I’m still in Phila. until tomorrow morning visiting with my sister and, doing some personal research/work on my public project here. It’s been nice so far. Pics later…

A co-professor in the art dept. here and I did another day canoing on the Loxahatchee River on Wednesday. He has a 17 ft. canoe and everything else a person could need for the day trip. The river’s water level was much higher than the beginning of April, my last trip there. We’ve had some [...]

With this picture I want to confirm that I’m still doing daily self pics, even if I haven’t posted any new ones. I’ve started working to correct that, though. Not a lot has happened, other than lots of heated conversation regarding all the panels we had last week. I have noticed a bit of a [...]

My 4th art related meeting in 6 days. This time it was about the low income artist’s lofts being built in Fort Lauderdale. These lofts are part of a larger complex but, are designed for low income “artists.” They are rentals, not condos for purchase. Qualified applicants that are accepted must then requalify every year [...]

A third panel this week focusing on affordable living/working space in Miami. There was so much info given out that one would really need a consultation to deal with ones individual circumstance for fulfilling housing needs. There’s another panel this coming Wednesday Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale. Yes, I’ll be there.

Two consecutive nights, two different panels. Here is the “Whatever Happened to the Miami Art Scene?” panel. Below is the panel announcement I didn’t get in my overloaded inbox.

Installment #3 of Miami Conversation(s). Last night really seemed like a rehash of the time Miamiartexchange.com came into existence in October, 2000. Artists want more critical writing in local media but, who is going to provide it if they don’t? More posted on Thursday afternoon… Miami Conversation Talking About The Lack

Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times I’ve been involved with different manifestations of art that have since been called into question: Black Art. But, one thing I keep at home and rarely show to anyone because it’s not really part of my art thinking process, is Gay art or, any art that oozes with [...]

Here is my contribution to profkampf‘s Loteria Project. You can see the whole thing here at: http://profkampf.livejournal.com/240614.html I actually made another version, both based on photos from the NYTimes, fighting against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

I’ve given all my students grades for all their projects this semester. Next, calculations to tally up the final grade for submission by 9 am Monday morning. Tuesday is my “interview” for my job. I’m not sure that will be exactly but, it will be by phone conference because one of the parties is in [...]