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my first art exhibition

chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
edited November 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
next november!

:D

cool art deco theater in town was asking for artists to submit work to be hung in the lobby and cafe for a month, i sent a couple pieces last week, and got the news today i was one of the folks picked :) they'll even do an opening party :eek:

i am BEYOND excited for this. yay!
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    next november!

    :D

    cool art deco theater in town was asking for artists to submit work to be hung in the lobby and cafe for a month, i sent a couple pieces last week, and got the news today i was one of the folks picked :) they'll even do an opening party :eek:

    i am BEYOND excited for this. yay!
    OMG CHIQUI!!!! Oh that is so AMAZING! Yay! I'm so excited for you. That's wonderful! Congrats! You're going to be famous!!! Yay yay yay. You MUST post pics when it happens!!!!!!
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Allie wrote:
    OMG CHIQUI!!!! Oh that is so AMAZING! Yay! I'm so excited for you. That's wonderful! Congrats! You're going to be famous!!! Yay yay yay. You MUST post pics when it happens!!!!!!
    thank you! oh i doubt i'll ever be famous haha but just to get my stuff featured for a whole month, in a building i love in my own neighborhood...i'm really really excited :) i've had stuff exhibited when i was in school but never something like this of my drawings. i'm gonna have to check out the space and see what pieces to frame up. also making a price list....babygirl gonna try to make some money off this event hahaha
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    thank you! oh i doubt i'll ever be famous haha but just to get my stuff featured for a whole month, in a building i love in my own neighborhood...i'm really really excited :) i've had stuff exhibited when i was in school but never something like this of my drawings. i'm gonna have to check out the space and see what pieces to frame up. also making a price list....babygirl gonna try to make some money off this event hahaha

    This is huge! You could be famous! We can say we knew you way back when!
    What type of art work is it? Are they paintings? That's a really big deal Chiqui.

    And hell yeah get paid!!! Hee hee. Ooh I'm so excited. That's probably the coolest thing I've heard all day!
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    next november!

    :D

    cool art deco theater in town was asking for artists to submit work to be hung in the lobby and cafe for a month, i sent a couple pieces last week, and got the news today i was one of the folks picked :) they'll even do an opening party :eek:

    i am BEYOND excited for this. yay!

    congratulations!! you are very talented and do beautiful work.

    they are lucky to have your works on display. good for you girl.
    i'm sure you are on cloud nine. you never know where something
    like that could lead.

    i'm so happy for you :D
    Nice shirt.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Allie wrote:
    This is huge! You could be famous! We can say we knew you way back when!
    What type of art work is it? Are they paintings? That's a really big deal Chiqui.

    And hell yeah get paid!!! Hee hee. Ooh I'm so excited. That's probably the coolest thing I've heard all day!
    it's my drawings, all done in pen and ink and then either colored with pencils or on the computer. so all i'd need to do is just get them framed and print the ones i've colored to whatever size i need to do. gives me some time to work up some new stuff too, already got the gears going as to what theme i could do, depending on how many pieces i can have exhibited. to have it up for a whole month really has me excited.
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    congratulations!! you are very talented and do beautiful work.

    they are lucky to have your works on display. good for you girl.
    i'm sure you are on cloud nine. you never know where something
    like that could lead.

    i'm so happy for you :D

    thank you! and yes i'm floating here, i welcome any bit of good news i can get, no doubt!

    thanks for the good wishes ladies, i'm pretty psyched here! :)
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    it's my drawings, all done in pen and ink and then either colored with pencils or on the computer. so all i'd need to do is just get them framed and print the ones i've colored to whatever size i need to do. gives me some time to work up some new stuff too, already got the gears going as to what theme i could do, depending on how many pieces i can have exhibited. to have it up for a whole month really has me excited.


    Ooooh!!
    Do you have any photos of your work online, I'd love to see it!
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    next november!

    :D

    cool art deco theater in town was asking for artists to submit work to be hung in the lobby and cafe for a month, i sent a couple pieces last week, and got the news today i was one of the folks picked :) they'll even do an opening party :eek:

    i am BEYOND excited for this. yay!


    nice...maybe someone will buy your stuff:)
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Congrats! That's really exciting. Please do post some pics. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,756
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    next november!

    :D

    cool art deco theater in town was asking for artists to submit work to be hung in the lobby and cafe for a month, i sent a couple pieces last week, and got the news today i was one of the folks picked :) they'll even do an opening party :eek:

    i am BEYOND excited for this. yay!
    i dont give..................

    hehehehehe.............

    CONGRATS CHEEKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    thanks girls! yeah once i get stuff framed i plan to shop around to other cafes/exhibit spaces to see if i can work that as well, since i need to get the stuff together for this anyway

    here's a couple pieces :)

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/seasons.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/robe_small.jpg
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i dont give..................

    hehehehehe.............

    CONGRATS CHEEKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    hahaha thanks sweetie!
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    thanks girls! yeah once i get stuff framed i plan to shop around to other cafes/exhibit spaces to see if i can work that as well, since i need to get the stuff together for this anyway

    here's a couple pieces :)

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/seasons.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/robe_small.jpg

    :eek:
    those are incredible Chiqui!
    I'd buy 'em! (eek if I had extra $!!)
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Allie wrote:
    :eek:
    those are incredible Chiqui!
    I'd buy 'em! (eek if I had extra $!!)
    heehee thank you! yeah the first one is a series, i also got 'em in B&W how they originally started too :)
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    heehee thank you! yeah the first one is a series, i also got 'em in B&W how they originally started too :)

    they're amazing. You could make a lot of money off them. You ever think of having your own shop/gallery?
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Those are great! Did you enter the poster contest? If not you should. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,756
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    hahaha thanks sweetie!
    i still have that wonderful portrait you did of my girlfriend.

    thank you for all the time and effort you put in to it.....i am giving it to her for christmas.....

    you dont mind if i show everyone your work....do you????

    http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/mccready_/?action=view&current=cheekyart.jpg
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    allie actually one thing i need to do is start up a cafepress shop, that way i could get more stuff out there, make postcards/mini posters, that sorta deal. basically i just wanna hustle lol and yeah if i had my own gallery i'd explode :)

    thanks wolf! and yeah i was thinking of entering the contest, i just hope they can give info on the deadline and if they accept multiple entries. it'd just be fun to do for the hell of it

    speedy - LMAO. i put a lot of thought into that piece. primarily how the left leg stands out in front of the skirt. shows defiance of society, strength. and sorta looks like a golf club but dunno what the meaning is behind that haha
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    allie actually one thing i need to do is start up a cafepress shop, that way i could get more stuff out there, make postcards/mini posters, that sorta deal. basically i just wanna hustle lol and yeah if i had my own gallery i'd explode :)

    thanks wolf! and yeah i was thinking of entering the contest, i just hope they can give info on the deadline and if they accept multiple entries. it'd just be fun to do for the hell of it

    speedy - LMAO. i put a lot of thought into that piece. primarily how the left leg stands out in front of the skirt. shows defiance of society, strength. and sorta looks like a golf club but dunno what the meaning is behind that haha
    what's a cafe press? (I'm so not into anything high tech!) Like an online store?
    If you made enough money selling your work you could open your own gallery one day
    well if you get your own online type thing let me know, I'll promote it for you.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i still have that wonderful portrait you did of my girlfriend.

    thank you for all the time and effort you put in to it.....i am giving it to her for christmas.....

    you dont mind if i show everyone your work....do you????

    http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/mccready_/?action=view&current=cheekyart.jpg

    heee heee heeee
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Allie wrote:
    what's a cafe press? (I'm so not into anything high tech!) Like an online store?
    If you made enough money selling your work you could open your own gallery one day
    well if you get your own online type thing let me know, I'll promote it for you.
    yup, it's an online store where people can sell their own designs (http://www.cafepress.com/). they take care of the inventory/production/payment/shipping, and you can set the price. i figure that's one venue i can pursue, won't hurt to try anyway :)

    and thanks, when i do get the shop started i'll pass the link on, the word of mouth would be really helpful!
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    thanks girls! yeah once i get stuff framed i plan to shop around to other cafes/exhibit spaces to see if i can work that as well, since i need to get the stuff together for this anyway

    here's a couple pieces :)

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/seasons.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/robe_small.jpg

    wonderful. your style is so graceful and delicate.
    and the faces are so calm and elegant.
    Nice shirt.
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    yup, it's an online store where people can sell their own designs (http://www.cafepress.com/). they take care of the inventory/production/payment/shipping, and you can set the price. i figure that's one venue i can pursue, won't hurt to try anyway :)

    and thanks, when i do get the shop started i'll pass the link on, the word of mouth would be really helpful!


    oh! I've heard of that. Ok I'm not totally out of the loop!

    Oh that would be neat. That's how you can get started but dream big-you can be famous one day :) And we can be all like, we knew you when. Yeah and you could totally make posters and sell them and flip them and make a book for $250 and..oh, wait, never mind :)
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    wonderful. your style is so graceful and delicate.
    and the faces are so calm and elegant.
    thank you!
    Allie wrote:
    oh! I've heard of that. Ok I'm not totally out of the loop!

    Oh that would be neat. That's how you can get started but dream big-you can be famous one day :) And we can be all like, we knew you when. Yeah and you could totally make posters and sell them and flip them and make a book for $250 and..oh, wait, never mind :)
    hahaha i'll try to avoid all the limited edition stuff, i'll be good :p heeheee
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,756
    cheeky????

    lets see some more please.......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    cheeky????

    lets see some more please.......

    i get shy sharing stuff sometimes, but i guess i need to get over that quick lol here's a few i already got scanned, i have more i need to scan in though :)

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/angel2.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/yellowrose_black.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/sunflower_small.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/lilyred_invert_red_small.jpg
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i get shy sharing stuff sometimes, but i guess i need to get over that quick lol here's a few i already got scanned, i have more i need to scan in though :)

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/angel2.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/yellowrose_black.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/sunflower_small.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/lilyred_invert_red_small.jpg


    OOOH! I love the colors! they're so pretty! Is the last one a lily?? that is really nice!
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Allie wrote:
    OOOH! I love the colors! they're so pretty! Is the last one a lily?? that is really nice!
    thanks! yeah that's a lily, did it in B&W and messed around in photoshop some :)
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    OOya! Ooya!

    :D

    Let's all chant people!!! :D

    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TGNrufyCC-0

    GO CHIQUI!!! :D

    You so rock girl! I'm a dancing here! :D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i get shy sharing stuff sometimes, but i guess i need to get over that quick lol here's a few i already got scanned, i have more i need to scan in though :)

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/angel2.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/yellowrose_black.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/sunflower_small.jpg

    http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chiquimonkey/lilyred_invert_red_small.jpg

    They're great! Especially the first two you posted on this thread. You could do some cool tattoo's for people if you wanted to do that.

    Congratulations on the exhibition.
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    CONGRATULATIONS Chiqui!!!!! :D:D:D

    you know i love your stuff...... :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
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