Sparky's Art Crawl Preview

Hi guys! Guess what? I'm gonna be in the Art Crawl!!! Well, not me actually, but a painting of me is in the Art Crawl! Is that cool or what?

Whoa!!! Did I just hear someone say "what's an art crawl??" Wow -- get out much?? The Art Crawl is tomorrow -- Saturday -- and it' s like the most fun arty event ever -- or so I hear. I'm not invited. It's for humans. I'll be chewin' on a bone, guarding our house.

Here's the official Art Crawl blather: "Since 1992, the tradition of the artists 'open studios' takes place on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Visitors have the opportunity to pARTicipate in the live/work/show spaces of these neighborhood 'urban pioneers.' The mission of the ARTCRAWL is to assist the public in understanding contemporary art by directly involving the visitors in a dialogue with local artists in the Artists Warehouse District of downtown Houston." Hey, you might also find some food or somethin' ta drink, meet some friends, and have some fun!

The coolest place on the art crawl, and the one with my picture, is MotherDog Studios. Pretty cool name, huh? About time they had a show with some dogs! That's MotherDog herself, Charlie Sartwelle on the left, and the co-founder of MotherDog, John Runnels -- Daddy Dawg -- on the right. These guys couldn't be any more hip unless they owned a pet treats bakery!

So the artists that live/work/show at MotherDog will be there, but as an extra treat you can also see the invitational show "Raining Cats and Dogs." Here's the invitation to that -- consider yourself invited! The only thing better than a show with cats and dogs would be a show with dogs called "No Cats Allowed!" What's up with lettin' the cats in anyway??

Here's a partial map of the Art Crawl, but if were you I'd go over to artcrawlhouston.com and print out your own map. And if you've never driven around the warehouse district before, ya better bring your compass, some more maps, any other navigational tools ya got lyin' around, and maybe a weapon. Or so I hear! Kidding! I'm kidding! About the weapon that is.

So ta-da!!! Here's a painting of me! A watercolor, actually. Yeah, there's a human in there too; that's C, she painted it. I think it's a great painting! The only thing that could improve it is maybe if it was just me by myself? But whatever...she's the artist. M has a painting in the show too -- he painted it on the computer! It's good, but, well... I'm not in it.

So go to the Art Crawl -- you'll have a blast! Go to Mother Dog and have someone take a picture of you with my picture, and then e mail it to me at sparkyreid@earthlink.net Next week I'm gonna write a post called "Cool people that went to the Art Crawl" and you'll be in it! Till then -- woof woof!