Our October Art Show is "Employee of the Month" by Paul May.

October 1st-31st--"Employee of the Month--April thru August" by Paul May.

 Paul May, aka Not Good Wood is a local artist who works in many mediums.  For this show, he made five new sculptures, which he hand carved from polar, pine or purple heart woods, stained and painted all the faces and details, sewed all the clothes by hand, and built each one a little cubicle.  Paul also makes carved puppets and marionettes, and does illustration and painting.  For more information, check out his facebook fan page at 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Not-Good-Wood/116551421720826?ref=ts

Handmade Nation Screening and Trunk Show!!!

What the Rock?! is part of the Columbus Crafty Cotillion, a group of Columbus Ohio based crafters.  They are sponsoring a screening of Handmade Nation, a documentary by Faythe Levine chronicling the rise of the indie craft movement. And, the screening is held in conjunction with our Spring Trunk featuring new works from our members.  I will be selling my new jewelry there, as well as many other talented artists!

The screening will be held Saturday, May 8th at 3pm at Studio 35 (3055 Indianola Ave.). The trunk show will precede the screening from 1-3pm. Arrive early to enjoy a beer and shop for the perfect handmade Mother's Day gift.



Tickets to the screening are $5 and will be available the day of the show. The trunk show is absolutely free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by Studio 35 , Wholly Craft!, and the Columbus Crafty Cotillion.
 
Hope to see you all there!!!

Art Makes Noise

I made an artpiece for the one day art show called "Art Makes Noise", which happened on Febtuary 27th at Junctionview Studios. The theme was art work inspired by music and/or music lyrics. It was an amazing show with a bunch of talented artists, including Amy Neiwirth, who made incredible ticket stub jewelry, Core Roc, Mike Bush, Larry Doyle, Rob Jones, and Laura Alexander who made a papercut piece using a map, inspired by the song "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (I love that song!) The show also featured a live performance by local favorites Super Desserts as well as karaoke by KJ Dirtyoke. A portion of the proceeds went to the Franklinton Arts District.

March Artist: John Stommel

This month's local artist is Jon Stommel with his recent paintings and drawings, "Hope You're All Smiles and Rainbows".




For more about Jon Stommel's work, please visit his website at www.iamatreehead.com. His work will be up through March 26th.


***A special thank you to local artist and curator Cyrus Fire for booking the very best talent in Columbus right here at What the Rock?!.