Fredericksburg.com - Silver gives to city arts group

The Fredericskburg Athenaeum, an arts non-profit in Fredericksburg that I am very involved in just got a $500,000 endowment from the Silver Companies. This means the Fredericksburg Athenaeum has a good foundation to pour back into projects like the Panta Rhei Project and Fredericksburg All Ages (both are projects of the parent Fredericksburg Athenaeum). I’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds.

2007 Highlights

• Jamie & I celebrated our first wedding anniversary and took a trip to the Outer Banks in NC
• Bought a house in Fredericksburg with Ryan & Ashley
• Said goodbye to Chris, Natasha and Ester as they moved to Kansas.
• My Parents visited us and we checked out historic Williamsburg
• Became a full-time freelance designer!
• Designed a book cover for Youth Specialties (to be released in May ‘08)
  
• Panta Rhei Project did an interesting art Installation at Make A Difference Day
• Got a design studio at the Third Floor in downtown Fredericksburg.
• Became apart of Revolution.
• Fredericksburg All Ages turned 1.
• I turned 28.
• Launched my new website.
• Designed some other websites: VABB, Calypso Kennels, DarrenLipper.com.
• Donated a couple of paintings for the Fredericksburg Athenaeum Wet Paint 2007 art auction.
• Panta Rhei Project had a lock-in to create art for Wet Paint 2007.
• My dad published his Windows Vista book. (shameless plug)
• Had my first art show in Fredericskburg, FAA ONE, featuring my photography (on dispaly until Jan 27).
• Self-Published the FAA ONE Book of my photography
• Celebrated Christmas with my family in Indiana.

Life is so exciting! I’m Looking forward to an amazing 2008…

• I’m setting up a business for my Design and Photography work, stay tuned…
• My brother Jeremy is getting married in May!
• Helping Jamie start her tie dyed/silk screened baby clothes business.
• Celebrate our second anniversary and my 29th birthday (I’m getting old)
• Who knows…anything can happen

My FAA ONE book has been out for a little over a week, and people seem to be really enjoying it. I’ve gotten many compliments and I’ve had a few conversations with people saying how much some of the pictures captured the feeling of the shows.

Just to let everyone know, it is a available for purchase at The Wounded Bookshop and online for $25 (or drop me a line and I’ll snag you a copy). I’m a little frustrated right now since I’ve been waiting on a shipment of 70 books to get in…but I haven’t received them yet. When they get in they will be available at the following stores:

Purchase FAA ONE at the following stores in Fredericksburg:

• The Wounded Bookshop, 109 Amelia St.
• Apple Music, 1009 Princess Anne St.
• Riverby Books, 805 Caroline St.
• Visual Treats, 903 Caroline St.

Keep checking my blog. I’ll post and entry when the books are available at all the stores…before Christmas (fingers crossed)

P. S. Sean & Wen, thanks for coming out to the opening

The FAA ONE show opening went smashingly. We had a good flow of people coming out to see the show on Friday night, Jamie made/got some great snacks for everyone’s consumption and Ryan Poe let me display 4 of his videos from various FAA shows from the past year (check them out on YouTube). I sold some FAA ONE books and some 4×6 prints of the show images.

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I’ve got my FAA ONE book available for pre-order today! It will be officially released at companion FAA ONE art show opening on Decebmer 7 at the Wounded Bookshop in Fredericksburg. Click here for more info

Last year I met some great people from San Francisco, Ryan & Holly Sharp. They had met my friend Chris Kirk at the Emergent Gathering last October. They came to Fredericksburg and as a stop on their pilgrimage across the country and to play a few shows on the way. We got them a modest gig at the Loft and they played and I took a few pictures. I totally forgot about it until I was perusing their website the other day and found one of my photos as the album cover. Pretty cool! Anyway, check out their music, The Cobalt Season and buy their album.

Ryan & Holly also own a design studio, Sharp Seven Design. I was fortunate enough to design a book cover for them to be used for the book The Youth Ministry Survival Guide published by Youth Specialties. The Book is not out yet, but I’ll post an update when it is.

For the past year I’ve been photographing an exciting and thriving music scene in Fredericksburg, VA via my good friend Adam Bray’s brainchild, Fredericksburg All Ages. And I’m having an art show/exhibit showcasing this documentary photography in Fredericksburg at the Wounded Bookshop. The opening is on December 7 from 6-9pm. In the spirit of the show and Fredericksburg All Ages, there will be an all ages show to follow at 9:00pm, featuring Bombadil and Paleo.

Also, I’ve been working on a companion book for the show featuring photos from the show and more, as a document of the first year of Fredericksburg All Ages concerts.

• More Info on the FAA ONE Photography Show
• Pre-order the FAA ONE Photography Book

You’re now looking at the new IanSoper.com. I’ve stil got some work to do with the layout and functionality. The good news is this layout and my new content management system will make updating this site a breeze!