As I mentioned yesterday, when I heard about J. Shea9‘s upcoming show with Tanner Goldbeck (a.k.a. Racecar 13) and Larry Mills, I immediately wrote him to ask him about the history of the “Haley Collective”, how this new show came about, what has been going on since his last Santa Barbara show, and what we could expect in the upcoming show at Art From Scrap. I’ve posted his reply below. Enjoy.
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holly [mackay] approached me last year about another afs show to follow the american folk solo………..so i thought it would be fun to create a show with mills and racecar………..we go way back………..and we are all kinda moving in different directions………..with our lives and careers……..its nice to meet up again and do a show together…………..mills was just up here in portland………as we did a 2 person show at igloo gallery……..owned by…….damien gilley and bryon schroeder…..two more former santa barbara residents……..that show went really well……..mills got to visit a vibrant art scene here in the pdx…..thats fully self supporting……….and welcoming…………..
as for this afs show……….we’ll be showing some very current work…………new ideas………..new mediums………new process………we hope folks will see that we’ve grown since our “works in progress” days…………….the last one was 2005 i believe……….since then tanner and left for los angeles…..and now i’m in portland……….mills is still making art in s.b………..but he seems like he’ll be pulling up stakes for the east coast soon…..i tried to talk him and his wife into moving to the pdx…………….its a great quality of life up here………and its on the west coast…….its easy to do shows in l.a and s.f…………
anyhow……..the “haley collective” is still active………..such as the show mills and i did in the pdx……..this show in sb…….and i may be doing something with yoskay yamamoto in l.a. in 2010…………we formed around 1997………or so…….it started with racecar and myself………we met mills a few years later…………then yoskay……….vanae rivera……..jorge rivas…….julia brown……sheryl schroeder……ethan turpin……..mostly from showing together…..live painting together……….we’ve busted some murals……etc………it was mostly about dialog………..and exchanging ideas…….it took us awhile to find each other…………but for some reason we meet in s.b……….since the collective has splintered………we are all over the place now……
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I’d like to thank J.Shea for taking the time to answer my questions and providing some background for what will certainly be one of the most exciting art events in town this year. This will make two great events in just two weeks from the good people at Art From Scrap. Well done.Later this week I’ll be highlighting each of the artists in the “Thrice” show, so stay tuned for the low down.
