One of the photos I took on our Montone Summer Course was included in an online travel guide called Schmap (no relation).

It’s a photo of a replica David outside Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Awesome!

I was lucky enough to have been asked to participate in this year’s poster show at the Oya Festival in Oslo, Norway. Very cool!!!

Here are some snapshots from the event (wish I were there):

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

High On Fire

Native Lights

Featuring Heidi Bartlett, Jake Gillespie, Peggy Gomez, Justin Kemerling,
Joey Lynch, Denny Schmickle and Nolan Tredway

Tugboat Gallery is located at 116 N. 14th Street, Lincoln, NE
Second story above Gomez Art Supply

Elevator entrance at 1410 ‘O’ Street

Tugboat Gallery hours are First Fridays, Saturdays 2-5 and by appointment

Questions answered by Gomez Art Supply at 402-477-6200

TugboatGallery.com
GomezArtSupply.com
DennySchmickle.com
JustinKemerling.com
JakeGillespie.com
Heidi Bartlett

For the comprehensive collection of photos from my trip to Italy, check out my Flickr collection here: Italy 2009

Thanks to Furini Arte Contemporanea and Mousse Magazine I can now call these artists some of my recent new favorites:

Goshka Macuga

Tauba Auerbach

Richard Aldrich

Navid Nuur

Kilian Rüthemann

Simon Denny (no relation)

Nicola Toffolini

So I’m in Montone, Italy (map) with a group of students from RSU. We’re drawing, painting, shooting photos, traveling and eating. It’s amazing.

For example, the view from my room:

Check out the rest of the photos (many more to come) here.

(According to my webhost, these are the search terms that have lead people to my website. Huh.)

VERY.

Get it here: http://www.gigposters.com/book/ PLUS bonus special limited edition Jay Ryan prints (while supplies last).