Nominate Me for the SECCA People's Biennial?




If you know of people in North Carolina (like me!) who are making great "art" outside the gallery and museum world, please email SECCA at: SECCA-PB@ncdcr.gov and send along photos of the work you're recommending.

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http://www.secca.org/peoplesbiennial.html

you can steal some photos right off the Zonkey Street Website at-->
http://www.zonkeystreet.com

If any work you have recommended is selected you will be credited for your contribution (See, it's not just about me... you get credited! good for you!).

The people chosen for the exhibition will receive a national showcase for their creative talents, and two free copies of the catalogue that is being produced for the show.

Thanks!

ian

The Billboard Project



http://www.zonkeystreet.com
Encouraging artists everywhere to make public, collaborative and interactive art!


Late last Summer while driving to the beach I started noticing the billboards on the side of i-40. I said to myself, "Self, wouldn't it be cool to paint one of those billboards."
Just for fun, I called a billboard company and asked, "How much?"

$1,400.00 ... For only 1 month... OK, so there went that idea.

Then, last autumn, a grant offer from United Artists came in the mail. I left it on my desk at work. I probably would have thrown it out but Ms. Koefler said, "You could use that for your billboard."

So I applied and you know how much they gave me? Guess... ;)

So all excited like, I contacted the billboard company. But you know what? They weren't too responsive. I received a few emails back telling me how I could run a stinky little poster over on Capitol Blvd. They said they would send me a contract but they never even asked for my address. I guess I was too small a fish.

So I did what everyone should do.. I took another trip to the beach. This time I paid attention to the billboard company names... One stood out above all the others...

Admiral Outdoor Advertising!!!

I contacted Regina Simpson, at Admiral Outdoor Advertising, the best billboard company ever. She quoted me the same price as the stinky, never to be named company.. Only Regina Simpson, at Admiral Outdoor Advertising, the best billboard company ever, said she would run my billboard for... A year!

So if you are driving down i-40 to the beach this summer and you are going through Duplin County, near mile marker 373 ....

Meanwhile: Check out the website:

http://www.zonkeystreet.com encouraging artists everywhere to make public, collaborative and interactive art!

M@KE ART!

The Zonkey Street Website Goes Live!

http://www.zonkeystreet.com/



The Purpose of Zonkey Street

The purpose of Zonkey Street is to encourage artists everywhere to make Zonkey Art.

What is Zonkey Art?

Zonkey Art is any art that is public, collaborative and interactive.

Public: Art can be for everybody, not limited to a few people who enter the doors of a gallery. Zonkey art is accessible to anyone.

Collaborative: An artist doesn't have to work alone. Art can be created in pairs, or by small teams or even in large groups.

Interactive: Art doesn't have to be static. Anyone who comes in contact with Zonkey art should be able to add, subtract, move, share, comment, give, take, build, destroy, help, arrange or interact in some way.

Art for Everyone
By Anyone



How Can I Get Involved?

First, visit Zonkeystreet.com and take a look at the projects listed on the right side of the page. You might want to get together a group of friends and make your own version of one of these projects. Or you might use the projects as an inspirational springboard and create your own Zonkey Art.

Next, follow us on Facebook: The Art of Zonkey Street. Post photos, videos and new clips of your projects.








http://www.zonkeystreet.com/

M@KE ART!

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Billboard Final



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This is the final billboard selection. I received and appreciate all the comments both here on blogger and through Facebook. I decided to go with this version based on comments as well as on my guy feeling.

I thought the text took away the least on this version. To be honest, I'm almost wishing i had left off the text altogether. My next billboard project will be a series of art billboard with no promotional text. Does anyone have a few 100 thousand??

New Book Releases to go with the Billboard Release



Shellless
Jirst Bluefin's biggest problem is being ignored. Kacela Middleton is the one person in the world who is never ignored. Jirst is about to discover that sometimes it's better to be ignored for no reason than it is to be ignored for nothing at all.



The Metal Marble
Tucker's Aunt Nyce is his mom's little sister only she isn't that little and she isn't that nice. He has to get used to it though because he's stuck working at her beach restaurant The Crab & Grab.

Booth books coming soon on Amazon!

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This Might Be The Billboard
But the font needs to be rescued!


Billboard 1: original font


There has been some discussion over the font. It was suggested I use my own handwriting. So here are a few more billboards. Please leave a comment and let me know which one you like best! Thanks



Billboard 2: Lowercase letters


Billboard 3: Uppercase letters


Billboard 4: Uppercase letters, align left


Billboard 5: Lowercase letters, align left


Billboard 7: Black font

Click each image to view larger!

Comments welcomed!

Critter's California Adventure



MG Higgins has been showing Critter the good life in CA!

Started work on the zonkey street:
"Make Art!" Billboard today...


Billboard

Exhibit at the Holly Springs Cultural Arts Center Part II

subterranean=underwater.. aka, these would look good in a subway



When I walked away from the reception tonight, I was disappointed. I thought perhaps I had missed the mark.

Was this new post it note art the right direction? People liked the old, whimsical critters. Maybe these new pieces were too abstract?

It wasn't till I got home and took a look at these photos that I was able to see that I have not missed my mark. in fact, it became clear to me the direction I need to go. And it's in the interaction.. it's in the writing.




These photos reveal a disconnect. The foam board fish and the scribbles of the viewers are almost two separate ideas. I could hang the critters in one room and the blank paper for people to write on in another and there wouldn't be much difference. But there lies the direction.



I need to find a way to have the viewer's scribble not just around the work, but inadvertently become part of the work. For example, look back at the first photo. See how the text almost becomes the water the fish is swimming in? This happened inadvertently for both the scribblers and for me.

Next step: how to make it inadvertent only for the scribblers...

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