NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Flummoxed by the OH SNAP! Photo Booth"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
- original photograph from the OH SNAP! photo booth -

Yesterday's celebration of Syracuse Arts Week, a connecting series of art events & activities developed with a variety of partners and managed by the Cultural Resources Council, was a huge success. One of the highlights was seeing "The Hand" erected over the course of the day. This new public artwork designed by Brendan Rose is a brilliant marriage of art & architecture and a superb demonstration of project management, cooperation and fabrication. The entire team deserves a big round of applause. Also a huge success was Joanna Spitzner's "Urban Art Rangers" and "The Arts Week 'Zine" project - Edition 1 & 2 are available as a FREE download at the Rangers web site, scroll down and have at it! Lots of painting went on courtesy of Th3 and the "Michael Berman Interactive Arts Project"; the 40Below Public Arts Task Force was on site with the "OH SNAP!" photo booth as well as the "Syracuse PARK(ing) Day" platform; The Redhouse brought in blank maps for "An Atlas: Radical Cartography Exhibition"; and a fund raising event for children with cancer via "Alex's Lemonade Stand". There's a lot more to be said here and if you're interested follow each of the links. Suffice it to say that today's post is another image in The Selfportrait Series where, while waiting for my photo booth photographs, I'm totally befuddled as regards the timing between snaps! OH!