Rich Gere

Soaring High, Sinking Low - new work at Young Blood Gallery

2012-01-08T15:27:00.001-08:00

Exhibition this week at Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta GA

2012-01-08T15:26:00.000-08:00

Daybreak - 2011

2011-01-16T13:49:00.000-08:00

Through Tomorrow - 2011

2011-01-14T05:12:00.000-08:00

Turning North - 2011

2011-01-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

Earth's Green Laughter - 2010

2011-01-12T05:34:00.001-08:00

Gravity -2010

2011-01-10T03:15:00.000-08:00

Touch - 2010

2011-01-08T03:33:00.001-08:00

Ruminations and Reality - 2010

2011-01-07T03:56:00.000-08:00

Tripping Over Power Lines - 2010

2011-01-04T15:35:00.000-08:00

Rhythmwalker - 2010

2011-01-03T03:48:00.000-08:00

Paradoxes and Possibilities - 2010

2011-01-02T03:48:00.000-08:00

Origins of the Wind - 2010

2011-01-01T04:20:00.000-08:00

Across a Great Landscape

2010-12-31T05:29:00.000-08:00

Connected/ Disconnected

2010-12-30T03:02:00.000-08:00

To Kneel and Pray - 2010

2010-12-29T09:41:00.000-08:00

Atlanta Printmakers Studio - Big Print

2010-07-27T08:22:00.000-07:00

1895

2010-04-22T11:27:00.001-07:00

SGC International - Philadelphia

2010-03-31T10:21:00.001-07:00

Italian Vandercook Demonstration Van

2009-11-20T04:05:00.000-08:00

Chakaia Booker visits SCAD Atlanta Printmaking

2009-11-12T12:03:00.001-08:00

Drive by Press visits Atlanta

2009-11-03T05:50:00.000-08:00

October openings

2009-10-12T04:28:00.000-07:00

What's the big deal?

2009-07-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

So I said to the inspector, "I don't come to your house and tell you the art hanging on your walls sucks so what's the big deal?

Proprietor, Ever Wagging Tail Studios

2009-05-12T14:57:00.000-07:00

Ever Wagging Tail Studios

2009-05-12T13:44:00.001-07:00

After six months of renovation, Ever Wagging Tail Studios is up and running, stay tuned

SP-15 in the ultra-cool 50's ride

2009-05-07T05:34:00.001-07:00

Yep...That is a Vandercook Mobile!

2009-05-07T05:00:00.000-07:00

SGC II - Extra Footage

2009-04-01T06:24:00.000-07:00

SGC International Conference

2009-03-29T18:54:00.001-07:00

True Bliss

2009-03-25T04:13:00.001-07:00

Another Mid-Life Crisis

2009-03-24T12:06:00.000-07:00

Well, there I was, in the midst of a full-blown midlife crisis. I was happy, I felt fulfilled, I loved my wife, but I couldn’t escape the feeling that something was missing. So like Kevin Spacey’s character in American Beauty, (he buys an old Firebird because he always wanted one,) I headed to ebay in search of my youth. Convertible, um…no, though the climate in Atlanta does not rule it out, no I was after something simpler and more satisfying. You see, I have spent a good deal of my life as a closet stereophile. Musician, artist, music lover I’ve always centered life around the stereo. In my twenties, when moving, the stereo was always the last thing to be packed and the first thing to be unpacked.

But lately life has become confusing and meaningless mp3, ipod, surround sound, itunes, music devices the size of a thimble, it has grown very superficial leaving me with a shallow empty pain in my gut. So I decided it was time, after months, okay…actually about a year and a half of perusing online classic audio sites I eyed a dealer on ebay who restores classic audio components for resale. That was it, I was longing for the old classic sound of a stereo, not an mp3 with up to half of the musical information missing, or a muted, compressed version of a classic song, I wanted music dammit! And I wanted it old school.

When growing up, funds were limited so in order to bring in music it had to be on a budget, but in the deepest corner of my desire lobe I lusted after the high-end stereo equipment. I always had a low-end Technics, or used yard sale equipment, miss matched speakers and any turntable would do. But the rich people, the people I thought had “made it” had the best, friends of parents and their colleagues who chose the best and most expensive stereo equipment over having a fifth kid, (I should take this opportunity to thank my parents for making the choice they did.) But still it was these people who had what I wanted, yes, I’m sure you’ve guessed it by now... the Marantz model 2235B Stereophonic Receiver. The warm sound of the worlds finest power source delivering full, solid, classic blues and rock and roll, the way it was made to be recreated.

So today after rewiring the living room and the 1938 built-ins around the fire place and running new outlets to the cabinets of said built-ins along with speaker wire fished through the plaster to new receptacles we were ready. The package arrived, like A Christmas Story’s Ralphie running home to check on his decoder ring I made it a short workday, (it’s okay I’m on spring break) Turntable, check; CD player, check; Klipsch speakers, check; blazing new receiver I’ve waited my whole life for, check! Fastidiously attaching wires, new speaker cables, and power cords my excitement built to a crescendo but one dilemma remained, what should the choice be to break in the new family member. Well it needs to be from the early seventies to match the unit, preferably something from the same year the receiver was built, or someone I listened to a lot during that period, The Who?, Neil Young?, Beatles?, classic rock?, blues? My palms sweat with anticipation.

I took a break and had a midmorning snack with my wife Dayna, a moment of calm before the inaugural performance. “What are you going to play first?” she asked, sensing my turmoil of the first song. In my head I was thinking, rocking blues, guitar, driving, something with a real presence. “How bout Stevie Ray Vaughn?” she offered. At that moment I fell in love with her all over again. I went to my den and fished through my vinyl and CDs. Well the first had to be vinyl and my only Stevie Ray Vaughn record died a horrible death years before and I replaced it with, at the time, a new fangled digital CD. After a few minutes I abandoned looking for the right year etc. and grabbed some classics and headed back down stairs. All systems go!...volume down, check; speaker main on, check; FM muting, check; Hi filter, check…power on Huston! The Marantz blazed to life in a glowing blue green light. The Rolling Stones, Made in the Shade 1974, side one, Brown Sugar, Tumbling Dice etc., record cleaner fluid, dust off and clean the stylus, quartz direct drive turntable on, check, cuing…Booya!! The Rolling Stones, Made in the Shade proves to be both warped and scratched so after a rousing Brown Sugar, complete with air guitar we moved to a Stevie Ray CD.

Life is once again complete, the world makes sense, the animals are happier sleeping on the sofa to the rich warm sound of a seventies component stereo, and yes I do still love my wife, even more now that life, once again, has the proper sound track.

Back in the Saddle

2008-12-11T07:58:00.000-08:00

Yes, keeping a blog is a little laborious but also leads to a bit of a self-absorbed existence. After a healthy break I'm happy to announce the return of blogging for the arts and printmaking. My last blog entry was back in June, since then, it's been a solo exhibition, Prime Meridian, here in Atlanta. Organization of the American Print Alliance Conference, visiting artist gig at SUNY New Paltz in NY, couple of juried exhibitions and moving into a new house and studio. All is well and it's time for a return to the virtual world and sharing the love of ink and paper!
Rich

Atlanta Printmakers Studio Open House

2008-12-11T07:56:00.000-08:00

The Warrick Dunn Edition at Press Play

2008-06-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

Students at the SCAD Atlanta printmaking major worked with artist Micheal David to create a three color edtion of Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn for a fund raiser for the Warrick Dunn Foundation.

Cannonball Press Returns

2008-06-24T18:34:00.000-07:00

Cannonball Press returned to the SCAD Atlanta printshop this week for a little fun and a lot of printing!

At last...The Vernissage

2008-05-29T03:28:00.000-07:00

After eight weeks of preparation, the big show!

Goofing Off in France

2008-05-27T07:01:00.000-07:00

Taking time to stop and smell the poppies!

The Cast of Characters

2008-05-23T23:46:00.001-07:00

Who are these students anyway?

Preparing for the Vernissage

2008-05-23T00:27:00.000-07:00

Students getting ready for the big show.

Pentecostal Holiday in Nîmes

2008-05-17T23:29:00.000-07:00

Students getting in on Provence's big party

Around Lacoste

2008-05-17T01:52:00.000-07:00

Just a typical day on campus in a medieval village.

Ferias De Nîmes

2008-05-12T22:44:00.000-07:00

Students asked to attend the Pentecostal holiday celebration in Nîmes and go to the bullfight.

Paris, France - part 5

2008-05-11T05:07:00.000-07:00

Tired, worn out and having wrecked Paris, the students head home to Lacoste.

Paris, France - Part 4

2008-05-08T09:32:00.000-07:00

Unaware the students become entangled in a scary web seven stories below Paris

Paris, France - part 3

2008-05-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

After two days of taking in museums the students decide it's time to see the other side of Paris.

Paris, France - part 2

2008-04-30T23:55:00.001-07:00

Another busy day in Paris.

Paris, France - part 1

2008-04-30T04:56:00.000-07:00

At midterm we head to Paris for four full days of fun in the sun. The Paris weather agreed with our plans by posting beautiful eighty degree days.

Lacoste Sidewalk Arts Festival

2008-04-20T21:16:00.000-07:00

The weather threatened but the rain held off for a beautiful day at the first Lacoste Sidewalk Arts Festival.

The Village of Lacoste, Provence

2008-04-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

Getting Down to Business

2008-04-15T03:52:00.000-07:00

Nimes - Pont du Gard

2008-04-14T22:53:00.001-07:00

Isle sur la Sorge and Fountaine de Vaucluse

2008-04-14T11:34:00.000-07:00

Sunday we took off for market at Isle sur la Sorge and then on to the head waters at Fountaine de Vaucluse, The students seemed to have fun.

Hiking in Provence

2008-04-08T01:54:00.000-07:00

Enjoying a Saturday in the Mountains then stopping by the village of Siagnon on the way home for a cafe and sight seeing.

High Above Lacoste

2008-04-06T03:53:00.000-07:00

A Saturday hike in the Luberon up Mt. Vaulcluse yielded a perfect picnic, a beautiful view and a very sore expedition afterwards.

View from the printshop

2008-03-28T01:56:00.000-07:00

Not a bad place to ponder the universe. The students arrive today and we're off on a whirl wind quarter with side trips to Paris, the Pont du Gard and Aix-En Provence...stay tuned.

The Commute

2008-03-23T14:32:00.000-07:00

Yep...this is a far cry from Atlanta traffic but we're in the south of France for three months and this is the morning commute. Keep an eye out as this blog will be updated often to display the happenings at SCAD Lacoste.

Printshop Talent? Show

2008-03-18T05:13:00.000-07:00

As the winter quarter comes to a close students at the SCAD-Atlanta printshop blow off a little steam by tossing together an impromptu talent show. Thrills, spills and good little bit of fun to offset the stress of finals.

Team Litho at State Finals

2008-03-10T04:57:00.000-07:00

Team Litho recently competed at the State Finals finishing the competition with two first place trophies in etching and roll-up. Team Litho also won the all-around team competition. From left to right; Lesley Tipper, Nate Dash, Yee Gyung Yoo, Coach Gere, Vicki Spears, Dayna Thacker, Liza Clemons.

Graduate Printmaking at SCAD Atlanta

2008-02-07T15:39:00.000-08:00

Graduate Printmaking at SCAD Atlanta, now accepting applications for fall 2008. Looking for dedicated students to participate in a new approach to old processes. Prepare to be successful - prepare for your career - prepare to be part of something big - Print with Attitude!

Dinner With Chef Robear

2008-02-07T15:00:00.001-08:00

Every once in a while you just have to stop and smell the cooking. While we do find the art of printmaking to be an important part of the curriculum. We have found that students need more classes that develop professional skills. Portfolio classes, professional practices and graduate seminars prepare students for life outside the classroom. We have now augmented our curriculum with cooking workshops with our very own, Professor, Chef Robear. Apply now for cooking workshops and printmaking classes fall 2008

Winter Quarter Begins

2008-01-22T03:25:00.000-08:00

Finally caught up with the Photoawesome crowd

2008-01-13T12:23:00.000-08:00

They're not in Miami, they're not in NY, they're not jet setting across the globe we actually caught up with the brain trust for photoawesome.com and got to enjoy Travis Dodd's show at Eye Drum last night.

Elementals Show, Fall 07

2008-01-12T08:28:00.000-08:00

Walk About

2008-01-12T07:16:00.000-08:00

Merry Scrabble

2007-12-26T14:58:00.000-08:00

That's right for Christmas I got my ass whipped in scrabble...this time by Shiloh!

Website Alert

2007-12-22T08:12:00.000-08:00

www.richgereprintmaking.com is temporarily out of service.
Since I have moved recently, yet again, I am in great need of updating my website.
Until that is ready to go I will keep more up-to-date here on my blog.

Best,
Rich

Be Contemporary

2007-12-22T07:41:00.000-08:00

Eric Levine discussion of The End of an Object. A little fun and good cheer at the Contemporary Museum, here in Atlanta Thursday night pondering the permanence of all things including artwork. A twenty-year-old sculptural object by artist Eric Levine was found deteriorating outside the building. Curator Stuart Horodner decided to use it as the impetus for the current exhibition. The piece was fumigated and brought into the gallery for display, the surface beautifully scorched and pealed from years of neglect. The ensuing dialog between Stuart and Eric brought up many issues of contemporary art; the most basic of post-modernist theory that from destruction comes creation. The discussion continually referenced Eric's current video work that was a little frustrating since it didn't connect to the piece at all. The sculpture was juxtaposed by a projected slide of the object from twenty years ago in its original condition. Ironically, and predictably, everyone responded much more to the surface of the piece in its current condition than in its originally intended form in the slide.
The invitation was to aid in the destruction of the piece and even be able to take a piece home. This did not take place and though the artist wasn't sure what he wanted to do faced with the return of the prodigal art piece he did not want to destroy it. In the end this left many more questions than answers to the event.

Printmaking Departmental Xmas Party

2007-12-19T14:45:00.000-08:00

Yep,...we decided to celebrate the season by heading down to Phillips Arena to take in an Atlanta Thrashers hockey game. Atlanta 6 - Tampa Bay 2. And Happy Birthday to Doris Gere, eighty four years old today and going strong!

Happy Holidays from Atlanta

2007-12-17T18:52:00.000-08:00

No snow but it is getting cold so here's a post card from the neighborhood. Best to everyone for a safe and happy new year!

Under the Knife

2007-12-02T18:27:00.000-08:00

Well. on a quick personal note I have a bit of surgery tomorrow, nothing serious just fixing up a few broken parts so I can pass state inspection like my car. I'll be down for a while but not long, Cheers!

Rich Gere's Printmaking Snapshots - Letterpress

2007-11-28T11:12:00.001-08:00

SCAD Print Media Faculty

2007-11-28T10:49:00.000-08:00

Cynthia Lollis, Deb Oden, Rich Gere, Eun Lee, Robert Detamore, Jen Jenkins, Robert Brown

End of the Quarter

2007-11-28T10:38:00.000-08:00

Well, another fall quarter has come to an end. Some of the more motivated students are out in the shop now cleaning and giving the shop some love. It's nice to hear their busy hands scrubbing away...Oh...yes, we are on the quarter system and it's great in the fall, ten weeks and then seven weeks off...a lot of time to get caught up on things like updating a blog that has suffered from neglect. So before New Years arrives let me be the first to make a resolution. If you want to know what's going on in the Savannah College of Art and Design's SCAD Atlanta printmaking program check in and I'll try to keep you as informed as virtually possible.

SCAD Atlanta Printshop Crew

2007-11-28T10:28:00.001-08:00

Faculty and some of the SCAD Atlanta printmaking students after Open Studio, Fall 2007

Rich Gere's Printmaking Snapshot - Lithography

2007-11-27T10:27:00.000-08:00

Dayna Thacker at Eye Drum, Atlanta GA

2007-04-05T18:27:00.000-07:00

SGC Kansas City, 2007

2007-03-26T13:28:00.000-07:00

CSI Atlanta Printmaking

2007-03-14T12:25:00.001-07:00

2007-02-28T12:13:00.000-08:00

Open Studio demos, SCAD Atlanta

2007-02-28T11:28:00.000-08:00

Deb Oden demo, SCAD Atlanta, etching studio

2007-02-28T11:27:00.000-08:00

Lithography lab, SCAD Atlanta

2007-02-28T11:26:00.000-08:00

Etching Studio, SCAD Atlanta

2007-02-28T11:16:00.000-08:00