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“Crazy 4 Cult 2:
This Time It’s Personal”
opening reception:
Friday, August 22nd from 7-11PM

Gallery 1988 Los Angeles is proud to present Crazy 4 Cult 2: This Time It’s Personal, the follow-up to last year’s cult movie themed and wildly successful Crazy 4 Cult. The art show will run from Friday, August 22nd, 2008 until September 12th, 2008. The opening reception will take place on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 from 7-11 PM, and many of the artists involved will be in attendance, as well as the presence of our yearly hosts Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (the team behind cult classics “Clerks” and “Mallrats”).

Last year’s show welcomed in over 3,000 art and movie lovers, including Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), Michael Rappaport (True Romance), Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko), Jason Mewes (Clerks) and James Duval (Donnie Darko). The show received press from G4, KROQ, 97.1 Free FM, Reelz Channel, and many others.

This year’s show will feature new cult movie inspired artwork from well over one hundred artists, including favorites like Sas and Colin Christian, Gris Grimly (image above), Brandt Peters, Travis Louie, Mark Brown, Matt Dangler, Naoto Hattori, Krista Huot and Luke Chueh. An entire list of the participating artists can be seen at crazy4cult.com.

Crazy 4 Cult 2 gives artists the chance to pay homage to their favorite classic cult films by putting their own unique twist on well-known characters and scenes. The Big Lebowski, Point Break, Mommie Dearest, Ed Wood, and A Clockwork Orange are just a few of the many cult classics that the artists will chose to immortalize in their works.

This year’s opening reception on August 22nd is sure to be another amazing, not-to-be-missed event! Posters from Andrew Wilson, Scott Campbell, 2cents, Reuben Rude and Dan McCarthy will be available at affordable prices starting opening night. For more information about these posters, expecially those shopping out of state, please be sure to check out crazy4cult.com for the latest news and updates.

Save the date for August 22nd for the Crazy 4 Cult 2 opening reception to be the biggest event in 1988 history!

By Tatiana EL-Khouri The Society of Illustrators Los Angeles has taken the Call for Entries process into the technology age! Visit www.entersila.com to enter the competition without leaving your computer. Judges

• Joe Cepeda- Illustrator
• Denys Cowan- Artist, VP Bet Animation
• Michael Davis- Artist, Media Mogul
• Isabelle Dervaux- Illustrator
• Penelope Dullaghan- Illustrator, IllustrationFriday.com
• Mike Gold- Editor, ComicMix.com
• Bob Kato- Illustrator, Instructor- The Drawing Club
• Simone Legno- Artist/Designer, Tokidoki
• Tomasz Opasinski- Digital Artist, Art Director- Crew Creative Advertising
• Edel Rodriquez- Illustrator, Art Director
• Heidi Volpe- Art Director- Los Angeles Times
• Nate Williams- Illustrator, IllustrationMundo.com
• Marv Wolfman- Comic Book Writer- Creator of Blade

Exhibition The show will be held at Gallery Nucleus from March 28-April 6, 2009

TURDAY, AUGUST 2nd 10pm -3am LATE NITE WORKSHOP & BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!!!
in Hollywood, CA @ the Gemini Manor

Come Celebrate our BIRTHDAYS (Jennifer, Nicole and Rachel) with us and all the gang in the Mysterious World of . . .

THE GEMINI MANOR  www.geminimanor.com    (323) 666 - 7888
1341 N. Mariposa Avenue, Hollywood, Calif.  90027-5809 House is thru the gate and behind.

(1 Blk. East of Normandie Ave, 1/2 Blk. South of Sunset Blvd.) (Nearby Metro Red Line Station at Sunset & Vermont Ave.)

Our great DJ Jason Savvy will be spinning the tunes, your local Models will be posing, and there will be a great time in this amazing house!

The theme is “The Astrological Signs”

Many rooms, with models in each.
$10 for the night
No presents are expected but you could bring a bottle of wine!!!

STEVE HUSTONʼS

PAINTING WORKSHOP

To be held in Pasadena. CA
55 Waverly Dr.
Pasadena, 91105
___

August 28rd-31TH
(THURSDAY-SUNDAY)

9AM-4PM
(1 HOUR LUNCH)

$625.00 TUITION.  PAYMENT IN FULL IS NEEDED TO RESERVE A SPOT.

Send check to:
Steve Huston
4680 Conestoga Circle
Bozeman, MT 59715

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (406) 522-0906
OR EMAIL stevehustonart@yahoo.com

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

4633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90027, 323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243

“CHERRY BOMB: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, and a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star”  book signing and release party with author Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna and illustrator Liz Adams.

Saturday, August 9, 2008, 3 - 7  pm

La Luz de Jesus Gallery

http://laluzdejesus.com

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August 2, 2008 - August 10, 2008
Opening Reception / Aug 2, 7:00PM - 11:00PM

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Besides his fine art work, artist John Watkiss is most well known for his commercial film work on Disney’s Tarzan, Skycaptain, and Sandman–just to name a few. He has also been a major contributor to the comics world for many years through his work on Batman, Conan, Deadman, and several others.John has amassed an extensive collection of these personal and commercial works from the past few years of his career. We will be exhibiting these amazing and rarely seen works in this one-week only exhibition. Do not miss this rare event.

Check out John’s Blog here:

http://johnwatkiss.blogspot.com/

John Watkiss Solo Exhibition
ONE-WEEK ONLY
August 2 - August 10, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday August 2, 7PM - 11PM

We will be exhibiting rarely seen works by John Watkiss in this
one-week only exhibition. Legendary in film and animation, John
Watkiss has worked on Disney’s Tarzan and Treasure Planet,
Paramount’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and with
directors Francis Ford Coppola and Ridley Scott. Watkiss is well-known
in the world of comics, having contributed to Sandman, Savage Sword of
Conan, and Deadman.

Then there is Watkiss the fine artist. Extraordinary and
accomplished, he creates works of great sensitivity, beauty and
insight. These works have seldom been seen outside of his studio or
private collections.

For one-week only, view Watkiss’:

New Paintings
Original, never-before-seen film concept work
Comic pages and covers
Exclusive release of Watkiss’ Zodiac Girls print set

Just a reminder that the 2nd BODY WORLDS Artists Night will be this Thursday, July 31, from 5-9 PM at the >>>California ScienCenter<<<.

Purchase tickets to the event on Thursday (I’d call ahead to make sure you can get tickets, some people had trouble getting tickets at the door) and be sure to take $6 for parking.

The last event was great, but shockingly very few people were there. Great artists, and a great event! Hope more people will come out on Thursday.

Here is an interview I did with Rohin Guha, Online Writer for BlackBook Magazine this morning. Click here to read the interview. It’s a quick read for those of you who are on the run.

Dave Mckean (Of Mirrormask and Coraline fame)will be exhibiting some of his newest art work  at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery tonite! Gallery, 170 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA - (323) 933-4408 July 19th.Read about it here. http://www.mkgallery.com     

BODYWORLDS 3 contacted me about this great opportunity for artists - originally these sessions were going to be shorter but they were kind enough to listen to my suggestion to lengthen each session to 4 hours each:

“Attached is info on the Artist Nights that we’ll be hosting at the BODY
WORLDS 3 exhibit at the California Science Center:

Wed., July 23 and Thurs., July 31 — both sessions are 5:00-9:00 p.m.

During these sessions, artists and students (age 18+) are invited to sketch
the exhibition’s human anatomy specimens alongside live figure drawing
models. There’s a $2-off discount for each night, making each admission
$16.95, and we’ll have free mini-posters for people that attend both nights.”

Be advised that parking is about $4 in cash.

>>Click here for the link to the California ScienCenter, where BODYWORLDS 3 is being exhibited<<.

-R