Bitch book

One last post about my Bitch project...
I am currently producing books for some of my past projects and have created a book for Bitch through printerpix.  Please feel free to check it out here.

http://printerpix.elasticbeanstalk.com/share/album.aspx?album=345cf8c01e524d8282c74356578144645d2e53395f9040c1b979912c1caa4dd1&idEmp=3&lang=en_GB

Please note: This project will be available for a limited time only as Printerpix deletes any projects after 30 days of inactivity, so if you are interested in acquiring one you should consider it sooner rather than later.

Blog Retiring

After maintaining it for years, I am finally officially retiring this blog.  I will not be deleting it and it can continue to act as a record of my thoughts and of the Bitch & Claude projects.  Please feel free to friend & follow me on Facebook or check out my website or other blogs to see what I'm up to.  Thanks so much for your continued support.

Away and Afield

As some of you may now, I am in a transitional phase of my life right now, having separated from my husband Charles G. Wilbur and anticipating a pending divorce.  I closed my 2ndStory Space Studio at the end of June and am traveling some currently, visiting my friend Laurel Luckey in Kansas for awhile in early July.  (Thank you Laurel for helping me document my series of Performances or the Kansas Sky, excerpts pictured here.)


I will not be able to maintain this blog during this transition and may actually retire it; I invite you to friend me on Facebook where I am better documenting my travels.

Thanks so much and I'll let you know when I get settled.

Revisitation Reception

Here are some photos from the Revisitation reception yesterday, of myself with my work and with fellow exhibitors David Ottinger & Joanne Kluba.  Thank you so much mom for the wonderful lay assistant robe; how perfect for the show!  If you missed the reception, the show runs through the end of the month so you can still stop in and check it out.

Revisitation: The Mourners
3-person show with Joanne Kluba & David Ottinger
McKendree University, Gallery of Art
224 W. St. Louis St.
Lebanon, IL
July 2014

This Week

I am excited to have works on display in Revisitation with Joanne Kluba & David Ottinger, opening this week on July 10 from 5 - 9 PM.  We had a wonderful experience drawing from life at the art museum during the Mourners exhibit awhile back and are honored to share our drawings at the McKendree University Gallery of Art.

This is my last show in St. Louis - I will be leaving town July 11.  So please drop by and say goodbye before I leave town.

Revisitation: The Mourners
3-person show with Joanne Kluba & David Ottinger
McKendree University, Gallery of Art
224 W. St. Louis St.
Lebanon, IL
July 2014
Reception: Thursday, July 10, 5 - 9 PM

Photos of the Meshuggah Cafe show

Here are some photos of the new Little Black Dress show at Meshuggah Cafe.

Little Black Dress
solo exhibit
Meshuggah Cafe
6269 Delmar
University City, MO
July 2014

Little Black Dress update

Little Black Dress is at Meshuggah Cafe for July!  Please feel free to drop by and check it out.

Little Black Dress
solo exhibit
Meshuggah Cafe
6269 Delmar
University City, MO
July 2014

The show is also still on display at Starbucks and Madosky Chiropractic.

Madosky Chiropractic & Acupuncture
solo exhibition
2175 S. Big Bend Blvd., Richmond Heights, MO
June - Aug. 2014

Starbucks
highlights exhibition
6621 Delmar, University City, MO
Feb. - March 2014, extended into current

Big A$$ $tudio Moving $ale!

BIG A$$ $TUDIO MOVING $ALE

This is your last opportunity to Buy! Buy! Buy!  It may even be your last opportunity to see me before I leave town to start a new life in the great wide yonder.

Please stop by my 2ndStory Space studio Saturday, June 28 and/or Sunday, June 29 to purchase original artworks and check out my studio before I move!  Most everything is negotiable and is for sale: original artworks, books, furnishings, and more...

Be sure to come and come early to get first claim to anything you may want before someone else does.  In conjunction with the Contemporary Art Museum - St. Louis' annual open studios event, June 28 & 29, 10 AM - 4 PM.

Open Studios STL
organized through the Contemporary Art Museum - St. Louis
http://openstudios-stl.org/
http://camstl.org/

2ndStory Space studio
2173A S. Big Bend
Maplewood, MO
http://2ndstoryspace.blogspot.com/

June 28 & 29, 2014
10 - 4 PM both days

http://openstudios-stl.org/artist-page/?id=79

And while you're out and about, please feel free to check out the following Little Black Dress shows: 
Madosky Chiropractic & Acupuncture
solo exhibition
2175 S. Big Bend Blvd., Richmond Heights, MO
June - Aug. 2014

Urban Eats
included among small-format artist rotations
3301 Meramec St., St. Louis, MO
April - June 2014

Starbucks
highlights exhibition
6621 Delmar, University City, MO
Feb. - March 2014, extended into current

Meshuggah Cafe - Coming Soon!
solo exhibition
6269 Delmar, University City, MO
July 2014

This Week

I have a few things coming up, including some BIG events later this month.  This week, I will have works in Worth Repeating at Framations, juried by Ken Anderson, and am offering a professional practice workshop for the Northside Art Association meeting on Monday.  Later this month I will be performing and selling wares in Foster and Fortitude, an epic performative journey created and choreographed by David Wolk in conjunction with Fringe STL.  And I will be participating in open studios at the end of the month with a HUGE studio closing sale.  (I am closing my 2ndStory Space studio in anticipation of moving.)

Worth Repeating
Framations
218 North Main St.
St. Charles, MO
June - July 2014
Reception: Friday, June 13, 6 - 8 PM

Foster & Fortitude
created and choreoraphed by David Wolk of Cranky Yellow,
St. Lou Fringe Festival
FuBar
3108 Locust
St. Louis, MO
June 21 & 22, 2014
Tickets available through Fringe STL.  Select artworks by participating artists and more will be available for purchase.  $10 admission with $5 Fringe STL pass.

BIG A$$ $STUDIO MOVING $ALE: Last chance to purchase original artworks and check out my studio before I move! I am not renewing my studio lease as I will be leaving town, and I don¹t want to have to move all this stuff. Most everything is negotiable: original artworks, books, furnishings, and more... Everything will be available until the official studio closing, but the CAM-STL Open Studios BIG A$$ $TUDIO MOVING $ALE is your first opportunity to Buy! Buy! Buy! So be sure to come and come early to get first claim to anything you may want before someone else does.  In conjunction with the Contemporary Art Museum - St. Louis' annual open studios event, June 28 & 29, 10 AM - 4 PM.
Open Studios STL
organized through the Contemporary Art Museum - St. Louis
2ndStory Space studios
2173A S. Big Bend
Maplewood, MO
June 28 & 29, 2014, 10 - 4 PM both days

Website Updates

I've recently totally revamped my web page and coaching web page so please feel free to check them out...
http://www.jenniferweigelart.com/
http://www.jenniferweigelcoaching.com/

This Week & Little Black Dress Updates

Little Black Dress will be on display at Madosky Chiropractic in the same building as my 2ndStory Space studio from June - August during the Contemporary Art Museum's 2014 Open Studios event.

Little Black Dress
solo show
Madosky Chiropractic & Acupuncture
2175 S. Big Bend Blvd.
Richmond Heights, MO
June - Aug. 2014
http://www.drmadosky.com/

And don't forget, the last showing at Urban Eats will debut on June 5.  There will be one last event at the cafe on Sunday, June 8; wear a "little black dress" and get a prize!

Little Black Dress
small format group show (also including artists: Bob Baker, Belle Be, Jeffrey Lowe & Josh Vaughn)
Urban Eats Cafe & Bakery
3301 Meramec St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
April 3 - June 29, 2014
Tues. - Sat. 10 AM - 8 PM, Sunday Brunch 11 AM - 2 PM
http://www.urbaneatscafe.com/

LAST Sunday Brunch Meet the Artist Events:
June 8, 11 AM - 2 PM - Wear a “little black dress” and get a prize!

I also have works included in three mail art shows, including 2 in Boston & 1 in New York.

Under the Influence of Fluxus
Mobius
55 Norfolk St.
Cambridge, MA
June 2014 

ENGENDERED
Atlantic Works Gallery
80 Border St.
East Boston, MA
June 2014

6 x 6 x 2014
annual mail art benefit show
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave.
Rochester, NY
June - July 2014

This Week

I am excited to go up to Chicago for the opening of Identity Interpreted & Assumed, in which documentation from my Scavenger Hunt project and my Identity Crisis cards will be on display.  I am planning a fun interactive impromptu and unexpected performance for the reception, and will try to post photos later...

Identity Interpreted & Assumed: Self Portrait
Tall Grass Arts Association
367 Artists Walk
Park Forest, IL
May - July 2014
Reception: Friday, May 23, 7 - 9 PM
Gallery talk: Saturday, May 24, 11 AM

Art Films and High Weirdness (and Plein Air Painting)

Thank you so very much Byron Kerman for your lovely article on 2ndStory Space.  I am most honored and am so very glad you could come for MMM.  Please consider yourself welcome anytime and drop in this coming Monday for Rothko's Rooms.

http://www.stlmag.com/Blogs/Look-Listen/May-2014/Art-Films-and-High-Weirdness-2nd-Story-Space/index.php?thumbnail=off&cp=1&si=0

Also, here are some photos to share some of the paintings I did in Augusta this year.  My friend Jonathan Stangroom joined me from Boston; I included a photo of our display from the sale.  Enjoy!

New Urban Eats Show

Here are some preview shots of my second Little Black Dress show at Urban Eats.  The show will be changed out monthly to highlight different montages and grouping of photographs, so be sure to stop by and check it out.  This showing features more larger thematic montages and a flipbook of photographs.

I will be hosting a Little Black Dress Style Show and photo opportunity on Mother's Day this Sunday, May 11 in conjunction with the popular brunch event.  Selected dresses in various sizes will be available to those who want to try them on for an impromptu fashion show and to pose for photos.  Please come and join in the fun!

Little Black Dress
small format group show (also including artists: Bob Baker, Belle Be, Jeffrey Lowe & Josh Vaughn)
Urban Eats Cafe & Bakery
3301 Meramec St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
April 3 - June 29, 2014
Tues. - Sat. 10 AM - 8 PM, Sunday Brunch 11 AM - 2 PM
http://www.urbaneatscafe.com/

Upcoming Sunday Brunch Meet the Artist Event:
May 11, 11 AM - 2 PM - Mother’s Day “little black dress” style show.

This Week

I am gearing up for plein air season again, with the annual Augusta event starting later this week into next.  Although I will not be able to participate on weekend days due to schedule conflicts, I will be painting at Augusta Shores this Thursday, April 24 and will participate next week from Wednesday, April 30 - Friday, May 2.  And be sure to catch me at the sale on May 4.

I am also offering the first of my series of professional practice seminars through Capital Arts in Jefferson City.  This 3-hour seminar will discuss Entering Shows, Professional Presentation & Writing Your Artist's Statement.  Participants are invited to bring a proposal, artist's statement and/or other writing to share and for feedback.  More information can be found on the 2ndStory Space blog here.

Professional Practice Seminar
solo lecturer one-day workshop
Capital Arts
1203 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO
April 26, 2014, 12 - 3 PM
Advance registration required, contact Capital Arts for more details.
573-635-8355

Annual Augusta Plein Air Event
Augusta, MO
April 2014
Final Sale on May 4, 2014, 11 AM - 4 PM

Art of the Week: Caged Bird

A hearty thank you to Andrew Limanni for selling me this wonderful bird cage from your treasure trove.  Now I could finish my Caged Bird assemblage, incorporating one of the porcelain birds from my grandmother's estate that unfortunately broke.  The broken bird has been enhanced along the breaks with gold leaf to show how ephemeral and fleeting our time here is, and how fragile and precious our lives...

Little Black Dress Goes to Urban Eats

My Little Black Dress project is traveling to Urban Eats for their spring rotation.  Here are some preview pictures of the show, which will change out monthly to feature different montages and groupings of photographs.

There will be an art project on April 13 in conjunction with the popular Sunday brunch so be sure to check it out!  Materials will be provided.

Little Black Dress
small format group show (also including artists: Bob Baker, Belle Be, Jeffrey Lowe & Josh Vaughn)
Urban Eats Cafe & Bakery
3301 Meramec St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
April 3 - June 29, 2014
Tues. - Sat. 10 AM - 8 PM, Sunday Brunch 11 AM - 2 PM
http://www.urbaneatscafe.com/

Sunday Brunch Meet the Artist Events:
Kickoff Event
April 13, 11 AM - 2 PM - Design a “little black dress” paper project.

This Week

My Missouri Magic painting is featured in the upcoming Taste of Augusta Plein Air opening at Green Door Gallery this Friday.  Please feel free to drop by and check it out.

A Taste of Augusta Plein Air
Green Door Art Gallery
21 N. Gore
Webster Groves, MO
March - April 2014
Reception: Friday, March 28, 5 - 9 PM

I also have works in the following shows locally:

How We See Her
Foundry Art Centre
520 N. Main Center
St. Charles, MO
March - April 2014

Little Black Dress
solo highlights exhibit
Starbucks
6621 Delmar
University City, MO
Feb. - March 2014
Show extended.

And nationally:

Fractured Yet Rising
ARC Gallery
2156 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL
March - April 2014

EQUAL: Modern Family in Contemporary Art
curated by Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay & Michael Hale
East Tennessee State University
Slocumb Galleries
Tipton Gallery, Ball Hall
Johnson City, TN
March - April 2014

Women's Herstory: History of Women
With a Broken Wing,: Women Surviving Oppressions, mail art show
Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center
1957 S. Spaulding Ave.
Chicago, IL
March 2014

Bloodletting
solo art installation also featuring Wombs by Carlynn Forst
Blue Jacket Books
30 S. Detroit St.
Xenia, OH
March - Aug. 2014

Fluxjob, traveling exhibition curated by Keith Buchholz & Jeff Rathermel
FluxBox, traveling mail art show curated by Keith Buchholz
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1101 Washington Ave. S., Ste. 100
Minneapolis, MN
Feb. - July 2014

Bloodletting Installation

Here are some photos of the Bloodletting installation at Blue Jacket Books in Xenia, Ohio.  The installation will be up until August so please be sure to check it out if you're in the area.  A hearty thank you to everyone who came out for the opening, and especially for the wonderful vagonut by Alice Miller (pictured below with a photo from before the reception).

Bloodletting
solo art installation also featuring Wombs by Carlynn Forst
Blue Jacket Books
30 S. Detroit St.
Xenia, OH
March - Aug. 2014

Bloodletting Opening

I just finished installing my Bloodletting piece at Blue Jacket Books in Xenia, OH.  Please feel free to drop by tomorrow and check it out.  And a hearty thank you to my husband Charles Wilbur for all of your help!

First annual "Bring your daughters (and sons) to art" day!
Blue Jacket Books
30 S. Detroit St.
Xenia, OH
Sat., March 1, 2014, 2 - 5 PM
Check out Jennifer Weigel's new Bloodletting art installation.  Light refreshments.
Installation will be on display until August 2014.

Hair Cutting Piece

Hair Cutting Piece

Performed thoughout Fluxfest Chicago 2014
In memory of my father, James Alan Weigel, 1948-2014

Life is fleeting.  The most that each and every one of us truly has to offer is a series of shared experiences: our hopes, dreams, inspirations, joys,sorrows...

Sometimes these connections transcend time and place, and sometimes they are lost to history, all but forgotten except by a select few.

In observance of our being together in this time and place, I invite you to cut off a piece of my hair to keep as a memento of this connection.

May we revel in sharing our lives in this moment and honor and celebrate our present time together, for it truly is a gift and is, at best, on loan to us.

I will have small rubber bands and scissors on me over the weekend for just this purpose.  Feel free to approach me at any time.

Bloodletting Is Coming!

As I'd mentioned before in my preview post, I am getting ready for my biggest installation to date: Bloodletting at Blue Jacket Books in Xenia, OH.  I look forward to posting photos of the work installed and invite anyone who wishes to do so to meet me there and help with installation.  Here's a flyer for the show, featuring my tampon jewelry from July.

Bloodletting
solo art installation also featuring Wombs by Carlynn Forst
Blue Jacket Books
30 S. Detroit St.
Xenia, OH
March - Aug. 2014

Little Black Dress at Starbucks

I hung my Little Black Dress show at Starbucks today.  Feel free to drop by and check it out sometime.  There's no formal reception, but I'll gladly meet you for coffee if I'm around.

Little Black Dress
solo highlights exhibit
Starbucks
6621 Delmar Blvd. (across from Fitz's & Vintage Vinyl)
University City, MO
Feb. 6 - March 11, 2014
Mon. - Fri. 5 AM - 9 PM
Sat. & Sun. 6 AM - 9 PM

Other than the Starbucks show, I am gearing up for a huge trip to Chicago and looking forward to Fluxfest again this year.  I also have some work on display in FluxJob at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

FluxFest Chicago 2014
Fluxus performance, alternative & mail art festival organized by Keith Buchholz
Chicago, IL
Feb. 20 - 23, 2014 

FluxBox
traveling mail art show curated by Keith Buchholz
in conjunction with Fluxfest
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection Library
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL
Feb. 2014

Fluxjob
curated by Keith Buchholz & Jeff Rathermel
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1101 Washington Ave. S., Ste. 100
Minneapolis, MN
Feb. - July 2014

This Week

I will be giving an informal talk about my plein air paintings at Art Saint Louis Saturday, Feb. 1 in conjunction with the Pictorialist show.  Please feel free to drop by and check it out.  I will have a few paintings to show, along with a picture book of paintings from the first five years.

Pictorialist
Art Saint Louis
1223 Pine St.
St. Louis, MO
Jan. - Feb. 2014
Artist's Talk: Sat., Feb. 1, 11 AM with photographer Connie LaFlam

 The closing reception for my Little Black Dress show at the Northern Arts Council will also be this Saturday, Feb. 1.

Little Black Dress
solo exhibit sponsored by the Northern Arts Council
427 Gallery, Pearce Neikirk & Partners, Realtors, LLC
427 S. Florissant, Ferguson, MO
Jan. 2014
Closing reception: Sat., Feb. 1, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Third Thursday Critique Group

My 2ndStory Space Third Thursday open critique group met for the first time last night, and I had a lovely meeting with Carolyn Hasenfratz & Christine Ilewski.  Thank you both for attending.

And thank you Carolyn for the wonderful writeup.  I love events like this too, because they inspire me, push me to think about my art in new ways, offer opportunities to see others' amazing works, and nurture my soul.  It's always good to connect with fellow artists and creatives!

Here's a link to Carolyn's blog post about the premiere Third Thursday event at 2ndStory Space.  Please check it out.
https://www.goodsmiths.com/carolyn-hasenfratz-design/blog/stimulating-meeting-with-other-artists

This Week

Some of my plein air painting work is on display in the Art Saint Louis' Pictorialist show opening this Saturday.

Pictorialist
Art Saint Louis
1223 Pine St.
St. Louis, MO
Jan. - Feb. 2014
Reception: Sat., Jan. 18, 6 - 8 PM

I will also be doing an informal artist's talk about my work on Sat., Feb. 1 at 11 AM along with photographer Connie LaFlam.

Art of the Week: Bloodletting Dress

I am about to embark on my largest scale installation to date, upcoming in late February at Blue Jacket Books in Xenia, Ohio.  The installation, called Bloodletting, will further my explorations into menstruation and female reproductive health.  The creation of the work will be a sort of performance unto itself, and I modified another found dress (actually purchased on a previous trip to Ohio) with faux flowers for the experience.  I have included some preview photos here as Art of the Week and as a preview of this next Dressing for the Occasion ensemble.

More information about Bloodletting will be forthcoming after the fact.  It is a truly rare opportunity to be able to create such a large-scale work themed around such a taboo topic as menstruation, and I am most grateful to Lawrence Hammar for inviting me to do so.  Aspects of the installation will be included throughout the space to further viewer interaction, with the entire experience presented in such a way that it must be seen in person in order to be fully absorbed.

My goal is to create a "destination installation" of sorts, a large-scale artwork of considerable scope in an unexpected setting that draws people to bear witness and prompts discussion - we shall see how it goes...  That's a very lofty goal and just having such a work remain on view for any length of time is a big first step.  So here's hoping...

Snow Day

Stay warm.  The studio is definitely closed today.

Snow Day: Monday Movie Mania cancelled

The studio will be closed tomorrow and Monday Movie Mania is cancelled.  We'll resume regular programming next Monday, Jan. 13 with Monday Movie Mania showing The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend.

Monday Movie Mania!

My first Monday Movie Mania event is coming to 2ndStory Space!
The first movie will be Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers & Tides

Monday, Jan. 6, 2014
From 12 - 3
Please feel free to bring your own Brown Bag Lunch, watch the film over lunch, and stay for a brief discussion afterwards.

Limited seating; RSVP required.
314/ 954-9247

This is the movie that we watched at my friend's solstice gathering before making the ephemeral art I just posted, so please feel free to come and check out the inspiration for yourself!