Stu Jenks' Fezziwig Press

"Snow: A Christmas Album" is here!

"Snow: A Christmas Album" by Stu Jenks is here! The physical Hi-Fidelity CDs can be purchased through my store at www.stujenks.org. Digital downloads will soon be available at CDBaby, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores worldwide. I'm very proud to bring this music to you all.

Yes, on a few tracks I wish my improvisation had gone in a different direction but overall, it's the best music I've ever made. What I really enjoy about this album is its humanness. You can tell that a real live human being is laying his hands on the instruments. I like that. A lot.

And I've learned how to write a pretty good melody which makes me smile.

And from that magic process called "Practice, practice, practice", my playing is good. Funny how that works.

Anyway, may this music brighten your spirits doing the Holiday Season and throughout the coming year.

Ho, ho, ho, y'all,

Stu

www.stujenks.org

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All photographs and music by Stu Jenks. All CD cover designs by Gail Cross of Desert Isle Designs.

Recent images...and a snippet from the upcoming Christmas album

"Nannie's Mirror, Monument Valley, Utah" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

All image rights are for sale along with fine art prints, personally printed by me. I don't do internet third-party printing, because they pretty much suck. Hard contrast, poor quality control, blacks are too black. All prints signed. All image rights reasonably priced.

Hope you enjoy these images and look for new releases from Fezziwig Press: a new photography book, Nannie's Mirror (My Family Owed Slaves) and a new music CD, Snow: A Christmas Album, both in the Fall of 2017. A free download from Snow is at the bottom of this post.

 

Images from the Table Rock/Hawksbill/Linville Gorge area of North Carolina (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

 

Images from the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C. (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

Images from Robert E. Lee's tomb at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia (c) 2017 Stu Jenks (And I hate racism, sexism, violence and slavery, but I'm a Virginian and a part of me will always love Robert E. Lee. He denounced slavery soon after the Civil War, but yes, he did fight on the wrong side of things, but later in life, he knew it and regretted it.)

 

"110-Degrees-In-The-Shade Spiral, Oracle, Arizona" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"Medici Fountain, Jardin du Luxemborg, Paris, France" (c) 2013, 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"West Kennet Long Barrow In Fog, England" (c) 2013, 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

New images for the book, Nannie's Mirror (My Family Owed Slaves), to be released October 1st, 2017.

From top to bottom:

"Newspaper Rock, Utah", "Four Corners Area, Utah", "The Needles, Canyonlands National Park, Utah", "Hovenweep National Monument, Utah", "Arches National Park, Utah", "Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah", "Confluence Trail, The Needles, Canyonlands National Park, Utah." and "Four Corners Monument, Navajo Reservation, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

And a ton of Nannie's Mirror images can be found on this website. Just hit the button on the left marked "Nannie's MIrror".

 

"Shiprock at Sunset, Navajo Reservation, New Mexico" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"Winter Song, Cedar Breaks, Utah" (c) 2016, 2017 Stu Jenks.

And below is a track from my soon-to-be-released Christmas album, Snow. The piece is called Nogales Christmas Eve Snow Waltz.

Hopefully this pensive music will provide some Summer comfort to you. As the old Southern expression goes: "Sad music makes you happy, and happy music makes you sad". Enjoy, y'all.

 

Nogales Christmas Eve Snow Waltz (Jenks); a free download from Stu

 

 

Windswept Snow Across The Two Lane...

Windswept Snow Across The Two Lane, a track for the upcoming Christmas album SNOW by Stu Jenks.

Windswept Snow Across The Two Lane (Jenks)

(It takes a little while to download it being over 6 minutes long. Enjoy this little taste.)

 

It's a 110 in Gila Bend. In Buckeye, it's a 102. Summer's here and I just can't find a way to stop loving you...

It's a 112 in the shade in Tucson right now, and I'm almost done the initial recordings of my Snow album, an Christmas/Winter Solstice CD of original ambient and instrumental pieces. I'm keeping the music under wraps for now, but here are some images for the front and back covers of Snow and other winter images too. Visual air-conditioning, don't you think? Also below are some other photographs from the last month or so.

Snow will be available on CDbaby, Bandcamp and iTunes in early Fall. It'll also be available as a physical Hi-Fi CD as well. It's coming along nicely I think. A very odd experience recording Christmas music when it's 112 outside. Living the life in the Sonoran high desert.

"It's a 110 in Gila Bend. In Buckeye, it's a 102. Summer's here and I just can't find a way to stop loving you..." - Heatstroke by Dusty Chaps.

All Snow images by Stu Jenks (c) 2017

  

Images from the recent Dragoon Fire, Dragoon Mountains, Arizona. (c) Stu Jenks 2017

 

Memento #5 by Kerry James Marshall, MOCA, Los Angeles. Image capture by Stu Jenks. (c) 2017 Kerry James Marshall.

  

John and Harriet Tubman by Kerry James Marshall, MOCA, Los Angeles. Image capture by Stu Jenks. (c) 2017 Kerry James Marshall.

[Needless to say, the photo images of Mr. Marshall's work is not for sale. Not from me at least. All other images and rights of my work are, as always, for sale. Needless to say too.]

 

"Dragoon Fire Spiral, Arizona" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"Nannie's Mirror, Coalmine Canyon, Hopi Reservation, Arizona" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"Nannie's Mirror, Rural Alabama" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

The books Nannie's Mirror and A Chair In The Wilderness are at the book designers now. Expect them to be released, as hardbounds and as ebooks, in the early Fall too.

 

"Newly Dead Saguaro, Owl's Head, Arizona" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"Right Mitten In Fog, Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

 

"1960's Postcard, Washington Monument, D.C." Photographer Unknown. Image Capture by Stu Jenks.

 

Stay cool and hydrated out there folk. It's a hot one.

 

My current art, book, and music resume...

Stu Jenks
Born: Richmond, Virginia, USA, 1954

Education:

1997, Photography Studies, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona.
1979, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art: Sculpture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2016, “20 Years: 1996-2016,” Wee Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2015, “The Little Ones,” Wee Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2014, “The Ancients,” Wee Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2009, "At-One-With," Jewish Community Center, Tucson, Arizona.
2008, "Nine Prayers," Hotel Congress, Tucson, Arizona.
2007, "A Very Large God," Unity of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona.
2005, "If There's a Heaven...," Endicott West Art Foundation, Tucson, Arizona.
2004, "Mystery And Magic,” Metroform Limited Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2002, "Circles and Spirals," Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona.
2001, "Analog and Digital," Safehouse, Tucson, Arizona.
2001, "Circles and Spirals," The Image Gallery, The Screening Room, Tucson, Arizona.
1998, "Sacred Spaces," Hercules Florence Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona.

Books:

2016, Victor Mothershead: U.S. Secret Service by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press
2015, Step Zero (The Special Edition) by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2014, Balthazar and Zeeba: A Christmas Novella by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2014, A Rolodex Of Haikus by Tunafish Smith (Edited by Stu Jenks), Fezziwig Press.
2014, Air & Gravity by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2013, Pamela’s Baby Rocking Chair by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2012, Step Zero by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2012, The Fatal Figures (Or How I Got In Trouble With The Law In Art School),
by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2011, The Transpersonal Papers: 1861-2010 by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2011, Bozo In Love by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2011, Dementia Blues by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2009, Hoop Dancing: More Journeys Through Nocturnal Photography,
by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.
2008, Flames Spirals: Journeys Through Nocturnal Photography by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Press.

Music And Audiobooks:

2003: The Three Surrenders: Soundtracks for Photographs, Vol. One, Fezziwig Press.
2005: West Of The Fires: Soundtracks for Photographs, Vol. Two, Fezziwig Press.
2008: Gladstone Mothershead: Soundtracks for Photographs, Vol. Three, Fezziwig Press.
2010: Hoop Dancing (The Audiobook), Fezziwig Press.
2011: Deaths & Injuries, Fezziwig Press.
2013: Pamela’s Baby Rocking Chair (The Audiobook), Fezziwig Press.
2014: Balthazar & Zebba: A Christmas Novella (The Audiobook), Fezziwig Press.
2015: Angel Ghosts, Fezziwig Press.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2016, “Into the Night: Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition,” Tucson Museum Of Art.
2016, “In Full Bloom,” Tohono Chul Park, Arizona.
2015, “Small Works,” Tohono Chul Park, Arizona.
2015, “Dia de los Muertos,” Tohono Chul Park, Arizona.
2015, “The Photographers,” Contreras Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2015, “The Sky Above,” Tohono Chul Park, Arizona.
2014, “The Trees: Myth, Symbol and Metaphor,” Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona.
2012, "Vicios y Virtudes" (Vices & Virtues), Raices Taller 222 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2010, "Night Moves: After-Dark Images," Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona.
2009, "Print Pop," Lulubell Toy Bodega, Tucson, Arizona.
2009, "Curious Camera," ArtsEye/Photographic Works, Honorable Mention, Tucson, Arizona.
2008, "La Celebración y el Sufrimiento," Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
2008, "The September Show," Point Of View Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2008, "Big Ideas, Small Frames," Dinnerware Artspace, Tucson, Arizona.
2008, "Darkness, Darkness," Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2007, "Salon Des Refuses," Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, Arizona.
2006, "Big Deal 13," SOMarts Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2006, "Transcending Boundaries," Point Of View Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2006, "Tough Lovelies: Agaves and Yuccas in Art," Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona.
2006, "The Art Of Photography,” Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, California.
2005, "Día de los Muertos: Contemporary Expressions," Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona.
2004, "Hotshoe Salon" Studio 455, Tucson, Arizona.
2004, "Wildfire!", Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona.
2003, "First Annual Winter Group Exhibition," Metroform Limited Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2003, "Small Works Invitational," Metroform Limited Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2003, "46th Annual International Awarded Exhibition," San Diego Art Institute, San Diego,
California.
2002, "Rocky Mountain Biennial," Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado.
2002, "Spite: Ten Years of The Toole Shed," Museum of Contemporary Art/Hazmat Gallery,
Tucson, Arizona.
2002-2004, "Saguaro: Popular Image and Cultural Icon," Arizona Commission of the Arts
Touring Exhibition (with Tohono Chul Park), Arizona.
2001, "Response," Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Tucson, Arizona.
2001, "In God We Trust," Zahorec Hughes Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2001, "Michael Cajero, Stu Jenks, and Rudolph Nadler," Jewish Community Center's Fine Art
Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2000, "La Petite VIII," Alder Gallery, Coburg, Oregon.
2000, "44th Annual International Awarded Exhibition," San Diego Art Institute, California.
2000, "Visions VI," Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, Kentucky.
2000, "Nocturnes 2000," Pacific Media Arts, San Francisco, California,
Curator's Choice Award.
2000, "Tucson/Pima Arts Council Fellowship Exhibit," Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Tucson,
Arizona.
1999, "43rd Annual International Awarded Exhibition," San Diego Art Institute, San Diego,
California.
1999, "La Petite VII", Alder Gallery, Coburg, Oregon.
1999, "Visions V", Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, Kentucky; Jury's Award.
1999, "Arizona Biennial '99," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
1999, "Photowork '99," Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York.
1999, "Miniatures," The Galleria, Bisbee, Arizona.
1979, “Bachelor of Fine Arts Show”, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Installations:

2012, “Open Circle for Pamela,” Glow Festival of Lights, Oracle, Arizona.
2009, "Open Circle Plus Seven," Metanexus Conference, Tempe, Arizona.
2004, "Ancient Spirit, Modern Voice: The Mythic Journeys Art Exhibition," The Defoor Centre
Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
2002, "The Open Circle Cairn Project," Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona.

Grants & Fellowships:

2000, Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Visual Arts I Fellowship Awards (Honorable Mention).

Selected Lectures, Juries & Workshops:

2011, Juror, Third Annual Curious Camera Competition, ArtsEye, Tucson, Arizona.
2010, Co-Executive Director, "All Souls' Procession 4th Annual Photography Exhibition
Competition," All Souls' Procession, Tucson, Arizona.
2009, Juror, "Blue Nocturne," The Nocturnes, San Francisco, California.
2006, Presenter, "The Rhythm of Mythic Journeys '06," Mythic Imagination Institute, Atlanta,
Georgia.
2001, Juror, "A Little Night Music," TheNocturnes.com, Pacific Media Arts, San Francisco,
California.
1998, Guest Lecturer on Sepia and Selenium Toning, Photography Program, University of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Representatives:

Baker + Hesseldenz, Tucson, Arizona.
Fezziwig Press, Tucson, Arizona.

 

Image: "Callanish With A Plastic Brownie 127 Camera, Isles of Lewis and Harris, Scotland" (c) 2016 Stu Jenks.

"Right Mitten In Snow Fog"

"Right Mitten In Snow Fog, Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah Border" (c) 2016 Stu Jenks.

Fezziwig Press News: The first draft of the final book of the Step Zero series, God Goddess All There Is, was completed last night. Editing, proofing, production to come. We are pushing for a July 2016 release date.

I have some ideas for a new music album. Nothing recorded yet. Just playing and thinking. Mostly playing.

And a piece of mine has been selected in next month's Tohono Chul In Full Bloom show and I'm greatly honored to have been invited to be part of the Tucson Museum of Art's Into The Night show. In Full Bloom opens on February 19th, Into The Night opens on February 26th.

The image above was taken on a rare dawn when the basin of Monument Valley was completed shrouded in fog. Rare for me at least. Probably not rare to the Navajos who live there. And it was that purple that morning.

And as always, all images on this blog are for sale, either as fine art prints or as files for image rights. Just contact me at [email protected] for prices.

That's all for now. Thanks everyone for your continuing support.

Stay warm and give love. Stu.

 

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair: Hi-Dollar Warehouse, Wilson, North Carolina"

Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Hi-Dollar Warehouse, Wilson, North Carolina (c) 2014 Stu Jenks.

The New StuStore...

The new Stu Jenks/Fezziwig Press store is up and running.

Click on this link and it'll take you to the new store.

Except for SquareUp cropping the covers too much (Not a big deal to me, given the great service they provide for very little money), I'm very happy with the new store. I hope you are too.

Just in time for Christmas, don't you know.

And as always, thanks for your support.

Love, light and luck,

Stu.