Mother/Daughter Art Exhibit - Linna Dolph and Scout Dunbar

I can't even begin to tell you how psyched I am to see this show in person. My good friend Scout Dunbar is doing an amazing show up in Ithaca with her mom, Linna Dolph, up in Ithaca, NY right now and it's going to be absoutely amazing.

photo courtesy of Scout DunbarScout has been talking about doing a combination show with her mom for years, and it's already getting rave reviews. The show opens Friday, March 7th at 7pm at the CAP Art Space at the Ithaca Commons - if you're in the area, you should definitely stop by and check it out. I know I'm definitely going to be visiting :D

Family Business gets an awesome review from The Examiner!

I haven't been talking about Family Business, a movie written/directed by my friend Dan Slottje (a.k.a. The Upstate Kid) and produced by my other friend Patrick Phelan, which is a really stupid thing on my part. But, they have this awesome film they're working on, and they just had a really nice piece written about the film in The Examiner, so please check it out.

If you want more info, please check out the film's Facebook page. They update everything all the time, and the finished project is going to be amazing. Congrats, guys!

Helping Helene at Home

I went to Alfred University with Helene, and though I didn't know her well, her story is just too memorable not to share. Please keep reading and donate to such a wonderful and worthy cause!

"Helene Lumia went into the emergency room on June 22, 2013 and received the news that all families pray not to hear. She was told she had a cyst on her spinal cord where it connects to her brain stem. She would need to have emergency surgery to remove it.

Helene fought hard through many surgeries and procedures; however, her spinal cord was severely damaged. She was transferred to Atlanta, Georgia for intensive physical therapy, hopeful that she would be able to recover. Unfortunately, the damage done by the cyst was irreversible and Helene is now living her life as a quadriplegic.

Helene is a loving daughter, sister and friend. She has an infectious laugh and a beautiful smile that has touched so many people’s lives. Her unyielding strength and spirit is an inspiration to all her family and friends.

Helene’s family is working hard to do everything they can to return her home from Atlanta so that she can live comfortably in the familiarity of her family’s home. The cost for Helene to travel is enormous, as is the cost to remodel her home so that her family can provide her with all the necessary care she will need.

They need your help!!

Family, friends and loved ones will be holding a benefit, as the family is encountering mounting medical and household bills. We are asking for you to help us make this benefit a success. A Chinese Auction, 50/50 raffles, door prizes and more will be featured at the benefit.

You can help support this WNY family's benefit in several ways: by donating gift certificates, gift cards, gift baskets, single items or a tax deductible* donation in any amount. All donations - big or small - are greatly appreciated, as we would be truly honored for your support

Any contribution will be greatly appreciated by the Lumia Family."

To donate, please click here, and please spread the word!

Finally!

Thank god for snow - that's all I can say :D

First things first - rrutledgeonline.tumblr.com is going to be updating the rest of this weekend with some photos and mixtapes after I resuscitated it from the unintentional coma I put it in during 2013. My bad. At least if you had been following miss-printed.tumblr.com, you got the craziness of my everyday mind ;P
Also, I finally fell through the rabbit hole and created a twitter account - check out my about me page to check out the links for not only that, but my instagram and pinterest accounts too :D

Other new things - both the Film Photography and Digital Photography galleries (both of the various year galleries, if you want specifics) have been updated to reflect work from the last year or so. The Music Series gallery, which I've had work ready to upload for ages, but just haven't had the time to (story of my life), also got a bit of a facelift. And finally, like I mentioned yesterday, I updated my links section as well.

Now that all of the basics are done, we're onto the big updates!!!

 Tiny Little Boxes | March 20, 2012, 3:09pm

If you've been following my updates around here at all, I've been talking about a print project I've been working on for just about forever (like here and here and most recently, here). Tiny Little Boxes is what comes from my original love of making art for my mixtapes, and combining it with the time based thought process behind The Book Project and The Calendar Project. I've seriously fallen in love with making these little snap shots of life, and I'm in the process of trying to figure out a way to display them in a way that makes the most sense. For right now, my first print trial has worked out pretty well and I've been giving away the first couple prints to friends and family. We'll see where it goes from there.

The other major update is my newest gallery, which will be displaying all of my blogging, marketing and promotional work that I've written or helped create. For me, everything comes back to a visual representation, and although the gallery is currently small (as in, only one thing so far), the twists and turns of my current employment ensure that, especially in 2014, it'll become a lot more interesting in the new year.

So, that's about it. I'm actually going to try and update this more than once or twice a year, and seeing as I'm currently three posts in to 2014, it's going well so far. Enjoy the winter storm, everyone!

Good Things at the Red Lodge Clay Center

As Winter Storm Hercules is giving me time to update things (yay!), I figured I would pop in quick and announce this wonderful show on behalf of my dear friend Justin Crowe, who is now all out in the west coast desert, as it is.

Anyhoo, Justin's involved in this pretty cool show set up by Armando Ramos (and featuring Debbie Kupinsky and Craig Clifford, too) that from all of the photos I've seen so far, looks amazing. The show is open at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana from January 3rd-31st (with the artist reception tomorrow from 5-7pm/artist talk at 6pm).

Hours for the Center are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-6pm, Sunday, 12pm-4pm; their featured artist this month is Tyler Gulden, so check out his work too! So basically, if you're anywhere near Montana and want to see some cool art in the month of January, go see the show!

And in other news - the arty tumblr has been updated! More news on updates tomorrow, as it seems I'm finally sweeping out all of the inconvenient dust that this last year has brought to my mind.