I'm going to SCOPE Miami!

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I was the first of two winners in the RED BULL Canvas Cooler competition, and will be representing Dallas at SCOPE Miami in December!! I cannot express how much this opportunity means to me, and how amazing the people from Term of Art and Red Bull were to work with. This whole experience has been an amazing whirlwind. I can't wait to share the next leg of this adventure. Thank you to everyone for flooding my Facebook and Twitter with words of encouragement and congratulations. It has meant so much!

photo by Loyal K.N.G. 

Special thanks to the prestigious judges: 
• Veletta Forsythe Lill, Executive Director - Dallas Arts District; Councilmember - City of Dallas
• Phillip E. Collins, Chief Curator - African American Museum; Commissioner-at-Large - Office of Cultural Affairs - City of Dallas; Chair of the Public Art Committee  - City of Dallas; Community Outreach Coordinator in Education - Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)
• Anne Bothwell - Director Art&Seek Initiative - KERA public radio/TV; Assistant Arts Editor - The Dallas Morning News

It was an honor to have you all see my work!

RED BULL Canvas Cooler Project: The Process.

As you know, I was recently chosen as one of twenty artists to design a cooler for the Red Bull Canvas Cooler Project. This Monday was creation day, and working on my cooler was definitely much more of an endurance test than I had anticipated! While I have drawn for hours at a time, never have I immersed myself into a piece for 7+ hours in a public space. It was exhausting and exhilarating all at once. I am really pleased with how my cooler turned out, especially considering my only real plan was to have the focus be an anatomical heart. I tend to think my work turns out more sincere when I freehand and just let the lines go where they may.

Some progress photos I took with my trusty iPhone throughout creation day:

I can't express how much I love Sakura Permapaque Markers. I brought about 394823840234 of them on creation day just in case, and they worked beautifully.

Tonight is the big night! If you're in the Dallas area, you can RSVP for free admission to the reception. Even if you aren't, you can still be a part of the voting process by hashtagging: #jodypham #canvascooler #rbcurates together in a tweet!  

Many thanks and gratitude to Red Bull, Term of Art, and the Arts Fund for this amazing opportunity!