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Studio Sale! All work under $100! Art from loads of local artists! I’m gonna have a lot of my stuff there for cheap!
When: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Time: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: Bogda Gallery
Street: 1253 McDuff Avenue South
www.myspace.com/shopbogda for more details and info! -eb5k
I gotta give it up to my friend and fellow artist/blogger/partner in crime/ Mr Edmund Dansart(AKA: EB5K)! Ed has been busting some serious butt creating a ton of all new work for several shows that he has going down right now. Edmund’s creations are taking over the world…one state at a time. Ed has busted out, from what I can tell, 13+ new pieces during the month of October. They range from robots, monsters, and a combination of the two. The work is killer as always! I just wanted to give Edmund some props on a job well done. Check out Eds latest creations over at his blog at http://edbot5000.blogspot.com/. Good job Ed, everything looks great. -B.G.
Edmund Dansart (EB5K) Sketch Blog
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Thats right folks! It’s that time again for another fine time at Avondale Artworks. Ill have a few new pieces in the gallery this Friday(and the rest of Nov) as well as some of my fellow artists. Ill be hanging out at the gallery from 6-9pm doing some meeting and greeting. Dont be shy, say hi. Come out to the gallery and enjoy some light snacks, a glass of wine, and meet the artists! For more info and directions to the gallery visit www.avondaleartworks.com or to see what I got cooking on my blog visit www.bgrayart.com . See you there!-B.
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For a really great interview with local artist Matt Allison check out the Jax Underbelly blog here - Matt Alison Interview. – B.G.
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This Sunday night ( Nov 8 ) Jack Rabbits will have one of the craziest musical acts ever: Captured By Robots! One man and army of hydraulic powered, instrument playing robots! Here’s a little info:
From Wikipedia:
Captured! by Robots is a touring musical comedy troupe with only one human member. It is part-concert and part-performance act, made up of three robots, two stuffed apes, three “headless hornsmen” playing backup brass, and their human, “JBOT”.
The group is composed of JBOT, the human “slave” to the robots (whose intestines hang from his abdomen); DRMBOT 0110, a severed doll’s head that plays the drums; GTRBOT666, who plays bass and guitar; AUTOMATOM, the assistant drummer created by robots, The Ape Which Hath No Name who plays tambourine halo; The Son of the Ape Which Hath No Name, who plays Monkey Cymbals; and the Headless Hornsmen, a full three-piece horn section.
The C!BR backstory claims that the human, in an attempt to make his own band, created the robots. Instead of following him, they revolted, pulled out his intestines and eyes, and now force him to travel the world with them, performing music and making him contemplate the inferiority of the human race.
I have witnessed the CBR experience twice and I highly recommend seeing this act live. It’s crazy to see all these robots actually playing the music. If you need something to do on a Sunday night, check out Captured By Robots! -eb5k
Interview with GeekTV with live footage. NSFW
Here’s a Halloween treat from the OB! Released when Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dreammaster came out (1988) plus that’ the real Freddy in the vid! Hope everyone has an awesome Halloween! -eb5k
The Riverside Arts Market is getting in the spirit of Halloween this Saturday. Check out the list of events going down at one of Jacksonvilles best “things to do” this Halloween weekend! From www.theurbancore.com-
Bring the keeedz. Its Halloween, get your tricks and treats under the bridge. We have a PLETHORA of fun stuff and we are waiting for you!
RAM is going completely batty (once again). Please dress up, and vendors, please bring treats. We are going to be making a big impression on the children of our community. Lets give them a LOT OF LOOT! So they have fond memories of RAM (after their tummy aches subside).
Here is a letter from our ghoulish RAMfather:
The new RAM Halloween website is up, and there is so much going on this Saturday it is hard to take it all in!
http://www.riversideartsmarket.com
We’ve got
Zombies dancing on stage to “Thriller”!
FLU shots!
Trick or Treating for kids!
Our largest line up of street performers ever!
Georgia-Florida fans!
Thousands of costumes (you and your dog should wear one!)
Ten different musical groups!
A huge ad in the Times-Union on Friday!
A Costume Contest!
New RAM Artists of the Week with on-line music samples!
A Halloween poster you can print out!
and the usual plethora (I love that word) of amazing art, veggies, food, and stuff!
Please forward this RAM website link to everyone that you care about, and invite them to come with you this Saturday.
Continue reading ‘The Riverside Arts Market- HALLOWEEN EDITION 10/31′
Just received this call to artists from my friend and vice president of AIGA Jax, Karen Kurycki. Karen sent me a message about a great call to artists for all you would be toy designers out there. Heres your chance to show your stuff and make something one of a kind for all to enjoy.- Heres all the info about the event. Ya know Im down with it- B.G.
From AIGA:
Do you remember your favorite childhood toy? Gone (perhaps) but not forgotten. Toys are about imagination and imagination is the first tool of all artists and designers. So sharpen up your tool, tap into your inner child and create a custom toy!
AIGA is hosting its first custom toy show, Designers in Toyland, at the December Art Walk, December 2 from 5-9 pm downtown. Both AIGA members and non-members are invited to build a toy from scratch, choose an existing toy and take it to another level, or paint a blank vinyl toy — anything that makes the toy a creation unique to you. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to The Big Fun Box. If you are interested in submitting a custom toy, please e-mail Karen Kurycki at vicepresident[at]aigajacksonville.org by November 12th.
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Friend and fellow artist Logan Zawacki is having a killer two day sale on his well received book “The Excavation of Mushroom Island” over at Blurb.com. Here the deal: The book is only 35.00( thats a 15.00 savings ), the sale last til Saturday, this would make an AWESOME early Christmas present for anyone out there who is a video game player or a big fan of the Mario Brothers universe. Heres a lil something about the book from Logan and Blurb.com. The sale is only for two days folks. Get your copy now!!
The Excavation of Mushroom Island – Blurb.com
What if there was physical proof that the Super Mario Bros mythology existed a long time ago on a lost chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean?
Would you believe this fictional universe once existed if there was tangible evidence to prove it did?
In ‘The Excavation of Mushroom Island,’ archaeologist Logan Zawacki and his team uncover the greatest archaeological discovery of the century and document their entire experience. This book comes complete with a detailed chronology of the cultures that inhabited the islands between the Arcadic Period and the Early Snesolithic Period, as well as detailed maps of the landscape and site locations of each marvelous find. There are over 30 documented fossils to view within this 76-page softcover book. Each fossil comes complete with a map of their locations, scientific names, dimensions, and informative comments provided by the lead researcher, Logan Zawacki.
The ‘Excavation of Mushroom Island’ combines fact with fiction, pop culture with science, and technology with art to create the illusion of a “real” Super Mario World.
**Limited Edition** Hardcover 11 x 13″ versions of this book are also available by contacting Logan Zawacki at [LZcreations@hotmail.com]. Only 100 copies of this book will be printed, and each copy comes signed and numbered. Buy now while the numbers are still low!
***This book contains some information not suitable for young children.***
If you’d like to see twelve (12) of the original salt prints from this book in person, visit the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Jacksonville, FL. The original prints will be on display until January 2010.
This book has been featured on such websites as…
A Little Bit On The Awesome Side (albotas.com), Zoiks! Online (zoiksonline.com), GoNintendo.com, MarioMonsters.com, inFendo.com, OhGizmo.com, EscapistMagazine.com, and many more!!!
The Excavation of Mushroom Island – Blurb.com
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