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Last night I had one of my pieces displayed at a fancy bar downtown in Boston. Several hundred people came out (on a Tuesday night) to check out all the work, and I met a lot of interesting and talented people.
Aaron Cohen, the founder of the Super Precious Art Gallery, was speaking with me and said, “I’m sorry to be blunt, but I was excited when you contacted me about the show because we need more female artists.” He just didn’t know where to find them. That’s one of the best, most hopefuly, most honest things I’ve heard in a long time. And I’m happy to help him find some.
I also met talented artists Ira F. Cummings and Josh Lafayette. Check out their work if you get a sec.
I went out to eat after the gallery show and noticed a familiar face sitting at the bar. It was the lead singer, Dua, of the Bad Rabbits. I really love that band and saw them at a Converse function, so I decided to bother him and buy him a drink and he was very funny and charming and great to talk to. He asked me if I did artwork for CD covers, and I replied that i do.
I’m in this quarter’s ArtScope magazine with a pretty decent-sized interview about me and my illustration work. I’ve always wanted to be featured in that magazine, and I’m featured alongside Boston artists Tofusquirrel, Veronica Fish, and Jennifer Lewis (some of my FAVORITE artists ever). Pick one up free at any art store/art museum nationwide!
I’m working on pages for Bartkira, and I’ll be creating my first roller derby bout poster for our July game. My league is the Bay State Brawlers. I get to draw one of our players into the flier, and I might draw her in as Wonder Woman.
Also yesterday I drew a ghost-deer floating out of a slice of pizza.
Art update.
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If you are going to be in the San Francisco area Feb 1st don’t miss “Ice Cream Girl”, a new art show curated by Paint Pens In Purses all female art collective.
Paint Pens in Purses presents “Ice Cream Girl”, a collection of urban, contemporary, and low-brow artwork from the sweetest and coolest lady artists from coast to coast. Paint Pens in Purses was originally started in 2008 and has since branched out to San Francisco from our humble beginnings in Boston. The goal of Paint Pens in Purses is simply to create a community and to give recognition to artists we love. Paint Pens in Purses runs an online Featured Artist series, has created pop-up galleries, large scale murals, curated art shows on both coasts, and has been sponsored by Scion, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Sharpie, to name a few.
For more information visit: www.paintpensinpurses.com
or www.facebook.com/paintpensinpurses.
* The girls will also be raffling off four 2 ft tall Ice Cream buddies created by Dayna Gilbert (MakeBigArt) and Shayna Yasuhara.
ARTISTS:
Tofusquirrel /// tofusquirrel.com (Boston, MA)
Allison Bamcat /// bamcatillustration.blogspot.com (Boston, MA)
Veronica Fish /// hebsandfish.com (Boston, MA)
Jessica Hess /// jessicahess.com (San Francisco, CA)
Crystal Gonzalez /// crystalgonzalez.cleanfolio.com (San Francisco, CA)
Amy Vazquez /// amyvazquez.com (San Francisco, CA)
Lauren Max /// laurenmaxphotography.com (Seattle, WA)
Chelsea Brown /// chelseadraws.com (San Francisco, CA)
Angeline King /// angelineking.tumblr.com (Oakland, CA)
Dayna Gilbert of MakeBigArt /// (Oakland, CA)
Shayna Yasuhara (CURATOR) /// shaynashenanigans.com (San Francisco)
Address: D-Structure 520 Haight St, San Francisco, California 94117 Here is the Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/129256663907276/?fref=ts
sketch by featured artist Allison Bamcat
San Fran friends - check out this show I’m in with all of the talented ladies!!
(Source: nefertara.buzznet.com)
