Calling all (b)artists!
This Saturday at Muddy Waters the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative will be holding the first of many “belly to belly” events. These events are designed to get people together to make connections and foster future resource sharing and collaborations… they are also supposed to be a blast.
I have been heavily involved with the planning of this event, so I can give my personal assurance that this will be a good time. It may also be an opportunity to get a very unique work of art by an artist whose work you’ve admired for years but couldn’t easily afford.
In the afternoon people are invited to come to Muddy Waters to work on their Bar Napkin masterpieces. Starting at 4pm the napkins will be put on display for a silent auction that will begin at 5:30 and end at 7:30. The proceeds from this auction will go to the SBAC’s direct-to-artist grant program.
There are already more than 100 people who have confirmed their attendance on the event’s Facebook page. I know that there are a wide range of artists (not all of whom are visual artists) that will be contributing napkins to the event, some of whom are very well known in town. However, we encourage everyone to take part.
I also happen to know that some extremely awesome SBAC t-shirts will make their world premiere at the event. These t-shirts will be sold for $20 (also to benefit the SBAC), so make sure to stop by an ATM before you come because Muddy Waters doesn’t take plastic.
We are also looking for any donations of supplies to help out with the event:
We are looking for white bar napkins, golf pencils, and art supplies for Saturday. We’d rather recycle or use what’s out there than buy more.
If you have access to any of these things please contact me at: nathan@sbartsblog.com
Also, if you would like to contribute to the event but can’t make it on Saturday, feel free to work on a napkin in advance and bring it (or have it delivered) to Muddy Waters on Saturday.
Here is a partial list of the artists whose napkins you can expect to see at the silent auction (I’ll update this list as more artists confirm).
Hugh Margerum http://www.hughmargerum.com/
Vanae Rivera http://www.maryandthemachine.com/
Bob DeBris http://www.bobdebris.com/
Jane Callister http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/janec/
Keith Puccinelli http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcHtBffHGqA
Penelope Gottlieb http://www.penelopegottlieb.com/
Dane Goodman http://www.sbcc.edu/art/website/index.php?page=faculty&contact=25
David Starkey http://www.vimeo.com/5294834
Bob Mask http://www.west.net/~bobsart/
Elizabeth Folk http://www.elizabethfolk.com/
Jim Connolly http://www.jimconnollymusic.com/
Sheryl Schroeder http://www.schroederville.com/
Anna Abbey http://www.myspace.com/radannabbey
Clay Bodine http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Dominique Reboul http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Ben Anderson http://www.benjaminanderson.com/
Sean Anderson http://www.seananderson.com/
Jimmy Bell http://www.jimmybellart.com/
UPDATE:
Colin Gardner (Chair, UCSB Art Department) http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/content/colin-gardner
Ann Diener http://www.anndienerart.com/
Jeff Shelton http://www.jeffsheltonarchitect.com/
UPDATE #2
Molly Hahn http://mollycules.com/
Kimberly Hahn http://www.kimberlyhahn.com
James Van Arsdale http://www.jamesvanarsdale.com/
Ken Bortolazzo http://www.sullivangoss.com/bortolazzo_ken/
Joe LaCorte http://www.josephlacorte.com/
Robert Redfield http://www.redfieldpictures.com/
If you are an artist who wants people to know that you’ll be at the event, just post your name in a comment on this post.