PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF "HANDMADE NATION"
Documentary Screening & Director's Q & A

Come meet Faythe Levine, director of the indie craft documentary,
“Handmade Nation.”

There will be a Q&A following the screening, moderated by Kris Stewart, editor of NICHE, the magazine for independent art retailers.

Saturday, August 1st, 6-8pm
@ Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 19107

Purchase Tickets @ Art Star for $5
or buy tickets at the door (seating is limited so we recommend getting them now)

Sponsored by the Buyers Market of American Craft,
www.americancraft.com / 800-432-7238, ext. 218

visit: http://www.indiecraftdocumentary.blogspot.com
for more info about the film

Kathleen Lolley
Lost, Picking Flowers

Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 19th, 5-9pm
Live Music by Oh! Pears beginning at 7pm
Beer & snacks provided
Free & Open to the public

Paperland: work by Camilla Engman
Opening Reception - Saturday, September 6th from 5-9pm
15+ drawings & mixed media on paper
plus limited edition Giclee prints

Also on Opening Night: The Mural & The Mint Fundraiser

Art Star will be selling band prints & t-shirts throughout the evening & 100% of those funds will go directly to the band. 10% of boutique purchase throughout the opening will also be donated. A special live performance by TM & TM will begin at 7pm. Please come out to support an incredibly talented Philly based band!

About the band: TM & TM is a music project started by Michael Kiley in September of last year with the release of the E.P. Caterpillar-Cocoon-Butterfly. Since then, TM&TM have grown from a solo project to a three piece band of M.K, Jack McBrearty and Eliza Jones. All of their releases are done exclusively as free digital downloads. Because of this, they subsist largely on donations. Two thirds of the money needed to record, mix and master their new full-length record (entitled Private Pockets, due out this fall) was through private donations and money earned from benefits thrown throughout last year. This benefit will help to finish the album through sales of t-shirts, prints of artwork done for the band by Katie Henry (Made By Hank) Alyson Giantisco and donations. They also work with the many beautiful visual artists, dancers, actors, choreographers, lighting designers, film makers and the like that make up their community with no money exchanged. It is their goal to collaborate and share ideas with those surrounding them, in the hopes of creating a free flowing exchange between themselves and the city which they adore.
Visit: www.themuralandthemint.com

AIGA Philadelphia is accepting submissions for the Philadelphia Design Awards. Deadine is October 15, 2008. For more info click on the image above.

10.7.2006
Jason Sho Green flew in for his opening reception on October 7th. He spent a few days at Art Star installing his show. The wall looks amazing! It was well worth the time and really pulls all the work together. We'll be sad to have to paint over it when the show is over. Here are some pics of the work in progress. We'll be sure to put up some more images in the next week.

For a little insight into the mind of Jason take a peak at the interview by Cisco Griffin.