ArtCon 5 info…

This is cut and pasted from a press release regarding this Saturday’s show. You should attend and bid on my piece…


Art Conspiracy is in the air again, which means it’s time for doing good and having fun.

Our 5th annual Art Conspiracy starts at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 12th at 511 W. Commerce. We’ll have secure parking (with police officers and parking attendants) 2 blocks from the building, beer and non-alcoholic beverages available. Although the forecast looks good, we’ll have heaters this year too!

If you’re not quite sure about the whereabouts of the warehouse, please visit www.artconspiracy.org to see a map.

Art Conspiracy is taking part in a couple of new things this time around. First, you can buy tickets in advance through Prekindle. The advantage is that you won’t have a long wait at the door. If you’re interested, click here to purchase tickets:https://secure.prekindle.com/promo/id/20981892446683638

Another great thing? We have partnered with KERAs Art&Seek, an online community at www.artandseek.org where creative people can come together to find, discuss, create and react to art. Art&Seek has been featuring profiles of Art Conspiracy artists and of our beneficiary , Resolana. See more here:http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/?s=art+conspiracy

As you probably know by now, Art Conspiracy differs from other arts fundraisers because the artists do their work on site the day before the event. On the eve of Art Conspiracy, artists work in shifts to fill 150 18 x 18 plywood canvasses, basically turning the warehouse into a giant art studio. During the actual event on Saturday,December 12, all of these newly created pieces will be sold in rapid-fire live auctions. Starting bids for all pieces is $20.

The artwork is made by Dallas-area artists of all stripes and the pieces they create at the warehouse represent many styles. If you look to the left, you see just a few of our artists and what theyve come up with for past events.
All of this will benefit Resolana, a group that provides rehabilitative art lessons to women in the Dallas county jails.

Heres a quick look at the schedule:

7:00 Doors Open

7:20 RTB2

7:50 Art Auction One

8:40 The Boom Boom Box

9:10 Art Auction Two

9:50 The Crash That Took Me

10: 20 Art Auction Three

11:00 Telegraph Canyon

Thank you so much to our artists who give us their time and talent to create original auction worthy works and to our volunteers who use everything from carpentry skills, screen printing abilities and organizational talents (just to name a few things) to make Art Conspiracy tick.

A big “thank you!” to our sponsors too for providing us with money and the materials that help make Art Conspiracy happen.

Sponsors include:

Ben E. Keith

Architectural Carpentry Materials

West Dallas Industries

Beckley Brewhouse

Faire Father

Greenscape Earth Designs

Print Place

DME Solutions, LP

In the five years Art Conspiracy has been around we’ve been lucky enough to have the support of thousands of attendees, hundreds of artists and hundreds of volunteers. We’ve raised more than $50,000 to help groups including La Reunion TX, St. Anthony Community Center and Preservation Link.

We’re looking forward to Saturday night and doing more good inDallas, hopefully we’ll see you at the warehouse!

Baby portraits…

Yes, I book an occasional baby portrait. I don’t JUST shoot rock stars. I’m a big family man and I love my boys. Why wouldn’t I enjoy a few baby photo sessions every now and then?!?

Cloudy moon…

I snapped a couple pics of the moon the other night. It was going in and out of the clouds and looked kind of cool. Not the best moon picture ever captured, but I thought it was nice enough to share.

My fellow photogs…

As this decade is coming to an end, I thought I’d look back on a few people who don’t always make it in front of the camera. I’m talking about those people who are normally BEHIND the camera. Over the years. I’ve snapped a few pics of some fellow Dallas photogs, and now I’m sharing them with you…

Dylan Hollingsworth


Allison V. Smith

Ange Fitzgerald

Irwin Thompson

Mona Reeder
Stephanie Alexander
Joel Winburne
Rachel Parker

Scott Mankoff

Texas Grammy nominations…

Texas musicians have racked up a bunch of Grammy nominations this year. In honor of one of this year’s nominees – Roy Hargrove – I am posting an old picture I took of him…

John Popper…

Some pictures I take wind up getting filed away and forgotten. I almost forgot about this portrait of John Popper, the musician and frontman for Blues Traveler. I took it near the end of 2008, then never did anything with it, until now…

Almost ten years…

December 14, 1999 was the first shoot I did for The Dallas Morning News. It has been almost exactly ten years, and they’ve been a pretty awesome client. I’ve learned so much through those ten years and done so much. I think I need to track down a copy of that first assignment and share it. It was some restaurant in Hillsboro, if I remember correctly.

Anyway, ten years is about nine years and six months longer than I initially thought I’d be shooting for them. I was so young and nervous back then, I just knew I’d blow it somehow… but, I didn’t. Now, let’s hope for another ten years!

The other website…

Not sure if I mentioned this lately or not… I recently moved my music, band, rock and roll photography website to a new domain name. I’m going to use www.janikphoto.com with a PH in photo for my editorial and corporate work portfolio from now on. I am still working on that website, so you STILL see a temp page online. I just rotates through some pics and gives my contact info. I really need to get that new site built.

Back to the rock and roll pics… They are now at www.janikfoto.com with an F, as in foto. Eventually, I’ll have the two sites link back and forth between each other, so you can easily find both. However, I wanted a distinct transition between the two bodies of work. I didn’t want it all on one website. I hope it wasn’t too confusing for everyone…