Speaking of Moxie...

She's having her FIRST solo show at Schmancy this FRIDAY!  You should come!  You would be a fool not to.

Scrumptious Delight Art Show @ Schmancy!

This Friday, Aug. 13th, the talented, Scrumptious Delight will be showing new work for her show Scrumdiddlyumptious at Schmancy!  The opening reception is on Aug. 13th from 6:00 to 9:00.  After we will put all work up online for your viewing pleasure.

Friday at Schmancy

Friday, the 13th, Terry and Vince Go...Way...Way, opens up at Schmancy. New work by Le Merde and John Black. Opening Reception from 6:00 to 9:00pm.

Tonight at Schmancy

Is the opening reception for 'Is This Love Or Just A Beautiful Dream?'. New work by Spencer Moody and Coco Howard. Here at Schmancy from 6:00 to 9:00

What We Do Is Also Secret

I had the pleasure of getting a sneak peak of the new show going up at Vain titled, 'What We Do Is Also Secret'. The show opens this Saturday from 4:00 to 9:00pm. This show is a collaboration by the super talented Coco Howard and Spencer Moody. I saw it going up in November so it was really exciting to see how much it has come along since then. I have put up a few more pictures here. I hope to see some of you there!

Heidi Kenney

The crazy talented Heidi Kenney is showing next month at Schmancy! I could not be more excited. I know I say that a lot about the shows at Schmancy. They are all so good. I know a lot of folks that are really excited for this show too. We got all the crafty folks and all the vinyl toy folks so it should be a really fun show! So mark you calendars for, August 8th. Meet Heidi in the flesh!

Pens and Needles- Ashley Goldberg and Bisbee Stitches

Pens and Needles opens this Friday at Schmancy. We now have interviews up with both artists and a presale here

I am really excited for this show! Please come out to meet these two very talented artists!

Villagers Opens Tonight

Tonight at Schmancy Jess Hutch's show, Villagers opens up. Reception is from 6:00 to 9:00 and Jess has landed in Seattle so she will be here!

I am really excited for the show. Hope you all can make it. To view work go here. Some pieces have already sold so please do not delay!

Jess Hutch Interview

Jess Hutch is a lovely person. She has participated in Plush You since it began and I am pleased as punch that she is still going strong with her plush making. I had the pleasure of going out to dinner with Jess last year and it was great to be able to sit down with her and chat about her work and to get to know the woman behind these amazing creations. I can't wait until Friday when I will be able to hang out with Jess again as she will be showing her work at Schmancy. In a few hours you can visit our new Schmancy Gallery site to see what will be at the show and to purchase any work before it is up this Friday. Until then, read a little more about Jess.



S- When we met about a year ago you mentioned that you might like to stop blogging. This Jan. you made the plunge and said good bye to the blogging world. How has it helped your creative process? Is it everything you hoped it would be?

JH- It's been great in a lot of ways... using my blog and flickr to show my work to the world was hugely, hugely important for me while I was trying to work out my aesthetic and my creative direction. However, I got to the point where the number of comments or hits I got had an effect on the projects I chose to work on. I felt that as I was creating things, it was almost like I had a hundred people in the room with me. So I decided to step back a bit and create in a more silent, personal space. It's been great. However... I've also found that it's kind of hard to work without the encouragement of other people, artists and people who like my work and pay attention to it. Like I need their support to keep my motivation going. So it's mixed! But I think it's been useful and a good experiment.



S- Looking through your work, you seem to have gone through some phases. From knitting more, embroidery, screen printing and now more painted stuffed toys. Do you just go with your flow or do you dabble in everything all the time?

JH- I get bored pretty easily, at least with various media. I seem to always stay within a pretty narrow range with what I represent (usually weird serene little animal/human hybrid characters) but I am always, always thinking about different ways to go about it. I even want to try wood carving, I'm not even kidding. I think I just want to explore everything... just different ways of depicting what's in my head. Comic books, oil painting, etc. There's so much out there, and I just kind of follow my bliss with it.



S- I noticed that a lot of your work has little stories involving ghosts and spirits. Are you really into ghost stories and mystical beings?

JH- Yes. What I really love is the idea that our normal world, the one that we can study and observe, is just a shell. That unusual beings and strange occurrences occasionally present themselves, and we just have to be open and aware. I'm not sure I really believe any of this, but I'm open to it and love to contemplate the possibilities.



S- One thing I really love about your work is the color palette. It varies but seems to stay within certain families. Where do you get a lot of inspiration for your work and color combinations?

Well, my stuff is very modern and graphic. Super simple. I am always concerned that the cartooniness of what I do, coupled with really bright colors, would just completely shove it out of reality. So I like to use more natural, muted colors, because I think it brings it back a bit. It's a little more relatable (which is always what I'm try to achieve). Rust, grey-green, ocean blue, brown, etc.



Read the full interview here

Villagers

Mark thy calendars!