Blank Slate Festival follow-up

Blank Slate Festival was fantastic. The quality of musicianship was great, and it was great to see the visual artists -- painters & videographers -- contribute to all the artmaking. The audience was receptive, and there was a lot of genuine community spirit. Blank Slate Festival's venue, the beautiful old Methodist church, was unique. Thanks to Gerard Cox, the festival's main organizer, and thanks of course to all the artists, all the other people who helped out, the audience for supporting the festival, and the good people at Earth House Collective for hosting Blank Slate Festival!

Here are some photographs. Several people were taking photos throughout the seven hours of artmaking, and the entire festival was captured with video and audio recording. Examples of the festival -- in photos, video, and audio -- will be more readily available shortly.

Wizards -- Hasan Abdur-Razzaq (saxophones), Gerard Cox (piano), Adam Smith (drums), with Josh Burke (painting). Photo credit: Dan Godston.


Wizards, with Josh Burke. Photo credit: Dan Godston.

Constellation Grid -- Scott Deal (percussion), Dan Godston (trumpet), Alex Wing (piano), Michael Drews (laptop), & Jordan Munson (videography with MaxMSP Jitter). Photo credit: Curtis Glatter.

Constellation Grid performing. Photo credit: Curtis Glatter.

Gibson Thorne and Cory Salas painting during the James Cornish Group's performance


Gibson Thorne and Cory Salas (painting) and the James Cornish Group -- James Cornish (trumpet), Marco Novachcoff (saxophones and contrabass clarinet), & Curtis Glatter (percussion)

James Cornish Group -- James Cornish (trumpet), Marco Novachcoff (saxophones and contrabass clarinet), & Curtis Glatter (percussion)

Marco Novachcoff (baritone saxophone) and James Cornish (trumpet), during the James Cornish Group's set


Curtis Glatter (percussion), during the James Cornish Group's set

balcony shot of the James Cornish Group

Cory Salas (painting), Gerard Cox (piano), Marco Novachcoff (baritone saxophone), Hasan Abdur-Razzaq (tenor saxophone, and James Cornish

Gibson Thorne and Cory Salas (painting), Gerard Cox (piano), Marco Novachcoff (baritone saxophone), Hasan Abdur-Razzaq (tenor saxophone, and James Cornish

disassembled organ pedals at Earth House Collective