Five More Years @ Jen Bekman

Belated Happy New Year greetings! 2008 is off to a great start for Jen Bekman Gallery.

I’m most happy to announce that we’ve renewed our lease at 6 Spring St! We are looking forward to 5 more years in the ‘hood, which has become quite the art destination, thanks to the recent opening of The New Museum and the arrival of scads of excellent new galleries.

Read on for updates on Friday’s Ne Plus Ultra opening, a Sunday reception at Joe, media mentions and other upcoming events.

Ne Plus Ultra, the Hey, Hot Shot! Annual Opens Fri. 2.8 | 6pm-8pm

Image Credit: Untitled from the series Sub Rosa (2006) by Birthe Piontek

Ne Plus Ultra, the Hey, Hot Shot! Annual, opens @ Jen Bekman Gallery on Friday February 8th, 2008. The reception is from 6pm-8pm, and as always frosty beer beverages will be provided by Crumpler.

Please join me and all of this year’s Ultras at the reception:

Nina Berman
Karolina Karlic
Brad Moore
Birthe Piontek

The exhibition will remain on view through Saturday March 15th, 2008. (The gallery’s official 5 year anniversary!)

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC NY 10012
ph: +1.212.219.0166

Joe’s NYC: jen@joe Presents Photographs by Joseph O. Holmes

Image Credit: Broadway (2007) by Joseph O. Holmes

Please join photographer Joe Holmes, Joe proprietor Jonathan Rubinstein and me on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 from 3-5 pm at a reception for Joe’s NYC, the latest installment of our ongoing series jen@joe:

Joe
9 E 13th St.
(between University Place and 5th Avenue)

The exhibition, Joe’s NYC, is comprised of 29 NY-centric prints and will remain on view through April 25th, 2008.

The prints are available in three very affordably priced sizes and will be available exclusively online at jenatjoe.com.

We’ll be hosting other jen@joe events throughout the exhibition. Sign up for the jen@joe newsletter to stay up to date on announcements.

Points of Interest: Online + Elsewhere

Image Credit: White Ice by Tema Stauffer. Read about it on the 20×200 blog.A portion of the proceeds from this edition will benefit The Art Shanty Projects.

As if two openings in one week weren’t enough, there are plenty of other things keeping me busy over the next few months.

20×200 continues apace with two new editions each and every week. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to get advance notice on new editions.

I’m packing my long johns and heading off to Minneapolis for a few art-filled days (and nights.) I’ll be doing portfolio reviews (afternoon) and a presentation (evening) at the Minnesota Center for Photography on Monday, February 18th.

I’m also looking forward to attending The Art Shanty Projects and the opening of World’s Away at The Walker Art Center. Another show I won’t be missing is Ultra Karolina Karlic’s exhibition at Franklin Art Works.

In quick succession after that: Santa Fe, where I’m honored to be jurying Center’s Singular Image Prize for color photography, Austin, where I’m speaking on a panel at South By Southwest and Houston, where I’ll be reviewing portfolios at Fotofest.

Points of Interest: Online + In Print

Image Credit: Foam Magazine #13 / searching

If you love photography and find yourself in Amsterdam, be sure not to miss the Foam Fotografie Museum, an amazing vibrant venue for exhibitions of established and emerging photographers.

The most recent issue of Foam Magazine, their gorgeous quarterly magazine, includes Jen Bekman: Gallery Without Walls, a long format interview with me by writer Eric Miles, accompanied by portraits from the very excellent Stefan Ruiz.

We have lots of other great media in the pipeline. Some is still a secret, but be on the lookout for Jen Bekman Projects, especially 20×200, in a diverse array of publications including Wired, Redbook and The Artist Magazine.

Also on the horizon: big (exciting! awesome!) changes are in store for Hey, Hot Shot! in 2008.

Stay tuned, and stay up to date: bookmark our blogs, or subscribe to their RSS feeds:

Jen Bekman News Blog
The Hey, Hot Shot! Blog
The 20×200 Blog
Personism (my personal blog.)

Most of all, we’d love to see you in person! Come visit us at the gallery:

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012
+1.212.219.1066

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

Installation Shot from Obsessive Consumption on view at Jen Bekman Gallery until October 27.

Please join us at Jen Bekman Gallery this Saturday, October 20 , from 3pm-5pm, where we’ll be hosting an artist talk and book signing from this week’s 20×200 artists, Michael Perry and Kate Bingaman-Burt.

Kate Bingaman-Burt will be talking about her current exhibition, Obsessive Consumption. She’ll be joined by Michael Perry author of Hand Job: A Catalog of Type, which happens to include some work by KBB herself.

Hand Job: A Catalog of Type published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Kate and Mike will talk about art, design, typography and books. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during the event. If you’d like to reserve a copy in advance, send an email to rsvp@jenbekman.com.

Check out Mike’s drawing and Kate’s photo. [Her superb illustration is still available for purchase.]

You can read up on the editions on the 20×200 blog.

See you Saturday!

Postcard Image from Obsessive Consumption.

Welcome back from the weekend, everyone. Kate’s opening was a great success and for those of you who could not make it, we missed you. The show runs until October 27 and the gallery is open from Wednesdays – Saturdays, noon to 6pm and you can come see us anytime during those times to get your dose of Obsessive Consumption. You can see photos of Kate in action as she installs and of the wondrous opening on her Flickr stream. Also, be sure to stay tuned to Kate’s blog: What Did You Buy Today? if you do not already do so, as there are sure to be juicy updates and treats in the next while as she gets back into action.

Also in other news, Jen will be talking about her work at the gallery, Hey, Hot Shot! and her latest project, 20×200 at an event this Wednesday at 6:30pm at the Apple Store in Soho, sponsored by Gothamist and nyc.photobloggers.org. Among the other participants, Jen will be joined by Hey, Hot Shot! ne plus ultra, Joe Holmes and Eliot Shepard, who had a solo show with Jen back in Spring 2005.

Admission is free, and seats are limited on a first come, first serve basis. It should be a great evening with a lot of great discussion and an informative chat, no doubt. Hope to see you there!

You can find the full invite, here or find more information from the official press release, along with info on location and details below:

September 26, 2007 @ 6:30 PM
at the SoHo Apple Store
103 Prince Street @ Greene (map)
After Party Merc Bar

NYCPB’s Featured Photobloggers
Eliot Shepard Eliot Shepard
Jay Parkinson Dark Shapes Prowl
Joe Holmes Joe’s NYC
Matt Weber Urban Photos
Red deLeon 990000

And a special presentation by Jen Bekman of 20×200, Hey Hot Shot, and the Jen Bekman Gallery

Sponsors
Gothamist and nyc.photobloggers.org
Hosted by Jake Dobkin.

The inimitable and indefatigable Kate Bingaman-Burt, a 2006 Ultra, makes her New York City solo debut at Jen Bekman later this month.

Kate’s taking over the space with her paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations – join us at her opening on Friday, September 21st.

Can’t wait till then? Kate’s I Bought All of These is one of the inaugural editions over on 20×200.

Also, Ms. Kate is a media darling. You can currently see her work or writings about her work in the New York Times, Print Magazine, Adorn Magazine, Hand Job! A Catalog of Type, Lodown 55, The Artist’s Guide to Making Money, The Crafter Culture Handbook, How Magazine and Becoming a Digital Designer.

Netdiver included Obsessive Consumption on their Best of the Year / 2006 list as well and Coudal Partners has featured Kate on a number of occasions.

Hey, Hot Shot! Summer 2007 Edition

Please join us at an opening reception in honor of the Summer ‘07 edition Hot Shots:

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012

Opening Reception
Wednesday September 12, 2007 | 6pm – 8pm

Tasty beverages provided by Crumpler, makers of excellent bags, in particular excellent photo bags.

Exhibition is on view:
Thursday through Sunday, September 13 – 17, 2007
Gallery hours:
Noon – 6pm.

Learn more about this season’s Hot Shots on the Official Hey, Hot Shot! Blog:
Dan Boardman
Afshin Dehkordi
Rachael Dunville
Jonathan Gitelson
Shuli Hallak
Beth Herzhaft
Gregory Krum
Kalpesh Lathigra
Ari Salomon
Willamain Somma

Check out a Selections from the Winners.(via a Flickr photoset)
Visit the Hey, Hot Shot! web site.

Mosaic Image Credits

Currently the lead story over at The New York Times online:
Words Unspoken on War’s Faces by Holland Cotter:

Ms. Berman adds no direct editorial comment to the presentation. She has said in interviews that she started photographing disabled veterans soon after the war began mainly because she didn’t see anyone else doing so. In what may be the most intensively photographed war in history, the visual documentation has been selective. The fate of the injured veterans was not a public issue until news reports about substandard treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

This background provides the context for Ms. Berman’s photographs, which are themselves tip-of-the-iceberg images. No matter what the viewer’s political position, the images add up to a complex and desolating anti-war statement…

Spc. Luis Calderon by Nina Berman

Joanna Molloy, the Molloy in New York Daily News gossip column duoRush & Molloy, attending Nina’s opening on August 8th. She chatted with Nina for a while about the exhibition, and a small knot of eavesdroppers gathered around them loosely while they talked – Joanna was so engaged and asked such good questions, and Nina is just incredibly articulate about the work. (You can find out yourself at the artist talk next week.) Joanna’s interest in the show led to the somewhat unlikely bold-faced appearance of Nina and the subject of one of her portraits, Luis Calderon (pictured above) in yesterday’s Rush & Molloy column:

Luis Calderon was paralyzed in Iraq — but can’t get a Purple Heart. The 22-year-old was injured when a mural of Saddam Hussein he was ordered to pull down with his tank crashed onto him, and you must be injured in combat with an enemy to receive the medal. Photos of him and other disabled Iraqi vets are now up at the Jen Bekman Gallery, where photographer Nina Berman, who includes the pics in her book, “Purple Hearts,” will speak Aug 29.

James Wagner and Barry Hoggard stopped in to see the exhibition on Saturday. You can read about James’s response to the exhibition over on his blog.

About the photo:

22 years old, 4th Infantry Division, was wounded May 5, 2003 in Tikrit. A concrete wall with Saddam’s face on it, which Calderon had been ordered to destroy, came crashing down on him, severing his Spinal cord and leaving him a quadriplegic. His entire family moved from Puerto Rico to south Florida to take care of him.

Photographed December 17, 2003 at the Miami Veterans Hospital.

“From my neckline down, I can not feel anything…. I got an Army Commendation Medal. I didn’t get a Purple Heart. I feel like I deserve one. It would make me more confident that I really did something.”

Join us at the gallery on Wednesday August 29th, from 6pm-8pm, at a reception and artist talk with Nina Berman. Nina will also be signing copies of her monograph Purple Hearts, which can be purchased for $25.

Space is extremely limited so an RSVP is required: send an email to rsvp AT jenbekman DOT com if you’d like to attend and/or reserve a copy of the book.

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York, NY 10012

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday: Noon to 6pm

About this photo:
Spc. Robert Acosta by Nina Berman
Photographed April 13, 2004 at his home in Santa Ana, California.

Spc. Robert Acosta, 20 years old, 1st Armored Division, was wounded July 13, 2003 in Baghdad when an Iraqi teenager threw a grenade into his humvee.
In the explosion, Acosta lost his right hand and the use of his left leg.
The Iraqi was killed.
“In California, nobody really knows what the soldiers are going through. They see on TV, oh yeah, two soldiers got wounded today and they think yeah he’ll be all right. But that soldier is scarred for life both physically and mentally.”
Before I would go to a lot of parties. I haven’t been to a club. I just don’t like dealing with the questions. Especially people around here. They don’t know what’s going on.
They ask stupid questions like, ‘Was it hot? Did you shoot anybody?’ They want me to glorify war and say it was so cool. The reality of it is, seeing all that crap, fucks you up in the head man. I can’t sleep at night. It sucks. It really sucks.”

More Information about the Exhibition:

Images | Press Release | Artist Information

Gallery Location, Hours + Etc.

Wasim Khan by Nina Berman

The opening reception for Nina Berman’s Purple Hearts will be held tomorrow from 6pm – 8pm at the gallery. There will be copies of Purple Hearts, the book, available at the opening.

Images from the exhibition along with the artist’s statement and the press release have been posted online.

Purple Hearts will be on view August 8 through August 30, 2007.

A New American Portrait installation view
courtesy of Joe Holmes

Those of you hoping to catch the final stretch of A New American Portrait will be happy to hear that the show will stay up one extra day!

Tomorrow, the gallery will be open from noon to 6 – your last chance to see, all together, the wonderful photographs of Christine Collins, Jen Davis, Benjamin Donaldson, Amy Elkins, Peter Haakon Thompson, Todd Hido, Alec Soth, Brian Ulrich, and Shen Wei.

Spc. Tyson Johnson, 22, wounded in a mortar attack on Abu Ghraib prison
by Nina Berman

Catch the last day of ANAP and then stop by again on Wednesday, August 8 at 6pm, as the gallery will reopen with a reception for Purple Hearts, photographs by Nina Berman.

Mark your calendars, the New York Times says so!

Haven’t you heard? jen bekman is at the SCOPE Hamptons art fair.

We’ll be featuring quite a few paintings by the lovely Amy Ross and plenty of excellent photography from the gallery’s artists: Christine Collins, Christine Callahan, Ben Donaldson, Holly Lynton, Brad Moore, Karolina Karlic, Joeseph Holmes, Dana Miller, Ian Baguskas, Mara Bodis-Wollner.

Stop by our booth (59A) and say hi!

SCOPE Hamptons: July 26-29, 2007
FirstView & Opening Night Benefit: Thursday, July 26, 2007 @ 5pm

East Hampton Studios
77 Industrial Road
Wainscott, NY 11937

Pfc. Randall Clunen, 19, wounded in Tal Afar by a suicide car bomber
© Nina Berman

You may recall her award-winning portrait of disfigured Iraq vet Ty Ziegel and his fiancée, Renee, on their wedding day in the Spring Edition of Hey, Hot Shot!. On view from August 8 – 30, 2007, Nina Berman will be showing more from her body of work entitled Purple Hearts—portraits taken in soldiers’ homes, in military hospitals, and on Army bases across the U.S.—at jen bekman.

Jen was very excited to show her photograph in HHS! but felt the work deserved more—that an audience would benefit from looking at additional stories from Purple Hearts. “This is an important project, and I’m thrilled to be able to offer a venue for it to be seen in,” she said, “It tackles what I consider to be one of the most disturbing, and over-looked, aspects of this war: the stories of those soldiers who have been maimed and the lives they continue to lead once they’ve come back home.”

To coincide with the exhibition, there will be a signing held at the gallery for Purple Hearts, the book (dates for this signing TBA —check back here or on the gallery site for updates). The book, along with the photographs, features interviews with the American soldiers who were wounded in Iraq.

Luke Strosnider, writer for Afterimage, wrote on his blog about his initial reaction to seeing Nina’s image at the gallery in the Spring: “At first I felt the inclusion of this image in the popular quarterly contest seemed totally wrong,” he writes, but “after some sustained thought and attempts to untangle all the threads, I’ve arrived at the conclusion that the walls of jen bekman – or any art gallery – are an ideal place for this image.”

Nina says in an interview with Salon that what makes the photographs compelling is that “they provide the space for the viewers to contemplate.”

More about the Purple Hearts project can be found here.

Nina Berman
Purple Hearts
jen bekman
August 8 – 30, 2007

photo by Alison Grippo

On July 24th Alison Grippo (jb photographer often known for her Friday Night Fights series) is participating in a rather interesting event:

PHTHRD: Master-Disaster Photography Duel is a timed photography competition between teams of photographers, stylists, make-up artists, and assistants. Through a series of rounds, each photo team will have to create an image that best responds to a given theme. After each round, images will be voted upon by the audience and the winners will progress.

5 teams of 1 photographer, 1 stylist, 1 make-up artist, and 1 assistant will have 2 hours to produce 3 images that address creative briefs assigned to them at the event. For their tools, they will have access to their own photo equipment, a designated area, a female model, male model, select props and members from the LVHRD audience.

As photographers and their teams create each image, attendees will walk through the space observing the creative process at work. At the conclusion of the evening, photographers will have 1 day to edit their images before online voting begins.

All photos from the evening will be displayed on the LVHRD or event partner sites. Event attendees and an online audience will then vote on their favorite images.

Buy your tickets ASAP if you want a spot to see this. I should mention the event will have good eats, Dewar’s whisky, and, according to the website, it’s also being held in “an amazingly secret venue.”

We’re rooting for you, Alison!

Co-curator Jörg Colberg: tall, lanky, German. Check out the ANAP Opening Reception Set on Flickr.

Friday night’s opening for A New American Portrait lived up to all the hype. It was one of the funnest openings we’ve ever hosted and it went so smoothly which was a relief. As you might know from pictures or in person, the gallery is tiny and the pre-show buzz was huge. Packed openings are fun and all, but can be anxiety provoking – I worry about pictures being knocked askew and cops issuing open container summonses (when the festivities inevitably spill out on to Spring St.) and about running out of booze. A million little things! It’s often hard for me to relax and have a good time. There were a few tense moments on Friday, but generally speaking I had a blast. The show looks gorgeous, all but two of the artists were in attendance and the weather was stunningly perfect.

I put up a set of opening night photos compliments of the ever-excellent Joe Holmes.

It was a really special night – I’m grateful to the jb intern crew for being totally on top of stuff and allowing me to relax and have a good time. (Not to mention the fact that most of them stayed behind to clean up so I could go on to the closing party at Silverstein for the even better in person than on her blog Zoe Strauss and her totally kick-ass show.) It was wonderful to have Christine Collins, Ben Donaldson, Amy Elkins, Alec Soth, Peter Haakon Thompson, Brian Ulrich and Shen Wei come from near and far to be there for the opening. And of course, I cannot even begin to tell you how great it’s been working with Jörg, my collaborator and my friend, who is seriously terrific and smart and wonderful. I wish he and his lovely wife Karen Tozzi lived here in NYC - then we could meet for breakfast at Veselka all the time!

Thanks to everyone who made it out, and I hope to see many more of you between now and when the show closes on August 3rd. We might even throw another event into the mix between now and then. Watch this space for more on ANAP, it’s artists and etc – we’ll continue to update the blog with juicy tidbits for the duration of the show.

Benno Schmidt, Portland Harbor by Spring Hot Shot Mark Marchesi

It’s been a big week at the jb. The Hey, Hot Shot! Spring Edition opening last night was a blast. You still have time to check out the exhibition: it’s on view this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Noon-6pm.

Next up: we’ll spend the week getting ready for our big opening event on Friday June 22, for our Summer group exhibition A New American Portrait.

Here’s a round up of all the gallery related online mentions as of late:

Hey, Hot Shot! featured on the blog for Popular Photography magazine

Rob Walker interviews Jen about 20×200

Unbeige on 20×200

Josh Spear’s Heather Snodgrass on 20×200

Gallery Hopper on 20×200

Photographer Julian Thomas reconsiders 20×200

Photo-Muse on 20×200, but wait there’s more

JPG Magazine Blog on A New American Portrait

Jason Kottke on A New American Portrait

Photographer Greg Wasserstrom is really excited about A New American Portrait

Cow Birch with Birds (detail) by Amy Ross

Most people think of the jb as a photography gallery, but I say: Why limit myself? I don’t show other media all that often, but that’s likely to change over time, especially if I keep meeting people like Amy Ross who makes work that’s right up my alley and is an amazing hilarious and excellent person to boot.

Sheep Magnolia (detail) by Amy Ross

At first glance Amy’s work seems oh so pretty – lovely delicate brushwork, the soft colors of Spring time. Ahh. But wait: the trees have hooves and that knot halfway up one of them is a dewy unblinking bovine eye. Those nearly translucent magnolia buds are actually lambs. That she is a wolf. Amy’s taken genetic commingling to fantastical heights, but her permutations don’t seem all that outre when you consider that there are rice crops engineered to contain human genes in the offing.

Cow Birch with Barred Owls (detail) by Amy Ross

Amy’s exhibition of paintings, anima mundi, opens at jen bekman on Friday April 27th.

For more about Amy’s exhibition:
Read the press release.
View images.
Read Amy’s bio.
If you’re interested in purchasing work by Amy, send an email to sales AT jenbekman DOT com.

Please join us at an opening reception in honor of the Winter ‘07 edition Hot Shots:

jen bekman
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012

Hey, Hot Shot! Winter 2007 Edition

Opening Reception
Wednesday March 7, 2006 | 6pm – 8pm
Tasty beverages provided by Crumpler, makers of excellent bags, in particular excellent photo bags.

The exhibition is on view Thursday – Sunday, March 8-11, 2007 from noon – 6pm.
Do drop in!

Learn more about this season’s Hot Shots on the Official Hey, Hot Shot! Blog:
Holly Andres
Colin Blakely
Jeffrey Krolick
Juho Kuva
Molly Landreth
Brad Moore
Kirby Pilcher
Ben Roberts
Mickey Smith
Ka-Man Tse

Check out Selections from the Winners. (via a Flickr photoset)
Visit the Hey, Hot Shot! web site.

Mosaic Image Credits

Please join us at an opening reception in honor of the Fall edition Hot Shots:

jen bekman
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012

Hey, Hot Shot! Fall 2006 Edition

Opening Reception
Wednesday December 13, 2006 | 6pm – 8pm
Tasty beverages provided by Crumpler, makers of excellent bags, in particular excellent photo bags.

Warm Your Toes Open House
Saturday December 16, 2006 | Noon – 3pm
Joe will be serving their divine coffee along with some delicious treats. It’s a perfect opportunity to check out the show, meet some artists and warm up from holiday shopping.

Other than that, the exhibition is on view Thursday – Sunday, December 14-17, 2006 from noon – 6pm.
Do drop in!

Learn more about this season’s Hot Shots: Check out the aweseome interviews that Alice has been conducting over on The Official Hey, Hot Shot! Blog.

More information than you can shake a stick at:

Hey, Hot Shot! web site
Images, Inventory Details + Prices (via a Flickr photoset)
jen bekman web site

Mosaic Image Credits:
1. By Your Side (Distance) by Chad Muthard, 2. Misha’s Living Room, Tambov, Russia by Sasha Rudensky, 3. Joey by Shen Wei, 4. third avenue, brooklyn by Joseph O. Holmes, 5. seventh avenue, brooklyn by Joseph O. Holmes, 6. Meribel, 2006 by Patrick Smith, 7. Cap Blanc-Nez, 2006 by Patrick Smith, 8. Untitled (Bethlehem) by Victoria Rich, 9. Untitled (from I’m in the Wrong Film) by Hans Gindlesberger, 10. The Drive (With Pete) by Chad Muthard, 11. Untitled by Mette Maersk, 12. Cake Stare by Joe Fornabaio, 13. Frieda by Juliana Beasley

We’ll be hosting a what-promises-to-be-excellent artists talk @ jen bekman this Wednesday evening, November 29th, from 6pm -8pm. (We’ll mingle and have refreshing beverages til 7pm, and the artists talk will last til about 8.)

Moderator Marisa Olson, an artist and the Editor and Curator of of Rhizome.org, will lead a casual conversation with James Deavin and Eva + Franco Mattes. The discussion will be about their respective projects documenting Second Life.

Deavin’s Photographs from the New World, mostly landscapes and interior shots, is on view at the gallery through Saturday December 9th and in Second Life at jbSL, the gallery’s virtual location, through the end of December.

The Matteses’ portrait series, 13 Most Beautiful Avatars, is showing now at Ars Virtua Gallery in conjunction with the Time Shares series co-presented by Rhizome and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and will be in a “real world” show opening on 11/30 at the Italian Academy, at Columbia.

We have a limited amount of space, so please RSVP if you’d like to attend: rsvp AT jenbekman DOT com.

jen bekman
6 Spring St
between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012

Image: Untitled by James Deavin | 30” x 40” C-print

Untitled (Three) by Fall Hot Shot Patrick Smith

We just announced the winners for the Fall 2006 Edition of Hey, Hot Shot! over on the competition’s blog. And the winners are….

Juliana Beasley
Joe Fornabaio
Hans Gindlesberger
Joseph O. Holmes
Mette Maersk
Chad Muthard
Victoria Rich
Sasha Rudensky
Patrick Smith
Shen Wei

The Fall Edition opening reception, featuring delicious top-shelf beer from HHS! sponsor Crumpler, is Wednesday, December 13 from 6–8pm. The show will be up from December 14–17, 2006.

In other good news, the Fall Hot Shots will be included in the first of its kind HHS! Yearbook, brought to you by Blurb — out this December! (In the for the opening reception, is what we’re hoping!)

As always, many thanks to our fantastic group of panelists, to Jeff Kirsch and Jesse Chan-Norris for all their hard work and commitment to the jb, and, of course, a big thank you out to all of the participants!

In addition to the winners who will be showing @ jb, there are Honorable Mentions too:

Joslin Van Arsdale, Alain Astruc, Meg Birnbaum, Karin Bubas, Alana Celii, Larissa Cleveland, Cary Conover, Rachel Herman, Alexandra Huddleston, Siri Kaur, Drew Kelly, Orrie King, Daniel Kopton, Suzette Lee, Nick Meyer, Stephen Miller, Graeme Mitchell, Mark Rubenstein, Lissa Rivera, Angie Smith, Sam Sweezy, Grant Willing, Christopher Young.

I am whupped from all the reviewing and deliberating, which was really quite agonizing this time around. I suppose having too much good stuff to choose from is a nice problem to have, but it was still really hard putting the final list together.