SUPER TUESDAY

William Cordova
Untitled (an undying love for the people)
2007
spray enamel, collage on paper


LOOKS LIKE I'VE COMMITTED TO HOUSTON UNTIL MAY. YESTERDAY I ENROLLED IN A PRINTMAKING CLASS AT GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART.

GROWING UP I TOOK CLASSES AT GLASSELL RANGING FROM *LIFE DRAWING* AND *PAINTING* TO *MAKING COMIC BOOKS* AND *MIXED MEDIA* FROM KINDERGARDEN TO HIGH SCHOOL. IT FELT GOOD TO BE BACK. FAMILIAR SMELLS.

I FORGOT TO FIGURE IN HOUSTON TRAFFIC AND GOT TO GLASSELL 15 MINUTES AFTER LATE REGISTRATION CLOSED, BUT JUST HAPPENED TO GET LET IN THE DOOR BY SUZANNE MANNS, THE INSTRUCTOR OF THE CLASS I WAS HOPING TO GET IN TO. "GOOD TIMING" SHE SAID AS SHE SMILED AND LED ME BACK IN TO ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROOMS.

THE COURSE STARTS WITH ETCHING, COLLAGRAPH, LITHOGRAPHY, AND RELIEF LEADING IN TO A BROADER RANGE OF PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES AND TO SAFER PHOTOSENSITIVE POSSIBILITIES INCLUDING PHOTOPOLYMERS WHICH IS WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT.

CLASSES START 2 WEEKS FROM YESTERDAY AND ARE EVERY TUESDAY FROM 1-4 PM.

PRINTMAKING IN TEXAS

WELCOME 2 TUESDAY ARTBREAK

I GOT THE NAME FOR THIS BLOG FROM MY FRIEND SAM SANFORD WHO TAUGHT ME HOW 2 DO THIS.

HE'S A PAINTER. BUY ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS!

I WAS VISITING HIS STUDIO ONE DAY LAST AUGUST WHEN HE WAS WORKING ON A MIX FOR HIS LIFE PARTNER ELIZABETH'S BIRTHDAY. I ASKED HIM TO BURN ME THE SONGS HE HAD SO FAR, ALONG WITH THE NEW SOUND TEAM 12" EMPTY ROOMS.

HE TITLED THE BURNED CD "SAM & PAUL TUESDAY ARTBREAK".

HERES THE TRACK LISTING:

1. "BAND OF GOLD" BY FREDA PAYNE
2. "I'M BLUE (THE GONG-GONG SONG)" BY THE IKETTES
3. "I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW" BY TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS
4. "PEG" BY STEELY DAN
5. "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL" BY HARRY NILSSON
6. "RIVERBOAT" BY LEE DORSEY
7. "EMPTY ROOMS" BY SOUND TEAM
8. "BEDROOM WALLS" BY SOUND TEAM
9. "UP FROM ASHES" BY SOUND TEAM
10. "ATTICS OF MY LIFE" BY GRATEFUL DEAD

THE LAST TRACK IS A BONUS TRACK.

I THINK SAM TOLD ME ONCE THAT I INSPIRED HIM TO START PAINTING AGAIN.

SEEMS TO WORK BOTH WAYS.

I CREATED THIS BLOG ABOUT MY NEW LIFE AS AN ARTIST

THANKS SAM.