Category Archives: Events
Drinking Liberally: The Art of the Political Cartoon This Thursday, May 19th
From The Cucking Stool blog:
This weekend is Art A Whirl in northeast Minneapolis. One of the patrons at the 331 Club asked me if we were doing an Art A Whirl edition of Drinking Liberally, and I thought that was a really good idea.
So this Thursday, May 19th, we’ll celebrate the art of the political cartoon with guests L.K. Hanson and Ken Avidor. We will be at the 331 Club from six to nine PM; the program with L.K. and Ken is going to crank up around seven. They will bring some examples of their work to show and talk a little about the process of taking an idea and making a memorable image.
Suit Up at Altered Esthetics This Wednesday, and the Third Wednesday of Every Month
Ready to kick off the New Year? Ae Workshops is excited to get a jump on it and fill our calendar with tons of fun events. Join us every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:30 at Altered Esthetics for Suit Up Ae, an evening of figure drawing …in costume! Volunteer models will suit up in a costume that best fits the theme of the month.
We will draw a variety of poses, for what is sure to be a pleasurable evening of figure drawing with a new twist. Bring your sketchbook & drawing implement of choice. Suggested Donation 3$.
If you’re interested in modeling for a Suit Up Ae drawing night (or know someone who might be) please contact Kristy or Cassie at workshops-at-alteredesthetics.org
Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy St NE, Mpls MN 55413
612.378.8888
Minnesota Comics Panel at Dreamhaven This Friday May 13th
Speculations will sponsor a panel on “Minnesota Comics Creators,†moderated by MELISSA S. KAERCHER, with panelists BRITT AAMODT, ZANDER CANNON, and PETER GROSS.
Friday May 13th, 6:30PM
DreamHaven Books & Comics
2301 E 38th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55406-3015
May 7000 BC Meeting in Santa Fe
May 7000 BC Meeting | Saturday, May 14 | 1:30-3:30 | Collected Works Bookstore | 202 Galisteo Street | Santa Fe, NM
7000 BC will hold its monthly meeting at Collected Works Bookstore, a landmark independent bookshop and coffeehouse in Santa Fe. Connect with 7000 BC and discover the local resource for comics creators.
All interested in independent comics are welcome; send an email with any questions. Parking and directions here.
We’ll move on to Flying Star at the Railyard for food and visiting after.
Psychic Cartoons at AE’s 7th Anniversary Party This Friday!
We will be drawing cartoons to raise funds for Altered Esthetics, the wonderful non-profit community gallery we collaborate with, at their 7th anniversary party next Friday. For a suggested donation of $5, we’ll peer into your soul and give you a drawing of one of the following:
Psychic Readings
Dream Interpretations
Fortunes
Spirit Animals
Inner Demons
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to participate in this!
Read more about the event here.
Pictured above: Local Hero Kevin Cannon’s fantastic art donation to the Altered Esthetics fundraiser. See a gallery of other donated artwork here.
Culinary Cartoonists Contribute! Submit to the Just Add Ink: Comic Book Cookbook Project (Deadline June 15th)
Volunteers Needed for Altered Esthetics 7th Anniversary Fundraiser Drawing Event Friday April 29th!
Pictured above: Local Hero Kevin Cannon’s fantastic art donation to the Altered Esthetics fundraiser. See a gallery of other donated artwork here.
We will be drawing cartoons to raise funds for Altered Esthetics, the wonderful non-profit community gallery we collaborate with, at their 7th anniversary party next Friday. We need cartoonist volunteers to draw pictures for patrons offering donations. Bring your All-Seeing-Eye of Agamotto! Using our amazing ecto-ink, we will “read” the patrons to bring them personalized:
Psychic Readings
Dream Interpretations
Fortunes
Spirit Animals
Inner Demons
It should be a good time. We will be working in shifts, so you will have plenty of time to peruse, schmooze and booze as well. As always, any interested cartoonists are welcome to participate… but please, let me know you’re coming so I can get you on the schedule. To participate, email me at webmaster(at)cartoonistconspiracy.com.
Mini-Comics Day 2011 in Minneapolis
See our fun photo gallery from the Minneapolis event here.
We were welcomed to The Open Book this morning with our event up on the marquee.
The covers to the comics finished today can be seen in the photo gallery.
Two of of our participants already have their mini-comics not only printed, but online:
The winner of the Stapler prize for The Best Local Mini-Comic of the Day went to Dan Murphy for his mini-comic Elle Cirka. Along with the stapler, Dan won a copy of the book Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s, courtesy of Big Brain Comics, a Lutefisk Sushi box set and a copy of BIG FUNNY courtesy of Altered Esthetics, and a Cartoonist Conspiracy patch shoved in the back of the book that I forgot to tell him about.
Everyone who participated in the event got free supplies and paper courtesy of Wet Paint Art. Big Time Attic provided paper for the copier. Big Brain Comics put fifty bucks towards copier use, which made it so most of us got to print comics for free.
Thanks much to our extremely generous sponsors The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Big Brain Comics, Wet Paint, Altered Esthetics, and Big Time Attic!
Thanks also to Britt Aamodt, Michael Drivas and Jamie Schumacher for judging the Best Local Mini-Comic of the Day!
Thanks to everyone who participated! I look forward to reading all your comics!
Complete coverage of Mini-Comics Day around the world can be found at minicomics.org.
Behold! The Stapler!
To add a little extra excitement to our Mini-Comics Day event in Minneapolis tomorrow (Saturday April 9th), we are giving out a prize for The Best Local Mini-Comic of the Day… also known as The Stapler.
In addition to The Stapler, the winner will get some cool prizes from some of our sponsors. The prizes will include a copy of the book Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s, courtesy of Big Brain Comics, two Lutefisk Sushi box sets full of Minnesota mini-comics (volumes C and D) and a copy of BIG FUNNY courtesy of Altered Esthetics, and possibly some other goodies.
For all the info about our event in Minneapolis go here. To find an event near you go here. And, of course, you can just participate at home or your local copy shop if you don’t have an event happening near you.
Mini-Comics Day just stared in Indonesia! Hopefully we will have lots of posts from around the world as the day commences at the Mini-Comics Day blog.