Ballroom Boxing progress and Imagination Stage Open House Carpentry

Ive spent this past week building scenery for the Imagination Stage Open House on September 10th. I am at the carpentry stage right now, which is always a bit of a slog for me...I've often said that "I hate carpentry, but its what holds up the paint"...

Rapunzel's Castle

 I have tried to build the entire open house out of recycled/repurposed materials. For example, the door in the center of Rapunzel's Castle was salvaged from the Wind in the Willows set strike. I've cut a door in the top left panel of the door for the Rapunzel puppet to be operated from.

Narnia Wardrobe

The Wind in the Willows door has yielded two re-purposings...the back of the door became the split doors of the wardrobe for the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. I will be building the rest of the show this week, so you should have a full accounting of the show by the next blog post (two shows down, three to go!)

The week, of course, was punctuated by the arrival of hurricane Irene on Saturday. Fortunately we got through it with minimal damage. In fact, the only thing that really seemed to be damaged was our BBQ grill, which fell off of our new backyard deck.

During the Hurricane I was able to make some more progress on Ballroom Boxing...

The background changed a good bit...I decided that I wanted to go with a softer, looser background in order to keep the focus on the ring at center. A couple of days after Irene, I started to block in the main characters again, and started making some decisions about lighting....

I've started adding some of the audience members (particularly the Robot) My intent has been to populate the audience with a rouges gallery of characters, but KT is particularly adamant that they all remain monkeys...I'd be interested in hearing what you think...on the one hand I can see the value of making it consistent parallel monkey universe (a "planet of the apes" if you will) but on the other hand, there is something so awesome about this fight night that I don't want anyone to feel left out...

Lastly, I am designing a small set piece for this Fall's Hope Operas Of course, its a pile of poop. Ah, showbiz!

Ballroom Boxing...with Monkeys!

"Wrath of Han" got rained out on Friday...but we were able to still show side one of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope Laser disc, and Star Trek II: Wrath of Kahn on Blu Ray on the indoors TV...the evening's viewing wound up being a very good inspiration for the Yuri's Night 2012 writers...

This week I started a painting that is slightly larger, in scope and size, that I am used to painting. I have been working on it in a similar vein as Monkey Moonshot. That is, I started with a very rough sketch, and I am letting the composition and details resolve themselves on the canvas. This means that I will be going over the painting many more times than I would if I had everything planned out, but this method also prevents me from feeling that I am simply coloring in a good drawing.

Early process shot of "Ballroom boxing" (Tentative title) in the studio

Anyway, the inspiration for this is obviously Elvis' Birthday Fight Club. I am hoping to imagine the boxing match in a much nicer space than the intentionally seedy aesthetic that we incorporate in the live event. I have imagined it as a "fight night" at a theater like the State Theater in Detroit (now called the Fillmore). The center of the orchestra seating has been removed and the boxing ring has been installed. I am hoping to create a sense of space and placement within the theater by using the "knights in a niche" (that flank the proscenium of the theater) as a framing device. You can see the full Knight on the right of the painting, and just his foot, spear and pedestal on the foreground right. I need to work on the balcony some more (perhaps lowering it?) to create a sense of enclosure. I realize that this arrangement may not make sense to someone who hasn't been to the State (which is often also a dance club, where the "audience" can go on the stage) but it has a certain logic, and I am willing to trade that logic for the ambiance of the theater space... I intend to populate the audience and the action in the ring with lots of different characters, but primarily monkeys. As you can see, I have already started doing this with the ring girl and the boxing kangaroo.Of course, this may wind up being an overly ambitious painting (I tend to abandon paintings that take too long to produce) but I have a good feeling about it so far...Below is a closer look at the beginnings of the painting with the studio cropped out:

Ballroom Boxing early stages, 48"x 24" Acrylic on Canvas

 

Blog Facelift, GLEEAM recieved well in NYC, and Monkey sketching...

I've spruced up the place a bit since we last talked...I even got a new URL for the blog: www.artbyjaredblog.com (don't worry, the old www.betweenthetines.blogspot.com will still work, so you probably don't need to update your RSS feeds)...turns out that someone else had taken "www.betweenthetines.com" so, I decided that it was time to make the switch! I also changed the fonts and layout to give it a more "sketchbook" feel...

So, it looks like GLEEAM was well received during the NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL...They got a reviews from Backstage.com, Newyork.nearsay.com, and Redbull.com, and THE FREAKING NEW YORK TIMES!...they have one more performance as of this writing...so if you are in NYC tonight, check them out!
 

Incredulous Monkey Sketch

Pencil on Sketchbook paper

So, I have been working on some new monkey paintings, but I don't quite want to crush the creative process too early by posting the sketches here...so instead I will leave you with this incredulous monkey....

GLEEAM Backdrop finished, and polar bear cuteness

GLEEAM Backdrop
12'x10' Acrylic on Muslin

This week I put the nose to the grindstone and finished the GLEEAM backdrop...for those who need reminding, GLEEAM is Landless Theatre Company's offering for the NYC Fringe Festival in August...its a mash-up of the Musical TV show Glee, and the 90's horror movie Scream. Anyway, I was able to knock out the drop in pretty short order, mostly due to my sweet new shop easel...Below is the drop about halfway done...with artist Rob Lindsay for scale...
Also this week, in order to celebrate the imminent birth of "Taco" Dobbs, I contributed this small painting. I was told that they were going for a polar bear theme for the baby's room, so I decided to capitalize on that idea, while leaving a few "sub-text" clues for the kid, for when he gets older (you know, like: where did those polar bears get that drum? What's up with the bi-plane? is this a picture that takes place in the past or present? what happened to the drummer? etc...)

Polar Bears with Drum
10"x8" Acrylic on board

Jared profiled in Examiner and "Hey Look, I built a monster easel!"

The big news this week is that I was profiled by the Examiner. Its a very well written piece of journalism (deftly executed by Stephen Mack) because he was able to take a 45 minute rambling conversation and distill it down into "just who the hell does Jared think he is?"

I have added the full text of the article below, but if you would like to read it natively, here is your link.

Jared Davis: Artist profile

Stephen Mack, DC Local Artists Examiner

July 25, 2011 -

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For many artists in the area, hanging a painting next to works by local heavyweights like Scott G. Brooks, Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn would be a humbling experience. But at the exhibition opening for the space-themed Countdown to Yuri’s Night at Artisphere in March, Monkey Moonshot, painted by the show’s curator Jared Davis, didn’t seem at all out of place. Davis’ work popped up again two months later at the G40 Art Summit, with four Inferno-themed paintings distinguished by the physical brushwork that has become his style. If the quality of his canvas painting is surprising, it’s because, with all the other hats Davis wears, it’s easy to miss the fact that painting is his first love.

“I actually cannot remember a time when I didn’t want to be an artist,” Davis says. “I was a little art nerd as a kid. I was way into abstract expressionism when I was 12 or 13.” It’s doubtful if that child would have anticipated the grinning monkeys and other comically grotesque characters, usually up to no good, that Davis paints today.

But where his passions all come together is in the annual events he coordinates. The Yuri’s Night exhibition was a precursor to a one-night celebration featuring a dance party, burlesque revue, and a film screening with commentary in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Davis and his wife Kate throw a themed Halloween party at their house every year—they were married at the 2005 edition—and in January they launched the first annual Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club, which Davis emceed as the King himself, at Warehouse Theatre. In addition to creating the shows, building the sets, and performing, Davis is always searching for inventive ways for the audience to interact with the production. One Halloween party featured a death ray, which visitors could operate themselves using a jury-rigged laser tag system and make a quick getaway using the slides on either side.

During the day, Davis manages the scene shop at Arlington County’s Gunston Arts Center. The large workshop gives him the opportunity to do what he does best: “paint really big.” He has designed sets there for theater companies such as Landless Theatre, Dominion Stage, and The Arlington Players, as well as for his own events. “I actually feel kind of obligated to make things that utilize the space that I’m given,” he says. “I would feel really weird if I went back home and started painting miniatures on nutshells.”

When Davis came to Washington in 1999, he was immediately attracted to the vibrant theater scene, eventually designing sets for the bawdy Lobster Boy Revue. This led to an association with the local burlesque scene that continues to this day. Nearly all of his events feature a burlesque performance, or at least contain a burlesque theme. “There’s a certain irreverence that’s inherent in burlesque,” Davis says, “And that translates into the artwork; that translates into the type of events that we put on. We’re not going to take ourselves too seriously.”

Citing critic Dave Hickey, Davis says his first priority as an artist is to get his friends excited in what he’s doing, and he plans to keep the party going as long as they keep responding to it. Recalling when Lobster Boy performer Lucas Zarwell put away the lobster costume and retired to a more staid life, Davis says he has no intention of letting maturity get the better of him. “I can't quit,” he says. “There’s no quitting.”

Trying to add a fourth yearly event to fill the open slot in the summer, Davis grimaces when he thinks about the roadblocks in the way, from finding a venue to figuring out how to fit enough visitors in to cover expenses. Still, the logistical headaches are not enough to quell his enthusiasm as he imagines possibilities for new performances, new contrivances, new ways to get his friends excited. And if the general public enjoys interactive capsule rides and life-sized Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em dinosaurs too, “That’s gravy.”

Jared Davis’ scenic work can currently be seen in the Landless Theatre production Rock Bottom, showing at D.C. Arts Center through Aug. 6.

Continue reading on Examiner.com Jared Davis: Artist profile - Washington DC local artists | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/local-artists-in-washington-dc/jared-davis-artist-profile#ixzz1TRE7Q2CT


The other news is simply that I built a giant easel in the shop. Really, its just a 12 foot high and 20 foot wide....
Stud Wall...then that gets skinned with...
Homasote (a compressed newspaper sheet that is used for dampening sound in flooring) so that you have a solid surface to staple stuff to. It is a great improvement over the last easel we had in the shop, which was the Spooktacular IX King Kong photo op recycled...look forward to seeing stuff stapled to this bad-boy soon!

Hunting Tigers With a Color Pencil

Another week of big changes behind the scenes at Art by Jared...another week where I don't want to talk too much about those changes...But this time I actually have some art to show. Well, really, its just a copy of an old master painting. You see, I have gotten into one of those "reinvent the wheel" moods where I try to reinvent my entire working method as a painter. These moods come and go, and sometimes they produce some amazing breakthroughs for me. When this happens I find it instructive to make copies of artwork that I feel is dealing with similar issues that I want to tackle in my own work. So, this past week I have been working on a color pencil sketch of Peter Paul Rubens The Tiger Hunt.

After Rubens' the Tiger Hunt (c. 1616)
Color Pencil on ink washed paper, 12"x10"

I would like to be able to create just such an energetic and roiling composition while maintaining such precision pertaining to color, composition and theme. Rubens is truly one of the great painters because everything he does has a level of control that works on multiple levels. It was a bit frustrating using color pencil to create this drawing because as a painter I can see where paint would allow me to easily do some of the things that Rubens does instead of the relatively clunky limitations of color pencil. For example, I wasn't using any black, as is my normal method, but it is very difficult to get rich dark tones by combining indigo blue and burnt umber color pencils because either the waxiness of the pencil would clog up the paper, or the hardness of the pencil would dig into (and rip away) the first layer of paper...this would not be an issue in paint.
I feel that this drawing will be a good one to have kicking around the studio for the rest of the summer because it illustrates the need for good composition, and that there are a few tricks that the old masters knew that I could be using more effectively (once I get back to painting monkeys!)

Possessed animals, but little paint on canvas...

Warning: Pet photo for no reason!

Sookie and Empeno both demonically possessed...

Sometimes things just move in slow motion...that is, you are working and getting stuff done, but you have little that is physical to show for it. Well, these last few weeks have been a bit like that. For example, this week a writers meeting was called for a project that I was working on that I was reluctant to share on this blog because I didn't want to jinx it. Well, the result of that meeting has dictated the direction of several of the big projects that ArtbyJared has brewing throughout the year...in fact, it has given birth to the (potential) fourth event of the year...lots of work, and big decisions, but not much paint on canvas...anyway, I am hoping to remedy that in the next few weeks now that some of the big decisions have been made. (we even moved forward with Yuri's Night 2012 this week!)

This week was the Opening for Rock Bottom at Landless...unfortunately, the set photos I have are totally lame because I was not able to stick around while they rehearsed, so what you see is the set literally plopped down after being taken off the truck.


The cool part about this set was that I got to look up graffiti from Amsterdam, which is a lot more calligraphic (and in English) than you would think...go see the show, and see how many dutch sayings you can pick out! Proost!

It's a Landless Summer...

So, I totally threw out my back on Sunday. Which really puts a damper on my general artistic well being...so this is as good a time as any to let you know about some of the shows I am working on this summer for Landless Theatre Company...

First Up is part of the NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL. It was part of this winter's mashup fest...its a mashup of Glee and Scream...Because its a fringe show the set will simply consist of a backdrop (which I ordered from Rosebrand today...why Rosebrand you ask? Well, one of the joys of NYC Fringe is that everything has to have a NYC fireproofing certificate...one of the only places that sews drops and has the NYC Cert is Rosebrand...sheesh!) So, I prepared some backdrop ideas for the director:
As you can see, I didn't notice at the time that the show was called "Gleeam" and not "Gleem"....anyway, here is the directors final decision:

I should start working on this drop later on this month...so clear your schedule to go to NYC in early August!

The other two Landless offerings this summer are Captain Freedom (which I have minimal involvement in) and Rock Bottom (which I will be recycling/repurposing most of the B-team set for) Here is the info for both shows:

Landless ROCKS the month of July! Check out our two great shows below.

Captain Freedom
Presented as part of the Capital Fringe Festival

Fort Fringe - Redrum

Saturday, July 9 at 7 pm
Sunday, July 10 at 6:15 pm
Tuesday, July 12 at 7 pm
Thursday, July 14 at 8 pm
Friday, July 22 at 10:45 pm

Captain Freedom has saved the world countless time and looked fantastic doing it, but not even a superhero is recession-proof. A super-heroic comedy from Landless Theatre (Diamond Dead, Carrie Potter) and humorist G. Xavier Robillard (alldaycoffee.net).

For tickets and information visit the Landless website at: www.landlesstheatrecompany.org!

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Rock Bottom

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th Street, NW
(in the heart of Adams Morgan)
July 15 - August 6
Tickets $25

For tickets and information visit the Rock Bottom website at: rockbottommusical.com!

The first production of the new rock musical based on the novel by Michael Shilling that Houston Press calls "the greatest rock'n'roll novel ever written!" A darkly comic journey through the last day in the life of a rock band as it crashes and burns. From the team that created DIAMOND DEAD (winner of the 2008 Best Musical Pick of the Capital Fringe) and PRESIDENT HARDING IS A ROCK STAR (Washington Post Editor's Pick).

****EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND GRAPHIC SEXUAL SITUATIONS, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 18 ****

...Plans within plans...

This has been a week of getting my thoughts down onto paper (or digital format...) so unfortunately, all I have to show for it is some sketches....which would spoil your enjoyment of the final product, so I simply leave you with this:

No art this week, just another funeral...

Sorry about not posting during my usual schedule this week. I was in Manlius, New York (near Syracuse) attending the funeral of my Grandmother, Eileen Bird. You local DC area folks might be interested to know that she was originally from Takoma Park Maryland, and courted my grandfather during WWII in the DC area (Gramps was at Annapolis) The obituary follows:

Eileen W. Bird June 19, 2011 Eileen W. Bird, 86, of Manlius, passed away Sunday. Born in Washington, DC, she was a graduate of Montgomery Blair High School. She was a volunteer with numerous organizations, including Francis House, where she was well known for cooking weekly meals for the staff, residents and their families; Manlius Historical Society and a founding member of its Herb Club; Literacy Volunteers and DoCorp Literacy Program in Syracuse; and FISH (Friends in Service Here). She enjoyed sewing, painting watercolors, and planting and nurturing flowers and plants. After years of traveling while her husband was serving in the Navy, she loved her home in the Central New York area and will be remembered as a loving and outstanding wife and mother. She was predeceased by her daughter, Robin, and her two brothers, Edward and Joseph Wilson. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Robert "Dick" Bird; five daughters, Carolyn (Clark) Davis, Barbara (Michael) Luxenberg, Roberta Cagle, Lynn Thomas and Wendy (Tom) Beames; one brother, Henry Wilson; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's Church, 104 Academy St., Manlius. Burial will follow in Manlius Village Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Francis House, 108 Michaels Ave., Syracuse NY 13208.

First Sketches for Imagination Stage's Open House

This week I was able to get some first sketches done for the Imagination Stage Open House in September. They are really intended to start the conversation about the theme and function of the open house, but they do a good job of being a representation of what I hope the final product will be too...

The idea is that the kids will start in the lobby and get instructions about how to find Doctor Doolittle, who is lost...Each room will then correspond to an activity themed on the next seasons show...
A flying carpet for Aladdin...
Rapunzel (as puppet theater)They will learn to dance in the P-Nokio room (P-Nokio is a retelling of Pinocchio in a hip hop style...hence the boombox)

Their final stop will be the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe room, where the ice queen has been keeping Dr. Doolittle...

Some greatest hits from the hiatus

As promised, here are some of the greatest hits from the hiatus of the last three months...

Sookie in the CONE OF SHAME (post spaying)

The set for Yuri's Night in the Dome, with Capt. Ballcrusher, #2 and Drinkbot...a full accounting of the Countdown To Yuri's Night experience can be had at www.outofthisworldparty.com

The Dome lit up during the Atomic Mosquitos preshow set.

the Photo Op for Yuri's Night...Oddly, there are few photos of this...

The Artisphere Ballroom with Eastern Standard Time skankin' it up!

The Set Design for B-Team...such as it is...

The Set Design for Psycho Beach Party (BTW, Scenery Appreciation Nites for both B-Team and Psycho Beach party are June 17 and 18th respectively)

Production photo of Psycho Beach Party

My wall at the G40...Its part of the stencil show...I did my best to do very thick stencils on the paintings of the flames and stalactites, which isn't really what the other kids were doing...you only have one week left to see this fantastic show...info HERE

Mr. Toad car Photo Op for Imagination Stage (repurposed from the Spookydog Clue Caravan!)

A very tired Sookie at the Marcatus festival at Yards Park...

...An End to the Hiatus...

So, I know that a couple of you loyal BTT readers have been asking why I haven't posted any new stuff on the blog since March 10th...Well, I guess you could say I was in mourning. You see, on March 15th my wife Kate's Father, Hal Taylor, passed away from pancreatic cancer. It was sudden (he was fine at Christmas) and it came as a real shock to us all. The weeks following his death were filled with funeral stuff, but the more pressing issue was the impending Countdown to Yuri's Night at the Artisphere. So, I got busy, and started to let the blog slip away...after Yuri's Night other projects started to become more and more pressing (Spaying Sookie, the Yuri's Night thank you BBQ, Touring the Dupont Underground, Production meetings and design of Psycho Beach Party, C2YN Artists talkback, Deinstallation of C2YN, Painting for the G4o, Installing G40, Build B-Team, Load B-Team in, Open B-Team, Final Build for Psycho Beach Party, Load in Psycho Beach Party, Building a 12'x24' deck in the back yard, Deck Christening BBQ, Opening of Psycho Beach Party, Building and Painting the Imagination Stage Mr. Toad Car and Marcatus at Yards Park...) All in all, I really think that I stopped logging all of my artistic activity because, in some sort of way I was avoiding talking about Hal's Death...making a record of the trivia of my life seemed less important at the time. But now that things are somewhat calmer, I think that may have been the wrong approach. Perhaps our lives are made of such mundane stuff, and the act of sharing it is one of the only ways we have to comfort each other...a way of letting people know, "hey, I'm still here"...So, loyal readers, I'm still here. Makin' stuff, painting things and trying my darnedest to get you to come see those things I made. Hal was a passionate musician (saxophone) so he would probably agree that sharing your passion for the art you make is one of the greatest contributions you can make to this world...So as a tribute to his memory, you can expect to see more of this blog in the future!

ONE WEEK UNTIL C2YN ART EXHIBIT OPENS!

I know I posted this video last week, but I think its cool enough to show again, especially since we are only one week away from the opening of the C2YN art exhibit at the Artisphere on Thursday March 17th (also known as St. Patty's Day)

Jared Davis (Countdown to Yuri's Night) from Artisphere on Vimeo.

And since we are very close to the opening of the show, I can show you this screenshot of the www.outofthisworldparty.com website which shows thumbnails of 20 of the 36 artworks in the show!
Also, BYT has picked C2YN up on their calendar

Really, this is really just a round about way of saying that the Countdown Clock has started...

T-MINUS 31 DAYS UNTIL YURI'S NIGHT!

This week, we helped try to get the word out about Yuri's Night by participating in the Clarendon Mardi Gras. Check out our float!

Yeah, that's how Yuri rolls...in a gold caddy towing a rocket!

Dr. Horrible Shuts Down Washington, DC (Landless Theatre)

Propaganda Arm of ArtbyJared Goes AWOL During Month of February...Few Notice...

Yeah, I took a month off from the blog...lots happened....I might tell you about it, but because so much is happening right now, I think we should just stick to the Headlines:

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog opens at the DCAC! Scenery Appreciation Night will be Saturday March 12th, Get your tickets HERE

DC Premiere! Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" name, literary material and characters and musical compositions used by permission from
Time Science Blood Club, LLC. (c) 2008 Time Science Blood Club, LLC

March 3 - 27
7:30 pm

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th Street, NW
(in the heart of Adams Morgan)

The internet sensation comes to Washington, DC.

Don't miss it!

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, the hit made-for-the-web musical miniseries of 2008, comes to the stage in a production by the Landless Theatre Company. Co-created by writer-producer Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly), it follows the tongue-in-cheek adventures of aspiring arch-villain Dr. Horrible; his nemesis, the hunky Captain Hammer; and love interest, Penny. The show, directed by Andrew Lloyd Baughman, kicks off Landless Theatre's 2011 "Season of Horrible Taste."

For tickets and information visit the Landless website at: www.landlesstheatrecompany.org!

Of Course, for you loyal BTT readers, I can share with you the design of the the set:

The show is going to be awesome, and not just for you Whedonheads...So buy your tickets today!

The next Headline on the agenda is: What are you doing for Fat Tuesday (NEXT TUESDAY 3/8)? Well, if you are like me, you will be going to the Claendon Mardi Gras parade. Once there you will be able to vie with the throngs in order to receive beads from...THE YURI'S NIGHT FLOAT!!! Below is the super top secret plans for the float...don't tell anyone!

And just in case you thought I was kidding...here's the poster for the event (designed by Richard Thompson!)

Speaking of Mardi Gras...I just wanted to share a Mardi Gras project from a few weeks back...it was for the DC Mardi Gras in the Dupont Hilton...I just painted the seafood, but I think it turned out pretty good (despite the crappy cell phone camera photo)

On Sunday I will be attending the WATCH (Washington Area Theater Community Honors) Awards...Seems I am nominated for two awards...both for Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical...Reefer Madness (Dominion Stage) and The Producers (Arlington Players)...this will be my 8th nomination with no wins...Wish me luck!

I did sell a painting this week...He's a collector of my work, and kinda a monkey enthusiast. Anyway, he surprised me when he showed me a tattoo of a piece of mine that he bought:

That shady looking monkey is "the spy" from 2006...I like how the nipple looks like the sun rising over the "near east" skyline...

And Speaking of Monkeys...I have been working on a monkey painting for Yuri's Night....I can share some progress shots with you, so you can play the "I remember it when" game...

This is the very first stage of the painting. Its a larger painting that I am used to (in fact, the table top easel is not working for me because I cant reach the top of the painting!) but at 30" x 36" its child's play compared to what I do for theater!

Here's the painting after I've blocked in the color. Its going to be called "Monkey Moonshot"...so it is only natural that the monkeys would try to go at night when the moon is out...I am having a lot of fun playing with the light from the moon, spotlight and match...Hopefully I will be able to get it done by the drop off date for C2YN in less than two weeks!

Just in case you haven't heard, here's the scoop on C2YN (and check out the video below!):

C2YN (COUNTDOWN TO YURI’S NIGHT)

TUE MAR 15 –SAT APR 30, 2011/FREE/MEZZ GALLERY

OPENING RECEPTION: THUR, MAR 17, 5:30-7:30PM/FREE/MEZZ GALLERY

18 artists exhibit work centered on the theme of Man’s journey into space. Exploring both science-fact and science-fiction, these artists deliver unique perspectives on the cosmos. C2YN (Countdown to Yuri’s Night) launches the 50th anniversary of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight, which will be celebrated at the Artisphere on April 9th 2011. Some of the exhibiting artists include: Chris Bishop, Stephen Blickenstaff , Scott Brooks, Jared Davis, Alan Defibaugh, Dana Ellyn, Elstabo, Todd Gardner, Linas Garsys, Sherill Anne Gross, Rob Hornung, Emily Greene Liddle, Rob Lindsay, Dave Savage, Matt Sesow, Michael Enn Sirvet, Steve Strawn, Andrew Wodzianski.

www.outofthisworldparty.com

Jared Davis (Countdown to Yuri's Night) from Artisphere on Vimeo.