Letter to the World III - Kickstarter

Another month, another awesome Kickstarter campaign for some amazingly talented friends of mine.

Letter to the World III is an awesome site-specific piece created by D. Chase Angier, Marketa Fantova (both of whom I've had the pleasure of being taught by while I was a student at Alfred University), and Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge that includes performances by another good friend of mine, Kim Rau. They've got nine days left in the campaign to raise the $2500 they need to perform at the annual World Stage Design, which is being held this year in Wales. Be sure to check it out and help them get to where they need to be :D

Rachel Gorman & Scout Dunbar present "Heaven and Earth".

To all of my lovely friends out there near Ithaca, NY, may I draw your attention to an awesome show currently on display over at State of the Art Gallery. Rachel and Scout have this awesome exhibition up sharing some gorgeous printmaking and paper sculpture work. The official reception opened last Friday, but the show is up until the end of the month, and I highly suggest going to see it!

on the left, work by Rachel Gorman. on the right, work by Scout Dunbar.

Again, the show is open until June 30, 2013, and the State of the Art Gallery is open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 12-6:00pm, and weekends 12-5:00pm.

Don't miss out on this exciting exhibit - I'm hoping to get up there to support them before the end of the month, and everything I've heard about the show so far has been spectacular. Congrats again, ladies :D

Another year, another contest...

After the success of last year's Facebook contest for Dean Michaels Studio, we recently started our newest contest just in time for the start of the 2013 wedding season! The popularity of the 2012 contest not only allowed the overall likes for the studio's Facebook page to grow, but gave me some wonderful opportunities to reach out to other vendors to expand our reach throughout the New Jersey area. And just like last year, I'm also in charge of creating all of the samplers and artwork associated with the contest, which is always a lot of fun from a design perspective :D

Click here or on the photo below to check out the start of the 2013 contest!

Meme the World - Kickstarted!

Congratulations to everyone who helped out! I promise to post some awesome photos of the mug when it gets here - thanks to Dizbe.com, Justin and everyone over at Meme The World for figuring out how to market and fund such an awesome and fun interactive art & media project! I can't wait to get my mug :D

Interested in getting your own MTW mug? Don't know what I'm talking about? Check out my original post here or the Meme The World Kickstarter page!

Meme the World... with Justin Crowe!

One of the newest things I've taken on this year is becoming a blogger for my good friend Justin Crowe and his entrepreneurial new artist gallery/showcase website, Dizbe.com. He's recently started another project that I'm super excited about.

Meme The World is this really great conceptual art project, and although the Kickstarter video explains it so much better than I ever could, you should totally check it out - by pledging, you have an awesome opportunity to not only become a part of a worldwide phenomena (because seriously, who doesn't want to drink some tea/coffee/etc. in a mug with a cat on it these days?) but you also have a chance to get some really cool art from some really awesome artists (Justin Crowe, Scout Dunbar, Peter Pinkus, Rachel Jernigan, CJ Hungerman, and Emily and Laura Smith).

And again... it's a cat mug. Enough said. You have until April 5th, so go pledge their Kickstarter campaign! GO!!!

In the meantime, I've uploaded some new/old work to the various galleries, so go take a peek. More updates and hopefully my first Dizbe blog post coming soon... how is it March already?!?