24th Annual Pink Week.

The Pink Week microART Invitational opens tonight at the Sparrow Gallery in Sacramento.  The show remains up until November 30th.  Of course I have a micro piece in the show.

Happy Pink Week

Last Saturday we kicked things off for Pink Week in Sacramento with a meet-up at the Verge Center for the Arts. Then, in all our pink regalia, the flash mob marched over to a light rail station where we rode across town to Artspace 1616 for the Pink Week Show.  The show is up at the gallery until December 3, 2017.  You can see my piece below and read the story behind it here.

The Importance of Numbers

After receiving 400 responses for the Pink Mail Art show, it is incredible to see the way some elaborate pieces can make it through the mail unscathed from the other side of the world, yet other pieces arrive in tatters from just across the Bay in Oakland.  But, part of the risk artists assume when sending out mail art is they never know if what they send, will actually arrive.  Lena G. mailed her piece (shown above) with plenty of time to spare from Sacramento.  Alas, it just arrived after six weeks.  She had just one number off in my P.O. Box address.  I suspect it was waiting just a few boxes away for me the entire time – probably in a box that is rarely checked.  It is a nice one, so I wanted to be sure to share it online. 

Slipper Shells for Pink Week

Slipper Shells, acrylic on canvas, 10”x10”

This year, the main emphasis of Pink Week in Sacramento is the big Pink Mail Art show with 400 participating artists.  Along with the mail art show there is a companion show of Northern California artists who work in pink.  Pink is a seldom-used color in my palette, but above is painting you can see in the exhibit.  Slipper Shells (Crepidula fornicata) is inspired by the mass of seashells at low tide on Kalmus Beach in Hyannis, on Cape Cod.

Both shows can be viewed through November 30.

Warehouse Artists Lofts (WAL), 1104 R Street, Sacramento, California

A Very Pink Art Opening

Yesterday we arrived in Sacramento and spent the afternoon installing the 400 pieces of pink mail art received for this year’s, 23^rd Annual Pink Week.   As we blistered our thumbs pressing in all those pushpins, it was amazing watching the space transform into walls of pinkness.  That evening was First Friday in Sacramento and we had a busy opening that included quite a few local artists who mailed in handmade pink postcards for the show.  Thank you again to everyone who participated and helped make the show happen, including our hosts at WAL and to Gioia Fonda, the incredible force behind Pink Week.

The show will remain on exhibit through November 30 at Warehouse Artists Lofts (WAL), 1104 R Street, Sacramento, California.  If you cannot get to Sacramento, you can still view the pieces on flickr and pinterest. 

Pink that Traveled the Farthest

Mail art from the South African artist Cuan Miles is always a special treat in my p.o. box.  The recent envelope and its contents (see below) was no exception.  But, I was wondering why I had not received a piece for the Pink Mail Art Show until it finally arrived yesterday.   It took nearly a month to make it from South Africa to California.  Perhaps that is appropriate as it is the pink mail art that has traveled the farthest. 

Come see Cuan Miles’ pink mail art along with the 400 pieces of original, postcard-size art — all sent through the mail.  The art was made by artists of all ages from all around the world including 21 states and 34 countries.  There are small paintings, prints, collages, drawings and a multitude of mixed media works — and the theme they all have in common is they are all pink.

The opening reception is on Friday, November 4, from 6-9 p.m.  The show will remain on exhibit through November 30.
Warehouse Artists Lofts (WAL), 1104 R Street, Sacramento, California