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Check out the full collection of photos from the 2013 Fun-A-Day Boston Pop-Up Art Show & Reception on FACEBOOK! Many thanks again to Cara Brostrom Photography for documenting the event.
CONGRATS to all of our volunteers and participants on another FUN year!
The Fun-A-Day 2013 Pop Up Show was a great success! Team Boston’s own Cara Brostrom was our official event photographer and Ava the greyhound was the official snack inspector. Thanks so much to our organizers, participants and gracious hosts.
More images to follow soon!
Hope you will join us for more FUN next year…
SAVE THE DATE!
WHAT: FUN-A-DAY Boston 2013 Art Show!
WHEN: SATURDAY APRIL 27th - 6 PM to 9 PM
(Pop up show runs April 27th to April 28th)
WHERE: Aviary Gallery 48 South St Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
www.aviarygallery.com
FACEBOOK EVENT
MORE FUN-A-DAY IN PROGRESS from 2013 participants!
(Pictured above: Top to Bottom, L to R)
RACHEL NEWBORN & RACHEL SMITH HAND-LETTERED TYPOGRAPHY-A-DAY
MARY LEWEY COLLAGE-A-DAY
ALLISON MEIERDING INSPIRE-A-DAY
JESS SWASEY EIGHT ARMS-A-DAY
WILLIAM JOHNSTON GADGET MAGIC
KATHLEEN RILEY GUITAR FUN-A-DAY
ALEXIS ORELLANA PORTRAITS-A-DAY
EDWIN ORELLANA PAPER FLOWERS-A-DAY
CHRISTINE FORT FORM-A-DAY
DAVID REGISTER DEAR TOUR DIARY VOL. 2 (A-DAY)
SCROLL DOWN to see our full list of 2013 participants…
Art show details coming soon!
FUN IN PROGRESS!
Check out a sneak peek above of projects from some of FUN-A-DAY BOSTON 2013 participants! Art show details to follow soon!
(Pictured Above: Top to Bottom)
DAVID BUCKLEY BORDEN: NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE-A-DAY
LEONORA BITTLESTON: WIRE & BEAD INSECT-A-DAY
CHRISTINA BALCH: I RISE IN THE MORNING (-A-DAY)
CARA BROSTROM: JELLO-A-DAY
This year’s FUN-A-DAY BOSTON participants so far include…
(Project runs JAN 1st to JAN 31st)
Alexis Orellana
PORTRAITS-A-DAY
Self portrait a day using a variety of mediums from pencil to paint to playdough.
Somerville, MA
Allison Meierding
INSPIRE-A-DAY
Illustrated quotes and words that inspire me everyday!
Roxbury, MA
Ben LaVerriere
What I Do Is Me (JOURNAL-A-DAY)
A word or phrase, drawn from the day’s experience, typeset or written or otherwise put to paper by hand.
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA
Beth Pacione
ONE HIT WONDER-A-DAY
Create an illustrated alphabet book based on One Hit Wonder song titles.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Birgit Wurster
MODELING MEMORY-A-DAY
Quick, small scale (approx. 5” x 5”) abstract white paper models of a space
experienced that day.
Boston, MA
Cara Brostrom
JELLO-A-DAY
I will make one vintage jello salad everyday for the month of January.
Jamaica Plain, MA
jello-a-day.blogspot.com
Chris Jivoin
ICONS-A-DAY
Icons of Influential Personalities in Music.
Providence, RI
Christina Balch
I RISE IN THE MORNING (-A-DAY)
Every morning, I take a photo of myself minutes after I wake up. I have been posting these self-portraits on a blog since July 4th, 2012.
Boston, MA
iriseinthemorning.wordpress.com
Christine Evans
CREATURES IN PAPER-A-DAY
The plan is to create small creatures out of paper that will be crawling into or out of small envelopes.
Cambridge, MA
Christine Fort
FORM-A-DAY
To write one formal poem (triolet, sonnet, rhyming
couplets, etc.) a day, or revise/add to a previous formal poem.
Somerville, MA
Colleen Considine
HAT-A-DAY
Photograph of someone wearing a hat each day.
Jamaica Plain, MA
David Buckley Borden
NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE-A-DAY
Explore the landscape of New England with a daily mixed media tour of ink, pencil, watercolor and the occasional pixel.
Cambridge, MA
davidbuckleyborden.tumblr.com
David Register
DEAR TOUR DIARY VOL. 2 (-A-DAY)
A friend and I have spent the last year building a website dedicated to interviewing chefs and musicians about everything from the best places to eat on tour to how to fix a grease trap. In October for the Gainesville Fest 11, we put out a print version of some of our favorite interviews and reviews so far. The plan is to work at least an hour everyday to edit, compile, print, bind, design, etc the next print version. The first was the Fest Issue, this will be the Fun-a-Day Issue!
Somerville, MA
www.deartourdiary.com
Dorothy Fennell & Seth Davis
SELF & HOME IMPROVEMENT-A-DAY
Taking care of fun business together in the final month of pregnancy.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Edwin Orellana
PAPER FLOWERS-A-DAY
Create a different flower out of paper by hand every day.
Somerville, MA
Emily D’Arcangelo
TOM WAITS-A-DAY
I love Tom Waits! Either illustrating scenes from his songs or the man himself!
Swampscott, MA
narkolator.blogspot.com
Emily Salomon
LET IT SNOW-A-DAY
Handmade, decorative snowflakes made of found objects.
Cambridge, MA
Erin K Ross
WRITING 3 GRATITUDES-A-DAY
Inspired by someone participating in Pittsburgh Fun-A-Day and this TED talk I am writing down 3 things I am grateful everyday in an attempt to be more positive and happy.
Somerville, MA
Heather Rose
ARCADE NOUVEAU-A-DAY
Art nouveau inspired, illustrated portraits of video game characters.
Woburn, MA
heatherrosestudios.com
Jesalee Go
PAINTING-A-DAY
A quick monochromatic painting a day…Possibly painted with coffee.
Brooklyn, NY
Jessica Gath
TEN YEARS OF FUN (-A-DAY)
A comic book.
Hyde Park, MA
Jess Swazey
EIGHT ARMS-A-DAY
Make some sort of octopus everyday, as an homage to my favorite animal.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Joseph Wing
PHOTO-A-DAY
Breaking bread photos.
Weston, VT
Kathleen Riley
GUITAR FUN-A-DAY
I will practice guitar or do something guitar-related each day. I will document my progress by adding a piece to a self-created guitar puzzle a day with a short note about the guitar-related activity I did on that day.
West Roxbury, MA
Kyle Ramey
35mm SHOT-A-DAY
Taking at least one 35mm picture per day, covering the numbers 1 through 31, to result in a series of 31 photos that feature (explicitly or implicitly) each day of the month of January.
Cambridge, MA
Leonora Bittleston
WIRE & BEAD INSECT-A-DAY
Each day I’ll make a different small insect out of wire and beads.
Somerville, MA (Union Square)
Lindsay Metivier
WATER COLOR-A-DAY
I will make a watercolor every day.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Mary Lewey
COLLAGE-A-DAY
Boston, MA
Flickr Link
Molly Martancik
XEROX-A-DAY
I will make a xerox a day for the month of January. The project will culminate in a
series of images.
Boston, MA
Nicole Burrill
YOGA-A-DAY
Practicing yoga every day for 30 days.
Facebook Link
Quinn Gorbutt
DRAWING-A-DAY
To make one drawing every day.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Rachel Smith & Rachel Newborn
HAND-LETTERED TYPOGRAPHY-A-DAY
To collaborate on constructing, drawing, and photographing letterforms, words, and phrases.
Cambridge & Jamaica Plain, MA
Rebecca Volynsky
COMIC-A-DAY
To draw a comic everyday - all on one huge sheet of paper.
Cambridge, MA
Facebook Link
Susan Wing
MOBILE-A-DAY
The vision is to do something in mobile form, it will evolve, that is the fun of it!
Weston, VT
Tracy Rodriguez Forbes
PHOTO-A-DAY
A collection of 31 photographs of things that inspire me in the month of January!
Brookline, MA
www.thrgallery.com
Wendi Wing
PATTERN-A-DAY
Illustrating a swatch each day for patterned fabric.
Jamaica Plain, MA
William Johnston
GADGET MAGIC
Recording daily music sketches.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Listen to a sample here!
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Don’t see your name & project listed above but still want to participate?
Be sure to email funadayboston@gmail.com with the following info:
NAME
LOCATION
PROJECT
BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION
ALSO find us on FACEBOOK
HOORAY FUN!!!
It’s that time of year again, so put on your creative pants and get ready for…
FUN-A-DAY 2013!
Project starts JANUARY 1st
Ends JANUARY 31st
The GOAL:
Begin the new year by doing something FUN/creative EVERY DAY for the month of JANUARY and document it!
The RESULT:
A group art show will showcase the projects created by YOU!
Gallery show details to follow soon!
TO PARTICIPATE:
email funadayboston@gmail.com with the following info:
NAME
LOCATION
PROJECT
BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION
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NOT in Boston? To learn more about a Fun-A-Day near you, go to www.artclash.com
THANK YOU
to all who came out to support the art show for FUN-A-DAY BOSTON 2012!
EVENT PHOTOS were provided by two great folks from Team Boston:
CARA BROSTROM www.carabrostrom.com
MORE CARA event PHOTOS on FACEBOOK
NATALIA BOLTUKHOVA www.tinyrussianstudio.com
MORE NATALIA PHOTOS on FACEBOOK
and MANY THANKS AGAIN to all of our fantastic volunteers and artists!
Hope you can join us again next year…
FUN-A-DAY BOSTON 2012 SNEAK PREVIEW!
Check out a few samples above from projects in this year’s show.
OPENING PARTY is on FRIDAY MARCH 30th (6-10pm) at the Aviary Gallery!
Be sure to join us for the art opening and feel free to invite your friends!
Click here for FACEBOOK EVENT link.
Join us for the OPENING PARTY for FUN-A-DAY BOSTON!
FRIDAY MARCH 30th
6 to 10 PM
Aviary Gallery
48 South Street | Jamaica Plain, MA | 02130
www.aviarygallery.com
Come on out to see this year’s projects and enjoy FREE food, drink and FUN!
CURRENT FUN-A-DAY 2012 Participants & Projects:
Allison Meierding
Boston, MA
Creature feature: Woodland Scene-A-Day
Animal drawings in woodland scenes.
Beth Pacione
Jamaica Plain, MA
Monster Beatles-A-Day
A drawing a day of a monster inspired by a Beatles tune.
Using paper, ink and water color.
BreAnne Sthultz
Watertown, MA
Art-A-Day
To artistically create a butterfly everyday out of various materials, both 2D and 3D.
Bruce Spero
Jamaica Plain, MA
Photo Portrait-A-Day
I’m going to do a photo of a person in my life each day - friend/family/coworker.
Cara Brostrom
Jamaica Plain, MA
MAP-A-DAY
I will make a little line map of my travels, by foot or by train, car or by plane, at the end of each day.
Chris Borger
Boston, MA
“Hint Fiction”-A-Day
Creating a mini-story from daily observations.
Christine Evans
Cambridge, MA
Illustrated Prayer-A-Day
I’m a pastor and a yoga teacher and the two worlds tend to look at one another with one eyebrow lifted. I plan to take some bit of wisdom and illustrate it. Working with small squares and rectangles, trying to find language and image that can help forge the connection between worlds.
Christine Fort
Somerville, MA
Literary Lifestyle-A-Day
I’m a post-MFA program poet, and want to record what I’m doing with regard to (1) submitting my work, (2) writing new poems, and (3) balancing these goals with the rest of my life.
Cindy Brennan
Boston, MA
Fox-A-Day
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Illustrated information about 31 fox species and myths from all over the world.
Colleen Considine
Jamaica Plain, MA
Stranger-A-Day
Document conversations with one random stranger per day. It’s always interesting what people tell someone they don’t know!
Crystal Connors
Salem, MA
Vegetation: The Geo-abstract
Exploring an abstract realm of vegetation through shapes, color and human likeness.
Cyndi Laird
Brighton, MA
Unfamous Quotes-A-Day
I am going to write down my favorite thing that I hear everyday in January.
Danny Burau
Great Barrington, RI
Drawing-A-Day
Drawing a little picture a day.
Dorothy Fennell
Jamaica Plain, MA
Put-A-Bird-On-It-A-Day
Small stuffed birds made out of fabric.
Emily D’Arcangelo
Lynn, MA
Illustrate What I Read-A-Day
Maybe it’s part of a novel, or a poem, or the side of a cereal box. Whatever it is, I’ll illustrate it!
Emmanuel Tavares
Jamaica Plain, MA
Illustrated Haiku-A-Day
In collaboration with Jessica Keefe’s Haiku-A-Day project.
Heather Hitson
Boston, MA
Fun-A-Day Feet
Photos of my feet representing the climate/ travels.
Jessalee Go
Brooklyn, NY
Illustrated Animal Alphabet-A-Day
Watercolor drawings.
Jessica Keefe
Jamaica Plain, MA
Haiku-A-Day
I’ll be writing one observational haiku a day for the month.
Leonora Bittleston
Somerville, MA
Line-drawing-A-Day
Little line drawings, all connected.
Lindsay Metivier
Jamaica Plain, MA
Scanning old negatives-A-Day
I have a stack of negatives that I haven’t printed from 2006 on. I’m interested in seeing what common threads I find in work that I made five years ago and work that I made five days ago.
Lisa Keller
Marblehead, MA
Shapes, Patterns & Repetition-A-Day
Exactly as it implies: shapes, patterns, and visuals repeating..!
Mari Pierce-Quinonez
Somerville, MA
Scientific Illustration-A-Day
An illustration of either an animal, plant, or common every-day object drawn up and depicted in a scientific manner.
McCall Burau
Great Barrington, RI
January Sky Color Palette-A-Day
A photo a day of the sky for the month of January.
View it here!
Natalia Boltukhova
Fort Hill, Roxbury, MA
Pen and Ink Drawings and Photography-A-Day
Black and white.
Natasha Mogilevskaya
Somerville, MA
Word-A-Day
I will learn a new word each day, and document them in some way.
Nicole Burrill & Tracy Rodriguez
Brookline, MA
Photo & Poem-A-Day
Tracy takes a picture and posts it and Nicole writes a poem inspired by it.
See progress here!
Patricia Wright
Cambridge, MA
Ancestor Treasure-A-Day
Sorting through a roomful of stuff, every day I will choose a photo, an object, or draw a picture representing various of my ancestors.
Sammy Sass
Jamaica Plain, MA
Knitting and wheel throwing (pottery)-A-Day
I’m making a whole slew of things such as hats, ear warmers, scarfs, salt and pepper shakers, bowls, jars, etc.
Sue Wing
Weston, VT
Collage-A-Day
Creations from assorted found papers.
Wendi Wing
Dorchester, MA
Bananagram-A-Day
Etching a word or phrase into a banana peel, taking a photo to document it and then eating it.
William Johnston
Dorchester, MA
Craigslist Post-A-Day
For this project I will create a new posting every day to be uploaded onto Craigslist, either in Boston or another city. Some days I might be selling something, some days I might be looking to buy, some days I might just have a question or a rant.
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**PLEASE NOTE:
Working on a project and don’t see your name on this list?
EMAIL funadayboston@gmail.com ASAP with the following info to participate…
NAME
LOCATION
PROJECT
BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Thanks!
ATTENTION FUN PEOPLE!!!
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Fun-A-Day Boston Project
BEGINS JAN 1st 2012
ENDS JAN 31st, 2012
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The GOAL:
Begin the new year by doing something FUN/creative EVERY DAY for the month of JANUARY and document it!
EMAIL funadayboston@gmail.com by DEC 31st to participate with the following info:
NAME
LOCATION
PROJECT
BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Gallery show location TBD (more details to follow soon).
PLEASE NOTE: Work should be created to fit within a 4ft x 4ft space.
NOT in Boston? To learn more about a Fun-A-Day near you, go to www.artclash.com
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Poster design by Team Boston’s own Allison Meierding!
www.am-picturebook.com
(special thanks to Maru The Cat for inspiration)
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CLICK PHOTO for link to more photo booth pics from Cara Brostrom Photography!
Thanks again to everyone who came out for the closing show and endless thanks to our talented participants of FUN-A-DAY BOSTON 2011!
To get in the loop for next year, send an email to: funadayboston@gmail.com
