Monster Party Returns in 2013 at Ugly Gallery

Monster Party, a kid-friendly community-centric art show, which we curated at the Jamestown Arts Center in RI last October, will find a new home in October 2013 at Ugly Gallery in New Bedford, MA. This year we'll be bringing back top-notch artwork from artists around New England while also appealing to kids, adults and the community. More information to come!

 Etips

 MCA

 Big Nazo Lab

 Tim Sullivan

 Eyeformation

 Photobooth - painted by Evoker/Etips

 Monster Mural - Evoker (Check out the time lapse video of Evoker painting this!)

Last year's flyer - artwork by Eyeformation

Sneak Peek for Hanna-Barbarians: Eyeformation

Eyeformation, who is the cover artist for this week's Boston Dig and was recently featured in the Boston Phoenix, is one of the participating artists in our upcoming group show at myplasticheart in NYC. Here is a look at his work for that show. With his bold lines and bright colors, we're super stoked to see his take on some of his favorite and most influential cartoon characters. Check out our studio visit with Eyeformation for more on this incredible artist.

Sneak Peek for Hanna-Barbarians: Brian Butler

Here is a sneak peek a a piece for our April show at myplasticheart by artist and mini golf course expert, Brian Butler. Brian is the creative mind behind the half human, half ice cream hybrid, Ice Cream People, which were featured in a solo show at Kidrobot Miami in 2010.

"Hanna-Barbarians" at myplasticheart NYC

The Studio Miners are curating a show at myplasticheart this year. The show is tentatively entitled Hanna-Barbarians, a tongue in cheek theme, with artists asked to create new works based on their favorite and most influential cartoons. This means anything from Tom and Jerry to Garfield to Peanuts to Regular Show, are up for grabs. The show's lineup is bursting with talented artists and in anticipation we'll be bringing you previews of their work on this site and myplasticheart's blog as we lead up to the opening on Friday, April 19.

The Line-Up:
Peskimo
OBLVN
Chris RWK
Abe Lincoln Jr.
Smut Villain
MRNVR
Ekiem
Etips
Eyeformation
Nosego
Podgy Panda
Paul Shih
Philip Lumbang
Bigfoot
George Lamontagne
Evoker
Flying Fortress
kaNO
Jeremy Derbyshire Myles
Brian Butler
Olive47
 
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Preview :: Monster Party :: Etips, Eyeformation, Tim Sullivan

The Monster Party exhibition opening is quickly approaching. Evoker's been busy building large-scale interactive installations and Team Sweet has been wrangling kids to create artwork for the children's gallery and helping them to create monster movies that will be premiered on opening night. In addition to all of our hard work, we are excited to show you some of the artwork from the talented participating artists in the show. Below you'll find work in progress shots from Etips, Eyeformation and Tim Sullivan. Enjoy and stay tuned because there are more previews to come. See you on Saturday, October 6 at the opening!

Etips

Eyeformation

Eyeformation

Tim Sullivan

The Studio Miners Present "Monster Party"

Monster Party Art Exhibition Opening at the Jamestown Arts Center
Saturday, October 6, 5:00 – 8:00pm
Gallery Hours through October 31: Wednesday through Saturday 10am – 2pm
 
We're teaming up with the Jamestown Arts Center in Jamestown, RI for Monster Party, a friendly celebration of monsters for the whole family, opening on Saturday, October 6 and running until October 31. The exhibition will feature artwork from prominent New England artists in the main gallery, with the inclusion of monster-centric doodles and drawings made by local children in the front gallery space. In addition to the artwork, there will be a monster mini-golf hole, a photobooth, face painting, a 30 foot mural, an 8 foot monster sculpture, costumes from Providence-based character creators, the Big Nazo, and many other monster surprises.

For Monster Party, we hope to bring the RI community and beyond together in a fun, accessible and exciting event where people of all ages will enjoy themselves in an interactive and light-hearted atmosphere.

Contributing Artists
Evoker
Eyeformation
Mr. Never
Jay Lacouture
Tim Sullivan
Jeremy Derbyshire-Myles
Mike Decay
MCA
Ryan Maguire
Etips
Pat Falco
Fish McGill
Robert Wohl
Kitschy Galore
The Big Nazo
!ND!V!DUALS
Casey Weibust
Natalie Squillante
Matt Lemek

We're looking for kids who want to doodle monsters for us... see the flyer below!

Funspot :: Part II

It's time for Part II of our trip to Funspot in Laconia, NH. If you missed Part I, check it out. One of the major reasons we love our trips to Funspot is enjoying the vintage artwork on the arcade and pinball machines. It's inspiring and most of the time gives you a good chuckle too. We also included a couple of pictures from our end of the day Ticket Frenzy where we use any leftover tokens to play easy ticket games. We then spend our ticket winnings to buy anything emblazoned "Funspot... it's the spot for fun!" on it with the inclusion of the their dragon mascot. It seems like the best way to remember our fun time all year long.