Art Takes-Over Times Square: Help me show there!

I just applied to show my work in Times Square! So what I need now is for my fans, that’s you reader, to Collect me HERE. That’s how you vote and the more votes I get, the better my chances are.  It’s a really cool competition. This group has arranged to take over billboards in Times Square in NYC and turn it into a temporary gallery.

Their website states that “One artist will be selected to receive $10,000 cash, a printed inclusion in a limited edition Art Takes Times Square book, and the exhibition of a lifetime: his/her work will be displayed on the most iconic billboards of Times Square.  If selected your work will be seen in bright lights by tens of thousands of people in Times Square. We will also produce an online feature sent out to hundreds of thousands of art enthusiasts around the globe. Prepare for art infamy.  All artists get a gorgeous online portfolio and hundreds will be shown at the Artists Wanted after-party featuring Questlove of the Roots / Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The highest collected artists will have their submissions reviewed by chashama and Artists Wanted to determine the Grand Prize winner.”

There’s an award for one of the voters as well.  They will pick one of the what they call “collectors”, the one they think has the best online collection, to receive a $2,500 luxury stay in NYC AND $2,500 cash to spend however you like. 

Earth Day Celebration – ReStore in Hudson, NY

This year I will be celebrating Earth Day by doing a demonstration on how to cane a chair at the Columbia County’s Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Hudson, NY.  You can catch me doing that from Noon – 2pm.  They are holding an all day event that includes demonstrations, talks, and crafts.  You can check out the facebook event page here.  In addition, there will be a baby animal petting zoo, and from 10am to Noon 98.5 The Cat, Cruisin’ 93.5 will be broadcasting live.

I may or may not have some of my artwork with me as well. (Lampshades made from trailer film, watercolor mandalas that incorporate old book pages, etc.) That is not determined yet.

Here’s the lineup so far:

EARTH DAY SCHEDULE (subject to change – mostly additions)

Food All Day 9-4!

Meet your local CSAs – All Day! 

10-Noon 98.5 The Cat, Cruisin’ 93.5 broadcast live with their prize wheel!

Demo Schedule…
10-11AM Learn to rewire a lamp 
12-2PM Chair caning demo 
2-3PM Build a quick coop mobile greenhouse/chicken run…

Q&A …
11-12 -ish (specific time coming soon) Dan Gibson from Grazin Angus Acres & Grazin Diner will talk about the Farm & Diner and about raising Animal Welfare Approved grass-fed angus.

all day…

Steve McKay from Micosta will talk about living his life and running his business according to earth-friendly ideals. 

Cornell Cooperative Extension – Soil sampling, growing advice, water testing kits and more

They built a greenhouse from recycled windows and wood! – video and q&a with the builders Michael Bucci and Dylan Wigley

SILENT AUCTION & REPURPOSING GUIDES
Amazing Repurposed Fantastic Furniture & other nifty objects… Far craftier, glamorous, ingenious, hip… than the usual ReStore things. So far we have: 
-a bathroom vanity made out of an old dresser
-a painting and a side table – all in one!
-a key/coat rack
-a table reconceived with reclaimed wood
-a bag made of coaxial cable
-a seat with a cupboard underneath – very handy
-and more

ACTIVITIES…
-Iron on and make your own ReNew t-shirt! …or bag, or hat, or dress…
-Vote for a vegetable! Taste testing for kids.
-Kids paper planter making – FROM NEWSPAPER!
-…and seed planting
-Baby Animal Petting Zoo!!!!
-and more

Work In Progress

Sorry for the silence lately, but I had good reason… a tonsillectomy (rough at my age, but worth it in the end.)  However, prior to the surgery and once I was up to moving about again, I started new work.  This is always exciting.  What you see here is work in progress.  This time I have been taking photos periodically of the watercolor mandalas in progress, so soon I hope to release some time-lapse videos of them evolving.  That should be really interesting to watch (for me and you).