James Edward “Jim” Elliott (1930–1999)
This person is at rest at the Payne Gap Cemetery, and today we acknowledge the importance of his or her life. Click the name to learn more. ☰
Studio Construction Update
Tune into our series of updates on our new building project, a 4,000 square foot studio/workshop with a garage and living spaces …
The Essential Story of Payne Gap
Learn about Barzilla Payne, settler of Payne Gap, and his daughter Martha Jane “Mattie,” who is buried at the Payne Gap Cemetery
Building the Payne Gap Cemetery Directory
Learn about how the Payne Gap Cemetery data was collected, vetted, and transformed into the new cemetery directory …
FM 572 ⇢ ⇠
Join us on a super-fast trip from the Payne Gap Schoolhouse to Goldthwaite, simultaneously traveling forwards and backwards …
DJ Mo’ Hair!
DJ Mo’ Hair’s shows feature music from the 1980s, particularly dance synth and alternative tracks. We draw from a range of genres related to the period, including electro, synthwave, electroclash, EBM, minimal house, techno, industrial, italo disco, coldwave, miminal synth, and many others.
The Big-Brained Menace from Moline: Bob Altenloh
A short biography of Bob Altenloh and an analysis of the 271 “The Moline Menace” columns he wrote for The Goldthwaite Eagle from 1978 through 1984 …
Today’s Abstraction
This image is one of a series of eighty coffee grounds stains on Bounty paper towels that explores the concept of expansion–-the universal process of an energy source starting from a central point and spreading outward.
Top Honors: a Catalog of Star School Team Trophies, 1927-2014
Catalog of the 321 team trophies collected by Star School from 1927 through 2014, the year the school closed …
New Pet Shop Boys Album Cover “Disintegration”
Please, Actually, Introspective, Behaviour, Very, Bilingual, Nightlife, Release, Fundamental, Yes, Elysium, Electric, Super, Hotspot, Nonetheless, Disintegration 😉
Payne Gap School, 1887-1943
A history of the Payne Gap School from its origin in Hamilton County in 1887 to its final year in Mills County, 1943 …
Construction Site: 3 in 3D @ Site 131, Dallas
Construction Site: 3 in 3D, an exhibition at Site 131 gallery in Dallas on view through June 8, 2024, features the work of three sculptors, each exploring and probing different aspects of art creation in three dimensions … Each artist takes a divergent path, but as a grouping in the gallery’s space, the works interact in complementary and ineffable ways.
Schoolhouse Included in Bestcase’s Instagram Feed
What a boost to be included in Bestcase’s Instagram feed! Earlier this year, we discovered their line of furniture and fell in love with the task chair. Bestcase, located in Copiague, NY, not only designs and markets a line of furniture, but they also have developed a metal manufacturing system that optimizes production of custom pieces.
Today’s Abstraction
This image, “NEBULA 1”, stitches two photographs of cracked vinyl seats into a composite that suggests a nebula with its network of star-forming gas.
