Letter from the Editor

Dear Readers, I want to start out by saying, Thank you. Today we celebrate 3 years as a  platform for emerging artists. All of us at Venison have enjoyed the community, the conversations, and the art that we’ve had the pleasure to engage with you here. So thank you for being part of this! Thank…

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Q&A; with Vieno James

Vieno James‘s body of work, Glory, opened at Offsite Gallery inside the World Trade Center in Norfolk, VA last week. His work is a mixed media study of history that compels me to dive deeper into those history books, and ask, what kind of history are we creating ​right now? I was so happy to be able to talk to Vieno…

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Opening | A Sense of Things

A Sense of Things presented by Durden and Ray & Paper 1923 S. Sante Fe Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90021 ​ ​Opening Reception | Saturday, November 4th, 2017, 4pm -7pm Exhibition Dates | November 4th – November 25th, 2017 Gallery Hours | Tues – Sat 10am – 6pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — The Sense of Things follows on from the exhibition The Surface of…

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Goo Goo December

​The Goo Goo guide is a year long series released monthly written by Jennifer Chen-Su Huang. The Goo Goo Guide follows Jennifer during a year long artist residency in Taiwan through a Fulbright Scholarship. Join us as we follow Jennifer on her journey! The series is released through our Quarterly issues from Autumn 2017-2018, subscribe below for…

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Goo Goo September

​The Goo Goo guide is a year long series released monthly written by Jennifer Chen-Su Huang. The Goo Goo Guide follows Jennifer during a year long artist residency in Taiwan through a Fulbright Scholarship. Join us as we follow Jennifer on her journey! The series is released through our Quarterly issues from Autumn 2017-2018, subscribe below for…

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How to Give a Shit No 8

Back when I first had the idea for this series, I had only been in Los Angeles for about a year, and I was having trouble finding art with what I call “spirit”. Because I didn’t know much about the scene, I didn’t really know where to look for work that felt as if it could…

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J.S. Weis

J.S. Weis sits down with us to chat about his work and the truths about being a contemporary artist in the Bay Area. AIS: So What does J.S. Stand for? JSW: Jeffrey Scott AIS: How did you come up with naming Liquid Hymn, Liquid Hymn? LW: Hymen? Is it liquid hymen or liquid hymn? I definitely read it…

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Gimme Gimme

Mary Grisey was born & raised in sunny California but learned how to weave and dye in 2008 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her BFA in Fiber and Material Studies. In 2012 she took her art practice to Canada and received an MFA at York University in Toronto…

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Goo Goo Guide – November

​The Goo Goo guide is a year long series released monthly written by Jennifer Chen-Su Huang. The Goo Goo Guide follows Jennifer during a year long artist residency in Taiwan through a Fulbright Scholarship. Join us as we follow Jennifer on her journey! The series is released through our Quarterly issues from Autumn 2017-2018, subscribe below for…

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