Thrutopia - Group Exhibition Co-Curated by Niki Ford and Jovi Schnell

Participating artists: assume vivid astro focus, Niki Ford, Cliff Hengst, Serban Ionescu, Stefan Meier, Dena Novak, Vanessa Santos, Jovi Schnell & Ray Thomander.

Thrutopia Exhibition Flyer

The concept of Thrutopia, originally popularized by Dr. Rupert Read, is a call to imagine and build a path through—not just out of—our climate and societal crises. It also reminds us to engage imagination in order to access greater forms of personal agency and collective care.

Come take a workshop with me Summer 2025 at Anderson Ranch!

I'm excited to teach again at Anderson Ranch in beautiful Snowmass Village, CO this summer, and registration is now open! Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a vibrant hub of creative energy where artists come together to explore, learn, and grow. Registration is now open! It's going to be great! Let's create together!

● Workshop: Mixed Media Acrylic Painting: Material Experimentation

● Dates: Aug 11 - 15, 2025, 9 AM-5 PM

● Learn to: Experiment with acrylic paint and collage on canvas techniques. The workshop develops gameplay frameworks for new creative pathways in your artistic process that embrace chance and improvisation. Includes stencil making, masking, paint transfers, cut paper sketching, and more.

You can secure your spot now at https://lnkd.in/gFNDRD9J

Anderson Ranch Summer 2025 - Workshop registration is now open!

ELECTRIC SPACE GARDENERS - Operatic score CD release by composer Wayne Grim

Hear the bio-enchanting score by composer Wayne Grim based on the speculative poem by Jovi Schnell.

Created for the experimental opera, within eight scenes, the audience learns how the gardeners arrived in the virtual garden, discovering themselves to be a genetically engineered hybrid species, 1/3 Human, 1/3 Plant, and 1/3 Machine. As the performance progresses the ESG detect signs of the ALLMINE virus in their garden, a corrupting entity that consumes and cannibalizes everything within its path. When the three gardeners retrieve and download a solar circadian rhythm bequeathed to them from a Plant Oracle, it destroys the virus, re- grounding them back to their memories of being human.

The Passage - Group Show Sept 1 - Oct 2

THE PASSAGE is a show Liz Walsh curated opening September 1st, that includes artists from LA and the Bay Area. It is the first show at DISCOUNT MIRRORS GALLERY.

The show is a pop up event which is in the storefront of Discount Mirrors Studio run by John Dwyer.

The show is focusing on ideas transformation and visions that represent significant shifts in perception, experience, or identity. Whether it's a sudden realization (epiphany), a transition from one state to another (crossing over), overcoming obstacles (breaking through), or a profound change in form or nature (metamorphosis), they all involve a fundamental transformation.