“I am a Zuliano (Zuliano: colloquial Spanish expression for people born in the state of Zulia in western Venezuela) artist living and working in the United States. Though born in New Orleans, Louisiana, I was raised in Venezuela on the East Coast of Lake Maracaibo, in the western Venezuelan state Zulia.

As an artist, I enjoy expressing myself through a variety of media. In my Masters Thesis (Radford University MFA), I showcased Venezuelan cultural, personal, and religious altars. With my altars I have been able to combine different artistic media into one art expression.

I currently concentrate my work mainly on painting. I am working using acrylic paints as my main media, although I sometimes also use oil pastels and pastels in combination with acrylics. I have been working on a series of portraits (the good, the bad, and the ugly) of characters from history, literature, music, politics, religion, family, etc.

The portraits are straight forward except for the colors which reflect my Latin American background. With these portraits I want the audience to decide for themselves who is good, who is bad, and who is ugly.”

www.stanleybermudez.com

“you wear it well”

enjoying a rich

“cup a joe”

a couple of bucks

in the velvet

guitar case, dusk

with the characters

in Inman Park Coffee

hats and beards

seem the norm

tatoos and piercing

common

the loveseat and coffee table

make for a comfortable poem

the real carnation bouquet

isn’t the only thing

organic here

closing time

the music continues

I like this place

Dylan, Eagles, Beatles

busy, hurried workers

the girl with the mohawk

dressed for comfort

the other young and yet to

be acclaimated, pretty

in a international way

worn wood floors and bar

making their own fashion statement

chairs and tables ease the weary

large mirror

behind the chalk

a wall of windows

all sizes, etch the entrance

behind the stylish

floor to ceiling gate

ancient fancy ceiling

hold modern track lighting

“major Tom” closes the night

- David A. Dowdy “the peachstatepoet”

Although he was born in New Jersey, Adam Jenkins migrated to Atlanta at a young age. In 2000, he received his A.A. from Clayton College and State University to be followed by a B.F.A. in Painting from George Mason University. Over the years, Adam has explored a variety of media from photography and sculpture to water-based media on canvas. His latest exploration merges watercolor and water-soluble drawing materials on paper. For the last year, Adam has studied a variety of water-based media and their effects on paper. Sheets of Paper investigates three versions of motion- you can move without going anywhere, you have no control over where you go, and all the while you have the distinct, idealistic view of the unknown…

We are so pleased to display the beautiful work by Elizabeth from December 15 – January 31.

Elizabeth Chai Malpass:

Chance Mandate

Inman Perk Gainesville welcomes Chance Mandate!  Show starts at 7:00 PM on December 18th, 2009!

Chance Mandate is an American songwriter that released his self-titled album in December of 2008, living in Ontario at the time. His influences include John Frusciante, Bjork, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, Led Zepplin and many more. His tracks Not Now, Bel and The Shore got rotation on the KCRW show “Morning Becomes Eclectic.” Not Now was also selected on KCRW’s website as “Tune of the Day.” The song Paths was also played on the show “No Pigeonholes” syndicated by KKUP in San Francisco and Radio Marabu in Germany. Check myspace.com/chancemandate to hear his music and find out more.