Open Studio March 5

Last chance to catch me on the East coast!!!

Saturday, March 5 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Boston Center for the Arts

Artist Studios Building 539 Tremont Street

Christy Georg's current work, Nautical Body, is inspired by the sea. She uses her exhaustive research of maritime history, culture and techniques, as well as her first-hand sailing experience, as inspiration for her artwork. During her Artist Residency, Christy will continue this theme by creating a large illustrative map that charts the evolution of the Boston Harbor from 1776 to the present. Furthermore, her map will incorporate personal stories with historical events, both of which will be given equal importance on her map.

Harbor map pics

news!

Exciting potential!

First, I'm a finalist for the Arctic Circle residency. Oh, boy! I've been excited about this since the first expedition in October '09... will find out soon if I made the cut, but financing is my biggest hurdle.

(hence....) I applied for a few teaching professorships recently.

And, I had an interview with School of the Art Institute of Chicago last week. I think it went well.

Also had a call from Carnegie Mellon.

Hmm. What will become of my adventure-seeking starving artist self this fall? My guts tell me IT'S GONNA BE A BIG YEAR, BABY! BIG! That further enforced by discovering that we just pushed into the Chinese new year (*note, I'm famous for my annual Chinese New Year Dumpling Feast but was unable to abide due to my quasi-homelessness) and guess what year it is? MINE. Ha ha! The bunny.

Righto. So, hopefully I won't die on the Pacific Crest Trail, eh? I'm getting psyched up and scared by reading about past adventurers. The Cactus Eaters by Dan White, and Skywalker- Highs and Lows on the PCT. Really good stuff! I've got the mettle. Um, right?

progress and pic of Boston "maps"

In case you missed the premise:

Christy Georg's current work, Nautical Body, is inspired by the sea. She uses her exhaustive research of maritime history, culture and techniques, as well as her first-hand sailing experience, as inspiration for her artwork. During her Artist Residency, Christy will continue this theme by creating a large illustrative map that charts the evolution of the Boston Harbor from 1776 to the present. Furthermore, her map will incorporate personal stories with historical events, both of which will be given equal importance on her map.

I'm making a huge map of boston harbor. On it, I make...'thought bubbles' illustrating an event at a particular location. Some are historical disasters like the Molasses explosion, the Tea Party, etc. Some are contemporary histories, like where I learned to sail and say... where my buddy Steve caught his first or biggest lobster. Or where he lost one of his outboard motors, it fell off!

So maybe i have a drawing of a lobster maybe in a lobster pot, with a ruler and an oldschool ribbon banner saying "Steve's biggest catch!" Or an illustration of an outboard with a pic of Steve shrugging or throwing his hands up.

You get the idea? All past events have equal weight here, and I want to bring humor into it.

This shipyard built the fastest clipper ship to make the passage between New York and San Francisco, and held that record over 100 years until the 1980's! McKay also built the USS Constitution. The shipyard was on Border St. in East Boston
tunnel at Jeffries Point in East Boston (Maverick Square)

busy busy

So.

Besides the weekly blizzards that pummel us cruelly...

I gave a lecture @ Maine Maritime Museum last week. It was great to finally see the exhibit in person. I'm thrilled to show my "Nautical Body" of artwork in such a fantastic historical museum. It was nice to get away from the studio for a little while too, and I got to visit with a friend and enjoy country-livin' for a day.

Taught two Sunday workshops so far at the Boston Center for the Arts. One more to go! The sailor's knot tying yesterday was fun for all.

http://www.bcaonline.org/visualarts/workshops.html

Pretty much just crankin away on my big harbor map/drawings and bumping up my training in the gym for my big Pacific Crest Trail hike this summer.

Millionaire's Bacon @ Scups

Progress pics

Weather has been lovely here in Boston, as you can see...

some of the bubbles I'm making on my ode to Boston harbor drawing....The Customs House, and the tower add-on on State Street. That used to be the water's edge!

Long and Central wharfs (wharves?!) and Rowe's wharf.

my cool Sunday workshops @ the BCA... come!

C'mon Boston. Get salty with me. I need a little help over here. Your story can be part of my project! And we you can try my unorthodox drawing methods. It's fun! It's free! It's this SUNDAY!

Come learn more about BCA Artist Resident Christy Georg. Her current work, Nautical Body, is inspired by the sea. She uses her exhaustive research of maritime history, culture and techniques, as well as her first-hand sailing experience, as inspiration for her artwork. During her Artist Residency, Christy will continue this theme by creating a large illustrative map that charts the evolution of the Boston Harbor from 1776 to the present. Furthermore, her map will incorporate personal stories with historical events, both of which will be given equal importance on her map.

Mapping Memories of Boston Harbor
Have you ever visited Castle Island or the Harbor Islands? Have you ever kayaked down the Charles River? Do you have relatives or friends who worked at the marina or the harbor? All are welcome to share their experiences and memories about Boston's waterfronts and rivers. You will then illustrate these stories using Christy's drawing techniques of creating new forms through collage, splicing and tracing.

Sunday, JAN 23 1 - 3:30pm Arts Resource Room, Calderwood Pavilion @ Boston Center for the Arts. 539 Tremont St.