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About Me

The Art Parlour is a collaborative entity in its embryonic stage. Artists and aficionados gather to make art a means of sustaining life. Weekly and monthly gatherings will ensue in RealSpace (Olympia WA USA) and hopefully the evolutions of the project will lead the world to the realization that...
...life is art - accept no imitations!
The Art Parlour is the brainchild of Michael Armenia and his multifaceted communication arts company, AEM Arts Inc. AEM Arts is finding creative ways to sell used books by recycling, redistributing, and redefining literart art. Antiquarian books are being preserved and sold online and offline by AEM Libris and AEM Books.. Century-old novels are being transformed into handbags, cocktail purses, iPod cases and the like. Old dust jackets are appearing in the expression of visual arts projects while their associated books are being donated to charitable causes.
The Art Parlour is also home to fine antiquarian prints, lithographs, and etchings as well as modern works of art. It's home to the obvious: visual artists, musicians, composers, poets, writers...but, there is no end to art. Passionate pursuits of the more subtle discliplines like the culinary arts, healing arts, divination arts are among the worlds explored in the parlour.
The Art Parlour is my office, my studio, my reading room, my business, an art gallery, a performance space...it's my home away from home, and I am opening up my parlour to share inspirations with artists of the world.My definition of an artist is any open minded individual who cares to take a bite, digest and regurgitate some aspect of the cosmos offering different perspectives for others.

My Interests

Many.

I'd like to meet:

Artists. The most obvious are painters, photographers, printers, musicians, composers, poets, writers, singers, dancers, architects, etc. The more subtle but equally aesthetic include: culinary artists (chefs, vintners, bakers, etc.), healing artists, (Reiki practioners, chiropractors, massage therapists, etc.), divination artists (Tarot readers, I-Ching casters, astrologers, etc.)...
Heck...life is art! Thus, if you have life, you are a potential artist.

Heroes:

Self-actualized, other-centered humans who have completely lost any sense of ego.

My Blog

cancer 20 years ago / CD release 13 years ago / free music

It's been almost 20 years since my college buddy Ken died of cancer at age 23. It's been 13 years since I released my first CD, Gate of Men, an instrumental work inspired by and dedicated to Ken. Toda...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:59:00 PST

Other Exquisite ART for sale!

In addition to the Amy Brown fairy I have for sale (see that blog here), the following acquired pieces are also available for sale. In times of need, these pleasurable items are luxuries I can't affor...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:06:00 PST

Original AMY BROWN Fantasy /Fairy Painting FOR SALE

In the year 2000 I was going through hards times and sold my prized possession, a Buddhist Thanka that I bought in Nepal. It was a lovely hand-painted work of art with intricate and exquisite miniatur...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

Blessed Solstice Wishes

Hello Friends:I haven't blogged in some time. There has been a lot of developments in the life of the Art Parlour...or, the art of the Life Parlour. In 2007 we left our physical space. Whi...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Art Walk in Olympia WA / Procession of the Species

Saturday was the second day of Olympia's semi-annual art walk. Before venturing out to the annual Procession of the Species, an epic community sponsored parade celebrating the Earth and it's elements ...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:52:00 PST

Satan Was My Pimp

The 2007 Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair is over. Of course, my rare paperback copy of the erotic pulp fiction, "Satan Was My Pimp" did not sell at $75, but it did get attention and chuckles. What I can...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PST

Ayn Rand+Kabala+Electron Tubes+God+x=?

So what do you get when you add art deco graphics and fashion from the nineteen-thirties, some Ayn Rand, electronic tube schemata, some German and Latin Alchemical figures, Kabala, and then some? You ...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:40:00 PST

wince, squirm, shiver, shudder...a visual poem

I photographed a book for ebay last night called "Surgery of the Mouth and Jaws" and I got to wondering...does the following image make you wince, squirm, shiver or shudder (or all of the above)? Tha...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:28:00 PST

books and art....

So far the bookstore is a success. Despite the proximity to well-established book stores within walking distance, the town seems thrilled to discover us (we know it's the prices which can't be beat an...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:48:00 PST

Book Sale Begins / Gallery Uncertain...

Well, for opening the doors and little advertising the book sale is doing wonderfully. Whether we can transition this wonderful space into an art gallery will be seen in the coming days/weeks. Books a...
Posted by The Art Parlour on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:11:00 PST