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Messy Desk, 2006 - 2007
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Messy Desk
web address: http://www.merrybethnoble.blogspot.com
Copyright 2006, 2007 Merry-Beth Noble
is an informational weblog that discusses art, exhibitions, art-education research, travel and creative projects.


My Journal, address: http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/mbnoble/myjournal
Travel Journal 2007: http://www.traveljournal2007.blogspot.com
Paper Chase 2006: http://www.paperchase2006.blogspot.com
are connected weblog projects by the same author that are found under the conceptual and cyber umbrella of Messy Desk.

Unless otherwise noted or credited, the text on this site is written by:
Merry-Beth Noble, MFA
Artist and Educator
at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
and the International Academy of Design & Technology,
Chicago, Illinois, USA
and Author of this site.


All images unless noted otherwise are taken by: Noble.
Noble is also solely responsible for the content of this weblog. Please feel free to contact her for further questions at the Email address listed below. Also feel free to leave comments within each post by clicking on the "comments" button at the end of each entry. Certain objects and artworks on this site may be available for purchase or exhibition loan. Please send an Email with your specific project inquiry and your message will be returned. Press may also contact Noble at the Email address below.

[Image at the right features
handmade ceramic
plate by artist Edith Abeyta]

In the spirit of collaboration, education and communication, Noble welcomes interaction and references made to this site and requests that credit be given to Noble when this content is used. Permission to use images and quotes may be obtained by contacting her at the following Email address:

Merry-Beth Noble
mnoble@saic.edu

Your support and interest in this weblog is appreciated, and please keep re-visiting this site to see the latest news and updates. Thank you for visiting Messy Desk!

--- Merry-Beth Noble

April Projects

"Big Sky" Exhibition

[Image: "Invisible Paper Airplane"
2004, (detail) Acrylic and collage
on paper 20" x 16"]


Opening Reception
Thursday, April 19, 2007
4-6PM

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
LG Space
37 S. Wabash Ave., #220
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 899-5131



This exhibition "pays homage to the sky and all of its proponents."

My humorous attempt at invisibility, a dimensional work on paper, originally inspired by the watercolor paintings of Gladys Nilsson, is included in this group show. Curated by Jennifer Gill, a former Prague Studio Program student, "Big Sky" is an eclectic collection of works that all seem to be ... looking up.

Exhibition runs April 19 - May 11, 2007
gallery hours:
Tues - Fri 12:30 - 5:30PM
(Sat. by appointment)

(Located in the Sharp building of SAIC.
Cross street Monroe, in the Chicago Loop.
Adams stop from CTA Loop trains.)
http://www.sugs.info/exhibits/upcoming/


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Play It Ground
exhibition in Los Angeles

Closing Reception


[Image: "Thunder" 2006 (detail)
Acrylic, Prismacolor and
collage on paper 10" x 8"]






I have the fortunate opportunity to be in Los Angeles with fellow artist, Hague Williams to attend the closing reception of "Play It Ground." This diverse group show has a wide variety of work in all types of media. Please join us as we celebrate the exhibition's successful run! Come by for one last opportunity to purchase work, or visit with the artists.

Saturday, April 14th
6PM - 9PM

Don O'Melveny Gallery
5472 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(310) 686-5613
(between Fairfax and La Brea in mid-Wilshire)

(For more information check the previous post from March 18th below.)
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Video Animations Screened at DePaul University



[Image: "A Knock at the Door" 2004-2005, video still,
digital video animation]





A small collection of my video animations will be shown at DePaul University as part of the Experimenta 1 Video course this month. "Animated Pages" 2006, "Photo Double" 2005, and the stop-motion battle of a monstrous intruder, "A Knock at the Door" 2004-2005 will be shown by Susan Giles, in this introductory college video class.


[Image: "A Knock at the Door" 2004-2005,
video stills of animated sequence]

I am pleased to have been invited to be a part of Giles' curriculum. In addition, she will present this blog, "Messy Desk" and my on-going virtual book, "Travel Journal 2007" to her students, as examples of new media and traditional forms working together in an artist's practice.



[Image: "Animated Pages" 2006,
video still, digital video animation]






Experimenta 1 Video Course
Department of Art and Art History
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Susan Giles, Faculty

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