So do you remember when I mentioned that I was going to be selling my books at a local gallery? The Grand Opening of Newvox Art Gallery is already coming up! It's June 11th, and a bunch of my handmade books will be there!
The owner, Reinaldo, has a blog, too. You can check it out here.
So... if you're in the area of South Side Bethlehem, PA, why don't you check out the gallery? It'll be full of east coast artists and crafts people like me. The address is 425 Wyandotte St., Bethlehem, PA. There are lots of places to grab a bite to eat, like Blue Sky Cafe, one of my favorites! There are also other art galleries on 3rd Street to peruse. One of them has an Art-O-Mat machine... it's called Monsoon Gallery. Plus, it's kind of fun just to walk around this part of town (not all of it, but some of it) to see what's selling at the little boutiques and shops.
I'm really excited to have my books in a gallery! I've sold them at a book store in LA, but I was in a weird space back then, and not producing a whole lot. I've been getting great feedback here on my books. So maybe I'll sell some locally! Wouldn't that be cool? Wish me luck!
I read about Art-O-Mats a long time ago, thought they were really cool, then forgot about all about it. I recently came across one of my old Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazines: the Spring 2006 issue, with the article in it, and wanted to share it with you.
There's an artist from North Carolina who came up with the idea of reusing old cigarette vending machines for selling small pieces of art: 2" x 3", the outside dimensions for a pack of smokes. You buy a token, for around $5, and you get your very own original piece of art!
It's called an Art-O-Mat, and they're all over the world! The crazy thing is that there's even one in Bethlehem, PA! It's at Monsoon Art Gallery on the south side, and I now have to go check it out.
This orange machine is the one that's in Bethlehem. There are ones all over the place! You can look up their locations to see if there's one near you. If there is, I recommend supporting an artist, and picking up a bit of artwork!
This red one is in Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco. There are Art-O-Mats in Washington state, D.C., Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Canada, Austria, you name it! They're all over the place if you're interested. I think that I'm going to try to come up with an idea for an art piece that I can replicate for use in one of these machines... you can submit your idea to the organization, and if you get it approved, it'll go into one of the machines! Some art-loving stranger could be buying your art! Kind of cool, right? I think so!
(I got these images of the Art-O-Mat machines from their website.)
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