Joe Bluhm @ Shreveport's Artspace

Joe Bluhm’s Cumulus at Shreveport’s Artspace
Joe Bluhm’s work was featured on the lower level of artspace, Shreveport’s First Arts Center dedicated to the Creation, Production, Presentation, Promotion and Exploration of all the art disciplines and forms for multi-generational audiences. Artspace is not a museum or a gallery, rather it is a place where the public can connect to the arts in wonderful, new, and exciting ways. Bluhm is an Academy Award-winning artist who worked with William Joyce on The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. He’s also a character designer, animator, and recovering theme park caricaturist; now he lives in Louisiana.
According to provided text, “Joe Bluhm is an artist who loves storytelling. Movies, animation, picture books, fine art, and writing are among his creative passions. Joe was raised in the little town of Laceyville, PA with his big loving family. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio, and quickly moved into illustration and caricatures. From there he worked in animation and advertising in New York City, and then met his buddy William Joyce as they set down a path of collaboration that would last years.” This was a fruitful collaboration, marked by good work and various awards.
According to coverage in 64 Parishes, “Bluhm worked in animation and advertising in New York City until an encounter with Academy Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and illustrator William Joyce led him to Shreveport. Their years-long collaborative friendship includes the creation of the 2012 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. As COVID-19 swept the nation, Bluhm put on his fine art hat and created a colorful caricature of a friend named Bernd and was named Best of Show Visual Artist for the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) annual open invitational exhibition and critic series, Critical Mass 8. Bluhm then exhibited his Critical Mass solo show, Cumulus, an accumulation of his favorite work of the last several years, at artspace in downtown Shreveport through October 21, 2023
Bluhm talked about Cumulus this way: “As you know, life takes turns and offers unexpected blessings. Over the last several years I had to adapt and work to feed my family and chisel a path towards my big goals. This show will be a reflection of what a working artist and storyteller in the entertainment industry (who cares about fine art) can do in Louisiana. The market is worldwide, and the dream and vision of a creator is well and thriving.”
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