UPCOMING SHOW: SHIT WHERE YOU EAT
Featuring the artists of the Texas Firehouse
Saturday, August 30
8:00pm - late
Free

Brandon Davis
Robert Deeds
Wyatt Nash
Jeff Thompson
Ken Wiatrek

Introducing our newest associate
Justin Pernov

and alumni
Seth Mittag

Performance by
Macho Man Industries

Music by
Blues Control

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[ iron pour in front of the TF ]

UPCOMING SHOWS 2008

We're so excited about all the great things coming up - we hope you are too.

[ click here to download as a PDF ]

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
SHIT WHERE YOU EAT
Featuring the artists of the Texas Firehouse
Music by Blues Control

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
POPPERS
Guest curator Jason Villegas

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UPCOMING SHOW: THE INSTANT
Curated by Katharine Barthelme and Louise Ingalls Sturges
Saturday, July 26
7:00-late
Free

[ Details at www.theinstant.org ]

We are pleased to announce the opening of The Instant, a group exhibition of artists working with Polaroid’s instant photography. On February 8, 2008, the Polaroid Corporation declared that it would discontinue the production of all instant film. Abandonment of the Polaroid process is a direct result of the digital revolution, marking the medium as a moment in photographic history that exists between a tradition of alchemy and new digital imaging.

An anomaly in photographic reproduction, Polaroid is a self-developing, unique object that stands independent from traditional photography and is unmatched by its replacement. It is the accessible qualities of the instant that made it popular in mass photography and generated a cult value within the art world.

The Instant, curated by Katharine Barthelme and Louise Ingalls Sturges, will exhibit 12 contemporary artists who currently use Polaroidphotography as the foundation of their work. Originally, Polaroid was not intended for aesthetic purpose, it reduces artistic control to a selection of the eye and instinct. The artists in The Instant embrace the limitations of Polaroid to create a rare object that is able to maintain an aura of originality unknown to analog and digital. This exhibition will recognize the passing of a significant medium within the history of photography and hopes to secure a place for Polaroid in the encroaching post photographic era.


** Katharine and Louise have also issued a call for your kissing Polaroids! Go to theinstant.org for details **


FEATURING ARTWORK BY
Jean Frederic Bourdier
Andrew DeFrancesco
Scott Hammond
Jamie Lund
Louise Ingalls Sturges
Grant Worth
Sean Cousin
Jordan Greenhalgh
Grant Hamilton
Rachel Montoya
Jeff Thompson
Joshua Robin Wiles

PERFORMANCES BY
Ching Chong Song
Brian Markham

MUSIC BY
SSPS

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Image by Beth Leatherman, Give up

UPCOMING SHOW: Repetition
Curated by Robert Deeds
Saturday, June 28
8:00pm - late, free

[ click here to download the press release ]

The Texas Firehouse is proud to present Repetition, curated by Robert Deeds. Featuring work by the finest artists that both Texas and New York have to offer, Repetition is an exhibition comprised of artists whose works are heavily rooted in the concept of dynamic visual rhythm. With each artist delivering their own interpretation of what it means to depart from the standard applications of static work.

The presence of rhythm creates predictability and order in a composition. Visual rhythm may be best understood by relating it to rhythm in sound.

In addition to the art show, Garth Stevenson will perform a piece for double-bass and surround sound. Our very special musical guests will be Tigerbeat6 and Monitor Records recording artists Indian Jewelry. If you haven't seen Indian Jewelry yet, you are way past due. A host of DJ's will round out the evening, ensuring that the night will be most memorable.

FEATURING ARTWORK BY
Adam Baker
Rich Cohen
Tom Dexter
Benjamin Ferguson
Give up
Heather Dewey Hagborg
Beth Leatherman
Tony Linenberger
Mistah Metro

PERFORMANCE BY
Garth Stevenson

MUSICAL GUESTS
Indian Jewelry

LATE-NIGHT DJ's
Surf Team


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SPECIAL EVENT: GRAND OPENING GALA
Long Island City Museum of Natural History
Curated by Jeff Thompson

Saturday, May 31 • 8:00pm - late

More information visit: www.licmuseumofnaturalhistory.org
Download the press release here


The LIC Museum of Natural History was founded in 2007, and will open it's doors to the public in May 2008.   The Museum's mission is to be a resource to public, featuring a world-class collection of objects, specimens, and displays.   In addition, a major mission of the museum is to provide education about the region, specifically Queens, through a series of exhibits about regional history, geology, and industry.

The building originally housed a 150-year-old event hall and social club in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.   Acquired in 2006, the building has been fully renovated.

or rather...

The LIC Museum of Natural History is an group art show curated by Texas Firehouse artist Jeff Thompson.   Featuring work by eight artists, all pieces appear initially to be specimens of a natural history museum.   Upon closer inspection, however, they are clearly works of art that span sculpture, painting, video, and sound.

Rather than a dry critique of museums or the classification of objects within them, the LIC Museum of Natural History is part elaborate joke, part real entity.   At what point can a collection become a museum and what are the museum's limitations.   In a culture so focused on the DIY mentality where institutions like micronations are being formed by a single person, why can't museums be built the same way?


FEATURING ARTWORK BY
Karim Bendahmane
Tim Dowse
Tianna Kennedy and Tarikh Korula
Amy Longenecker
George Scheer and Stephanie Sherman
Alina Tensor
Jeff Thompson
as well as specimens from the permanent collection

PERFORMANCES BY
Twisty Cat
and
Slow/Dynamite

Late-night DJ's
Matt Radune and Jeremy Campbell


Above image:
Rose quartz with preserved remains of Salvelinus fontinalis, an ancient ancestor of the brook trout from the Triassic Period.   Discovered at a dig in Wyoming, this specimen is unique for the near complete preservation of the fish, much like insects imbedded in amber. Incredible tectonic forces pressed remains from an ancient sea and under heat and pressure formed the quartz which encases this specimen.

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TEXAS FIREHOUSE BENEFIT SHOW AND SILENT AUCTION
Saturday, March 8
8:00 - late
Bidding closes at 11:00pm

Performances by
Jeff Thompson
Terrible Eagle
Dancing to follow.

The Texas Firehouse is having a Benefit Show and Silent Auction on Saturday, March 8 and you're all invited! There will be booze, DJ's, and live performances. In addition, we'll be having a silent auction with all kinds of great art starting at $20.

Also,

If you'd be willing to put in one or more artworks into the auction we would be eternally grateful. The starting price is $20 and we'll split the sale price with you 50-50, unless you're feeling extra generous and want to donate all of the proceeds. The money will help fund our 2008 season, which will kick off with a show curated by Wyatt Nash in late April.

Hope you all are doing well, look forward to seeing you sometime soon.

If you would like to give a work for the silent auction, please email us.


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NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2008 SEASON

The Texas Firehouse is now accepting submissions for the 2008 season. All shows are for one night only and are all group shows. There will be four shows curated by Firehouse staff and two by guest curators. We're also looking for curators to propose shows, bands and performance artists, and people doing anything interesting.

We encourage electronic submissions by website or CD, but please send whatever best represents your work. Your submission should also include a CV and installation proposal if needed.

For more details, see the Submissions section of this site.