Hey yeah, so there goes 2011. Gotta write what I did this year before I forget…
Published a book of Gerald Locklin's poetry YOU NEED NEVER LOOK OUT A WINDOW The Complete Coagula Poems Volume One. Got the book up on Create Space and published a limited edition of 100 hardcover copies signed by the author, numbered 1-100 and including a print of the paperback's art work by artist Sharon Suhovy.
Curated TEL – ART – PHONE which I am proud of as pretty much a lifetime achievement, curatorially speaking. The ambitious show was realized becuase of the astounding Beacon Arts Building exhibition space.
CURATORS COLLEGE: Could not have done that show without my assistant Bryan nor without the help of the show's co-curators from the Curators College seminar I organized.
Curated TOP TEN NOW as the Avant-L.A. exhibition in Downtown L.A. to run concurrent with the neighboring Platform Art Fair.
Wrote many essays for the Huffington Post that reached a wide audience.
Spoke to the art department (seemed like a crowd of over a hundred) at Azusa-Pacific University about writing about art.
Organized a Summer Studio Tour over three weekends to artists' studios around Los Angeles.
Wrote and delivered a major (4,000+ words) essay for a book on COOP that should be published some time in 2012.
Totally got into photography (with my late-2010 purchased Leica camera) and even had a "studio visit" from a fine art photographer I admire and was encouraged to publish a book of my photos.
Stayed sober (18th straight year).
Remained in love with my girlfriend Leigh (9th straight year).
Kept the Angels baseball team honest and the hardcore Angels fans entertained running Halos Heaven Dot Com writing under my sports pen name of Rev Halofan (6th straight year).
Went to Vegas twice (July and August) and San Diego for the holidays.