museum is May 18th. Artists from 9 states in the midwest submitted to this exhibition. An old mentor and teacher from the Rodger Brown Study Collection was the juror for this year's show, Lisa Stone. Very honored to have my new work, from the series, Fuck Your Norman Rockwell on display. Please come join if you are in the hood.
imagine being surrounded by other people in your industry for five days straight from 9am until about midnight each night... this is the intense high i was on just a week ago at Houstons's FotoFest. i barely read an email or answered my phone. i simply took it all in, and best of all, i had the opportunity to meet other incredible photographers, whose work i've seen in magazine spreads or hanging on gallery walls. this was magical; especially when touting someone's name just 30 min earlier, then getting to meet her in person. synchronicity i say!
we were a group of image junkies getting our fill. we sat around in between meetings and shared some of our most personal and powerful work : the work that comes from within, that we do for our selves, from our heart & thus inevitably brings our viewers, & the larger world together. This is our Element.
a friend called me one morning and she thought she woke me. i was in fact, still in bed, but looking at my contemporaries online. there have been so many museums i've visited in the last 6 months. it's been a trip worth reliving and i will at some point relive it here. yes, i am bad at these posts. but this deserves a look. this is what kept me in bed that one morning (oh, by the way, i still haven't looked at that disk i mention here - jennifer was the critical mass finalist) the story from which this body comes from, is beautiful. enjoy....
a new year, and a new love card, with new work featured. i mailed a whole box full of these yesterday. i've been having some pretty amazing dreams for the last 6-8 months, which is the inspiration for this year's card. the dreams have been so vivid and magical - i hope these bring you some magic as well. each year these cards come with a little gift inside, for those of you i've had the pleasure to collaborate with, on a photographic endevor. if you'd like to be included, please email the studio here: studio@alyssamiserendino.com, with your snail mail address. this year's cards are going as far as new zeland, brazil, england, thailand, hong kong and germany. i can't wait to see how far they go next year. Happy year of the dragon!
"15 Years Abandoned Living Room" from the Brazil series, Our World Insideout has been chosen for the juried exhibition ON THE ROAD: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. The exhibition will be open on view at the gallery from January 17 through February 11th.
Click here to visit PhotoPlace Gallery website.
We had our first annual holiday open house and studio this year and it was a blast. We opened our home and our small studio office where all the magic happens. Thank you to Whitney Hsieh for capturing the event for us. Whitney was a student in a class I taught this last semester, Social Practices in Photography -- this was the first time this clas was offered at Harrington College of Design, and I look forward to seeing it grow.
Each room was open and the walls adorned with photographic work by Damien Thomposon, Lauren Whitney, Nikki Van Koevering & myself.
If you haven't heard, I'm also doing some underground interior ideation consulting. Our home showcased certain items, such as; a custom pot rack from an old barn beam (available for custom design for your home), office heated floors from fallen trees, custom made frames for a series of large photographic pieces, custom bedroom wall molding and scrap wood floor, and the much enjoyed hammock in my office.
Thank you to Fresh Ground Health for the delish homemade snacks & sweets the kids couldn't keep thier hands off, and Daniel Tomei for the homemade, grilled pizzas. Thank you to Cesari for your generous donation of wine!
Have a wonderful holiday everyone! until next year.
This was a total surprise in my inbox the other evening -- One Life's editorial committee has chosen one of my images from Our World Insideout to be published in an upcoming book One Life Photos. how exciting! this is a fun organization to follow with lots of interesting images from all over the world. t h a n k y o u!
a sneak peak while we design the 2011 studio sample album, cover layout! Couture Book is a vendor I love, & I had the opportunity to chat up Dave & Jennifer in nyc and drool over thier amazing hand-made, and eco-friendly albums. you'll be able to see this one in person at our studio open house, on December 18th!
