July 2008 Newsletter

>>>New Work:
Amy has completed several small paintings from her New Realm series. You can view the pieces at www.AmyGuidry.com under the 5” x 5” series.

>>>Shows:
The New Realm series will be featured at Henri & Odette (formerly Jennifer Marie Gallery) in Las Vegas, NV. The opening reception will be September 12th from 6-8pm. The gallery has moved to a larger location so the show was rescheduled to September. The exhibit will run through the end of October.

Amy will be exhibiting her work in “Ameri-Dreaming: Art & American Culture.” The show is scheduled for October 8- 31, 2008 in the Claypool-Young Art Gallery at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY.

Amy will also participate in “Circus Show and Other Atrocities” this coming September. Her work will be featured among 60 other invited artists from the US, UK, and Canada. The show will be held at A Bitchin’ Space in Sacramento, CA.

In addition, Amy’s work has been selected for the Ohr National Challenge juried exhibition. The show will be on display at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, MS from September 19th through November 10th.

For those in Louisiana, Amy’s work is presently on display in the Art Melt Juried Show at the Brunner Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA. Amy’s work was selected by juror Sean Ulmer, curator of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. The exhibit ends July 21st!

Also, Amy has been invited to show her work in the Many Faces of Portraiture invitational exhibition. The show will open September 13th at the Art House in Covington, LA.

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>>>Representation:
Amy has recently attained gallery representation in Austin, TX. The Wally Workman Gallery will now represent Amy exclusively in the Austin area. www.wallyworkmangallery.com.

>>>Publications:
The Daily Advertiser featured Amy’s work upon the Zigler Art Museum’s acquisition of her painting “Cedric.” “Cedric” is part of the Louisiana artists collection, which will be a traveling collection, and includes work by renowned artists Clementine Hunter and William Tolliver. Read the article at www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080624/LIFESTYLE/806240306

Amy’s work has been selected for the fall edition of Studio Visit Magazine to be published this year. The juror was Carl Belz, Director Emeritus of The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University. The magazine is scheduled to be available in October and is published by The Open Studios Press.

Issue 8 of Indie Arts- The DVD Magazine features Amy as one of their four gallery artists. You can see more at http://www.IndieArtsDVD.com.

Amy’s response to the article “The Art of Persuasion” (by Dodie Kazanjian) has been published in the August issue of Vogue magazine. The article interviewed Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan. Amy’s letter titled “Artistic Differences” shares her opinion regarding some of Govan’s statements.

>>>Television:
Alas,  MTV’s Real World Season 20 Hollywood has come to an end.  If you missed the show, you can still see Amy’s painting “United Isolation” in photo stills from the show at  http://www.AmyGuidry.com/press.htm