I wasn’t able to get any one to feature on the site for today, so I am showcasing George Ohr.

The self-proclaimed “Mad Potter of Biloxi” George Edgar Ohr (1857-1918) created a body of work from Mississippi clay.

George Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on July 12, 1857. Ohr studied the potter’s trade with Joseph Meyer in New Orleans, a potter whose family hailed from Alsace-Lorraine, as did Ohr’s. Ohr created well over 10,000 known pots in his lifetime.
Ohr displayed little obvious perfectionism in his art or control in his person, antagonizing art leaders nationally and political leaders at home.

Ohr had little financial success when it came to pottery most of what he sold was souveneir items for tourists, but his quote, “When I am gone, my work will be praised, honored, and cherished. It will come.” has since come true. Where in his day he was unable to sell his work for the modern equivilant of $500 people now commonly pay over $5,000 for his work, although I see some here that have gone for as much as $132,000.

There is a very good likliehood that some of Ohrs pots ae still floating around in the wilds of old barns or attics somewhere on the coast. 600 pots were taken from him by hired help when returning to his studio from the World’s fair in New Orleans. His original pottery was wiped out in a fire in 1894 and he recovered what he could from the ashes.

The Official opening of the Ohr-Okeefe Museum is scheduled for November 6 of this year. The museum is offering lifetime membership for individuals for $50 or families for $75. They also offer other membership levels including inscribed bricks on their site at The self-proclaimed “Mad Potter of Biloxi” George Edgar Ohr (1857-1918) created a body of work from Mississippi clay.

George Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on July 12, 1857. Ohr studied the potter’s trade with Joseph Meyer in New Orleans, a potter whose family hailed from Alsace-Lorraine, as did Ohr’s. Ohr created well over 10,000 known pots in his lifetime.
Ohr displayed little obvious perfectionism in his art or control in his person, antagonizing art leaders nationally and political leaders at home.

Ohr had little financial success when it came to pottery most of what he sold was souveneir items for tourists, but his quote, “When I am gone, my work will be praised, honored, and cherished. It will come.” has since come true. Where in his day he was unable to sell his work for the modern equivilant of $500 people now commonly pay over $5,000 for his work, although I see some here that have gone for as much as $132,000.

There is a very good likliehood that some of Ohrs pots ae still floating around in the wilds of old barns or attics somewhere on the coast. 600 pots were taken from him by hired help when returning to his studio from the World’s fair in New Orleans. His original pottery was wiped out in a fire in 1894 and he recovered what he could from the ashes.

The Official opening of the Ohr-Okeefe Museum is scheduled for November 6 of this year. The museum is offering lifetime membership for individuals for $50 or families for $75. They also offer other membership levels including inscribed bricks on their site at www.georgeohr.org.

Ismael Brandão is a trumpet player from Brazil currently attending USM. He is one member of a brass quintet called Translation brass.
The brass quintet has a repertoire for special events, conferences and receptions in general. Their intention is to offer a diversity that meets the needs of the event, always with great style and quality.

The musicians of the group offer access to various cultural experiences giving participants their recognition as individuals and as a society.

The group selects a specific repertoire for each public performance with carefully chosen, covering subjects from art history, reflections on the importance of music in people’s lives and education of society, as well as teamwork and the study of music. Since its inception Translation Brass has performed in various cities of São Paulo, USP units of campuses, and scored it’s first international tour through Europe in July 2007, where it presented works by Brazilian composers at international festivals in Italy and Switzerland.

Experience in the arts: The musicians in the Quintet perform activities in renowned orchestras such as Youth Symphony Orchestra of Sao Paulo Chamber Orchestra of USP (OCAM) Symphony Orchestra of USP (OSUSP) OSESP Academy, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Sao Bernardo do Campo , Santos Symphony Orchestra, the State Youth Symphonic Band, Symphony Culture, among others.

Art with Heart in Mississippi’s purpose is to serve and connect individuals, communities, and the human service organizations by using creative arts for education, therapy, and recreation, while simultaneously serving the creative artists by mentoring, networking and connecting them to art associations and venues for shows and publicity.

Art with heart is doing great things for the local community at large as well as the art community. They offer theraputic classes for rehabilitation and the disabled, childrens art classes, and more. All artists are welcome to show and sell with us, new and experienced artists alike. We take no commissions or fees. We also match art-seeker and art job to artist, so call or email and we’ll get you set up.

Currently they have a benefit for the oil spill first responders. The Oil Spill Art Therapy Project is a collaboration about making art out of your emotional, financial and personal experiences, from April 20th 2010 to now.
This will be compiled in a book and an accompanying CD. The proceeds from the book sales will go to the first responder non-profits, hospitality and tourism workers who have been affected and the wildlife rescue and cleanup effort. More information on this collaboration is available here. I’d like to stress that you needn’t be an artist to participate in the project.

You can contact Art with Heart for information on their website http://art-with-heart.org.
Donations are accepted here. More information on volunteering can be found here.
They are looking for a new location for their Biloxi art classes. The response was incredible and they quickly outgrew their space. If you can help contact Linda Hill.

The Gallery is an elegant and welcoming art gallery featuring one-of-a-kind paintings, ceramics, jewelry, glass and functional works of art from our local artists and artisans.  We are home to many well-known artists from the Gulf Coast, as well as some up-and-coming talents from our area.  We are building a reputation for excellence and innovation, and we’re just getting started.

We are currently the only art gallery in Mississippi to have a private viewing room offering an intimate setting in which you and your guests can enjoy the art you are contemplating for purchase.  Tea or wine service is available to complete the experience.

We host After Dark  , an evening of art, food, drink, music, and fun, once a month on Saturday evenings starting at 8 o’clock.  Each month we feature a different artist, but there is always delicious local fare, endless glasses of wine, and bottomless bottles of beer.

The Gallery offers a full service corporate leasing program in which they will give one on one service to help you get beautiful art for your business based off of their professional recommendations. They even do the work for you delivering, displaying and maintaining each piece leaving you to sit back and enjoy the art.

The gallery houses a classroom. Environment can do so much for inspiration and creativity and this clean environment full of beauty is the perfect place to create and learn.

The Art Walk 2010 is coming up on September 4th. The Gallery would like to invite everyone out to meet their featured artist of the month JoAnn Wheeler as she answers questions and talks while painting live! Ann Werther will be there with a large selection of artisan jewelry. Author and photographer, Dr. Phil Levin will be signing books and displaying his photography as well.

The Gallery is located at 700 Washington Ave. in beautiful downtown Ocean Springs,Ms. You can contact them by phone about their leasing program or classroom or any other questions at (228) 875-8407. You can find out more by visiting their website at http://www.thegalleryoceansprings.com

Jonathan Mayers was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he began creating artwork in his childhood.  His interests in absurd humor, Southern Louisiana environmental issues, cartoons, video games, Surrealism, and Underground Contemporary artwork play roles in how his work has come to fruition.  He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at Louisiana State University in 2007.  Beginning in 2008, Jonathan has been working toward a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of New Orleans, where he was awarded a full assistantship.

Q.How old are you?
A.26

Q.What musical acts(if any) keep you going?

A.MF Doom, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Mars Volta, and any Cajun/Zydecomusic come to mind at first, but there are various other genres and musicians that I enjoy listening to as well.

Q. What movies (if any ) never get old to you?
A.Lord of the Rings, the original Star Wars Trilogy, and I can watch Adult Swim’s Squidbillies (television show) and laugh my ass off for hours on end

Q.Do you do any work in other mediums?
A.Sure do. I’ve recently been working in mixed media including colored pencils, pens/markers/ink , watercolor, image transfers, collage, acrylics and oils.  I also fiddle with screen-printing and woodcuts.

Q.How long have you been creating?
A.Longer than I can remember.  As a kid I always drew cartoon characters and pastel landscapes.  After taking a hiatus for a few years, I really engulfed myself in creating artwork when I was about 19.

Q.Which artists do you feel you take the most inspiration from or admire?
A.I’d have to say Max Ernst, Jeff Soto, Hans Bellmer, Sandow Birk, Alex Pardee, Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Banksy.  Also, having and conversing with my artist friends creates communal inspiration, which I truly appreciate.

Q.What do you feel gravitated you towards the arts?
A.I grew up appreciating cartoon and fantasy imagery and was turned on to Surrealist artists, such as Max Ernst and Rene Magritte.  I also had a perverse imagination that was dotted with humor, which was sometimes dry and contradictory.  The best way to release the energy that had accumulated inside me was through creating artwork that was fueled by my interests.

Q. Where was your work first exposed to the public?
A.When I was in elementary? At the Jones Creek Library in Baton Rouge.  When I was in college?  Chelsea’s Cafe in Baton Rouge.

Q. What feeling do you think your work gives to the audience?
A.I feel my work gives the audience a sense of exploration and discovery.

Q.Your style of work looks like it is currently taking a new direction. The
lure series you submitted to us, while still very surreal, also has taken on the unmistakable emptiness of a     minimalist piece. Is this change a conscious decision by you or a natural evolution?
A.I’ve created minimalist paintings a few years back and felt compelled to revisit the idea.  The experimentation of this new media married with biologically altered elements of unknown origin and size in an unknown environment was logically the next step in the progression of my work.

Living in an area of Southeastern Louisiana with major refineries and sprawling new construction causing disruption of our land has made a large impact on my work.  I use surreal imagery spotted with the marriage of “man made” and biological entities to create subtle interestingly humoristic objects in my work.  My work, for me, is a focus on the balance of creation and the environment in which these objects reside – which are intended to relate to how our own human creations work within our environment.

Jonathan is currently showing in  Art Chaud at the Du Mois Gallery in New Orleans, LA.

A few of his past showings include, 2010 Space 2010, Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Gallery, Baton Rouge LA, Invitational – 2009  Notes From the Artistic Underground, LSU Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge LA – Defend New Orleans Art Party!, Style Lab, New Orleans LA.

If you would like to get into contact with Jonathan try his site www.jonathanmayers.com or add him as a friend on Facebook.

Born in San Francisco, California, in 1973, and raised in Texas. Art has always been an essential element in my life. My passion began as a child and grew in High School, where my art was exhibited in two student shows and published in the art and literary magazine. I went on to study fashion design at the University of North Texas, where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in 1999. At UNT, I was awarded the Faculty Award for most improved student and the Stanley Heller NAMSB Award for excellence in men’s wear design. After completing my degree at UNT, I attended the Paris Fashion Institute, in France, and received a certificate of completion. When I returned from Paris, I showed small collections in two local Dallas designer shows. For the past 2 years I have been working in film. I received commissions to do three murals, several paintings and illustrations over the past fifteen years. I am currently residing in New Orleans.

Infused with references to fashion, music, nature, religion, death, and travels; my work fragments these elements into collaged images. Consequently, I create art that floats between fantasy and reality. A key element in my work is the aspect of people. With the use of bold brush strokes and color, my pieces showcase a figurative, expressionistic style. I incorporate anime, textiles and graffiti as well. Using acrylic paint, prisma color pencils, markers and relevant objects, my work can range from small illustrations to large collages.

My intention is to make a statement. Art that continues to combine my life experiences through collage, illustration and painting. Currently, I am focusing on the idea of recycling: bringing an objective status to something that was once discarded and elevating it to a position of artistic value. This work has a conceptual bias in waste, mass production and consumerism, therefore raising the issue concerning recycling items rather than discarding and abandoning them. This idea has evolved into updating older works and giving them new life. My goal is to continue exploring these elements by fusing art and fashion together with recycled objects.

Current work includes, May 2010 Blood Out, Feature Film. Set Costumer – Re-Kill & Seconds Apart Reshoots, Feature Film. Costume Supervisor/Key Set Costumer – April 2010 Scratching the Surface, Feature Film. Costume Designer – March 2010 Where Strippers Go To Die, Short Film. Wardrobe Designer

A few past showings include, 2009 “Untitled Show” 700 Club, New Orleans, Louisiana – 2007 “Soul Funktion” Artist, Zubar, Dallas, Texas -  “Trunk Show” F6 Gallery, Arlington, Texas – “Girls Rock” F6 Gallery, Arlington, Texas

The full scope of Dore’s work can be seen at  http://doreveronique.deviantart.com. Email Dore’ here.

Art House Mouse is a showcase of artists in various media from the local Gulf Coast area.

Each day one local artist will be showcased with contact information and a few pieces or samples of their artwork. Acceptable forms of work include, but are not limited to paintings, drawings, photography, videos, modeling shots, dance performances, musical performances, sculpture and fashion designs.

If you would like to be involved please submit the following:

* Your name

* Email address

* At least 1 reasonably sized sample (image, MP3, txt or AVI clip, files hosted online are O.K. too!)

Optionally you may include the following:

* A photo of yourself

* a list of any credited work (including murals, published material, gigs)

* your contact information to hire or view more of your work.

Thank you for your interest in ArtHouseMouse.com