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Sunday Sidewalk Doodles: Friday’s Festival & Frosted Fuchsia Flames

Posted in Art with tags , , , , , , , on September 12, 2010 by ssstephg


Frosted Fuchsia Flames

I drew this for the first annual Northampton Chalk Art Festival this past Friday which I told you about here. Actually, this is just before I finished it, but it’s mostly done minus a detail or two. There were five other artists who contributed drawings. I’ll add images of their work as I find time to edit photos from the day. Maybe I’ll even write more about the experience. I was really psyched to be a part of this event since I spend so much time drawing on the concrete already and people seem to respond with such positivity. It was a great day! Good good stuff!

Big thanks to the Northampton Center for the Arts, the city of Northampton, Northampton Business Improvement District and Chartpak Inc. for making this festival happen! I’m looking forward to next year’s already!

Out for now,
-Steph <3

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Sunday Sidewalk Doodles in Northampton: Upcoming Chalk Art Festival

Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2010 by ssstephg


Northampton, Massachusetts is holding a chalk art festival. And I’m in it! You should come if you’re anywhere near Western Massachusetts on Friday September 10. I’ll be drawing in downtown Northampton along with five other artists. We each get a 5 x 5 foot concrete square to adorn. The chalk art festival is being presented as part of Northampton’s monthly Arts Night Out.

I know I’ve been lax with the Sunday Sidewalk Doodles lately. See, even the drawing above isn’t a finished piece. Apologies, but oh gee I’ve been super busy, first with KPAO! and now getting everything ready for a solo show in October at The Northampton Center for the Arts. Yay! Linklinklink come see my art in the flesh! All good stuff so I’m not complaining, just letting you know why and promoting my art in the process.

Biglove,
-Steph<3

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KPAO! Art Party in the Park

Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 21, 2010 by ssstephg

was a bit fat hit! Even the Holyoke Canal Creature came out for the day!

Remember I told you about how I was organizing an arts festival in our local park?  Well, I did.  And it happened. You may have noticed my unexplained absence last weekend.  Aheh, sorry.  Saturday I was busy hauling tents and tables and chairs and art supplies and answering questions and directing wonderful volunteers and happy kids.  And Sunday I was busy returning tables and chairs and tents and various things and stuff.  And the previous week was spent frantically doing all manner of last minute organizing and procuring and whatnot.   And it was all worth it!  The party was tons of fun and loads of people came and made arts and crafts and listened to music and ate hotdogs and complimented us on the fabulous event and suggested we do something similar every couple of months.  Handmade buttons and origami and BEARDS and painted faces as far as the eye could see!  HATCHAH!  D’Arte Board’s own Toni Tiller  even made a very much appreciated appearance!  Thanks, Toni you sweet little lady!  It was great to see you!  The photo below is of the handful of us leftover after the fete and before the cleanup.  Follow the jump to see more photos from the day!

So what next?  Now that the festival is over, what will become of Kennedy Park Arts Outreach?  Well, we’re going to continue meeting up and being creative, of course!  We have tons of projects we haven’t even begun yet!  We still have dragons and pinatas and juggling sticks to make!  We have more Haiku to write and more parties to plan!  To find out what we’re up to or to get involved, email Artspit@gmail.com.  You can also find us online at the following URLs:
www.iheartkennedypark.blogspot.com
www.holyoke.ning.com/group/KPAO
AND
You can “Like” KPAO! on Facebook!

More pics after the jump! Read more »

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KPAO! Menacing Adolescents Tamed Through Origami!

Posted in Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags , , , , , , on June 19, 2010 by ssstephg


Ah heck, I dunno why but I don’t feel like posting more painting updates here right now–maybe later. This is something else I’ve been spending lots of time working on lately.  KPAO! (say it KAPOW!) stands for Kennedy Park Arts Outreach.  I made that up–so clever, huh?

Kennedy Park is just around the corner from my house.  It’s a popular hangout for kids, especially teens, many of whom don’t really have anywhere else to chill with their friends.  I go there sometimes, too.  I like to swing and climb on the play structures.  No, you’re never too old to play… well, not until your heart dies and shrivels up into a brittle stone, and I’m not that old yet.

So last fall right around election time there was a big fat controversy surrounding Kennedy Read more »

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