Full circle back to BONFIRE
My collage work has returned to BONFIRE Gallery, this time for a good long while!
Installation artist June Sekiguchi with collage prints by Lisa Myers Bulmash
A little backstory: At the end of 2016, gallerist William Gaylord invited me to submit work to an art fundraiser he created to support “the resistance” to the 45th president’s administration. Half the proceeds would go to the artist, half to an arts and/or social justice organization. That event became “ARTRUMPS: Resistance and Action” in spring 2017.
When one of the original collages sold at the reception, that allowed Bill and me to donate to the Equal Justice Initiative. This month, Bill continued his support of my work: he bought prints of the original ARTRUMPS collages and had them framed. And now they live in the gallery.
BONFIRE gallerist Bill Gaylord points to his framed prints by Lisa Myers Bulmash
I’m happy to say I’m not the only artist Bill’s helped. During the worst of the 2020 pandemic lockdown, the gallery closed, like every other gathering space. Since he couldn’t do business as usual, Bill occasionally lent the gallery to artists who needed a larger, temporary studio space. Cool, huh?
My artwork is often very personal, but it’s also work work; I make things for myself and strangers. I’m glad to let them go to an art collector. They buy my art, every day it keeps speaking to them about something important, I have more studio space to make more art, and then a new piece speaks to another collector. Repeat as needed. It’s the circle of (an artist’s) life.
Get out the NAAM vote!
I’m Lisa Myers Bulmash, and I approve of these messages — but only until midnight.
I need your help to get me through the last few hours of this week’s Artist Search at the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). The museum — and one artist — will be featured in an upcoming Amazon Prime series. So the museum’s asked their Facebook and Instagram followers for help in deciding “who will represent Black art in Seattle!”
HOW TO VOTE
Please go to NAAM's Instagram and Facebook accounts:
Vote for my artworks
Ask your friends/ family/ followers to do the same: vote, then ask others to vote.
Each like, share (must include the tag #naamnw), comment, or save on Instagram and Facebook counts as a separate vote
You know the old saying: “Vote early and vote often.” Don’t wait until 11:59pm tonight: vote now, then hit up all your art-loving friends on IG and FB and help me get out the NAAM vote!
Black Girl Basel: If you can't meet 'em, join 'em online
I’m told art fairs at Art Basel Miami Beach can be both great fun and nightmarishly pretentious at the same time. Fortunately, there’s at least one bright spot: Black Girl Basel, which goes virtual this year!
Artist Kesha Bruce co-founded the event with attorney Mavis Gragg and communications expert Carol McDonald in 2018. It’s meant to accelerate forming those bonds that often lead to “hey, I know the perfect person for that role/ exhibit/ project” collaborations. And like all memorable gatherings, it was just… FUN. So much fun spilled over from the first Black Girl Basel event that even the New York Times arts section noticed.
And if you’re wondering about the elephant in the room:
I know for sure that my girl Liz Tran will be there (and believe me, Liz does not waste her time on soul-sucking distractions). Black Girl Basel happens on Miami time, so if you’re on the West Coast like me check the session timing carefully. Hope to see you there!