Revamped website

I have a new website, which is now mostly complete! The temporary url is:

http://breasouders.arloartists.com/

(the url will soon change to breasouders.com, but you'll automatically be directed there when it happens)

Creatures Great & Small - catalogue excerpts

Last week I received the catalogue for the Creatures Great and Small show, currently up in the Eagle Gallery at Murray State University. It's a charming and beautiful record of the show and I am sorry to miss the real thing! I scanned a few of my favorite pages, below:

Pauline Kochanski, In Transit 5552_4, silver print 2005


Dan Chudzinski, H.M.S. Narwhal, found objects, 10x13x10" 2008

Interesting description by the artist about H.M.S. Narwhal (above): "The first in a series of found-object submersibles inspired by Victorian era invention and design. Victorian scientists became obsessed with inner space exploration (today known as "deep sea")after examining specimens from the ocean. Drawing inspiration from wildlife, the scientists began creating devices that were largely impractical yet aesthetically intriguing. The Narwhal was named after the elusive, horned whale that it vaguely resembles."

Eric Conrad, Anthropomorphology, fabric, mixed media, 3x4x12" 2009

Kevin Ewing, Freedum, faux fur, foam core, acrylic, 72x72x72" 2008

inspired by Graham Greene's dream journal

Bid on my photograph 'Caught' in this Auction!

On Wednesday, November 11, my photograph Caught will be available in a silent auction at the Young Friends of Mount Sinai Fall Fete, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program. The event will take place at the Cabanas in the Maritime Hotel, located in Chelsea at 16th Street and 9th Avenue. Tickets to the event can be purchased here.

The evening will feature cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music and a silent auction.

About the Visiting Doctors Program:

This year the Young Friends Advisory Board has chosen The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program to receive the proceeds from this event. Started in 1995 by young physicians who wanted to restore idealism to the care of patients, The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program has grown into the largest academic home-based primary care program in the nation. The mission of The Visiting Doctors Program is to provide high-quality, patient-centered primary and palliative care to homebound patients in Manhattan, offer emotional support and social services to the families and caregivers of homebound patients, and provide education and experience in home care to medical students, residents and fellows. Currently The Visiting Doctors Program is comprised of thirteen physicians, two nurse practitioners, three social workers, two registered nurses and administrative staff who provide care to over 1,000 homebound patients in Manhattan every year.

Young Friends of Mount Sinai Fall Fete 2009
Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel
88 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
From 7:30 - 10:30 pm
E-mail: alyssa.kind@mountsinai.org
Contact name: Alyssa Kind
Phone: 212-659-9707

Graphic Intersections is complete!

A year in the making, Graphic Intersections is now live. Thanks to the Exposure Project for pulling together a great group of artists for a collaborative adventure. Details on a corresponding exhibition to follow soon!

"Graphic Intersections is a collaborative project loosely based on the old Surrealist and Dadaist game The Exquisite Corpse. Designed to unite disparate artists in an interconnected photographic relay of images inspired by one another, this project strives to emphasize a system of response entirely rooted in unmediated visual reaction.

Graphic Intersections brings together images by:

Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Thomas Damgaard, Scott Eiden, Grant Ernhart, Jon Feinstein, Elizabeth Fleming, Alan George, Hee Jin Kang, Drew Kelly, Michael Marcelle, Chris Mottalini, Ed Panar, Bradley Peters, Cara Phillips, Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, Irina Rozovsky, Brea Souders, Jane Tam and Grant Willing

'Untitled' at Jack the Pelican Presents - this Friday

Also opening this Friday is a show called Untitled at Jack the Pelican Presents in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I will be exhibiting this photograph, along with work by 9 other artists. The show features work that questions realism and abstraction. On view in the other room of the gallery is an interactive installation called the Art Neighborhood - check it out! Hope to see you all at the opening:

Jack the Pelican Presents
October 23 - November 15, 2009
Opening: Friday, October 23, 6:30 - 9pm

Address:
487 Driggs Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211


Eric Shows, In the Way of the View, 84 x 96"


Drawing/photo (tagged landscape) by David Schild


Brea Souders, Untitled #7

Creatures Great & Small - Next Friday

©Sarah Malakoff

©Sarah Malakoff

I'll have two photographs in the show Creatures Great and Small at Murray State University's Eagle Gallery, which opens next Friday, October 23. It was a nice surprise to discover the work of another artist in the show - Sarah Malakoff (see some examples of her work above).

There will be a catalogue published to correspond - copies can be ordered through the gallery.

Creatures Great and Small

October 23 - December 6

Reception: Friday, October 23, 6 pm

Since human beings have been creating images and objects, animals- both real and fantastic- have endured as compelling subject matter for a variety of reasons. Many contemporary artists use animals to examine a wide range of issues including: spiritual, ethical, social, political, environmental, and personal. This exhibition aims to explore how and why artists depict animals as a way to better understand our selves and our world.