Fun-A-Day is a yearly, collective art show started in 2004 by the ArtClash Collective in sunny Philadelphia. By it's sheer exuberance the event has taken like wildfire to other cities, and San Diego is now no exception.

For every day in the month of January, Fun-A-Day participants will commit to work on a project to show at a collective showing in February. There is NO restriction on the type of art that will be presented. In addition to hanging and other display space, there will be the capability to project 12' video and have live performance (weather permitting, with inside video projection viewing room as backup).

There is no cost to participate, and the deadline to register your project is December 16th.

--------- MISSION ---------

The Artclash Collective was started by a Philadelphia-based group of artists who organize art projects and shows that aim to be fun, inclusive and participatory. With each project/show, we seek to create a welcoming forum for people to share their art and form a community of artists. Our shows are always inclusive of anyone who wants to participate, free, all ages and we hope they serve as an inspiration for those who attend. We believe the desire to create is a fundamental human trait that we are often alienated from in modern society. We believe the act of creation can be a transformative experience that reestablishes the bond between artists and their humanity. We believe everyone is an artist and everything you make is art.

We hope we can inspire you to make art.

--------- SHOW RULES ---------

• Free to participate in and to attend.
• All ages. In the case of obscene art, we will not permit anything inappropriate by the organizer's standards however if anything in question is included, feel assured that ample forewarning will be provided for parents and other care takers via on-entry signage!
• Unjuried: everyone who submits a project gets in - space permitting. It is up to the organizers to decide what to do with blatantly offensive work that they may feel uncomfortable showing.
• We encourage participants to finish their projects. If a week into January you don't think you can pull it off, let us know so some other eager beaver can take your spot.
• Non-commercial - all events are free and all-ages. Any donations to the ArtClash! San Diego collective will be used directly for the further promotion of ArtClash! events in San Diego. We do encourage participants to donate to the venues that host our antics. Any logos listed on promotional materials represent local businesses that have volunteered a significant amount of time/resources to the promotion of ArtClash! San Diego and are thereby featured out of respect. We generally allow artists to sell their work, but that's all negotiated between the artists and the venue/patrons). We will often have a donation jar to recoup show costs, and any surplus money that is not used for future ArtClash! shows will be donated to community groups.
• Registration is done on a first come, first serve basis.

--------- EVENT INFORMATION ---------

Download Press Release Here, show information and more.

--------- PARTICIPATING ARTISTS & THEIR PROJECTS ---------

Lisa Starace

A handmade "zine" and cassette station exploring the relationship of memory to artifact. There is an original, one-of-a-kind zine inspired by a mix tape that can be listened to via headphones while reading the zine. This gives a textural, multi-sensory, hands-on experience. In addition, a limited quantity of copied zines are available to participants so they can explore the sensory difference between the copy and the original, and they can also own an artifact to help recall the sensory experience with their own "album" of it in the form of the copied zine.
www.lisa-starace.com/dev

Keith Greene

One painting approx.42X42(self portrait) that incorporates a series of mobile uploads of girls wearing my Versace glasses.
www.myspace.com/greenart
www.facebook.com/greeneart

Guillermo Sandoval

11 by 14 inches sharpie on canvas.

Dave Fass

A series of small cartoon-style portraits likely to include monsters, people with big heads, robots, sea creatures, clouds and other lovely things.
www.stupidpictures.net

Farrell Lynn

I will be challenging myself to do a large-scale painting throughout the month of January. It is influenced by the religious iconography of the Byzantine Era, but with my own, modern-day interpretation, and is inspired by the healing, redeeming qualities of love and self-sacrifice. Personal, thought-provoking piece that might offend, or inspire.

Remi

Create a portrait a day for the whole month of January. Surrealistic piece with sea creatures (and maybe a person or two) and a black & white charcoal portrait.
www.remifeb.com
www.Remifeb.etsy.com

Jennifer Jean Lee

Whimsical miniature pieces that call for the viewer to be up-close and personal. Art that is transformational depending on the interactions of the people with the piece and the space.
www.jenniferjeanlee.com/portfolio/
curious-worlds.blogspot.com/

Dani Dodge

Domestic Violence Project: I will attempt to bring awareness to the issue of domestic violence -- and the women who have been killed by it -- through my art. I was a newspaper reporter for many years and I could express myself only in words on a printed page. Now that I work as an artist, I want to try to address the issue in a new way. www.danidodge.com

Ahmet Ustunel

Have you ever been yelled at for touching the artwork in galleries or museums? It is different in this show. Everyone is encouraged to touch the artwork. As a blind artist I believe that there are different ways to make and appreciate art. In my case it is through touch. I use my sense of touch to create ceramic masks and pottery with unique forms and lots of texture. I am asking every visitor to experience my work first through their sense of touch before looking at them. I'll cover the pieces with a cloth or place them in cardboard boxes to keep them hidden from sight. After touching the pieces anyone who wants to take a look at them is welcome to do so. Don't worry there is nothing that might hurt when touching like things with sharp, pointy edges, cold or hot things etc. every thing in the show is made of ceramic and intended to be fun to touch.
www.blindartgallery.com

Cache Heverly

I am shooting nature and objects that people often disregard. Secret beauty and often in contradiction appear in the most interesting places and I try to capture those images.

Kim Joo Young

Basically my works are related to small things in daily life and imagination. These days as a non native speaker from Korea, I'm tring to express my feelings as painting. I wish It would be thought-provoking work.
www.zvong.com

Andres Castaneda

Everyday for the month of January I will create a unique sticker using shipping labels and markers/paint.
www.flickr.com/photos/54629024@N07

Jack Foster Mancilla

Six framed photographs.
www.lenslord.com

Valerie Samuel Henderson

I will make monoprints on silk as an expedient means to explore creative process.

Selena Marinello

My project is loosely based on the idea that the audience finishes the art piece. The artist hardly ever knows when a piece is finished, it's when you first show it to someone that it really hit them, so I give you my Ink Drawings. I let my mind run my hand wildly around the paper and I make tiny marks that end up creating a whole new form and each person sees' something different. It's a kind of art that everyone can enjoy because it's only what they see and nothing more. My work can be seen at:
www.wooloo.org/Selenamarinello
stevelenaart.blogspot.com

Franz Christopher/Legion Zero

Multimedia projection piece of dark and barroque art, featuring a mixture of animation, still art and live action.

Recurring events or objects have a tendency to stand out and catch our attention, showing us sometimes what is not there and running away with our imagination. These are called patterns and they can be found in the most random of arrangements; in nature, in buildings, in life and also in numbers and time. Some believe that they are just coincidence, others believe that these patterns can be good luck or even an evil curse.

AntiQuark

Beauty has always been relative. But that 'always' needs more concentration than we'd like to admit. Sure, it's "in the eye of the beholder..." and yes, "those who look for beauty, find it..." But how often does one let another decide for them what beauty is to both? You sometimes open your eyes and realize that THAT fact has been steering YOU for most of your life. And hey, that possible day that you realize THAT you may just be okay with it. And hey, what's wrong with THAT anyway? Please tell me: what's the body-type I should love? what's the style of hair? what clothes? what shoes? what accent? what's my favorite color? YOU tell me because I think I trust your professional guidance more than anything I might think. And hey, enough about whatever hidden message there may be. This song is more about an admiration & respect for a particular someone. The beat in his style; the style is his step.
www.myspace.com/antiquark

Pleasuresick

Popular music has become ossified and impactless. Over the month of January, I will digitally disassemble several popular performer's works, and present a sound and video collage questioning the nature and purpose of music in the current era.

Micah Wojnowski

I will be painting a 30"x40" canvas for 30 minutes each day. I will be using multiple mediums and multiple cameras to produce a masterpiece on canvas, as well as an interesting video overview capturing the process of creation.

Nightmare Complex

I will be providing grade-A eargasm tacos... One thick slice of soundscape, a dash of video, and a sprinkling of bitter digital candy! I promise, it will be tasty!
www.myspace.com/nightmarecomplex

Earnest Rapture

Electronic song with lyrics compiled somewhat randomly from search results of the query 'simplicity' on YourOpenBook.org, with an accompanying video that serves to flesh out the beauty, oft gone unnoticed, from the mundane.
www.earnestrapture.com

DJ Miss B

DJ Miss B will provide a soundtrack of original and cutting edge music to compliment the artists participating in the event.

Maura Rosa

Maura Rosa is a Mexican-born singer / songwriter who's music combines western folk / pop / chill vibes with a whispery spanish voice. She also juggles tiny grasshoppers and can ride a unicycle for 6.7 seconds.
www.facebook.com/maura.rosa.music

 

--------- FRIENDS, PARTICIPANTS AND COOL STUFF ---------

Nightmare Complex - musician
Earnest Rapture - musician
Black Label Table - San Diego Underground Supper Club
Park Blvd. Marketing - San Diego Web Design
Snapshots Music and Arts Foundation
Jack Foster Mancilla - Editor of LensLord^tm - LensLord.com

 

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