Luck. We’re all envious of it. But a wise man once said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

Well friends, I’m preparing you for your opportunity.

Diverseworks 9th Annual Luck of the Draw is upon us, and it’s your chance to be lucky. Two hundred Art Chance ticket holders will go home with a piece of contemporary art created by locally and nationally known artists, some of whom have exhibited at DiverseWorks ArtSpace over the past several years. And the best part? You’ll get these one of a kind art pieces at a fraction of the price. Why? Because Diverseworks believes in art BY the people, FOR the people. (Pssst. That’s you, people.)

By purchasing an art chance ticket, you’ll be entered into a random numbered drawing to make a mad dash for your one of a kind art piece. So put on your fastest kicks, and line up, because when you’re number’s called, you’re up. Make it a good one.

Option one is sold out. Damn my luck. Well, your luck. And only a few Option 2 tickets remain, which will inch you up in the line between #6-#20. All other art chance tickets 21-200 are available now. What’s your lucky number?

If you aren’t up to the challenge of the art scramble, no worries. You’re invited to watch as your friends claw each other’s…um…politely select their works of art. Party only tickets are available for $25.

Act quick, or your luck my run out.

Good LUCK, and see you at Luck of the Draw on June 16th!

My fav Houston art blogger, Sean Carroll, is curating a fascinating exhibit, that opens tonight at the joanna gallery. I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile, hope you can make some time to stop by and see it.

The American Wandering Club is pleased to present a new exhibition of technologically complex artwork by Mike Field and Frank Olson at The Joanna Gallery.

Coming from radically different philosophies, both artists have advanced fractal computer-based art by applying aestheticism and shamanism to an impersonal medium. Their surreal landscapes and textural abstractions hum with energy, echoing the building blocks of science and the structures of microscopic organisms.

Conversely, Field and Olson exude passion through color, form and composition in much the same way that early Modernists like Wassily Kandinsky explored emotion through abstraction.

Join us this winter for an exhibit of 21st century technology and timeless compassion bringing together academic and intuitive inspiration.

There will be lectures by both Field and Olson at 6 pm on December 13th in conjunction with the opening. Refreshments will be provided.

Saturday, December 13, 2008
Artist Lectures @ 6pm
the joanna gallery | 4014 Graustark (near the Menil)
direction to the gallery here.

Check out more of this talented Houston artists’ work along with Robert Hodge and other local artists’ latest exhibit at Houston Art Alliance’s Space125 Gallery , Heroes Alter Egos, now through October 2nd.

image: Crystal Benevides

Thanks to b.s. artblog for the ever inspiration.
Also, view Tammy Portnoy’s review of the show here.

Also profiled, the new-ish Aerosol Warfare Gallery in “E.D.O.”, as Gonzo dubs it.

You’ll see a quick shot of the DIverseworks’ This Old House, that A.W. did last spring, where Ad Hoc dinner were taking place at the beginning of this summer.

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Stop by Caroline this weekend as ArtStorm opens it’s next exhibit, Creature Comforts.

ArtStorm’s newest board member Eli Sebastian Brumbaugh presents the Houston premiere of Toronto-based artist Deforgeo and fresh and imaginative work by a new generation of Houston artists in this summer’s Creature Comforts. The exhibition features the contemporary stylings of Deforgeo, Lisa Marie Godfrey, Rene Cruz, Shane Hillman, Jacob Calle and Brumbaugh himself in ArtStorm’s second show in its new location. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2008 from 7 – 10 PM, and the work will be on view through August 9, 2008. The reception will feature live music from Los Angeles’s art rockers Hard Place, and the local sounds of The Young Mammals, Wicked Poseur and News on the March.

Caroline Collective
4820 Caroline
www.carolinecollective.cc