RAWrrrr!

I'm a RAW artist! Woo hoo!

Back in June, I got an email inviting me to apply to RAW--Natural Born Artists. But, on the other hand, I had my epic sinus surgery coming up, so I procrastinated filling out the rest of the sign-up page, which completely worked out, since I had to deal with a bout of partial facial paralysis after that! But now...

Look for "Autopilot" as my logo image.

Now everything is better! In the course of cleaning stacked up stuff off my plate, I finished my application to RAW, underwent a phone interview, and am now slated to be one of the artists for the December 6th show: Holiday RAWk!

From what I gather, it's a national organization, that started out in San Diego a few years ago and has spread across the country, city by city. They put on monthly shows at a cool establishment in town and feature not only 'traditional' art forms, such as painting or photography (what you commonly think of when you think of an art show in Indianapolis) but also will have fashion designers, make-up and hair artists, performing artists and musicians all showcased. It's basically a monthly art party! Yeah, I'm psyched.

As an artist, I'm really happy about the opportunity, not just to show in another venue besides my home at the Art Bank, but I also get to learn about promotional elements. We get to do a promo photo shoot and video, and get to see how they make flyers and such to market ourselves with a national-style polish. So far, believe it or not, I've been making up a lot of this as I go. I'd been wondering what to do to keep advancing, keep moving on to the next level, so I'm glad I didn't look twice at the opportunity.

On top of that, I get to have this big night with a friend! Miranda Gabbard, also an Art Bank artist, will be showcased as a photographer at RAW for December as well! It's always a good thing to be able to venture into the unknown with a friend by your side!

You know, like this.

I'm also planning on pulling together a whole bunch of new pieces for this show, blending the stuff I see from some of my work in teevee with that aerosol outline style I've been exploring. So, if you liked my Masterpiece In A Day entry, there will be more of that...but I promise to take more time with it than the allotted MIAD four hours. 

Here's the catch: I need to sell tickets. (I don't get to do this for free...Life lesson). I need to sell 20 tickets for $10 a piece! What I don't sell, I have to make up the difference, so c'mon, help an artist out!  All you have to do is click here, and look for the yellow text link that says "Buy a ticket for this artist," near the "I AM RAW" text in the middle. Then follow the simple steps (it operates via PayPal). So far, I'm 2 down, 18 to go. C'mon, join the Joy Posse! (Yup, that's what I'm calling you all...unless you come up with something better...I'm up to listening...)

RAWWWWRRRRRRRRRR (Dinosaur yell).