Darcie Book

👁️Mark your calendars for my May solo show!👁️ Opening reception: Weds, May 31, 7-9 Second Sight: A Visual Opera functions as a single artwork, an abstract narrative that unfolds as the viewer-participant moves through the space. In the darkness, in the unknown, we are in a world between dimensions. Inner worlds surface and secret lives are revealed. The large installation is an immersive experience, incorporating unexpected materials, and offering opportunities for discovery. Bring your flashlights! "Second Sight: A Visual Opera" solo exhibition by Darcie Book Julia C. Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center Exhibition Dates: May 27, 2023 – July 22, 2023 Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 31, 7PM - 9PM Artist Talk: Wednesday, June 28, 7PM - 9PM

“Looking Back, Don’t Look Back”- I really love this painting. To create this piece, I reused materials I saved from a large installation at @school33artcenter titled Midnight Oil. Sometimes it pays to be a packrat! To purchase or get more info, message me directly.

Learn more about my largest (of many) works on view at The Femme Abstract through Feb 28: Giving the Game Away is inspired by our collective vulnerability at this moment in history. There is a silver lining to these simultaneous crises we're experiencing in the United States: people are more readily opening up to share their interior lives and emotions. Through our common vulnerability we find an increased sense of empathy -- an important ingredient in lasting change.   The installation references our inner thoughts-dreams-fears-desires spilling to the surface through the use of ethereal and material mediums, reflected light and acrylic paint respectively. The fluorescent pink color fields reflected into metal leaf and the thick paint pools spilling onto the floor each represent different components of our inner worlds surfacing. Of secret lives being revealed. I've envisioned that this precise moment of our secret lives being revealed is like a door cracking open and flooding light into a very dark room. This vision and the reality of the Giving the Game Away installation were instantly fused with these words from Amanda Gorman's Inaugural poem as I heard them spoken: "There is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it - If only we are brave enough to be it." —— 9 ft x 16 ft x 8 ft, Acrylic paint, XPS foam, and metal leaf, 2020 —— The Femme Abstract has been extended through the end of February, with open hours Saturdays Noon-5:00. There will be a closing reception on Sat, Feb 27th. 979 Springdale, suite 123 (Use same street entrance as Dimension Gallery & Austin Bouldering Project, keep going behind buildings, suite 123 is at far end of back parking lot. Next to Ground Floor Theatre’s *back* door). No appointments necessary. Masks required. The first iteration of The Femme Abstract won Best Group Exhibition in 2019 from the Austin Critics Table. This year's version exists within different circumstances, but is equally potent. Curated by superstar @moya_mcintyre #paintskins #installationart #xpsfoam #pinkfoam #goldleaf #installationartist #contemporaryart #austinart #austinartist #sculpturalpainting #micapaints #micaalumni #thefemmeabstract

Thank you @artplusartisans and @tiktok for including me in this lovely Austin, TX project. Congratulations on a beautiful design! I’m honored that my work is part of the collection. 💘

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Huge Studio Moving Sale *This Weekend* Please enjoy this bonus algorithm pic of me being silly while installing. :) I’d love to see your beautiful faces this weekend! 😍 
Saturday, Nov 23rd, 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Sunday, Nov 24th, 3:00 - 6:00 PM

16021 Biltmore Ave, Apt 3210
Pflugerville, TX 78660 Please RSVP for gate code. I can also be reached at 443.676.1944.    This is a rare opportunity to purchase my artwork at discounted prices. While I’ll be based out of Portland and Austin starting in a couple weeks, most of my belongings (including artwork) will be traveling to Portland. If you’ve had your eye on any type of work I create, this is a great time to add something to your collection!

Also available: tons of art supplies (photography, fiber art, sculpture, painting, drawing, frames), collectibles, housewares, clothes, furniture…

No matter your budget, there’s something here for you. As always, I’m open to payment plans for larger purchases.

Feel free to tell your friends or bring them with you. I’ve been pretty antisocial for a while since it took longer than expected to recover from a major surgery - so I’m sorry I’ve missed so many recent happenings. 
These images don’t include everything that’s available, but they should give you a sense of the variety.

Austin area folks:
Stop by my studio this weekend or contact me to make an appointment if you can’t be there from 3:00-6:00.

If you live outside of Austin:
Feel free to reach out with questions! I’m happy to ship most work.

🤍This Weekend🤍 Huge Studio Moving Sale Saturday, Nov 23rd, 3:00 - 6:00 PM Sunday, Nov 24th, 3:00 - 6:00 PM 16021 Biltmore Ave, Apt 3210 Pflugerville, TX 78660 Please RSVP for gate code. I can also be reached at 443.676.1944. This is a rare opportunity to purchase my artwork at discounted prices. While I’ll be based out of Portland and Austin starting in a couple weeks, most of my belongings (including artwork) will be traveling to Portland. If you’ve had your eye on any type of work I create, this is a great time to add something to your collection! Also available: tons of art supplies (photography, fiber art, sculpture, painting, drawing, frames), collectibles, and housewares No matter your budget, there’s something here for you. As always, I’m open to payment plans for larger purchases. Feel free to tell your friends or bring them with you. I’ve been pretty antisocial for a while since it took longer than expected to recover from a major surgery - so I’m sorry I’ve missed so many recent happenings. I’d love to see your beautiful faces before the big move!! These images don’t include everything that’s available, but they should give you a sense of the variety. Austin area folks: Stop by my studio this weekend or contact me to make an appointment if you can’t be there from 3:00-6:00. If you live outside of Austin: Feel free to reach out with questions! I’m happy to ship most work.

I don't know how I got so lucky to be surrounded by such brilliant, warm, and talented people. ❤️ Huge thank you to everyone who came together to kick off the “Borderless: Together Outside” series: the panelists, Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park, and all our visitors! Not only did y'all create an insightful conversation, but the event had such a warm and inviting energy. I'm so grateful to each of you and I've gone into this week totally inspired after Sunday’s talk. One of the many notes I took during the conversation is this quote from Kill Joy: "Place became not just a space we exist in but a character in our lives". All my motivations for creating the series deal with interconnectedness, so considering place as a character in our lives relates perfectly. I think often about our existence as part of the land, our interconnectedness with all life. And also how the land is alive, and when we look into a landscape, the land looks back at us. 🌲👁️ Check out my work "The Land Stares Back" at Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park, on view 24/7 until further notice. Follow each of these amazing people to keep up with their important work! Paloma Mayorga @paloma.mayorga Jamal Hussain @jamalofearth Kill Joy @kill.joy.land Mueni Loko Rudd @mueniloko Darcie Book @darcie.book Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park @dimensiongallery @sculptureforge @moya_mcintyre City of Austin Economic Development Department @cityofaustinarts This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department and made possible by our generous hosts at Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park, Colin McIntyre and Moya McIntyre.

👁️🌳Join us this Sunday!!🌳👁️ The event is completely free and open to the public! Though donations are accepted to continue future Borderless: Together Outside programming. To RSVP or send a donation, visit our Eventbrite at /BorderlessPanel (linked in bio) The Borderless: Together Outside series kicks off with a panel discussion led by Paloma Mayorga and artwork by Darcie Book. Mayorga will moderate a conversation about human relationships to nature and landscape with panelists Jamal Hussain, Kill Joy, and Mueni Loko Rudd, taking place on Sunday March 24th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park (950 Springdale Rd, ATX 78702). The conversation coincides with The Land Stares Back, an interactive art intervention by Darcie Book. Please bring your picnic blankets and pillows for lawn seating. Limited chair seating will be available for those who need it. The Borderless: Together Outside series addresses topics at the intersection of art and environmentalism, led by Austin's LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and refugee communities. Some of our most vulnerable populations feel unsafe and unwelcome in our shared outdoor spaces, and are therefore less likely to experience the joy and major health benefits of time spent in nature. Our goal is to make change in this area through the ongoing community series, and other collaborative efforts. The project's background is aligned with the artistic practice of founder, Darcie Book, as it considers our complex human relationship with the land. The idea is that we look into a landscape and the land looks right back at us. The land is aware. It is alive, and it sees us. Thanks to Wayne Alan Brenner @austinchronicle for recommending our event in this week's calendar. 🙏♥️ This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department and made possible by our generous hosts at Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park, Colin McIntyre and Moya McIntyre. Paloma Mayorga @paloma.mayorga Jamal Hussain @jamalofearth Kill Joy @kill.joy.land Mueni Loko Rudd @mueniloko Darcie Book @darcie.book Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park @dimensiongallery @sculptureforge @moya_mcintyre

You’re invited! ✨The Borderless: Together Outside✨ series kicks off with a panel discussion led by Paloma Mayorga and artwork by Darcie Book. Mayorga will moderate a conversation about human relationships to nature and landscape with panelists Jamal Hussain, Kill Joy, and Mueni Loko Rudd, taking place on Sunday March 24th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park (950 Springdale Rd, ATX 78702). The conversation coincides with The Land Stares Back, an interactive art intervention by Darcie Book. Please bring your picnic blankets and pillows for lawn seating. Limited chair seating will be available for those who need it. The Borderless: Together Outside series addresses topics at the intersection of art and environmentalism, led by Austin’s LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and refugee communities. Some of our most vulnerable populations feel unsafe and unwelcome in our shared outdoor spaces, and are therefore less likely to experience the joy and major health benefits of time spent in nature. Our goal is to make change in this area through the ongoing community series, and other collaborative efforts. The project’s background is aligned with the artistic practice of founder, Darcie Book, as it considers our complex human relationship with the land. The idea is that we look into a landscape and the land looks right back at us. The land is aware. It is alive, and it sees us 👁️ This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department and made possible by our generous hosts at Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park, Colin McIntyre and Moya McIntyre. Paloma Mayorga @paloma.mayorga Jamal Hussain @jamalofearth Kill Joy @kill.joy.land Mueni Loko Rudd @mueniloko Darcie Book @darcie.book Dimension Gallery Sculpture Park @dimensiongallery  @sculptureforge  @moya_mcintyre City of Austin Economic Development Department @cityofaustinarts