Have you heard the news? Or I guess more like read the news. This past Wednesday, the New York Times published a story on Nina Berman's Purple Hearts exhibit, which is now on view at the gallery and has been receiving a lot of attention from the press lately. You can check out the article here.

I was at the gallery the other day as camera-toting TV men came in, one after another, to interview Nina. And the phones were ringing off the hook! I spoke with several war veterans from all over the country--Texas in particular, who were all itching to say a few words to the artist. With all this attention, the show has luckily been extended an extra week, until Saturday September 8th, so those of you who haven't braved a visit to the gallery have a little more time to do so now.

Also, you may have heard through the gallery's mailing list about the exclusive Artist Talk we're hosting this upcoming Wednesday evening, August 29th. Unfortunately, the event is overbooked, but if you want to try to squeeze in, shoot an e-mail over to us and get yourself on the waiting list!

So, you may ask, why do I bring this information up here, on the Hey, Hot Shot! blog as opposed to the gallery blog? Well, it's because Nina is one of our most recent Hot Shot winners from this year's spring edition! While at the gallery last Thursday, Nina was talking about how she entered the contest at 2 AM on a restless night after hearing about it from a friend. Fast-forward just a few months later and she has to her own widely acclaimed solo show at the gallery. Wow!

It's exciting to see what good could come out of the competition--and so soon! Meanwhile, Jen is busy curating the upcoming HHS! Summer Edition Showcase, which is set to follow Berman's show and I must say, it's going to be good!