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Fantagraphics is having a sale of original art on Ebay.  Items include a print by one of our favorites, Jim Woodring, as well as Robert Crumb and Dave Cooper .  They’re drumming up some money to help them with legal fees.  This is a terrific opportunity for folks to pick some some amazing art while helping out a great small business at the same time.

 

The third annual “Plush You!” showcase of DIY plush toys highlights the movement’s innovative artists. A forthcoming book includes toy tutorials so that readers can take a swing at crafting their own plush creations. With the book arriving in October, we anticipate 2007’s Plush You! to be teh best yet and the most comprehensive display of plush craft ever.

An opening reception will be held at Schmancy, Nancy and Fancy+Pants on October 12th from 5pm to 9pm. Plush artists from all over the country will be in attendance.

Plush You! logo designed by Matt Tamaru.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is the first young-adult novel by Sherman Alexie with art by Ellen Forney.  The book about a 14-year-old Native American budding cartoonist named Junior.

The book is getting high praise for its writing but “reluctant readers can even skim the pictures and construct their own story based exclusively on Forney’s illustrations”. 

I can’t wait to get my copy.  Yay Ellen!

   

Super7 presents the Halloween Monster Mash custom art show, featuring the custom figures of a variety of artists from both sides of the Pacific! Western and Eastern artists come together to create the coolest collection of customs ready to haunt your shelf for the month of October.

Saturday, October 6 at 7:00 - 10:00pm

Super7 Store | 1628 Post Street | San Francisco, CA 94115 | Phone: 415.409.4700

On September 30th, Schmancy and Made by Moxie are teaming up for a prePlush You! event at Victrola Coffee at 310 E. Pike St in Seattle, WA.

From 1:00pm to 4:00pm Moxie will be doing a demonstration for anyone interested in learning how to needle felt.

Children facing a serious illness are often uprooted from their friends, family and local communities to receive treatment at Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center. With generous donations of art supplies, we were able to offer an artistic outlet for children and their families as they go through some very difficult times.  In conjunction with an all-staff outing to deliver the supplies, a handful of us were given the privilege to lead an Origami craft in the hospital playroom with the help of our art therapist friend, Ayako Sato. It was a great beginning to our volunteering and giving traditions at Plexipixel, and we are very grateful for the support and donations from our friends and community. Learn about more ways to donate and volunteer at Children’s Hospital here.

New Artwork by Shawn Wolfe & Le Merde

6:00 - 9:00 PM on Friday, October 5

Grass Hut 811 E. Burnside, Portland, OR.  503-445-9924

Join all our pals at Fantagraphics Bookstore in Georgetown this Saturday for “The Curiously Sinister Art of Jim Flora,” a are show by the maniacal 50s era hep cat illustrator. Flora’s manic caricatures of jazz legends like Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, and Gene Krupa for RCA Victor and Columbia wreaked havoc with the laws of physics.

The opening on Saturday, September 22,2007 features a set by chanteuse Annabella Kirby’s new trio the Moon Spinners. So head down to Georgetown between 6 and 8 PM for a swingin’ early evening. 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way S.) 206.568.0110. The show runs September 22 - October 24, 2007.

What would happen if you shipped 20 unassembled old-timey wooden fishing lure kits off to be finished by a bunch of artists? It turns out that the answer is CRANKbait! Lures of Distinction, an online art show.

Wow! We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our Plexipixel family and friends during our Art Supply Drive for Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center!  We’re cooking up a way to do more than just donate the supplies too.  With the help of a friend at Children’s we are in the planning stage of participating in an activity event with the patients when we go to Children’s to donate the supplies.  Crafts, art and getting to spend some time with some very brave children – we can’t wait!  Thank you to all who donated, we couldn’t have an impact without you.