Cathey Miller, Jessica Simpson and college kids
Cathey Miller’s interplanetary folk art first grabbed me when I saw one of her elaborate DIFFA jackets. Now is a good time to discover or catch up with the Pop-influenced artist, whose paintings of empowered ancient/futuristic women are endearingly funny and politically subtle. Miller’s part of a three-gal show that opens tomorrow night at Tractor Beam, and she has a solo show of new work next month at Kettle Art that looks like it might be more overtly political:
Richardson-reared Jessica Simpson is making a country move with this new song. Sounds like the rocked-up twang that’s popular radio fare, so here’s predicting it’ll be a hit despite the playa-hatin’.
In other local music news, seven members of the University of Texas at Dallas Chamber Singers will be performing on a tour of China, and University of North Texas jazz school alum Eric Morones is busy with the release of a new album, movie scoring and writing books.
Still looking for results of last night’s 24-Hour Video Race finals without picking up the phone. Anybody?
We’ll post the names of the winners of the 24-Hour Video Race, along with some of their videos on artandseek.org tomorrow. And Jerome is reporting on the whole phenom of making art on a deadline on KERA radio in the a.m… It’ll all be on artandseek.org home page. Thanks Manny, for that unintended softball. (That’s what you sports fans call it, right?)
Cathey Miller is truly one of Dallas finest painters. Of all the artists I know, and believe me I know quite a few, she has the chops to kill! Be there and be prepared…