Blake Haygood

In January Rebecca and I got to visit briefly with Marc Dombrosky and Shannon Eakins at Marc’s show at Platform. My post about “Neverland” here. They have relocated to Las Vegas while Shannon pursues her MFA. We miss them. Marc recently sent me a gift of one of his lovely embroidered pieces. Thanks Marc! I [...]

It was fun while it lasted. I took my show Is You Is? down this Sunday. I got to hang out a bit with Heide Fernandez-Llamazares and Ellen Ito, two of the three that make the Telephone Room run (Marty Gengenbach being the third).  We talked about yurts, snowboarding and football. And other things. Before and [...]

I thought I’d post a few photos of my studio with work in progress for my Telephone Room show. I have a great space – it has no street presence, yet has these high windows that let in lots of natural light. Really high ceilings… You can see I’m very neat and tidy. That’s Don [...]

My installation “Is You Is?” at The Telephone Room in Tacoma. I have a drawing that covers the ceiling, which means I had to remove the light fixture, cut a hole in my drawing, and hope to hell I measured correctly. I Did. Whew. I completed the installation by putting a drawing in the window [...]

Thanks Regina! Find her blog post here.

The Telephone Room Gallery presents “Is You Is?” New Drawings by Blake Haygood. EXHIBITION DATES: November 4 – 30, 2009 “The title of my show, “Is You Is,” comes from the Louis Jordan song “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t (My Baby).” The question for me is not about my love life but about [...]

My first post. Took me long enough. Weeks, probably months. Had to reload WordPress a few times. Made lots of mistakes. Typical. Some of you may know that I was a co-founder and co-owner of Platform Gallery in Seattle, which opened in 2004. No longer. I have just one hat now. Stephen Lyons is manning the [...]