Ape On The Moon

So,

Ape On The Moon, an illustration site, did an article on VEND SEND MEND, the fundraiser that I put together with Craig Bowers this past summer.

Somehow I missed the fact that they posted it in September.

Here's the article: http://apeonthemoon.com/2011/09/13/vend-send-mend-art-sale-for-japan/

BUT! That's okay because Vend Send Mend will be at the annual MICA Art Market! We still have plenty of pieces to be sold which means plenty more money for those who are still in need. If you or friends and family are visiting Art Market this year tell them to check out the VSM box! Thanks in advance~

MICA Art Market: https://www.mica.edu/Browse_Art/Art_Market_2011.html

More sooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn-

Michael Hart with Beard - 2010, Baltimore

Hog Sweat

This summer has been the sweatiest summer of my entire life, I am 100% on this claim.

In addition to working in a hot little kitchen, I have been tending a garden plot started by Tara Megos, and I slaved away with Craig Bowers for a good few weeks to pull together our first show (which ended up being a big group, 65+) titled: VEND SEND MEND at Sub-Basement Artist Studios in Baltimore.

We had great entries made from all over the world and it was a thrill to see each new entry make its way over in the mailman's mail hands. It just so happened that on the same night of our opening, July 1st, there was an R. Kelly concert at the 1st Mariner and traffic was total shit. Some have told me that they were stuck in traffic heading over to the show and decided to just give up and get some ice cream instead. For all those who stood in traffic because they were trying to make it to the Vend Send Mend opening: I love you.

Thank you Jefferey Kent and Jennifer Tam at Sub-Basement! You guys are the best.

Check it all out! VSM:

http://vendsendmend.com/

http://vendsendmend.tumblr.com/

http://www.subbasementartiststudios.com/subbasement/index.php

And here are some links to some great contributors of Vend Send Mend:

http://www.willemrosenthal.com/info.html

http://www.warrenlinn.com

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/

Okay, anyways, there are tons more: Harry Campbell, Dadu Shin, JooHee Yoon-- just check out the website!

But that's not all!

Yerin and Julia are responsible for the new pop-up gallery on W. Chase St!

http://nomadgalleryproject.blogspot.com/

You can check out their blog or look them up on facebook. We are all working together to pull the place together in time for Artscape. There is a show coming up there titled: SURFACE.

In other news, here is an album cover I came up with for my dear friend Patrick Takashi Shiroishi. He makes music and if you are not deaf I suggest you look him up!

This is an igloo house (yes, there's a balcony on the backside with escape ladder) :

More SOOOOOOOON!

MICA Juried Undergraduate Exhibit 2008

the Meyerhoff Gallery

me:

everybody else:

A selection of my favorites from this gallery. Barnacles?

Here is a link about the exhibition:

http://www.mica.edu/news/news.cfm?action=detail&press_ID=996

MICA Juried Undergraduate Exhibit 2008

the Decker Gallery

These were my personal favorites from the Decker gallery, especially the one of the people in the snow- I'd love to have that in my future sauna.

Drawing I with Bill Schmidt: Assignment #1

Now I am in Maryland, attending MICA. 

 

Drawing assignment #1: Do a drawing that embodies what drawing means to you. When you draw for the sake of drawing, what do you do? Make this a personal statement that is a reflection of your sensibilities, values, and interests. It can be any size and in any medium.

I decided to squiggle some lines and incorporate ideas of life, an organic feel (ie. the leaves) and a giant bird- since birds make me think about freedom, which is something I look for when i sketch.

I found myself unhappy. After about an hour of sitting and staring I decided to re-read the assignment and the 2nd time around, I decided that I wanted to take it all more literally and personally. I came up with this:

fin