here's all the latest and greatest. or, what i've remembered to write down for you, at the very least.
Hello and hello. Freshly back from Austin, TX and Flatstock & SXSW - thank you everyone! It was the best Austin Flatstock yet. So fun and so many wonderful people. I'm looking at YOU Ice Cream Man. News & Events:Japanese Interview with me! Flash+Film Magazine: Yup, I'm huge in Japan! OK, well, I'm at least
something. Read all about me, influences and dining predilections here at Flash+Film's website:
http://www.flashfilm.com/us/people/artist/pa0021strawberryluna.html there's even a few photos. Domo!
Upcoming posters:
March / Spring - Stars, North American Spring tour poster-on sale now!
April:
4/4 - The Dirtbombs, w/ Kelley Stoltz @ Sonar, Baltimore MD.
4/7 - Spoon, with The Walkmen and White Rabbits @ The Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead, Munhall/Pittsburgh, PA.
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Sweet: The Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster show: There seem to be so few poster show extravaganzas on the East Coast, right? Well cry no more. HugeBigDealRad Sweet: The Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster show is right around the corner in Baltimore, MD at the University of MD's Art/Sociology Building. The is opening on Wednesday February 6th. And, to boot! There is a HugeBigDealRad event alllllllll day long on the Wednesday the 6th called Sweet Booth, where me and a very choice selction (how I was chosen...we'll never know) of nationally stellar poster artists. So if you can, please come by and say hello! I will have lots of new posters and a new art print on hand, hint: it's going to look a lot like my poster for The Fray...only without text. Ho ho ho. Feel free to review the links below for artists, times, and location information.
more Infoz as followz:Sweet Booth: http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/exhibit/285.08/index.php?page=boothSweet Show: http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/exhibit/285.08/index.php
Happy New Year to you! Well, it November wrapped up nicely and December was a whirlwind. I hope that you returned all of your returnables by now and had a lovely set of holidays. I'm buried in books, it's my dream come true. Well, next to being buried in puppies that is.
Thanks bunches! A super heavy-duty thanks to Real Simple Magazine for whittling down an impressive list of over 300 items for their 2007 Holiday Gift Guide to just over 60, including my Alphabet Prints this past year. It was an amazing experience. The online version can be seen here:
http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1682390-5,00.html or for a better view, the print issue is chock fulla swell. Thanks very much again!
News & Events:
Pause Magazine Interview: New and rad Cincinnati-based arts & culture magazine Pause kicks off their new feature Rock Poster of The Week with a super choice, me! Ho ho ho. My Spoon (Boston) poster and interview are here for you to oogle: http://www.pauseculture.com/news/rock-meets-art. If you like the new feature, be sure to let them know. Pause bridges that gap between The Then and The Now by being available both in print and webby form. Neat! Helpful! Hip!
Indie/Pretty/Perfect Interview: Is a super-duper blog that I love very much, did an in-depth interview with me that is....well...almost too revealing. I have a goofy little pea brain http://indieprettyperfect.blogspot.com/2007/10/strawberryluna-pennsylvania-usa.html read on and see for yourself. Learn how the name 'strawberryluna' came to be. Go on, I dare you.
Sweet Poster Show: Boy howdy, sweet indeed. I am in a fantastic show called Sweet, The Graphic Beauty of The Contemporary Rock Poster at the University of Maryland running from February 6th - March 29th. Note! it's the opening day reception that is a bit special than the next kid. Many of us participating poster artists will be there for Sweet Booth, a mini-Flatstock meet'n'greet event where we'll be selling some works and talking to friendly folks like you from 11am - 7:30pm. As if the event needed to be cooler, John Foster (author of the superb New Masters of Poster Design) will be lecturing. For more information, look at the UMD Art Gallery site here: http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/exhibit/285.08/index.php/ and be sure to check the web version of the Sweet postcard: http://www.strawberryluna.com/sweet-poster-show/sweet-postcard-promo.jpg and do come and see the show, ok? OK!
FYI! 2008 is going to be The Year of The Art Print. Just so's yinz know. Lots and lots of art printy goodness is in the works here at strawberryluna global HQ. Including my 1/4 of the Four Seasons art print project, and a something amazing with fellow print geek Nate Duval. Hi Nate! Keep a sharp eye out matey!
Upcoming Posters:
January:
1/22 - Band of Horses, w/ Cass McCombs and Tyler Ramsey @ The Fillmore at the TLA, Philadelphia, PA
February:
2-/12- The New York Dolls (!!!!!!!!) w/ We Are The Fury and Rude & Reckless a@ Ram's Head Live! Baltimore, MD
2/20 - Queens of the Stone Age, @ Tonhalle, Munich, Germany
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Hello! Thanks for stopping by.
News & Events:
Let me make this Real Simple for you: So, perhaps you've heard of an upstart little publication called
Real Simple. Yeah? Cool, 'cause
yeehaw!! My alphabet prints have been featured in the December issue's 50 Gifts Under $50. Here's a web-version, slightly different than the print feature:
http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1682390-5,00.html . Pretend this issue has a Dewey decimal system code on the spine, check it out!
Screen Printing 101: I'm in an art show! Screen Printing 101 is art show of screen printed art prints in Charleston, SC featuring local and national artists. Live music will be provided by Explorers Club during the opening reception. Prints on display will be available for purchase from artists:
strawberryluna, Print Mafia, Leia Bell, Dan
Grzeca, Johnny
Pundt, Chuck
Keppler, Cricket Press, Adam
Turman,
Crosshair,
Angryblue,
Jeral Tidwell, Mike
Klay, Standard Design,
sei rey ho and more. Treat this show like a book at the library, check it out!
Where: 52.5 Records, 561 King St., Charleston, SC
When : Opening reception November 30
th, 7-9PM. To hang through December 31st.
Four Seasons Art Print Project: The smarty-pants fellows at Mile44 hatched this crazy idea to have a 4-way print exchange project where 4 studios each work on a season, make an edition of trade 'em out. I will be Spring! Fresh as a daisy! The other seasons are master masterminds Mile44 as Summer, the peppy team at Hero Design Studio are handling Autumn and the lovelies of Delicious Design League will wow you with Winter. More details and print availability to come soon!
Upcoming Posters:November:11/13 - cancelled, The
Decemberists w/ Laura
Veirs....get well soon :-(
11/17 - The National, @
Apolo, Barcelona, Spain. (part of the Goodall Gallery European Tour)
11/21 - The National, @
Transilvania, Milan, Italy. (part of the Goodall Gallery European Tour series, available after 11/21)
December:12/4 - Spoon w/ Cold War Kids, Against Me! &
Mutemath @ The Roxy, Boston, MA. (available after 12/4)
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