The 3rd Annual Monster Drawing Rally`s Live Event Draws Together

Contact: Christopher Lynn
[email protected]
Office/Fax: 216.621.2314
www.SPACESgallery.org
For Immediate Release
The 3rd Annual Monster Drawing Rally’s Live Event Draws
Together Artists and Audience
Live Drawing Event:
Saturday, May 4, 2013, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Work Remains on View Through:
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Admission:
$5 (FREE for SPACES Season Pass
holders/members & children age 17 –)
Cleveland, OH, April 25, 2013— Monster
Drawing Rally is a live drawing event and
fundraiser featuring over 100 artists.
Demystifying a process that usually takes
place in the privacy of the studio, the Monster
Drawing Rally allows spectators to observe
artists in the act of creation in the public
domain. In keeping with SPACES' mission to
provide a public forum for artists, this event
sets the stage for extraordinary interaction.
Providing the basic necessities of the drawing
practice—pencils, charcoal, pens, markers,
ink, and paper—SPACES creates the context
while the artists create the content of the
drawings. The evening will consist of one-hour
drawing shifts that each feature approximately
25 artists drawing simultaneously. As the
drawings are completed, they are hung on the
walls and made available for purchase for $65 each. The Monster Drawing Rally provides a unique
opportunity to watch a drawing come to life, and to purchase a work of art minutes after its
completion. Proceeds from the event provide direct support for SPACES' exhibitions and residency
programs.
Bring the Family!
SPACES will also feature the Li'l Monster Drawing Rally: a section where children and families may
sit, draw and display their work on the wall for the evening or the weekend. Children age 17 and
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Contact: Christopher Lynn
[email protected]
Office/Fax: 216.621.2314
www.SPACESgallery.org
under are admitted to the Monster Drawing Rally for FREE! Children 12 and under must be
accompanied by an adult.
Participating artists include:
Amber J. Anderson, Karl Anderson, Ron Armour, Joe Ayala, Stephanie Ayala, Brandon Baker, Alenka
Banco, Christina Bender, Christi Birchfield, Cathie Bleck, Rian Brown-Orso, Catherine Butler, John
W. Carlson, Brian Castellani, Joshua Chrosniak, Kristen Cliffel, Dan Corrigan, Spencer Cowan,
Rebecca Cross, Dexter Davis, Christina Day, Michael Dickas, Jim Engelmann, Phillip (Gnawbit)
Epps, Jose Estrada, Jack Flotte, Derek Grubaugh, Meredith Hahn, Ann Hanrahan, Jake Hatmaker,
Todd Hoak, Nina Huryn, Joe Ionna, Harris Johnson, Lori Kella, Beth Kelly, Alice Kiderman, Margaret
Yuko Kimura, George Kocar, Matthew Kolodziej, Stanka Kordic, Jill Kreling, Douglas Manry, Michael
Marine, Adam Markanovic, Liz Maugans, Michael Meier, Micardez, Michelle Muldrow, Erik Neff, Bob
Peck, Bellamy Printz, Arabella Proffer, Derrick Quarles, Jason Rudolf, Adam Schonhiutt, Nancy
Schwartz-Katz, Bill Shearer, Lesley Sickle, Mark Simmons, Corrie Slawson, Jerry Smith, Dan Sonpal,
Stephanie Streeter, Emily Sullivan, Buzz Szilagyi, Josh Usmani, Peit van Dijk, Dott von Schneider, Jia
Wang, Ari Michael Warner, Justin Will, Nikki Woods, and more!
Props
Monster Drawing Rally was conceived by Southern Exposure (SoEx) in San Francisco and has
become a national model. SoEx has partnered with nonprofit arts organizations in Los Angeles,
Minneapolis, Richmond, Brooklyn and now Cleveland to help them establish the Monster Drawing
Rally with SoEx's support. SoEx is proud to share their successful fundraising models and
community-building strategies with similar artist-centered organizations.
Sponsors
Monster Drawing Rally is supported in part by:
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Contact: Christopher Lynn
[email protected]
Office/Fax: 216.621.2314
www.SPACESgallery.org
Major support for SPACES comes from Toby Devan Lewis; the John P. Murphy Foundation; the
National Endowment for the Arts; the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the following:
Additional support comes from James S. Anderson and David W. Wittkowsky, Fred and Laura Ruth
Bidwell, Dodd Camera and Video, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, Donna and Stewart Kohl, Process
Creative Studios and vocon.
Promotional support by:
SPACES is located at 2220 Superior Viaduct, in Cleveland, OH. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Sunday:
12 – 5 p.m., and the gallery is open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission (and parking) during
regular gallery hours is free and open to the public. For more information, visit
www.SPACESgallery.org, call 216.621.2314 or email [email protected].
Style Notes: “SPACES” is the official name of the organization and the name is entirely capitalized.
The name is not “SPACES Gallery.”
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