Make it Count
3 events in 2 days: will I survive?
The full artist lineup for INK at the Honey Badger Gallery is here! Besides my studio mate Bill Roundy, I don’t know the other 16 exhibitors, and am excited to meet them this Friday at the opening. I hope to see you there too!
Honey Badger Motel Art Gallery
145 Sterling Place in Brooklyn
Opening Friday May 1st, 7-9pm
I’ll have 6 pieces in the show: 3 original artworks spanning AER HEAD 1-3, along with the corresponding color prints. I once again went all fancy and printed on high quality watercolor paper from Solas studio. The frames are glass too (oo la la!) Exhibitors will have some of our comic books for sale as well as the wall art.
But I have a happy problem: I’m in too many shows now! In a New York minute, I applied and got accepted to another art show: a NYC themed show at Enoch’s cafe, but it opens the same night! At first, I thought I could try to make an appearance at both (this is how my brain works). But after logically thinking about it, I’m deciding to focus on being present at the Honey Badger opening this Friday May 1st. Openings are the most important night for a show, but I’m only one person!
NYC is great but too big. I work teaching on the upper east side until 6pm. I thought at first I could change clothes, grab a bite, travel to Enoch’s (takes at least a half hour), stay at the opening for a half hour, travel another hour on the subway to Brooklyn, and hopefully catch the last hour of the Badger show. EXHAUSTING just thinking about it! In reality if I did this, I’d be super stressed and not in the present moment.
I decided that LESS is MORE and chose to attend Honey Badger’s opening because:
I have 6 artworks there, vs the 1 for Enoch’s
It’s AER HEAD themed, which is my main art focus!
Badger will also sell comic copies at their opening
While I can always network at both, Enoch’s is also a cafe that’s open every day, and I can view the art any time during the show’s run, whereas galleries usually have limited hours. There should be closings for both, and an artist talk for Badger, and you’ll be the first to know when these are. Hopefully they won’t be the same night again!
I’m also exhibiting THIS SATURDAY at Everyone Comics in Queens for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! This year, I made a portrait template using the FCBD graphics to resemble a comic cover starring the person I’m drawing. I gotta make sure to leave the Badger opening at a reasonable time to get enough sleep to wake up early and haul over to Queens Saturday morning! 41-26 27th Street, Queens, NY 11101.
I’m very blessed leading an exciting artist’s life! Last week my parents visit to NYC coincided with the Arts Gowanus Tower Show opening! As a kid, I entered every art contest I could and they always supported me. Now that I’m all “grown up,” they are seeing my art displayed in New York City galleries. Dreams do come true! The Tower Show is on view Saturdays and Sundays from 12-6 PM through May 17th at Union Channel 240 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217.
So my art will be in 3 art shows running at the same time during May! And on Saturday, you can see my work in 4 places spanning 3 boroughs: Queens (FCBD at Everyone Comics), Manhattan (Enoch’s), and Brooklyn (Badger & Tower Show)! I’m a busy woman! Hope to see you at Honey Badger and/or FCBD this weekend!