Merry-making Squiddies!

by on December 3, 2011 at 10:40 am
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Wow! That was a super humdinging evening of December First Fridaying! Oh, joy! Harold and I had a superb time! I have more photos up on Squid Row Mama’s Flickr site! (give me some time on the descriptions… heck, make up yer own!)

Oh, yah… thanks to stick-figurer… it got “wiggy” there at the end!

And Harold collected lots of moneys for the Salvation Army! (Thank you all!) And Thank you all for not only coming out… but helping me merry-make this wonderful holiday season! My Squiddies Rock!

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Jinglings

by on November 27, 2011 at 1:14 am
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The Holiday Season is swinging at the Cartoonery this First Friday in December… Squid Row goodies abound whether it’s an original artwork or the latest Squid Row book (Welcome to the Neighborhood) or buttons, magnets or a t-shirt.

Come for the holiday treats… Judy’s Christmas Fruitcake will knock yer stockings off... (there’s a little extra spirit baked in there!)… if that don’t warm you up, there’ll be some spiced hot chocolate (that should do the trick).

Hark! Harold will be collecting for the Salvation Army so bring a little extra change and help take care of those less fortunate (that Harold has an awfully big heart for a stufftie). After all, Christmas is about giving.

Hope to see you Friday, December 2nd from 5-8pm in Oldtown Salinas. (The Cartoonery is located at 5 E. Gabilan Street, Suite 205… above First Awakenings).

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Miniatures Show…

by on November 17, 2011 at 10:23 pm
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I love our local art museum… Every year at this time, The Monterey Museum of Art has its amazing Miniatures Show. Its a fund-raiser and this is how it works. Local artists donate a piece of art that is sub 7 x 9… all framed and lovely… and the museum puts them up with little boxes underneath. Viewer/patrons can buy a 5 dollar raffle tickey, fill it out and deposit into the box corresponding to the artwork. You buy as many tickeys as you want… and put as many as you want in any given box. Hopefully in a couple months, your raffle tickey is picked and you take away some art. I found so many handsome pieces that would look amazing in my house.

I donated a piece for the show. It wasn’t hard coming up with something…

My pal, Kevin Miller belongs to the art work there… He cuts paper… very intricately.

There were also three-dimensional works and sculptures. This nifty folding cut-out work (below) is entitled “Home Is When I’m Alone With You.” Kudos to Barbara Daniels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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snippets of cannery row

by on November 10, 2011 at 9:58 pm
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… pieces of Cannery Row… a crane near San Carlos Beach… pointing to  Cannery Row… seahorse and octopi cookies near the aquarium… working together at the seahorse exhibit at the aquarium… mural near the water… a rose named voodoo.

 

 

 

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it WAS First Friday…

by on November 5, 2011 at 3:19 pm
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I missed my usual Friday post… I apologize… these things happen. Bad artist blogger.

But I will report to you that First Friday in November was humdinging. There was Shoo Fly Pie, courtesy of Keith’s Mah (OH! It was taste-EH!)…  there were so many friends of Squid and I gatta tell ya… it was just a fun evening. Thanks to all you’s who popped in! And here’s a photo that Squid Pal Jenny took of our Harold. It’s kinda groovy as it was taken with an iphone app that gives the pictures “a look.”

And this past week we were conversing about libraries being an art museum… well here’s a new book just in time for Christmas. It’s called The Art Museum. It weighs 18 pounds and it apparently has all the art history you’ll ever need within its covers. Here’s a link to the NPR story on it. (I know what I’m asking Santa for this year!).

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