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Raleigh, North Carolina - 2021


Plano, Texas - 2020


 

Estuary: A Confluence of Art & Poetry
Published by Moon and Mountain, 2012

Art Editor: Harriette Lawler
Poetry Editor: Agnes Marton
 
“An estuary is that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river’s current meets the sea’s tide. An abundance of nutrient-rich food is found in this biome. Estuarine environments are among the most productive on earth, creating habitats for 1000s of species to live, feed, and reproduce. 26 artists and 57 poets from around the world have come together in this 120 page, full color book to create an estuary of images and words, art and poetry flowing together.”
 
Poets: Kathleen Jones, Pippa Little, Ágnes Lehóczky, Suzannah Evans, JP Reese, Ira Lightman, Leo Schulz, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Joshua Kam, Alex Pruteanu, Meg Tuite, Ruth Aylett, Kim Moore, Kevin Ridgeway, Ian Duhig, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Graham Burchell, Tiffany Anne Tondut, Mary Stone Dockery, Claire Trévien, Ameerah Arjanee, Karen Dennison, Tara Birch, Laura Kasischke, Rachel McGladdery, Kristine Ong Muslim, Ryan Van Winkle, Vera Pejovic, Dom Gabrielli, Rick Holland, Susan Keiser, Carolyn Srygley-Moore, Tricia McCallum, Pascale Petit, Noel Duffy, Anna Puhakka, Harry Owen, Melissa Lee-Houghton, Rose Aiello Morales, Yuyutsu Sharma, Antoine Cassar, Peycho Kanev, Robert Vaughan, Agnes Marton, Lisa Gordon, Linda Rose Parkes, Michelle McGrane, Abegail Morley, Kushal Poddar, Rowyda Amin, Lindsey Holland, Sonja Benskin Mesher, Zoë Brigley, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Traci Brimhall, Adrienne J. Odasso and Aad de Gids.

Artists: Véronique Brosset, Mark Erickson, Virginia Erdie, Pia B. Lehmann, Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz, Midori McCabe, Brad Michael Moore, Alberto D’Assumpção, Hego Goevert, Olga Dmytrenko, Neil Nieuwoudt, Goro Endow, Ljiljana Lazicic-Putnik, Constantin Severin, Michael Berry, Mohammad Bin Lamin, Katerina Dramitinou, Adrian Bayreuther, Mi-Sun Lee, Emmy Verschoor, Izabella Pavlushko, Mani Bour, Linaji, Harriette Lawler, Oralei Fauble and Juan Rodrigo Piedrahita.


On May 29, "Estuary" was voted the, 'Best Mixed Anthology,' for the, "Saboteur 2013 Award," in that category. Agnes Marton was in attendance to represent us at the awards event, which was held at the London Book Club.

Links about the award:
http://sabotagereviews.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sabotage-Reviews/120076508062100?ref=ts&fref=ts

Links to reviews:
http://sabotagereviews.com/2013/04/13/estuary-a-confluence-of-art-poetry-ed-h-lawler-a-marton/
http://poemsunderwater.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/estuary-edited-by-harriette-lawler-and-agnes-marton/

 



 

"Butterfly Wall" © 2008 Brad Michael Moore 


Estuary: a Confluence of Art & Poetry, ed. H. Lawler, A. Marton
In anthology, Saboteur Awards on April 13, 2013 at 11:57 am

 -Reviewed by Ananya S Guha-

"Estuary - A Confluance of Art & Poetry"

The basic tenet of Estuary is a synecdoche for the arts, a confluence, convergence or meeting point of art work and poetry. The editors point this out in the brief introduction, taking pains to explain literally what an estuary is, the meeting points of the river and the sea. This ‘explanation’ sets the trend for the metaphorical meaning of the texts and the art work. The fusion of art work and poetry is not uncommon these days, with literay zines using such aesthetic compulsions effectively and if one may say so, profitably. However, it is unusual to see it achieved as thoughtfully as is the case here, with art and poetry given the same amount of respect and, through their placement side by side on the page, forcing the viewer to find echoes of each other in the pieces.

The poems in this anthology are highly sensory, tainted by a deep coloration and sensuousness that brings out nuances between the real and the ideal, the make belief or the mythic, as contrasted with the real. There is a recurring imagistic use of shores, water, mirages, washing, etc in the poems which bind them into a thematic unity. The poems ‘Sand Dollar’, ‘From the Country, Sonnets from the Sea 18’etc  typify such recurrent symbols, once again holding on to the estuary theme even if it be in a loose manner.

 


 

stuary is a narrative of poems; I call them narratives beause each individual poem tells a story of the self in relation to the outside world. There is a turning inwards in some of the poems, a kind of introspection after the speaker detaches himself/herself from the subject matter. In most cases, there is an emotional distancing from the subject matter that is the object and the narrator, speaker or ‘listener’. Directness is a hallmark here but, at the end of most of the poems, there is a feeling of fogginess, the poet leads the way and the reader is trapped in a cycle of doubts. However, inaccessibility in these poems work to their advantage because at the end of each poem is a beautiful swirling mist, something you would love to see but something also that you cannot penetrate further. Does poetry need such penetration or incision? Reading these poems makes me ask this question and also the eternal question, what are ‘meanings’ in poetry? These poems all have layered structures and the edifice as a whole is monumental. Likewise, the paintings are abstract if not abstruse, but their very texture is finely knit and aesthetically very compact.

Peeling these layers of both poetry and painting has been for me, an exciting and stimulating experience.


 

"It's Your Main Pain - 222T" © 2008 Brad Michael Moore


 

Profession: Digiial Artst

School: University of North Texas, Denton, Texas USA

 


 

 

Brad Michael Moore/CV


 

I captured my first photographic image at the age of five (1957). In 1971, I partnershiped up with Architectural Photographer, Douglas E. Tomlinson. Doug and I worked together as I began to become more of a color photographer - being Doug was colorblind. By 1975, I was on my own and exploring the landscape and traveling solo as far as my wheels could go (Mexico & Canada). I began exhibiting Landscapes in Dallas, Texas USA, about 1979. My first exhibitions were at the 'Old' "Allen Street Gallery." Soon I was picked up by Jim Harmon at the, "Turtle Creek Gallery," and later, I found representation with Ruth Wiseman and her, "Ruth Wiseman Gallery," - all in, “Big 'D.'” Also, I was curated into exhibitions at the, "Univ. of Texas at San Antonio," "Heard Museum," in Mckinney, several shows with, "The Houston Center for Photography (HCP)," a permanent exhibit at, "Strictly Tabu," (all in Texas), and up at the, "Crescent Gallery," Louisville, Kentucky. During this period I was also traveling Eastern and Western Europe (before the wall was torn down, and the following reunification), and South America. I have shown art in numerous other group and solo shows. I have served as juror and curator for exhibitions of other artist's works. I have exhibited collaborational art at the, "Dallas McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC)," and have exhibited three times in Guadalajara - including a solo photography exhibition of landscapes of the Galapagos Islands at the, "National Museum of Mexico (Hospicio Cabanas)," and two exhibitions at the, "Galiera Azul" (also in Guadalajara). I have exhibited on the East Coast, in New York, at the, "Williamsburg Art Historical Center," in Brooklyn, and my, "Freedom Art(*)" work was exhibited in the opening of a traveling show - beginning at the, "Mount Beacon Fine Arts Gallery," in Beacon, New York, and later, the 'Galley Pages' of the, "Freedom Art" book, were exhibited in a group show by curator, 'Carla Goldberg,' at the, "Karpeles Museum," in Newburgh, New York. On the west Coast, In 2009, I exhibited 2 & 3-D works in an exhibition in San Francisco, California, titled: "Corrections," at the, "SomArts Cultural Center." My most reccent exhibitions showed at the prestigious, "Camera Obscura Gallery," - known as one of the world’s oldest photography galleries where I recieved a, 'Cash Award,' for one of my works. presently, I am showing work selected by curator by James Drake, for the 17th annual, "TEXAS NATIONAL 2011 Exhibition," April 9 - May 21, 2011, at The Cole Art Center and the Ledbetter Gallery in - The Old Opera House in Nacogdoches, Texas. The 17th annual TEXAS NATIONAL is sponsered by Stephen F. Austin State University.

(*) The book, "Freedom & Art," is available through Blurb, and through the official website of Amnesty USA

At the end of 2009, I created a world-wide Diptych Project with many artists. The thrust of the idea was to create groups of 4 artists - half of each group's members creating what they could imagine being the first piece of a diptych. They they passed their art work to another artist. That artist responded to the work with the closing second work of the diptych. This artist then began their first piece of a new diptych and passed it along to another, different artist, and the process was repeated. So far, we have 10 artists and 24 artworks - making one full dozen Diptych. There are other artist pairs coming in late to add to the ongoing tally. You can look the these results in an electronic exhibition now being shown at www.ArtBrainstorming.com.  This work comes from a private group of 29 world-wide artists working once from the original Private Artist Group, #artmesh (now defunct) - which was based in Berlin, Germany (which also spawn the international 'Micra Art' group). Please visit our ABS website: which also has opened more shows titled;  "Dichotomy," "The 'May' Show," "Feeling Soulful," "Summer Heat," and the, "Fall Open Show.  ABS has eight to ten shows annually, and is a great place to see a varity top-notch international artists... ArtBrainStorming.com allows you to follow the careers of dozens of my artist-friends from around the world!

I have Blogs and Internet Portfolios you can access anytime at AbsoluteArts.com (Blogs) in Columbus, Ohio, RedBubble.Com in Australia Painterskeys.com (Canada), and at Artist Review in (London).

 


 

 
"Brad Awaits the Bear, and Skip Sez, 'Run Away...'" © Gene Carter 2001-2008

 

 

Human Affiliations:

I have studied with the following artists: John Paul Caponigro, Cushing, Maine via Santa Fe, NM, Sean Perry, Austin, TX, Keith Carter, Houston, TX, and, Nic Nicosia & Vernon Fisher, Denton, TX. Also, Joel Meyerowitz, Jerry Uelsman (seminars), Arnold Newman, and to conclude, Olivia Parker, Dan Fenton, and Susan Kay Grant - all workshopped in Dallas, TX.

Awards:

"Raymond Nasher's Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Award," "John Dabney Murchison Trust Award," University of North Texas, "Best Editorial Photography," Donray Media Group, Arkansas, “Excellence in Photography,” Art Horizons, New York, “Outstanding Achievement in Photography,” The International Art Competition (I.A.C.), New York,"  "Cash Award,"  - 'The Art Of Photography 2' at the Camera Obscura Gallery - Denver, Colorado.

 

"Temple Exits,"

(2010 Best of Show) Camera Obscura Gallery - Denver, Colorado

© 2007-8 Brad Michael Moore


Reviews:

Every human being, whether obscure or famous, makes a difference. Each individual has a place, a path...

 


 

"Overwealmed" / We In Me Series

- © 2008 Brad Michael Moore


THE CAMERA OBSCURA GALLERY

Information/Press Photos Contact: HAL GOULD OR LORETTA YOUNG-GAUTIER (303) 623-4059

Website: www.cameraobscuragallery.com

Email: info@cameraobscuragallery.com

WHAT:   Second annual juried photography exhibition

WHO:  82 artists in four categories

WHERE: THE CAMERA OBSCURA GALLERY, ACROSS FROM THE DENVER ART MUSEUM

WHEN:   December 10, 2010—February 5, 2011 

Opening reception for the artists, Friday, December 10, 5:00 to 9:00 PM.

The Art of Photography Today 2

The Camera Obscura Gallery presents the second annual fine art photography competition, The Art of Photography Today 2. The exhibition runs from December 10, 2010 through February 5, 2011, with an artist and public reception from 5 to 9 PM on Friday, December 10.   

The Camera Obscura Gallery’s 2010 Call for Entries brought to our attention a large number of talented artists from around the world.   231 photographers from six countries participated, entering 923 images in four categories: Abstract & Experimental, Landscape & Nature, People, and Urban & Architecture.

 The art of photography has seen tremendous change in the last few decades.  The increasing presence of digital imaging has added new dimension to creative exploration and technical excellence.  Entrants to, The Art Of Photography Today 2, ranged from novice to pro creating a broad spectrum of distinctive work.  The jurors, Hal Gould and Loretta Young-Gautier, selected 96 photographs (3 images by Brad Michael Moore) from 81 artists from 11 different US states to represent this diverse variety of technique and style.  The exhibition selection includes black & white, and color images, using both experimental and traditional photographic methodology, including three-dimensional compositions. The Camera Obscura Gallery presents cash awards and certificates of merit at the opening reception on December 10.



 

CAMERA OBSCURA GALLERY


is pleased to announce

The Art of Photography Today 2 Exhibition

Includes the works of Brad Michael Moore

Jurors: Hal Gould and Loretta Young-Gautier

 

Hal Gould, Dir., Camera Obscura Gallery, 1988

© 2010 Kurt Edward Fishback

 

 Juror & Director, Hal Gould, recently received the prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award for Arts and Humanities for his decades-long and tireless crusade to promote the art of photography.


The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Annual Awards honor individuals making significant and unique contributions in the fields of Arts and Culture, Community Service, and Science and Medicine. The Annual Awards Program was established in 1984 in recognition of Charles Stanton's desire to honor individuals who are advancing excellence in the Foundation's major areas of interest. Each year, the Foundation Trustees recognize outstanding Coloradans with the dual goals of bringing acclaim to their efforts and motivating others to greater accomplishments on behalf of Colorado and its citizens.


Sometimes referred to as "Colorado's Nobel Prizes," the Annual Awards have honored prominent Coloradans for excellence in a broad range of pursuits. Honorees represent excellence in such fields as artistic direction, civic engagement, university leadership, historic preservation, biomedical research, chemistry and physics. Several honorees have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize, many have served as mentors to others, and most have continued to make significant contributions for years following receipt of the Foundation award.


The award was bestowed at a gala luncheon ceremony on May 13, 2010. In addition to honoring Hal Gould, the award brought considerable recognition and credibility to photogra phy as a collectible medium for artistic expression. For more information about the Annual Awards Program and the other honorees, visit www.bonfils-stantonfoundation.org.


Brad Michael Moore's, ArtBrainStorming Group debuts... (See Here!)

 "ArtBrainStorming" Goes Public on the WWW

A new Fine Artist Group has evolved into the SiteWelder Family named, "ArtBrainStorming." Once rooted in the German private arts organization, #artmesh, http://www.ArtBrainStorming.com began as a small group of loosely knitted artists of fine art, from across the world, who then became a small group of their own. Their first project together - titled, "Diptych Duets," was reason enough to begin a public website so that our public friends could also share in it and our upcoming projects.

For the project - each artist created one half of a diptych and passed it on to another artist to complete. At the same time - a third artist also created a first half of a presumed diptych, and passed it on to another artist who's first work went to another artist. Point being, is that every diptych would be comprised of

unique artist combinations where everyone involved did both a first, and second half of a diptych - and no diptych contained the same two artist's works.

The site is also a place where friends from outside the original organization will be invited to join. One benefit is a growing annex of fine artists, and a new opportunity for each artist to participate and widen each their own World-Wide-Web art presence. As new group exhibitions are completed - they will be added to the, "ArtBrainStorming Collections Folder." The Founder of this group is, Brad Michael Moore - who also has web presence on SiteWelder at http://www.AlphaSight.com

                                                                                                    

                                        
© 2008 Lenka Manning-Warder/Nicoll Heaslip



Exhibit Title: Corrections
http://www.somarts.org/
Time: March 5-April 16, 2009
Opening Reception: March 5, 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, California, USA.

Curators: Harriette Lawler, Frank Ettenberg
SomArts Gallery Director: Betsie Miller-Kusz

 


 

Attributions:

http://barneydavey.blogs.com/printmarket/2008/06/convergent-media---right-term-for-the-times.html

Convergent Media - Stretching the Imagination

 

 


 


 

Corrections Theme:

 

As artists, we often express our feelings and thoughts concerning injustices, abuses of power, good and evil, or just the way we would like the Earth to be. Even if it’s only our own little corner of the world or in our own heart and soul. Making corrections, righting wrongs. This exhibit is dedicated to that theme. An example of a “wrong” could be a polluted landscape, political or governmental abuses, ignorance and lies, war scene or a disaster. An example of a “right” (a correction) could represent or express any situation that has been corrected. The work can be of any style or media: representational, abstract or conceptual.

Corrections Exhibit
The exhibit will also include visitor participation. Attendees can write down something that they feel needs correcting. Such as: abuses of any kind, overpopulation, corporate greed, political corruption, or whatever one wishes - global, national, local, or personal. They could then feed this Wrong into a paper shredder that would be set up in the gallery. (Something will be posted stating that only Wrongs that are NOT motivated by anger, hatred, bigotry/intolerance, or jealousy/envy should be fed into this shredder.)

W
e will also have a secondary shredder to receive petty or selfish concerns – just so people can get these things “off their chest” or just to get rid of the negative emotions that they are causing a person to harbor. At the end of the opening reception, our "court jester" will read aloud some of the Wrongs to be righted. In olden days, the king's court jester was the only one who could present truths in public before the king - without losing his head.
Corrections

 

Summary

 

As artists, we can’t raise money the way musicians can, but we can raise awareness and focus. This one exhibit won't change the world, but at least we artists can stand together and hopefully get some attention paid to what we'd like to see corrected. The state of the world these days often seems so grim and hopeless, terribly out of balance, in desperate need of some "magic." Some Magic... and some Truth.

Artists
Brad Michael Moore, Frank Ettenberg, Cassandra Gordon-Harris, Harriette Lawler, Midori McCabe, Pia B. Lehmann, Betty Bastai, Sarah Bindman, Ione Citrin, Donelli DiMaria, Virginia Erdie, Rodrigo Pierdrahita Escobar, Diane Hill, Bill Jackson, Sun-Young Jin, Elizabeth King, Rivka Kos, Terry Kruger, Linsay Locke, Christian Moeller, Neil Nieuwoudt, Marat Paransky, Jasmine Ronel, Billy Rose, Cecilia August Sand, David Trachtenberg, Gadi Veneziano, Solomon Walker, & Genevieve Williams


This exhibit is about International artist expressing their feelings and thoughts about  justice, freedom, abuse of power, good and evil, change, or just the way they would like the earth to be.


 Indepth Arts News:

http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2008/10/02/35215.html

"The Voice of Art in a Battle for Freedom: International Artists Create Book in Support of Key Political Figure"
2008-10-02 until 2008-12-31


(*) I'm having real issues over reversing my support of this past event - reviewing the 'Ethnic Clensing' taking placing by the Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi's Government - The Burmese Army against the poorest of peoples in their nation, who are Muselms. "Baby's taken from their mother's hands and thrown in fires!!!!" Tell me this is being addrerssed in the most gravest of ways! I think it may be too late - this post is baked, i'm sure...

14-Oct.-17

2020 - History in Burma is a forever series of fallbacks between Citizen ruled Elected Government, and constant Coups by the resident military regimes. The project, "Freedom & Art," was for a good cause, that was hope dashed by the tyranny of lust for power & dominance over the human soul. It's this sort of human misbehavior that makes me a reclusive being - especially as I see it becoming an exercise in my own country... bmm


Micra Art Group

Skogas, SE Sweden

On October 2nd, 2008, the Mirca Art Group, an international coalition of professional artists, will release their landmark collaborative effort, a book entitled Freedom and Art, to the public. The book features 74 works of art, each accompanied by a short statement about the synergy of freedom and art in our world, and is being sold to raise funds in support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a key political figure who has been under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for the past 18 years over her bid for political freedom. Several artists who have Premiere Portfolios with absolutearts.com will be participating in the book: Leo Evans, Doug Kinsey, Don Murphy, Brad Michael Moore, Cassandra Gordon-Harris, Luise Andersen and Carla Goldberg, who compiled the information and created the publication.

The book will be released to the public initially through an event called “Set a Book Free” on Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, October 2nd when all artists featured within the pages of the book will place a copy donated by Internet-based publishing site Blurb.com in a public location to raise interest. The project was born out of artmesh, a social media website that allows artists to network via forums and groups, similar to the way users interact on social mega-site Facebook.com. Swedish founder Stefan Tunedal created the Mirca Art Group as a private forum within artmesh that would focus on fostering art-orientated discussions in an open, tolerant atmosphere. The Mirca Art group eventually grew to include nearly 250 artists from six continents and over thirty countries. Aung San Suu Kyi and her battle for freedom – a passion of Tunedal’s – became a rallying cause for the group and is the inspiration for the book.

According to Carla Goldberg, US-based coordinator and senior editor for Freedom & Art, the book was meant to harness the energy and passion of the artists for Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi into an actionable strategy to aid in her release. On the effort to work with artists from around the world, Carla says, “The project has brought our group together in a whole new way. There has been a lot of wonderful back-and-forth on message boards and everyone has been willing to offer their individual talents where needed.” On the effort to assemble the work of the artists together, she says, "It has been like assembling a beautiful puzzle...each piece is unique and, in the end, everything has fit together to create a complete work of art." After its initial release to the public in October the book will be available for sale through the official website of Amnesty International and Amazon.com. All proceeds from the sale of the book Freedom & Art will be donated to Amnesty International to support efforts being made on behalf of Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi's . A traveling exhibit featuring a selection of the art published in the book is also planned. It will open February 14, 2009, at the Mount Beacon Fine Arts Gallery in Beacon, NY. “I wanted to see what I can do from this safe studio in Stockholm where it would be impossible to even think of imprisoning an elected (official)," says Tunedal when asked about his passion for the plight Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi. “A woman like her should not be treated like this. She has the right to be free," adds Hungarian artist Krisztina Asztalos, writing from the other side of Europe. "Aung San Suu Kyi's efforts...are an inspiration for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation." By working together in the spirit of global collaboration, these artists have become a united voice of hope and pierced places where freedom has failed with the liberating power of artistic expression.

There are 74 Mirca artists from 27 countries represented. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and USA.

Visit these artists' Portfolios to view more of their works:

Leo Evans
Doug Kinsey
Don Murphy
Cassandra Gordon-Harris - www.absolutearts.com/cgoharris
Brad Michael Moore - www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/b/bradmichaelmoore
Luise Andersen - www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/l/laselectart
Carla Goldberg - www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/artchick  


 Indepth Arts News:
http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2008/09/01/35170.html


"Freedom and Art: Artists Thoughts on Freedom"
2008-09-06 until 2008-12-31
Micra Art Group
Skogas, , SE Sweden

Mirca Art Group based out of Skogås, Sweden is pleased to announce the publication of its first and long awaited book: "Freedom and Art". A collaborative work of 78 international artists, this book deals with the thoughts of the
participants on Freedom along with their art, inspired by that gift. Group founder Stefan Tunedal, wanted this book to be a true act of freedom. Thus each participating artist will purchase the book and “set it free” in a public place!
Four artists who will be participating in the book: Brad Michael Moore, Cassandra Gordon-Harris, Luise Andersen and Carla Goldberg, who compiled the information and created the publication.


Amnesty International is sponsoring the book on its website, as proceeds from the sale will be donated to that organization, keeping true the intent of this collaboration. The book will be released for sale to the public on September 6, 2008- International Read a Book Day - and can be obtained from the bookstore at http://www.blurb.com

Freedom and Art
20.00 USD/ (approx. 12.60 Euro), plus taxes and shipping.
18 x 18 cm or 7 x 7 inches
(ISBN number is: 978-91-977701-0-1)

(*) Addition Statement:

The Voice of Art in a Battle for Freedom represents International artists create book in support of key political figure. On October 2nd, 2008, the Mirca Art Group, an international coalition of professional artists, will release their landmark collaborative effort, a book entitled Freedom & Art, to the public. The book features 74 works of art, each accompanied by a short statement about the synergy of freedom and art in our world, and is being sold to raise funds in support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a key political figure who has been under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for the past 18 years over her bid for political freedom.

The book will be released to the public initially through an event called “Set a Book Free” on Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, October 2nd when all artists featured within the pages of the book will place a copy donated by Internet-based publishing site Blurb.com in a public location to raise interest.
The project was born out of artmesh, a social media website that allows artists to network via forums and groups, similar to the way users interact on social mega-site Facebook.com. Swedish founder Stefan Tunedal created the Mirca Art Group as a private forum within artmesh that would focus on fostering art-orientated discussions in an open, tolerant atmosphere. The Mirca Art group eventually grew to include nearly 250 artists from six continents and over thirty countries. Aung San Suu Kyi and her battle for freedom – a passion of  Tunedal’s – became a rallying cause for the group and is the inspiration for the book.
 
According to Carla Goldberg, US-based coordinator and senior editor for Freedom & Art, the book was meant to harness the energy and passion of the artists for Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi into an actionable
strategy to aid in her release. On the effort to work with artists from around the world, Carla says, “The project has brought our group together in a whole new way.  There has been a lot of wonderful back-and-forth on message boards and everyone has been willing to offer their individual talents where needed.”  On the effort to assemble the work of the artists together, she says, "It has been like assembling a beautiful puzzle...each piece is unique and, in the end, everything has fit together to create a complete work of art."

After its initial release to the public in October the book will be available for sale through the official website of Amnesty International and Amazon.com. All proceeds from the sale of the book Freedom & Art will be donated to Amnesty International to support efforts being made on behalf of Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi's . A traveling exhibit featuring a selection of the art published in the book is also planned. It will open February 14, 2009, at the Mount Beacon Fine Arts Gallery in Beacon, NY.
 “I wanted to see what I can do from this safe studio in Stockholm where it would be impossible to even think of imprisoning an elected (official)," says Tunedal when asked about his passion for the plight Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi.  “A woman like her should not be treated like this.  She has the right to be free," adds Hungarian artist Krisztina Asztalos, writing from the other side of Europe.  "Aung San Suu Kyi's efforts...are an inspiration for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation."
By working together in the spirit of global collaboration, these artists have become a united voice of hope and pierced places where freedom has failed with the liberating power of artistic expression.
  
There are 74 Mirca artists from 27 countries represented.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and USA.

Artists:
Anders, Dagmar-Austria
Andersen, Luise USA
Asztalos, Kriztina-Hungary
Baistrocchi, Giulio-Italy
Baiwir, Leopold- Belgium
Bayer Domanoski, Linda-USA
Begerhotta, Manvendra-India
Bonnici, Martin- Australia
Breig, Renee-Sweden
Cavalli, Luiz-Brazil
Chavez, Daniel-USA
Chicago, Kim-USA
Cousins, Scott Jeffrey-USA
Danette, Kimberley-USA
D'Assumpcao, Alberto-Portugal
Davidson, Mick-UK & the Netherlands
Dickerson, Rickie-USA
Erdos, Aniko-Hungary
Eryk, Mark-USA
Evans,Leo-USA
Fangano, Alessio-Germany
Flaitz, Carol-USA
Follows, Andrew-Australia
Fortia, Adel-Libya
Gador, Maciej-Poland
Goldberg, Carla- USA
Gollapudi,Narasimha Murthy-India
Gordon Harris,Cassandra-USA
Guna, Bianka-Canada
Heaslip, Nicoll-Australia
HEGO-Germany
Hodeib, Inaya- Lebanon
Ideta, Goh- Japan
Kinsey, Doug-USA
Kitipov, Angel-Bulgaria
Koedijk, Rob-the Netherlands
Konstantinova, Svetlana- Russia
Krol, Piotr-Poland
Lemaitre, Isabelle-Italy
Lennox, Owen-UK
Lensen, Carla-the Netherlands
Longueville,Laurence-Switzerland
Mahuba, Ali-Malaysia & USA
Malcom, Alison-UK
Martin, Donna-USA
McCabe, Midori-USA
Moore, Brad Michael-USA
Murphy, Don W.-USA
Murphy, Linda-USA
Oathman, Tourya-USA
Oeser, Dagmar-Germany
Prestegaard, Elly- Norway
Petre, Catherine-Belgium
Renouf, Naomi-UK
Rimell, Bruce-UK
Roldan, Pilar-Spain
Selvon, Serge-Germany
Severin, Constantin- Romania
Singh, Prem-India
Staples, Christopher-USA
Steckbauer, Melissa-USA
Steens, Anette-Norway
Stromberg, Annika-Sweden
Thomas, Simon-Sweden
Tunedal, Katarina- Sweden
Tunedal, Stefan-Sweden
Tschaikowski, Anatoli-German
Urum, Evrensel-Turkey
Urum, Sevgi-Turkey
Vaganov, Igor-Russia                                                      
"Freedom Run" © 2008 Brad Michael Moore
van der Merwe, Belinda-South Africa
Ward Kelly, Stacey-USA
Winchester, Elizabeth-USA                                          
Yoon, Mimi-USA
 
Contact Information:

Email:
mircabook@yahoo.com   
Carla Goldberg, Editor USA  
Phone: 845-222-0177
web:
www.mirca-art.com

Mail: Mirca Art Group
Box 29
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Phone: +46-8-771 11 19


 



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"Sun Pictures to MegaPixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities (Pre-and Post-Modernist Photography)"
2007-09-29 until 2007-11-04
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center
Brooklyn, NY, USA United States of America

absolutearts.com artists, Ellen Jantzen and Brad Michael Moore, will exhibit work beginning Saturday, September 29th and continuing through November 4th, 2007 in the exhibition titled: "Sun Pictures to MegaPixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities (Pre-and Post-Modernist Photography)," at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11211. Opening is 4 to 6 pm September 29,2007 and, also, there will be a Costume Ball for the Opening Night's festivities - along with a special performance - "Photonic Sculptural Movement."

Statement by Joel Simpson, Curator

"Why put archaic process photography together with digital photography in the same show? It's because they each subvert one of the central tenants of photographic modernism: the transparency of the medium, and the truthfulness of the image. Archaic process photographers, with their chemical signatures, compromise transparency, while digital process photographers, as they elaborate the plausible impossibilities of their vision, abandon literal veracity.

"This makes archaic process photography as a kind of expressionism: the visibility of the chemical medium imparts an emotional perspective to the subject. Digital process photographers, on the other hand, drawing their inspiration from the imaginative freedom of the surrealists (as do commercial photographers, though in a more circumscribed way), use their freedom to create fantasy worlds, dreamscapes, as extravagant as those of Dali, Ernst, or Magritte. Both are represented masterfully and with great originality in the show." - Joel Simpson

Joel Simpson has been photographing since 1960 through careers in academia (teaching college English, French and Italian) and jazz piano. He produced the Dick Hyman Century of Jazz Piano CD-ROM in 1999, while living in New Orleans. After returning to the New York area in 2000, he began writing art criticism and showing his fine art photography in area galleries beginning in 2002. The Sun Pictures to Mega-Pixels show was conceived following the success of Brave Destiny a major exhibition of surrealist art at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in 2003. Simpson began working on the show in 2004. After many bureaucratic delays and by virtue of the persistence of the small community of photographic artists in the show, it is finally coming to fruition.

Joel Simpson was assisted by Curator Ellen Carey,
Associate Professor of Photography, Hartford Art School,
University of Hartford.

Brad Michael Moore states about his 'MultiPlexing' work:
My "MultiPlexing," represents a process of mirroring and unfolding an image to observe its hidden symmetrical qualities. I apply the process to a wide range of subjects, transforming simpler random forms them into new structures of balance and symmetry, revealing new meanings. Sometimes I destabilize the process via additive visual notions that slightly skew the image equilibrium. I began practicing the MultiPlexing art form piecemeal (by the panel) in the darkroom - a very laborious exercise. Digital process makes things much easier....
 

"Feathered Flower" © 2007-8 Brad Michael Moore (*) Stolen Art! Williamsberg, N.Y.


More history leading to this Exibition... 

Archaic process photography-the early photographic methods developed in the 19th Century-and digital process photography-the largely filmless creation of real-seeming but often highly imaginative and impossible images through computer programs-may seem to be unlikely partners in an exhibition. The only thing they seem to have in common is their opposition to photographic modernism, what most people think of as photography's mainstream. As it became the standard photographic process in the 1920s and reigning virtually unchallenged into the 1960s (despite marginalized though prophetic experimentation in the hands of the surrealists), it was based on two fundamental principles that defined it as its own graphic medium, utterly different from all others: the (mechanical) capturing process was deemed to be transparent (excepting the absence of color in black and white photography), and the subject matter was understood to be actual, really out there. If something was a "photograph" (and not a drawing, painting or "artist's conception") then this testified to its authenticity.

Jerry Uelsmann (b. 1934), one of the contemporary pioneers in visionary photography, though working entirely in the chemical darkroom, points out in his interview with Paul Karabinis quoted on his page in this catalogue (and available in full at www.uelsmann.net ), that thirty years ago this modernist conception of photography was so entrenched that his combinatory montages were dismissed (in New York) as not "true" photographs! Of course, I can still hear that old sense of the word photograph in my head (as in "Is it a drawing or is it a photograph?"). A photograph was something that represented true reality, full stop. A photographer was a technician responsible for the accurate conveyance of that reality through the photographic medium. This aesthetic concept hatched endless debates over whether photography was an art or merely a craft, a debate which finally began to fade only in the late Sixties when vintage photographs began commanding painting-like prices on the art market.

Very soon after that, in the 1970s, interest began to grow in the revival of the archaic methods of photographic capture. Please refer to Mark Osterman and France Scully-Osterman's excellent historical essay, on this subject, "Photohumanism," included on this disk. Generally speaking-since there are so many of these processes-the chemistry added elements of mood, nuance and randomness of design (especially along the edges), that offered strong aesthetic appeal. In addition, the works were unique, monoprints, so could be sold for much more than easily reproducible prints (see also Lyle Rexer's definitive study Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde: the New Wave in Old Processes [New York: Abrams, 2002]). Twenty years later came the digital revolution, which placed literal image-making at the disposal of virtually everyone (video now, too), while photographic image manipulation became an artistic medium on a par with illustration and even fine art, as so many artists in this show illustrate. At this point the pairing of archaic process with digital process might make more sense: each subverts a basic tenet of photographic modernism. Archaic process photographers, with their chemical signatures, compromise transparency, while digital process photographers, as they elaborate the plausible impossibilities of their vision, abandon literal veracity.

And what emerged to take their place? Emotion and visionary imagination. In this sense, archaic process photography is a kind of photographic expressionism: the visibility of the chemical medium imparts an emotional perspective to the subject. Digital process photographers, on the other hand, drawing their inspiration from the imaginative freedom of the surrealists (as do commercial photographers, though in a more circumscribed way), use their freedom to create fantasy worlds, dreamscapes, as extravagant as those of Dalì, Ernst or Magritte. The more skillfully this is done the more believable it is. Just look at Steven Ochs' three-dimensional vertiginous interiors, or Steve Danzig's operatic scenes of Dark Eros, where naked grotesques cavort among ominous baroque edifices. Uelsmann, also in the show, led the way: we now accept the visual communication of a composite photograph that doesn't hide its artifice, such as in Steven Marc's highly symbolic studies in his Underground Railroad series. In addition to artist working within these clear categories, we have been fortunate to be able to show artists who present their images in novel ways, ways that deepen or extend the power of the images themselves. We have also included several installations that examine fundamental concepts such as seeing and time....

"Sun Pictures to Mega-Pixels" shows at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn, New York 2007-09-29 until 2007-11-04.

 


Resume' [Long]

Exhibitions

2021

MONO CHROME - at the 311 Gallery, 311 W. Martin St. Raleigh, NC 27601 / July

2020

Modern Art National Juried Exhibition / Modern Art:  Noun--"Art which rejects traditional, historical and academic forms or traditional media"; Art which does not portray realistic observation of a a landscape, portrait or still life." / Plano, Texas

2018                                                                                                                                                                             

Nefelibata, Indiana University - at the Union Street Gallery, Kokomo, Indiana, April                                                                      

2012                                                                                                                                                                                      

Estuary: A Confluence of Art & Poetry -  Published by Moon and Mountain, Art Editor: Harriette Lawler, Poetry Editor: Anges Marton. Voted, Best Mixed Anthology for the Saboteur 2013 Award                                                                                                        

2011

Texas National Exhibition 2011 - Stephen F. Austin University at Nacogdoches, Texas at the Cole Gallery/Art Center, Spring

2010

The Art of Photography Today '2' Exhibition, CAMERA OBSCURA GALLERY, Cash Award - Jurors: Hal Gould & Loretta Young-Gautier USA

2009

Diptych Duets - A Directed Artist Project of International Artists building Mixed-Media Diptychs in colabborated but distiant pairs.

Freedom & Art Exhibition. Mount Beacon Fine Arts Gallery, in Beacon, N.Y. USA

Corrections, 2 & 3-D Art at the SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, California USA

2008

Freedom & Art, Book & Exhibition, Micra Group Supporting Arrested Burma Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

2007

Sun Pictures to MegaPixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities (Pre-and Post-Modernist Photography), Joel Simpson, Curator, Ellen Carey, Juror, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford.  Williamsburg Art Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York USA

1994

The Exquisite Corpse, Dallas Artists Research & Exhibition (D.A.R.E.,) at the McKinney Avenue Center (The Mac), Dallas, Texas USA

1993

3-D Show, (Best of Show Award) Texas Sculpture Association, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Dallas, Texas USA

Crosstimbers, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas USA

1992

Raymond Nasher; Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Award Exhibition, University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, UNT Art Gallery, Denton, Texas USA

North Dallas Shared Ministries - 3-D Art, HLC, Dallas, Texas USA

Perceptions: Time & Being, Curator, N.R.H. Gallery, North Richland Hills, Texas USA

The Voertman Art Exhibition, Juried by Dr. Richard Brettell (Dallas) & Dr. Annegreth Nill Dallas Museum of Art, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas USA

Member's Show, Texas Sculpture Association, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Dallas, Texas USA

1991

Citation, Juried by Jim Edwards, & Susan Freudenheim, Texas Visual Arts Association, Cityplace, Dallas, Texas USA

The Last Third Sunday Exhibition, Center for Visual Communications, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Dallas, Texas USA

The Voertman Art Exhibition," Juried by Joseph Fawbush (NYC), University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas USA

Art for All Senses, Union Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas USA

Member's Show, Texas Sculpture Association, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Dallas, Texas USA

1990

Centennial, Chilton Hall, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas USA

A Decade of Showing Off, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas USA

Annual Group Exhibition, Juried by Joan Morganstern, Maggie Olvey & Hans Staartjes, Houston Center for Photography, Texas USA

TVAA 1990 National Spring Open Exhibition," Juried by Diana Block, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas, Texas USA

Light Aberrations, Juried by Thomas Barrow, University of Texas, College Of Fine Arts & Humanities, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas USA

Altered & Alternative Photographic Images," Juried by Charles Debus, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas USA

Member's Show, Texas Sculpture Association, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Dallas, Texas USA

1989

Exposicion 60 Anniversary, Curated, Galiera Azul, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Photographs Superb, (Juried) Level One Gallery, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas USA

The 'O' Show, Invitational, Curated, Ruth Wiseman Gallery, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas USA

Annual Artist Exhibition, Juried, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas USA

Gallery Artist's Show, Ruth Wiseman Gallery, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas USA

Digital Dream Series Invitational, First InterState Bank of Dallas, Texas USA

1988

Multiplex Series, Massimo Da Milano, (Solo Show) Dallas, Texas USA

Hospicio Cabanas (National Museum), - Solo Show, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Mayo-Bravo, (Premiere Solo Show), Curated, Galiera Azul, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

1987

Outside, Juried by Peggy Sue Howard Crescent Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky USA

Annual Group Exhibition, Juried, Multiplex Series Premiere, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas USA

1984

Retrospective Show, Invitational, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas USA

1982

Western State Series, (Premiere) Turtle Creek Gallery, Dallas Texas USA

1981

Nature's Portfolio, Invitational, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas USA

Birds, Heard Museum, McKinney, Texas USA

Silent Statements, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas USA

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AWARDS

‘HIGHLIGHTS'

RECIPIENT:

2010: Best of Show Sash Award: The Art of Photography Today '2' Exhibition, CAMERA OBSCURA GALLERY, Denver, Colorado USA

1999: Editorial & News Photography, Donray Media Group, Fort Smith Arkansas USA

1993: John Dabney Murchison Trust Award, University of North Texas, Denton Texas USA


1992: 3-D Show, (Best of Show Award) Texas Sculpture Association, Trammell Crow Center Pavilion, Dallas, Texas USA

"Followers of Fad" - © 1993-94 Brad Michael Moore


1989: Excellence in Photography, Art Horizons, New York City, New York USA

1988: Curated Fine Art Awards in Documentary Photography, Donray Media Group, Fort Smith, Arkansas USA

1987: Outstanding Achievement in Photography, The International Art Competition (I.A.C.), New York City, New York USA

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LECTURES/WORKSHOPS GIVEN

‘HIGHLIGHTS'

Bishop Lynch Preparatory School, Dallas, Texas USA

Student Sculpture Association, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas USA

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas USA

Weatherford Public Library, "Portfolios," Weatherford, Texas USA

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

'HIGHLIGHTS'

Weatherford Independent School District - Elementary Education, Weatherford, Texas USA

Eastfield College - Lyric Writing, Dallas, Texas USA

The Photographic Center & Center for Visual Communications, Public Phototrips & Darkroom Techniques, Dallas, Texas, USA


PUBLISHED WORKS

'HIGHLIGHTS'

Freedom & Art, Book & Exhibition, Micra Group Supporting Arrested Burma Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

"Freedom & Art," A book about, "The Voice of Art in a Battle for Freedom." Created by Carla Goldberg and the Mirca Art Group, This is a collaborative collection from an international coalition of professional artists - including American Artist, Brad Michael Moore. ISBN 978-91-977701-0-1

"Going Digital - October 10, 2007 (C) BMM 2007" AbsouteArts Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA Date Published: 2007-10-10 - Time: 23:59:43 /Lightly edited 05/20/2008

"Everything We Own Is A Reflection Of Who We Are..." 10/16/2007" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2007-10-16 - Time: 20:53:17

"September 22, 2006 / An Artist Prayer" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-22 - Time: 17:43:33

"April 7th, 2006: Geopolitical Art" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-07 - Time: 03:43:22

"February 15, 2006: MindSight" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-07 - Time: 03:20:10

"February 2006: In a World of Everyday Myths" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-07 - Time: 03:47:15

"March 28, 2006: Am I Chameleon?" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-07 - Time: 02:29:49

"March 10, 2006: Should We Blog?" (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-07 - Time: 03:16:06

"February 26, 2006: 'Poverty and the Art of Giving' (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2006-09-07 - Time: 03:28:54

"10/25/2004: "Art and Mythology" by Brad Michael Moore " (C) Brad Michael Moore, AbsouteArts - Wwar, Columbus, Ohio USA - Date Published: 2004-01-30 - Time: 02:00:19

Fort Worth Star Telegram, 'Picture This,' Janet Tyson, A&E, Sec.G., Page 5, October 11, 1992, Fort Worth, Texas  USA

Sculpture 'Native Dallas,' Anne Warren, D Magazine, Page 57, May 1992, Dallas 'Prize Artists,' by Janet Kutner, Dallas Morning News Sec. C Pg. 9 Feb. 15, 1992, Dallas, Texas  USA

Light Aberrations Catalog - The University Of Texas At San Antonio College of Fine Arts & Humanities / UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, Texas  USA

Spot Magazine, 'View From The Center,' Jill A. Xyle, Summer, 1990, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, Texas  USA

Center, Houston Center For Photography, Volume 2 Number 6, Nov./Dec., 1989, Houston, Texas  USA

1987 El Insormador, 'Exposiciones,' Jose Luis Meza Inda, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, May 29

'Carolyn Brown at the DMA,' Brad Michael Moore, Perspective, Friends of Photography To The Dallas Museum of Art, Fall 1992, Dallas, Texas  USA

'Anthony Caro,' The New British Sculpture (Catalog Contributor) University of North Texas, Denton, March 1992, Denton, Texas USA

'Henri Cartier-Bresson,' Brad Michael Moore, Contact Sheet / Center for Visual Communications, Vol. V #3 Dallas, Summer 1990, Dallas, Texas  USA

'Reaching For The Sky,' Brad Michael Moore Buddy Vol. V.4 Dallas, November 1979, Dallas, Texas USA


PUBLISHED RECOGNITION (REVIEWS )

 'HIGHLIGHTS'

Reviews:

Indepth Arts News: http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2008/10/02/35215.html - "The Voice of Art in a Battle for Freedom: International Artists Create Book in Support of Key Political Figure" - 2008-10-02 until 2008-12-31 - Micra Art Group - Skogas, , SE Sweden


Indepth Arts News:

http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2008/09/01/35170.html

"Freedom and Art: Artists Thoughts on Freedom" - 2008-09-06 until 2008-12-31 - Micra Art Group - Skogas, SE Sweden

"Sun Pictures to MegaPixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities (Pre-and Post-Modernist Photography)" - 2007-09-29 until 2007-11-04

Williamsburg Art and Historical Center - Brooklyn, NY, USA United States of America


Published Written Works

(Journalism & Editorial) Viewpoints - 12 / Articles - 100+


JUROR/CURATOR/DIRECTOR

‘HIGHLIGHTS'

DIRECTOR

Director of International Art Group, “ArtBrainStorming,” in an International Internet Artist’s Project, “Diptych Duet Series,” where artisans from around the world paired up to create pairs of Diptychs… For the, “Diptych Duets Project” - each participating artist created, first, one half of a diptych, and passed it on to another artist to complete - a responsive second half to the original work. At the same time - while each artist was creating a responding second half of a diptych - based from another artist's, "First Half Diptych." Each responding artist, too, was creating their own, "First Half Diptych," to pass to even another participating artist. When completed, all unique diptychs were returned to the project coordinator (Brad Michael Moore) - who then sent each participating artist a completed diptych of two other artist's works made for each other, and so passed, each their own works - to others. This Project took 2 years to complete [2010-2012]. Artists worked from USA, Canada, Australia, Jersey, Channel Is. UK., Belgium, and Switzerland. The group, ArtBrainStorming, lived a long social/mentor life with other artists from and additional five countries, and ran a website until 2015. Info & images may be found at: http://www.alphasight.com/content.html?page=12

JUROR:

1998 Parker County Photography Club/ City & Landscapes 1997 Fine Art/ Weatherford ISD, Weatherford, Texas USA

JUROR/CURATOR

Perceptions: Time & Being, N.R.H. Gallery, North Richland Hills, Texas USA (All Female Show), Curated

1989 Juror for the, '25th Annual Art Exhibition of the Dallas Public Library," Lakewood, Dallas, Texas USA


PUBLISHED RECOGNITION

'HIGHLIGHTS'

'Finding Friends,' Ned Fritz, Conservation Progress 141, Texas USA - Committee On Natural Resources, May, 1987, Dallas Clearcutting, Dallas, Texas  USA

Crime Against Nature, Edward C. Fritz, Eakin Press, 1989, Austin, Texas,  USA

'La Obra De Cristino Flores Medina De Ameyaltepec,' Arq. Mauro Kunst, Mcsd (U.K.), Magenta Design Review, #19, August, 1988, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, (Solo Show)

'Searcher Finds Rocky Paradise,' Charles Downing, Summer Grande, SLV Publishing Company, Creede, Colorado USA - Summer 1987


TELEVISION & RADIO

'HIGHLIGHTS'

'Magazine', XHG, Channel 4 Television, 1988, Guadalajara, Mexico

May 1987 'Lelangelus,' Radio Metropoli W/ Alberto Gomez, Xead Am, 1988, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, May 1987


WORKSHOPS/STUDIES (TAKEN)

'HIGHLIGHTS'

2005 David Julian / Feb. 27 - March 5 / Alternative Process Digital Effects in PhotoShop CS / Santa Fe, NM

2004 John Paul Caponigro, Crafting the Fine Digital Print," Fall / Santa Fe, NM via Cushing, Maine USA

2003 Sean Perry / Austin, TX. PhotoShop (1-on-1 full day session) - http://www.seanperry.com/index_content.htm

1998 Texas APME Regional Writing Workshop, Dallas Morning News

1997 David Moon (Adobe Photoshop) - 1-on-1

1994 Fifteenth International Sculpture Conference {San Francisco}

1993 Keith Carter (Photography), Diana Block (Gallery Internship)

1992 Nic Nicosia (Photography)

1989 Barry Whistler (Photography)

1987 Joel Meyerowitz (Photography)

1987 Jerry Uelsman (Photography)

1986 Susan Kay Grant (Bookmaking), Barbara Wedgwood (Fiction Writing)

1985 Olivia Parker (Photography)

1984 Barbara Wedgwood (Fiction Writing)

1984 Arnold Newman


ORGANIZATIONS PAST INVOLVEMENT & AFFILIATION

American Film Institute, Los Angeles USA

Center for Visual Communications, Dallas, Texas USA

Dallas Artists Research & Exhibition, Dallas, Texas USA

Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, Texas USA

Conservatory of Ballet, Dallas, Texas USA

Friends of Photography, San Francisco, California USA

Friends of Photography to the Dallas Museum of Art

Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas USA

Instituto De Capacition Del Nino Ciego, A.C. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

International Center for Photography, New York City, New York USA

Songwriter Resources & Services, Los Angeles, California USA

Texas Committee On Natural Resources (TCONR), Dallas, Texas USA

Texas Sculpture Association, Dallas, Texas USA

Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas, Texas USA

USA Film Festival, Dallas, Texas USA

Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, District of Columbia USA


BRAD MICHAEL MOORE PROFILE INFO:

P.O. Box 9

Perrin, Texas  USA  76486

(214) 236-6672

Email - bmm@Alphasight.net

Web Presence: www.alphasight.com / http://www.redbubble.com/people/bradmichlmoore / Crypto Garden (PVT)


ARCHIVES

Created & managed organizational archives for four 501(C)(3)Corporations


AWARDS IN THE ARTS

9 Cash, Trust & Recognition Awards between 1988 & 1998 (Including the John Dabney Murchison Trust Award)


LECTURES

9 Lectures on Visual Arts Between 1989 & present (Including Stephen F. Austin State University Fine Arts Department)

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MEDIATION

As a director and/or president serving on three boards of Visual Arts organizations - mediation is a prominent skill.


PUBLISHED RECOGNITION

32 appraisals from newspapers, magazines, newsletters, television, books, periodicals, & radio interviews


PUBLISHED WORKS

16 articles, interviews, editorials, letters & poetry collections


STILL PHOTOGRAPHY

43 Exhibitions (19 Cities, 5 States & 2 Countries)

Published Images - 21+ In Books, Magazines & Newsletters

1840+ images in Newsprint (Editorial, Advertising, and Organizational Communications)

Photo Awards - 4 Awards for Achievement (1988, '89, '97 & '98)


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