Ooglie Booglie!

[Sharon Bell]

Good EEEvening, Boils and Ghouls, and a Happy Halloween Very First Post to you!!!  First of all, thank you for enduring this sign up process.  Some people were able to just be added, but the other half had to be "invited" due to Google's anti-spam policies.  Googlegroups has some cute little features though, so I'm hoping it will be worth the fuss.

First up...PLUSH!!!  More specifically Plush This!  Please click on this link for more details on each artist, but here's the "need to know" for the opening event...
Participating artists (from around the WORLD!) include:
Amanda Spayd, Anna Chambers, Bastet2329, Bytedust, Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Curioddities, Curster, Daniel Elson, Jenny Harada, Jill Penney, John Straub, Marion Hawkes, Moogan Creations, Mr. Pickles, My Paper Crane, October Effigies, Patches, Serena Kuhl. Sharon H. Bell, Trevor Zammit

Hosted By: Rivet Gallery
When: Saturday Nov 03, 2007 (that's THIS Saturday!!!)
from 6:00-10:00 PM during gallery hop (show will remain up for the month of November)
Where: Rivet
1200 N. High St.
Columbus, Ohio| 43201
United States

And for those of you who know my daughter, Nora...She is the proprietor of Patches (seen listed above).  That's right!  Nora Bell (with a huge thanks to Rivet) will be a part of her first ever gallery show with her piece titled, "Deathra".

Next up...Tiny Canary!!!  The Burn and Bleed crew will be heading to Junctionview Studios November 17th and 18th from 10 to 6 each day to peddle our wares.  I'll be contributing Past Tense Pussy hats and patches and various prints, but you should come see what other amazing things find their way into our booth from the rest of the bunch!  For more information on this event and directions click here.

Also in November, if you're in the Cincinnati area, please stop my friend's coffee shop, Brewtopia (270 Ludlow Ave. in Clifton).  I'll have bits and pieces of everything I've ever made on display.  Kinda like a retrospective (doesn't that make it sound cooler?).  And the coffee there...AMAZING!!!

Did I hear someone say CONTEST???  That's right!  Every time I post, there will be a chance to win a prize.  This time around the prize is as follows:  one cold scratchy pin, one Past Tense Pussy patch and the first ever 8 1/2 by 11 print of "The Raven" (not even available yet!).  The first one to respond with the correct answer to this post's quiz will be the post champion (winner will be notified immediately and announced in the next post)!  This one's a DOOZIE though...
Everyone knows one of the best all-time films in the world is Monkeybone, directed by Henry Selick.  In the movie Stu has a dream where he is IN one of his paintings (as a patient in the middle of surgery).  Name the famous pop-surrealist painter that the painting is inspired by/attributed to.

Whew, that's it for now but here's a little reward for making it to the end of this craziness...Halloween Hangman!!!!  (thanks for the link, mom!)

Peace to you, BOOtiful people!
Sharon