The Freakishly Short Animation Festival

Thursday, October 23, 2008
7 PM
Akron Art Museum
Admission is free

It’s seventy minutes of short, mostly Halloween-themed animated films from around the world; check out the trailer at www.akronfilmfestival.com.

www.akronfilmfestival.com
www.akronartmuseum.org

Artist Reception for Dino Massaroni

The public is invited to an

Akron Life & Leisure Meet The Artist Reception

to celebrate the art of

Dino Massaroni

and view his work

October 16 from 6-8 P.M.

at

Mocha Maiden Gallery

Akron, Ohio

On Maiden Lane (behind the Everett Building corner of N. Main & E. Market) or also an entrance on North High Street.

Parking available in the city deck across from the art museum on South High Street

The artwork will be on display through November 1.

International Artist Day: October 25

October 25 has been selected as International Artist Day. It's purpose is:

This worldwide tribute to artists will honor and bring recognition to the contributions they have made to civilization.

The official web site has lots of suggestions for supporting the arts that day:

http://www.internationalartistday.com/page/suggestions

Stay tuned for how I'll be celebrating and suggestions on how you can join in.

White Pumpkins

Ran across this cool site called "Different Strokes from Different Folks". The idea is that the creator, Karin Jurick, posts a photo once a week and then asks that folks try doing an interpretation of the photo. The idea is not to copy the photo exactly, but to use it as a starting point for an artwork. She will post the results. So far, this week's entry has drawn dozens results.

Check out the original photo of the pumpkins and everyone's artworks here:

http://differentstrokesfromdifferentfolks.blogspot.com/

My interpretation is this purple version, done in colored pencils on a 4x6 inch paper.