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Not So F*%?@#! Serious

Not So F*%?@#! Serious, an art show this October 21st at Unsmoke Systems in Braddock, PA. It's going to be superbly awesome and thrilling. For more complete information on artists involved and what it's about please check out:


http://notsofingserious.wordpress.com

Hope to see y'all out there, it's gonna be a blast!

Braddock Again ~ Invasion

Hello to all. I want to post about this, but I'm not sure how much I can leak to you as it's still in it's infancy. So for now I'll be giving you the bare bones and therefore just teasing you.

Over the past 2 months I've been organizing, with Maggie Negrete and a few other folks, a group art show in Braddock, PA at the artspace Unsmoke Systems. The show is set to happen mid-October, the Opening Reception on October 21, 2011. The prospective artists have already been selected, a good handful have since agreed through informal conversations. We'll be sending out our proposal to a little over 20 Pittsburgh based artists next week. The name for the show is not yet decided, but by tomorrow it will be finally decided.

The show will be based in installation, traditional art exhibiting (framed pieces, sculptural, etc.), experiential and on-site/site specific painting or multi-media. So essentially it's a creative free-for-all of sorts. We don't have total creative freedom in this space, but the gallery owner/operator, Jeb, is an awesome dude and is allowing us a lot of flexibility. That is actually the primary reason for having it in Braddock at this particular location. The hardest part will be promoting this and convincing people to travel all the way to Braddock just for an art show. So start spreading the word now. Unfortunately that is all the information I can release at the moment. Once all of the artists have been confirmed I'll make a more complete post. Until then just wallow in your own anticipation please!

Adlib Comic & Polish Hill Arts Festival

So I'm programming a comic and bookmaking workshop during the Polish Hill Arts Festival on July 17th. I've never done something quite like this. What you see above is a 4 page adlib comic that participants can create their own characters/story. I'm not sure how well this is going to work or how interested people will be in completing a partially realized sequence of panels. It's an experiment in that regard. I'm trying to come up with some additional activity ideas to complement this one because undoubtedly there will be some young kids and they'll need a project that's easy to do and more importantly fun. I've been talking with Nate and he's expressed interest in doing some sort of cartooning demo or collaborative activity.

In addition to working an activity table there I'll also be there with selling Andromeda comics, prints, paintings and other crafty junk. Also be on the look out for the poster/flyer for the Arts Festival in your neighborhood/community in the coming weeks. Below is an early concept with no color. Once finished there will be a digitally colored 8.5" x 11" version, a larger screenprinted poster and screenprinted handbills of which the designs are not yet completed. Those handbills will likely be steeped in traditional Polish folk patterning and textile design. Hope that you can all make it for this festival. Last year was my first year and I can say with confidence that it's the coolest arts festival in Pittsburgh. Yes, even cooler than the Three Rivers Arts Festival!

Braddocktacular!

Awesome chalk drawings by Anonymous

Swoon piece out front 

Deteriorated pleasantry

Jordan Bush

Andre Costello

                            

Maura Doern Danko

Nate McDonough

(except for the sign, that's Nick Vincenti craftsmanship)

Nick Jaffen Vincenti

My workings

paint-job by Maya Hayuk

There was a descent turn out this past Sunday out there in Braddock considering the non-stop weathermageddon. We crushed on tons of cheese and red wine, therefore making it an awesome time by default. It was a bunch of fun wandering around the grounds there at Unsmoke and discovering all of the secret places. It was probably the best Sunday afternoon I've had in my life thus far.

Wheelies

For my installation piece in Braddock I created a sort of movable painting. The idea originally came from Maura. She had considered doing something similar in the past and I felt compelled to try and substitute it for my initial plan to paint on-site. Anyway so these bad boys are made from masonite board, painted, pasted with old and new pieces and then attached to a make-shift skateboard. I'm not sure of the intent that I am trying to put forth here concerning expected results. I am just curious to see people interact with them or possibly not at all. Either way will be fine, it's indifferent to the experiment. Interaction on any level is suitable.

I'm Gonna Plug It In

Here is the portion where I like to indulge myself in the rare occasion of plugging both myself and others. Above is a product designed by myself soon to be available towards the end of the summer under the supervision and support of a company I will be working with closely known as Apply Stuff. You may be wondering exactly what that product is. Well I intend to inform you. It is a removable vinyl graphic that can be applied to one's wall or practically any non-porous surface. This is just a small example of the types of work one can expect in the future. I have been working with these folks for well over a 6 month period now and it has been a pleasure. They have just now begun to assimilate the structures of their company, they now have an office/studio space and are well into the completion of the website. If you are interested in obtaining one of these vinyl artworks simply contact me or keep yourself updated on the developments on the company. You can find a link to their blog at right until they have a suitable web locale.

In addition if there are any serious artists/designers out there please contact me or  Nick Drombosky(proprietor) at the blog for info as they are seeking to work with artists whom are passionate and original. Thanks.

Stickas and Handmade Sketchbooks

Some are new and some are old. This is the result of my neglecting my bloggy blog for such a long time. Hope you enjoy them and maybe see them somewhere in the future