Oor Monsters III at Junction Art, Aberdeen

Preview Evening - Friday 26th 6 - 8p.m

During the months of May and June Junction arts will become a temporary monster emporium!
Created by artists Philip Thompson and Gabrielle Reith, this will be their third venture into the world of all things monstrous and with many other special guest artists invited to take part we are very excited about what will most definitely be a very memorable and exciting show.

The Idea of the "monster show" has been left open to interpretation by the artist and maker.
Work will range from fantasy to reality ‐ utilising the very open idea of what a "monster" is. The one
parameter of the interpretation, should be "creativity" ‐ what monsters work with or against artists and makers when they create work? Be that in everyday life (a car breaking down) or those little (but oh so weighty) little critical daemons on our backs…

Artists taking part are;
Philip Thompson, Gabrielle Reith, Cosmic Nuggets, Iain Gildea, Mags Gray, Katie Guthrie, Melodie Stacey, Aubin Stewart Max Stewart and more...

gabi @ lovely pigeon

We've sent a few items to lovelypigeon for their pop Up Craft Fair in East Neuk Open Studios, St Anns, Fowler Street, Cellardyke, KY10 3HW... Gabi's had some amazing feedback from them about the new work, and lots of stock has sold even before the kick off! (so has sent more). Here's hoping we can meet up with the Lovely Pigeon Peeps sooon! keep your eyes peeled for a pop up event near you!

doves typeface for Jen Beattie (R.I.P)

It's been a sad week, after the wonderful NEOS event, we heard that artist, Jen Beattie, sadly passed away. We were invited by her very close friends (Susie Hunt and Lindsay Stewart) to paint Jen's coffin.

We arrived at Jen's on Sunday morning to see lots of Jen's friends and fellow artists painting the cardboard coffin in the studio, a rather sobering sight. A mixture of sadness, collective spirit and joy - we all worked together to create an amazing work of art for Jen.

http://typefaceaweek.blogspot.com/2009/10/38-doves.html

Small Stories in California...

Liza Lee Millar, bird blogger extraordinaire has been tweeting and blogging a few of Gabi's Small Stories news now and again... and as a thank you, we'd sent her a small "thank you" package of some cards and a tea towel...

she was over the moon to get the package the other day, which she immediately blogged, so if you want to see the lovely story, check out http://egretsnest.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/no-no-this-is-my-new-most-favorite-bird-artist-ever/ leave a comment too...it's always nice to share.

I <3 UTG exhibition

The first in a series of I ♥ UTG campaign awareness events;
"insert".

An exhibition of local artists coming together to help raise awareness for the problems facing Union Terrace Gardens & Aberdeen’s new Arts Centre.

All works based upon the theme “heart” and will be on sale for £20 per artwork to raise funds for the I ♥ UTG campaign.

Gilla Brooker
Alicia Bruce
Libby Day
Fraser Denholm
Jim Ewen
Jo Gannon
Katie Guthrie
Eva Merz
William Moulding
Gabrielle Reith
Stuart Simpson
Anita Stewart
Philip Thompson
Sarah J Tingle

and more to be confirmed……..

So come spend the evening with Project Slogan & I ♥ UTG and help us create a better, greener and brighter future for out city.

Mark Goss - Curious Fiend typeface

London Graduate, Mark Goss has contributed to the TypeFace a Week project!

Curious Fiend was featured in the Creative Review Blog back in June - and we decided to write to Mark...and he's gladly joined in! He's sent several new typefaces for us to use over the year, so we thank him for everything!

Check his his blog out for more of his work, and inspiration he finds in London.

http://curiousfiend.blogspot.com/

Thanks Mark!

Typeface a week project for 2009

http://typefaceaweek.blogspot.com

Gabrielle & Philip are embarking upon an ambitious project for 2009. We are going to create a typeface a week! During 2009 Gabi and Phil will be creating 52 usable typefaces, including fonts from selected guests. The "weekly font" will be downloadable for one week only, then, at the end of the year, a limited edition download / cd will be distributed to subscribers. If you wish to subscribe to our projects outcome, please email us. info@g-r-a.co.uk