R.I.C. 5th JURIED SHOW – Call for Entries!

Richmond Illustrators Club is now accepting entries for our 5th Juried Show! The deadline to submit is April 13, 2012.

Selected work will be shown at Ghostprint Gallery in Richmond, VA in June 2012. A catalog will be produced and distributed at the show and by request through the club (view a PDF from last year’s catalog).

How To Enter

Entries must be submitted through the online form.

Images must be 700 px on the longest side, RGB, 72dpi, JPEG format.

Jurors

Sterling Hundley

Alice Cho

Noah Scalin

George Pratt

Martin Gee

via Current Show « Richmond Illustrators Club.

Kevin recently wrapped up a piece for Richmond Magazine on Spielberg recently bringing some Hollywood to RVA…you can check more of K’s illustrations at kevinmcfadin.com. Thanks for checking in.

WRIR’s 7th Birthday Party Is February 3rd

Join WRIR 7pm, Feb. 3, at the Glorious Renaissance Ballroom!

There will be 3 room of entertainment, djs, comedy, spoken word at more.  A $10 Donation at the door benefits WRIR and inclues access to all entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and birthday cake!  Come to Broad Street for First Fridays and help us celebrate 7 years of Richmond Independent Radio.

(Poster Design by Team Eight)

We’ll have live performance in three rooms featuring -

• White Laces
• The Janet Martin Band
• Baby Help Me Forget
• Richmond Youth Jazz Guild
• Gamelan Raga Kusuma Ensemble
• Josh Bearman & Alison Self
• Richmond Hip Hop Showcase w/ Black Liquid, Ms. Proper, Ohbliv

Plus, performances from:

• Richmond Comedy Coalition
• Secretly Y’all Storytelling
• Vaudeville Galore! Burlesque
• Turnstyle Soundsystem
• DJ Glycenide
• And many of your favorite WRIR DJs

The party will be from 7pm to Midnight at The Richmond Renaissance Ballroom, 107 West Broad Street.

via 97.3 WRIR – Richmond Independent Radio.

At K’s other job, he’s got an extensive interview with Steven Cerio. You may know Cerio from a long run of work with sonic pioneers The Residents, and posters for Primus, King Crimson, Monster Magnet…as well as working with Nickelodeon, Fantagraphics, Bill Graham Presents…he’s a dizzy talent, and K finds out a real gentlemen.

Grab a towel, jump in. You’ll need it.

“Being that I’m perpetually late to the party, it really didn’t surprise me all that much when I found out that Steven Cerio was the brains (or meat and potatoes) behind Atlantic Drone. I was already a big fan of his visuals (think The Residents for only one place to start), so when the road lead to Atlantic Drone, I was more embarrassed that I hadn’t clued into the signposts (more on those below) up ahead. A dizzingly prolific talent, Cerio is some ways like an inverted Little Dutch Boy (sorry, Mr. Cerio) who prefers to take his finger out, but is keenly aware of the importance of putting your fingers in it as well. Two opposing points of view? We’ll get to that, too, along with biscuits, Rick Wakemen’s attire and the dire need for a new hand gesture.

Grab a towel to mop up spilled milk and leaking ids…free association rests stops provided along the way as the journey becomes the destination. And by all means, when you’re done, leave the seat up…”

via A Vivified Dialogue with Steven Cerio « mr. atavist.

Richmond Magazine’s 24th “Best & Worst”

Recently wrapped up a run of illustrations for Richmond Magazine’s annual “Best & Worst” issue. It was a great project with a wealth of material…and fodder…Much of the research was a breeze this time around; step outside and take a walk. Goods were found, and discovered, at places and resources new to me, so some of it was a “learn-as-I-go” process that was not only helpful to this project, but gave me more in the arsenal for down the pike. Richmond Magazine was great to work with again and as always, gave me a lot of leeway to bring everything to the right finish line.

via · Best & Worst…the RVA Way.

Second Verse, Same As the First

“ELKADER, Iowa—If it ain’t broke… why fix it? The digital music craze may one day totally erase all evidence of the physical album. But the record cover will always remain an icon to music (and art) lovers everywhere. Which is why the “rules” of this year’s Thirty Three and a Third (point two) Art Show remain the same as last.

Starting on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, Schera’s Fine Art in Elkader will host the first leg of the Thirty Three and a Third Point Two Art Show. The show features 33 and a third different artists and designers reinterpreting and re-imagining existing album covers in their own unique style. The size of each piece is 12” by 12” (the size of a vinyl LP), and the Iowa participants, along with many featured national and international artists, are using a variety of different media to come up with their covers.

Local illustrator and designer Dana Lechtenberg created and is once again curating the show, and his 5-year-old daughter, Emmalene, will be the final “third” artist rounding out the 33 and a third participants. “Last year’s response to the show was amazing,” Lechtenberg says. “The international coverage we received blew me away. We even had a magazine in Tokyo write a story on the show. This year is shaping up to be just as good as last year. The submissions have been incredible so far.”

Cedar Valley artists include: Adam Weller, Basemint, Chris Corkery, Dana Lechtenberg, Gary Kelley, Jaclyn Zwiefel, James Mackey, Megan Pralle, Sarah Pauls and Emmalene Lechtenberg. National and international artists include: Andrew Kolb, Art Grootfontein, Dave Losso, Dave Perillo, Deanna Rooney, Dyna Moe, E.W. Thomason, Javier Garcia, Jay Fletcher, Jeffrey Bucholtz, Kendrick Kidd, Matthew Hollister, Mike Dornseif, Mike Lemanski, Nate Luetkehans, Nate Utesch, Niklas Coskan, Radio, Rami Niemi, Ryan Brinkerhoff, Stuart Patterson, Studio MPLS, Will Ecke (for Albert + Marie) and Zara Gonzalez Hoang.

An opening-night reception will be held Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, from 4 to 8 p.m. Schera’s Fine Art is located at 111 North Main Street in Elkader, 563-245-1992, www.scheras.com. The show will return to Cup of Joe in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the second leg in early 2012.”

The Thirty Three and a Third (point two) Art Show

“Ultimate Weird But True is the next installment in National Geographic Kids Weird But True franchise, which started as a popular feature in National Geographic Kids—the nation’s top-selling children’s magazine—and then grew into the blockbuster Weird But True paperback series. Now Ultimate Weird But True gives kids a super-sized hardcover book that they’ll pore over for months and return to for years to come.”

Dawn recently lent an invaluable assist on National Geographic Kids’ Ultimate Weird but True, out now. Working with NGK’s arsenal of top talent, Dawn teamed up in the layout and design of multiple chapters for “a bold, colorful design and a heavy dose of visual humor.”