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A.K. MILES

junkyard sophisticate

About Me

I do a lot of arts and crafts. I love to sew, weld and paint equally. I play the violin, poorly. I have a tendency to overdress. I'm cheeky but quiet, unless I have something to say. I have a thing for tarantulas, singing saws, chairs, orchids and carnivorous plants. I rotate my friends, some I actually know, some I just think are so cool that you should see them too. I'm a rotator. My favorite artist is my husband, see my top spot. Thanks for looking, feel free to comment. Advertising comments welcomed as well, that's what I'm here for. Unless you are trying to tell me "how easy it is to get money for surreys/ or to get giftcards"... I don't believe you, leave me alone. cheers, ak

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I'd like to meet:

friends; creative, business-minded folk, weirdos,crazies,literary-types, dirty people, out of the closets, skeletons in the closets, skeletons, please no snots,falsies,in the closets, or teeny bops

Music:

Patton: Mr. Bungle, Faith no More, Lovage, Tomahawk, Fantomas, general patton and the excecutioners,Dillanger Escape Plan, kaada patton,and various other combinations of Patton and friends,Tom Waits, Ween, blond redhead, Bjork, Beck, Flaming Lips, John Zorn, Naked City, Beta Band, Miles Davis, Cash, Robert Johnson, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Queen Ida, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Blackalicous, absract tribe unique, Mr. Romo, ry cooter, rolling Stones, Ac/Dc, Primus, Radiohead, Yardbirds, Pink Floyd, Gorillas, Rasputina, Apocolyptica,Quasi, Sleeter-Kinney, Nirvana,Muddy Waters, Critters buggin, Nina hagen, Erykah Badu, Ella Fitzgerald,Frank Zappa,Beta Band, Medeski martin and wood, critters buggin, Modest Mouse, Pharsyde, lots of other funky monkeys...

Movies:

adaptation, V for Vendetta, Delicatesion, Brazil, Tetsuo, Texas Chainsaw massacre (all of them),Wallace and Gromit, Blade Runner, Secretary, Ridick (shut up), City of lost children,wallace and gromit. Directed by michel gondry, argento, spike jonz, sofia coppala, cronenburg. many others

Television:



peep, CSI, Simpsons, Venture Brothers, Family Guy, mythbusters, cable acsess arts showcase, dirty jobs

Books:

The Magus, The Orchid Thief, Twila Tharp's Creative habit, The Tao of Pooh, anything by Tom Robbins, Herman Hesse, Robert Hughes, H.W. Janson or Kurt Vonnegut. and others

Heroes:

Mike Patton, Bjork, goya, Herman Hesse, jacques coustou, dave, Matisse, Twila tharp, Tom waits, Jeff Corwin, Ready-made mag
These are some websites for artists to help with funding, programs, and legal among other things.
To find your state's art agency site: www.nasaa-arts.org
Arts Wire ( www.artswire.org ) is a national artist organization that is a great source on what's out there for artists.
For scholarship information on art and art history (whether you are in college or not) the College Art Associaction ( www.collegeart.org ) is a good starting point.
For woman in specific there is the Woman's Caucus for Art ( www.nationalwca.com ). Also you can find chapters for the National Artists Equity Association at www.artists-equity.org .
For video artists, audio, film etc the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture ( www.namac.org ) are a media based support organization.
For legal advise there are organizations of Volenteer Lawyers for the Arts which I believes requires membership of some sort. They assist with nonprofit status, copyright laws, contracts etc. There are many and the best way to find one in your area is to do an .. search for "volunteer lawyers for the arts" and find a chapter near you.
An orginzation that specializes in promoting Latino, Chicano and Native American culture is the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center ( www.guadalupeculturalarts.org ).
Of course there is the National Endowment for the Arts ( www.arts.endow.gov ).
To find programs in universities for graduate and professional study in arts and architecture www.petersons.com lists basic contact information and descriptions of programs offered.
The Alliance of Artist Communities ( www.teleport.com/~aac/ ) lists communities in the U.S. and overeseas.
Ok I'm done.-ak

My Blog

old fish, new fish, red fish, blue fish: my paintings

Some of my paintings ...
Posted by A.K. MILES on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:40:00 PST

carnivorous

Our carnies...
Posted by A.K. MILES on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:38:00 PST

Freaky Florist

  These are some floral arrangements I've done for art shows.  Unfortunately some of my favorites (Gallery untitled, City Fusion) I do not have photos for.  ...
Posted by A.K. MILES on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:04:00 PST

About me...Fashion and fire-dancing

  Shortly after my first fashion show as one half of RickRack Studios (along with Brianna Cross), due to the great response to Bikini Bazarro, we were invited to participate in another show. ...
Posted by A.K. MILES on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:23:00 PST

about me: Bikini Bazarro

    In 2002 Brianna Cross and I formed a company called RickRack Studios. On Valentines day that year we put together a performance fashion show dubbed "Bikini Bazarro".  We had ab...
Posted by A.K. MILES on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:04:00 PST

Artist Statement: A.K.Miles

                                At an early age I remember ...
Posted by A.K. MILES on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:05:00 PST