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Art Beacon Des Moines: Rich exploration of scale and materials at Drake
Verge now on view in the Anderson Gallery at Drake University
Old ladies love Drake art!
Every spring, Drake’s Anderson Gallery hosts several shows by groups of graduating BA and BFA students. The latest one, Verge, opened on April’s First…
I made this drawing this weekend.
Met with my assistant this morning to prepare for our figure drawing night this week. Now I’m heading to the shooting range with Kyle.
I enjoy that my day starts with coffee with Riane over project to-dos, continues with writing posts, and then moves on to shooting guns. This afternoon, it’ll be back to writing before my monthly critique group meets in Ames.
I love Des Moines because I can live like this.
songs you wish you'd heard in 2011
makebrk: next week’s drink & draw playlist:
we’re less than a week away from the next drink & draw. bring your friends, because this one’s going to be a party. there’ll still be 2 hours of figure drawing (this month we have a male model), and this time we’ll have contests. with prizes. yep. can’t ruin the surprise, but it’ll be fun.
My favorite song on this post is the last video. LOVED.
The new art vending machine in Ames
Did you know ArtVend set up in Wheatsfield Coop grocery in Ames last week?
You can go up there now and use a vending machine to buy art. Here’s what Kristin Roach, the girl who coordinates ArtVend, wants you do know:
This project is really great for a few key reasons that we love to point out to anyone who will listen:
- It’s 100% local – everything was made within 50 miles of Ames
- It’s art and craft side by side! 20% is donated to charity (thanks to Wheatsfield’s generous donation of their “cut”)
- It’s 100% paid for! We were able to raise enough funds through kickstarter and our rummage sale to fully fund the machine.
Awesomeeeeee. Cannot wait to try it.
Go read about it. And submit here if you’re an artist in central Iowa.
Paluch: Celebrate No. 1 ranking, then ask 'what if?'
Tim Paluch of Juice Magazine in Des Moines, Iowa — a weekly print publication of the Des Moines Register — uses What if Des Moines… as a backdrop for asking some hard questions about the city he loves.
This is generally pretty art-related, but I’m branching out here for a moment to say: Hi! Are you in Central Iowa? Then come down to Market Day this weekend.
And you’ll say, But Cat. What is Market Day?
And I’ll reply, Market Day is my project: an indie arts/handmade/vintage market in downtown Des Moines. It runs every month, May - November. We began it in May 2009, and this Saturday, June 26 is the second Market Day of the 2010 season.
When you come you’ll see gourmet cupcakes, letterpress prints, screenprinted tees, vintage jewelry, upcycled vintage jewelry, pottery, breakfast burritos, classic vinyl, and 29 more booths of goods. We collect the best of the midwest’s applicants to bring creative shopping to DSM every month.
Check us out on Facebook. Come to visit. You’ll feel cooler for having done so (and you’ll be supporting local makers. Always cool.)
Thanks to Anna Jones - Art of Photography for the snap.
MAY WAS LONG. After I delivered my show, I took a few days off painting. And then it was time to kick Market Day planning into high gear. Now the first Market Day’s wrap up is over, so I can get back to other projects. And by “get back to other projects” I mean “continue to juggle drawing and painting and selling that with planning an indie arts event and helping out at the coworking studio and launching a million other programs and projects and doo-dads.”
This is a dog. He is possibly a demon, or an old man who just looks like this.
