Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts

Monday, May 17, 2010

M I X

News! I'm excited to say that I, me, myself, and three of my good friends Beth Hetland, Ian McDuffie, & Lale Westvind will be sharing a table at the upcoming first ever Minneapolis Indie Xpo (MIX)! Click the image below to check out the website and learn more (there's a sweet little statement of purpose animation on the home page):


I can't wait until August 21 to meet all the other super cool comix creators and hang out with three special people at a cramped table while we sell our innermost thoughts in toner ink. See you there!

Thursday, March 04, 2010

All About Disillusion

Congratulations to Eryn and Ashley for this glowing review of their show Disillusion (which I have a couple pieces in) from Ann Arbor dot com: follow that link!

Also check out this post at Play Blog, written by Ashley, which describes the vision (or is it just an illusion?): oh, hey, another link!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Disullusion - Destroying a Reality

If you happen to be in the Ann Arbor area any time between now and March 12, I have two pieces in a show called Disillusion at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design's WORK Gallery:


The show is curated by Erin Campbell and Ashley Elander (check out Ashley's website and blog), two of the finest artist people Ann Arbor has to offer. I didn't get to make it out to the opening, but my mum and dad did, and they said my work was the best.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Rogers Park Art Walk

Opening May 16th, at Hotei Art Center, part of Rogers Park Art Walk Chicago, works by:

Ben Bertin
(among others)

Opening night cover charge of $20. Here is a more detailed description of the event, hope to see you there!:

Rogers Park Art Walk


Chicago, IL, May 6th, 2009 – With the cold winter winds now but a chilly memory, Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood is throwing a party the best way it knows how – with great local art, music, food, drinks, and plenty of reasons to get reacquainted with neighbors in this unique community. Hundreds of works of art produced by local artists will be offered up for sale at multiple locations along Morse and Glenwood Avenues, at local galleries, restaurants and bars, and even vacant storefronts festively decorated and accompanied by DJs, bands and other local performers. The Rogers Park Art Walk – the first gathering of its kind in a neighborhood thriving with creativity and expression – kicks off Saturday, May 16th at 7 p.m. till 12am and will be repeated once each month through August.


“Our goal is to get people in the community to come out and see the many places we’ll be featuring, some of which are otherwise vacant storefronts. This is a great way to help local businesses, building owners and artists all at the same time, while also getting people from outside the neighborhood to come and see all the good things that are going on here despite the economy,” says Walk coordinator and Hoteí cofounder Omar Farah. “We want to build this event up so that it’s considered a major art walk on par with many of the other better-known Chicago neighborhood art walks and festivals.”


Farah hopes to enlist up to 60 artists to exhibit their work in one of the many locations along the walk. Besides Hotei Gallery and Art Center (1445 W. Morse Ave.), he will have use of two additional otherwise vacant store fronts at 1409 W. Morse Ave.& 1412 W. Morse Ave. and other local businesses like The Glenwood Tap and live music at Duke’s, among other venues. B1E Gallery will open their doors and their patio for fire dancing performers. Artwork will then be on display throughout the month at Hoteí.


Admission to the event is $20, which includes access to all sites, entertainment and open bar and drink tickets good at local establishments. Free parking at the corner of Morse and clark.


To buy tickets in advance and to see the entire lineup of artists, go to
www.Hoteiartcenter.com.


Artists and musicians interested in participating in this unique night are encouraged to contact Omar Farah at Hoteí Gallery & Art Center (hoteiartcenter@gmail.com).

ABOUT HOTEI ART CENTER


Hoteí Art Center is an art and wellness center located at 1445 W. Morse Avenue in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Hoteí’s mission is to create a gallery and center for the exhibition, sale, creation and expression of all art forms, from traditional visual arts to the esoteric and healing arts. By placing an emphasis on local artists and instructors, Hoteí aims to provide its community with a greater exposure to art as well as activities that educate, empower and lift the spirit of its community. For more information, including class and yoga schedules, visit:
http://www.hoteiartcenter.com or call 773-
856-0551.





Monday, April 27, 2009

NEXT Art Fair 2009/Thomas Roach: Fun, Natural Fun (Take Off Your Shoes)


I was asked, just this morning, to be a part of a collaboration with my friend Thomas Roach in a joint drawing (my part of the collaboration might look familiar) that will be on display on the 7th floor of the Merchandise Mart (222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago) as a part of NEXT Fair 2009, represented by Scott Projects (actually, to be fair, I'm represented by Thomas Roach who is represented by Scott Projects). The show's opening preview is this Thursday, April 30, and then will be on display from Friday May 1 - Monday, May 4. This is awesomely exciting, stop by if you have the time!



And, if you have more time after that, head on over to Scott Projects to see Thomas' solo show entitled Fun, Natural Fun (Take Off Your Shoes), opening Saturday, May 2, 2009 from 6-10 PM. I've always felt that Tom's work has always had a truly sincere quality to it, and he is always pushing the limits of image-making into new territories.