Just a reminder about my show this weekend.

The doors will be open at 3:00 PM on Saturday April 2nd.
We can guarantee a fine wine and great company.

Details are here:
http://www.vitkovskyfineart.com/announcements/April11.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151275738266973
http://www.cartoonblues.com

Thanks.

Andrey Feldshteyn

Gentlemen,

If you or your friends happen to be in San Francisco this April, I will be happy to see you at my personal show in downtown.
The doors will be open at 3:00 PM on Saturday April 2nd.
We can guarantee a fine wine and great company.

Details are here:
http://www.vitkovskyfineart.com/announcements/April11.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151275738266973
http://www.cartoonblues.com

Thanks!
Andrey Feldshteyn

Altered Esthetics in Northeast Minneapolis is offering some exciting workshops and events. The third Wednesday of every month is costume drawing night! This is a good chance to practice drawing fabrics with a variety of weights and textures. Go draw! Or go model! And–BONUS–if you go next week, you can take in the Fanboi show between poses.

Suggested donation $3
More info here: http://www.alteredesthetics.com/events/98

Listen to the Geek Report for more upcoming events and opportunities! http://theblatshow.wordpress.com/

Stop by to draw and chit-chat with your fellow cartoonists. The Open Studio is at the Minnesota Center for Books Arts. They have chairs, tables, central heating, a coffee shop and free, semi-functioning wi-fi.

Saturday, March 12, from noon until 4 p.m., MCBA FlexiSpace (metal tables)

If you can’t find us inside the MCBA building, ask the friendly person working in the MCBA bookstore.

This is an open studio — all are welcome.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520

Future Sat. Open Studio:
April 9, FlexiSpace (metal tables) Mini-Comics Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hello my fellow cartoonists! I’m organizing a mini-comic anthology for an art show in early June. It is open to anyone; feel free to submit!

Submission Specifications:

Theme: Imaginary Friends

Just classic black & white or gray-scale.

1-4 pages.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, May 5th

If possible please send a bitmap or a tiff with a resolution of at least 300 dpi to me electronically. If you do not have access to a scanner, I can do the honors for you. Keep in mind your comic will be reduced down to a 5.5×8.5 half page mini-comic format. Please include the name you would like associated with your submission, the title (if any), and any blog or contact information for the table of contents.

Your comic can be emailed to me at: nicholasstraight@gmail.com any time before the deadline, or dropped off at Diamonds Coffee Shoppe during the Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy jam on May 5th from 6pm to 10pm. Each person that makes a submission will get one free copy of the anthology.

The anthology will have a print run of a 100 copies. It will be on sale at the opening reception of The Imaginary Friends art show on Friday, June 3rd at Infinitea Teahouse in Minneapolis from 7pm to 11pm. A “formal” facebook event will be created at a later date and will feature information on the artists included in the show and anthology.

The remaining issues will be distributed throughout most of the Twin Cities’ comic retail stores. As a bonus any proceeds of the sales will go back to the Cartoonist Conspiracy in the form of a pizza party at the Minneapolis Jam in July!

Thanks everyone,
Nick Straight

See you tonight.

We are so old…

 The Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy meets at 6:30 until 10:00 the first Thursday of every month at Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe in Northeast.

Generally, we draw collaborative “jam” comics, socialize and drink caffeinated beverages. Afterwords, we often have uncaffeinated beverages somewhere else.

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted here sooner or later (and sometimes even printed).

Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe
1618 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bus info here.

Please spend some money at Diamond’s while you’re there, even if it is just a cuppa coffee… they are excellent hosts, and we wanna stay welcome there.