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Our 2nd Artist Trading Card exchange happened just before Christmas, and in the interest of supporting local businesses (and our stomachs) we decided to meet at a delicious tamale joint near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, called Mama's Hot Tamales. I hear they recently changed ownership, but still have great food. This time, we decided …
Last year my artist friend Jenny Goto - invited me to an ATC group. Inititally, I had no idea what she was talking about. After reading some blogs/sites/wikipedia articles, I had a rough picture of what I was being invited to and apparently, the Artist Trading Card movement is a big thing! Here's a simple …
Ran across this video on Manmade.com a while back. It's an interesting perspective from the creator of Radiolab Jad Abumrad on gut-churning that all creatives need to hear! Jad provides some great words of affirmation to those who constantly pioneer new paths and come up with new ideas. Love his perspective. Check it out! http://vimeo.com/58119161
Found this quiz through Man-Made. It's fun, and accurate (at least for me). It said I was like William Morris from the Arts & Crafts Movement. Haha. What are you? http://www2.open.ac.uk/openlearn/design_nutshell/splash.html Here's William Morris. I'm a hairy guy, but I'm not sure I can get even my beard to grow that long.
So after I [thought I] finished my briefcase pedalboard, my wife says, "did you try it out?" "Not yet," I replied... but quietly I was thinking, "I don't need to try it out. I know what I'm doing!" Turns out, I don't know what I'm doing. Listen to your wives, fellas. I plugged in all …
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Here's a neat-o little project that I've been wanting to put together for a while now. I've wanted a guitar effects pedal board for a long time, but I couldn't justify paying for one (because I don't play many gigs these days and my guitar skills aren't good enough to warrant a fancy board for …
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We're less than a week away from our 2nd Vine Gallery show. This show's theme is entitled HUE: the beauty and power of color. We've given some of our artists randomly chosen color swatches and asked them to come up with pieces featuring those particular colors. Half of our gallery will be showcasing these pieces …
The Church needs art. I was sitting in our staff meeting the other week and we began to talk about yet another organization that wanted Evergreen's support for their upcoming praise night. In my time on staff at this church I have received many letters, emails, and phone calls asking for our church's support of …
Last night I attended a reception at Azusa Pacific University for Makoto Fujimura, a phenomenal artist who studied the ancient art of Nihonga painting. He created a series of pieces to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. His pieces were amazing! He uses all natural pigments, gold and silver leaf, on either …
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