Anyone know how I can feed content from my websites blog here without having to cut and paste everything?

I'm kind of clueless about this stuff. (I may have even used the wrong terminology.)

New blogs are up here: http://www.katelanfoisy.com

And please check out the new tarot art in the art section. I have a new card up featuring the fabulous Lenora Claire.

For the writers out there Knickerbocker Circus has the writers version of my self-promotion post:
http://www.knickerbockercircus.com/imported-20090831194057/2009/9/4/how-to-promote-yourself.html

I have a new home, well internet home that is. You can find me here from now on: http://katelanfoisy.com
If you would like to be linked from the new space just leave me a comment and i will link you.

I'll still be checking lj to keep up on my friends and comment but this journal will be mostly for updates and private rantings.

I'm trying not to post too many of these up as I do them but I think this one is particularly relevant to a few of us on here. So here it goes.

A scalpel is a small but extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts.

A bunch of my friends have switched over from regular websites to blog type websites. I'm thinking of doing the same. So for those of you that are artists or writers or musicians etc. Do you prefer a blog style website to a regular website or flash website?

What is easiest to maintain? I don't have a lot of time to work on a new website nor do I have the means right now to hire anyone so I'm looking for the easiest, most time efficient, and aestheticly pleasing websites or blogs. I would be most grateful for your input.

For all of you in NYC I'm in a salon type gallery show with the wonderful Blood Dumpster collective this weekend.

It was curated by art genius Melissa Dowell.



October 3rd 6-9 p.m. at the Behr-Thyssen Gallery

Behr-Thyssen is located at:

165 Hudson Street, with the entrance on Laight Street (there's a ton
of construction in the building next to the entrance). You can take
the ACE or 1 train to Canal St. To be fair, you can even take the
JMZ6NQRW to Canal St. and walk over, but that's a bit of a hike.
It's conveniently located near the West Side Highway AND the Holland
Tunnel for those of you with cars.

October 2nd if you are in Virginia you can see 5 of my pieces, some awesome performances by Lonesome Liz's Mojo Sideshow, and Dr. Beetle's hoodoo dolls in a haunted gallery. You know you want to be there.


For more information on the show please visit http://gallery5arts.org

Ever have one of those days or in my case weeks where you can't quite figure out what you're supposed to be doing? Today, waking up out of a daze I realized I have a number of projects I simply had forgotten about. They have deadlines, deadlines that are coming up and I know I can make them, I just have to push it a little. Sherene and I will be in a tarot frenzy within the next couple of weeks. But I did manage to get all my paintings to their prospective galleries and the zines and magazines to ABC No Rio. Constellation and 35-24 are now catalogued in ABC's zine library. The zine should be available on the Knickerbocker site within a few days along with our press kit and a few more blog entries. Now to get a list together of all the things I need to do.

Sherene sent me a picture of the Kali doll she bought me while in India. Mine is on the left and hers is on the right. They've been chillin and enjoying the Navaratri. I am so touched that she would get this for me and truly feel blessed.


And now a question for all the Horror and scary movie buffs. Which is your favorite? I have to write a review of one for a zine and I'm not sure what to choose? Old B/W? Werewolf? Vampire? Gore? oh there are so many that I simply can't choose. Or maybe a MST3K? I'm so indecisive.

Reposted from my friend morbidloren's journal

For 10 years, the look of Morbid Curiosity magazine was defined by underground and outsider artists. Drawing from punk rock collage, goth fashion design, and fine arts photography, the magazine’s illustrators explored ossuaries, cemeteries, the inevitability of decay, and especially the beauty of the skull beneath the skin.

To celebrate the publication of Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues, an anthology of morbid nonfiction torn from the pages of the magazine, Morbid Curiosity editor Loren Rhoads has gathered prints, photographs, and original artwork to showcase her favorite images from the book and magazine.

In collaboration with the Museum of Death, the show will run from October 3-7 at the Chaos Gallery. Featured artists will be Hugues Leblanc, Dorian Katz, M. Parfitt, Suzanne Dechnik, Erik Quarry, Mike Hunter, R. Samuel Klatchko, Chris Schnapp, and Timothy Renner.

Opening Reception & Book Signing October 3, 6-9 p.m.

CHAOS GALLERY at the MUSEUM OF DEATH
6301 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 323.466.8011 museumofdeath@sbcglobal.net
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox, and Unusual comes from Scribner on September 29.



Me loving up the magazine. xoxoxox

Libra/Scorpio issue is out now featuring the beautiful and talented Amanda Fucking Palmer. We are so happy to have her grace our cover and as always Pixie Vision's photo is so punk rock. This issue also has interviews with the amazing Caitlin R. Kiernan. Amanda K. Campbell has a review of Caitlin's new book The Red Tree on the Constellation blog. We also have an interview with the gorgeous and magical Jessica Christine from Deer Women and a wonderful array of photographs and storytelling by Christina Labey. You can order it here: http://magcloud.com/browse/Issue/35675 or click the cover.

Dr. Beetle's dolls arrived at my house today so I can ship them along with my work to Gallery 5. I also made these fabulous Halloween cupcakes in between checking blogs and wrapping up paintings. It's my favorite time of the year. A time where the veil is at it's thinnest and the air smells just a little bit different.

To see the dolls in all their glory and to read descriptions go here: http://theybewe.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/dr-beetles-conjuration-dolls/

Of course the retrograde has been in full swing so as a guide to dealing with retrogrades I posted this little helpful list. You can find it on the Constellation blog along with Amanda's super delicious Libra French vanilla creme cake with champagne glaze. yeah, she's a lot more classy than my gummi worm cupcakes but it's all good.
http://constellationmagazine.wordpress.com

We will also be changing the website drastically. The archives section no longer represents who we are as a magazine and although it's nice to see our old version and flash mistakes it's not us. I'll keep you updated on the progress. In the meantime you can check out the blog and in 2 more days the Libra/Scorpio edition goes live with the ever incredible Amanda Palmer on the cover!

Now I must lay my head down to sleep. I have to be at fedex early in the morning to drop off these packages.

x to the o,
K

So I have two shows coming up, one in Virginia and one here in NYC.

The first is Lonesome Liz's Mojo Sideshow October 2nd held at Gallery 5 http://www.gallery5arts.org a super awesome gallery with a very haunted history.

Dr. Beetle, Elizabeth Bissette, Charles Parker Boggs, Molly Crabapple, Katelan V. Foisy, Wes Freed, Christoph Mueller

and performances by:
J.B. Beverley http://www.myspace.com/waywarddrifters (Murder Junkies/Hank III)
Ron Smith http://www.myspace.com/cousinwildweed (Film-maker/Hellbilly cult figure)

Curated by Elizabeth Bissette

Here are some of the images for the show.



Two of Pentacles, The Devil you know, Death, and Lonesome Liz as Faust. There will also be some awesome hoodoo dolls from Dr. Beetle that I'm sending along with my paintings. I'll try to get a picture of them before I ship everything tomorrow morning.

The other show is October 3rd at Behr-Thyssen from 6-9p.m. http://www.behr-thyssen.com/ where I will be showing with the wonderful Blood Dumpster Collective. I'll be showing my piece Misty Haze there.






And under this cut is an older piece that I'm reworking. I haven't been able to get a good shot of it except in pieces so I'll try and get one of those to you soon.
( Unfinished Piece )

It's going to be a rough week. I'm preparing for two gallery shows and quite possibly a third all around the same date. So, that means I will probably be scarce around these parts. But before I leave to destroy painted canvas and completely rework some paintings I leave you with these fine acts of bloggery.

On the TBW blog there is an interview with Emmily Federer (she is the one doing the call for submissions "Divisions")

Girl gang takes to the streets. Lots of photo documentation. (Okay so lots of pictures of signs)
http://theybewe.wordpress.com

Hopefully I'll get to write a few more blogs on self-portraits in the next few weeks. I'm just really hoping to finish this painting tomorrow as well as get everything in order for Constellation to come out Sept 24th.

There is a really cool Edgar Allen Poe site posted on Knickerbocker Circuses blog: http://www.knickerbockercircus.com/imported-20090831194057/

A goodbye to Jim Carroll who died on 9/11. Plus the tarot of the week and artist of the week.
http://constellationmag.wordpress.com

And Sherene and I will be teaming up to teach this Fall so if you know anyone who is interested in self-portraits and delving deep into their astrological charts please forward this.




One image from Girl Gang's adventure.

When I was little I was obsessed with Baba Yaga. I was angry that Barbie got a dream mansion but there was no Baba Yaga dream cottage complete with clip in chicken legs. Barbie got everything didn't she? So I set out into the woods one day with my trusty German Shepard Jack to find my own dream house, you know the one with skull lanterns and a big black iron stove. I knew it was near me, I could feel it. I had dreamt about it, read about it, hell I could taste it. I'd even bring a few chickens along to complete the whole scene. Alas my parents caught me making my way into that deep dark forest and I was never able to find my dream house. Maybe someday, until then I'll just dress the part and make strange herbal concoctions in my apartment. It's Fall you know; that's the best time to make potions.





( She lived in a house on chicken feet )

I've been meaning to post this for a while but have had very little time. All the posts are still nice and fresh so it's all good.

On http://www.knickerbockercircus.com

New And Events:
-How to promote yourself
-Call for submissions reposted: Lilith Devotional and "Divisions"

TBW Blog:
-Interview with photographer Emily Poole
-Amanda K. Campbell's vlog
-Interview with Aemen Bell
-Inside They Be We photos

More posts coming soon. I'm in MA and even though I switched out computers (my parents had one from the mid 90's) It's still a little weird with photos and trying to blog in a non word only format. It's been ok here. Mostly running around in preparation for my sisters wedding. Having been to a few weddings this past year or two I now realize that I never ever want to have a wedding. Perhaps I'll get married one day if I feel like it but weddings? No. Not my thing, too crazy, too much trouble, and kind of ridiculous for just one day.