Drink 'N' Draw

Date/Time:Mon., December 7, 7:00pm

Price: $12 at the door, $10 in advance

   

Where Have All the Creative Types Gone?

By Mickie Centrone


Do booze and creativity go hand in hand? We don’t know if it’s been scientifically proven, but we do know of some pretty bad-ass bibulous artists. Van Gogh, for example, drank absinthe and created Starry Night. OK, so you might think that’s a bad example because he cut off his left lobe and mailed it to a brothel wench. How about Picasso? Also a drinker. His parting words were, "Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more." Tonight, it’s time to do more than toast to these masters: let’s aspire to be them at Drink ’N’ Draw. Every other Monday starting tonight from 7 to 10 p.m., 18 Rabbit (18 NW First St., Fort Lauderdale) will provide the beer, the space, and the model — for $12 at the door, $10 in advance. “We’re welcoming people of all skill levels,” says Leah Brown, the gallery director, “from stick-men-only to trained professionals, to come draw from a live model.” Bring with you the tools or drawing materials of your choice — pencils, charcoal, pastel, even clay — and for each session, two models will be present. Release that creative genuis — there will be no formal instruction. E-mail 18rabbitgallery@gmail.com to RSVP. Call 954-990-4315, or visit 18rabbitgallery.com.

 

"Environmentalism by Proxy"

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE
December 17, 2009

Jan 8-Feb 2, 2010
Opening Recption Friday, Jan 8 from 6-9pm
18 Rabbit Gallery
16 NW 1st St., Ft Lauderdale, FL 33301

For Immediate Release
Contact:
Leah Brown
(828) 279-1481
18rabbitgallery@gmail.com

 

Environmentalism by Proxy
An Exhibit at 18 Rabbit Gallery
  

Ft Lauderdale, FL - Jan 8 - Feb 2, 2010. Opening Reception Friday, Jan 8 from 6-9pm.

Environmentalism has quickly become a vigorous social and aesthetic movement, the effects of which are visible throughout art and design as it has created a shift away from the Post-modern view of production and commercial excess. Environmentalism has also re-presented a vision of the future--a dual vision, one side of which is an apocalyptic view of climate change, widespread disease, and human warfare, the other side being a view of the world where the will and innovation of people are strong enough to save us from ourselves.  If Environmentalism is the answer to Post-modernism, then as a movement, it is worth examining. It is in this light that curators Peter Symons and Leah Brown have selected work from some of America's finest emerging and established artists for the exhibit, "Environmentalism by Proxy". The selected artists are working as agents of Environmentalism, and through their individual visions collected for this show, we can examine the movement and the relationship we have with it.  

The artists who will be exhibiting in this show are: Wesley Berg, Travis Childers, Amy Gross, Richard Herzog, Chris Jordan, Jonathan Mcfadden, Colin Roberts, Karl Saliter, Travis Shaffer, Carey Voss and Jeni Wightman.  Artworks are are in all media, including an edible piece, "Eat My Words" by Cornell-based Artist and Scientist, Jeni Wightman, and the delicately beautiful and visceral work of Amy Gross, pictured below, with "Red Blossoming Biotape" made of fabric, paper, applique, embroidery thread, paint, beads, oil pastel, and wax. 

 

18 Rabbit Gallery is a South Florida based contemporary art exhibition space located in downtown Ft Lauderdale at 16 NW 1st St, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33301. Regular gallery hours are 2-5pm, Sun-Thurs. 18 Rabbit Gallery also hosts a variety of performing arts events, and regular figure drawing sessions. More information, including links to the artists' websites can be found at www.18rabbitgallery.com

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