"Lined In Lead" Opening night~

"Babel", glazed graphite on paper, 7 x 12

"Memories", glazed graphite on paper, 6.5 x 7


The artists in attendance: Barron Storey, Joao Ruas, Rod Luff, Michael Zulli, me and Andrew Hem.


What a whirlwind weekend! It was great meeting new people, seeing old friends and colleagues,and be a part of an amazing show~! Thanks so much to R of Eidolon Fine Arts for the beautiful, beautiful frames, and putting all this together~

Lined In Lead: Works in Graphite

With the crazy news happening all this week, I completely forgot posting about the art show i am participating in tomorrow(!):






Lined in Lead: Works in Graphite
March 19, 2011 - April 11, 2011
Opening Reception / Mar 19, 7:00PM - 10:00PM

Gallery Nucleus
210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801

I will be there starting from 7 pm for my sketchbook signing. Hope to see you there! Also, there's an Art for Japan fund-raising exibition in April at the same gallery(Link), which i would love to do my part~!

Best,
Shelly Wan

Artist Help Japan~

The news have been grim these days and my heart is filled with sorrow for the Japanese people. Dice Tsutsumi, my art director at Pixar Animation Studios who was also behind 2008 Totoro Forest Project to help preserve Sayama Forest in Japan and Sketchtravel Project, has set up this Emergency Earthquake & Tsunami Fund:


http://artistshelpjapan.blogspot.com/

He's also talking about an Art Auction for releif as well, which i am eager to be a part of. So stay tuned!

Be safe and give to the unfortunate,
Shelly Wan

Art Blocks for Ghana LA Charity Auction March 12~!

Hi Everybody,

So the time has come for the Art Blocks auction to take place in Los Angeles~! It's an honor to be included in the show and I have my eyes on some of the pieces too~ Exciting!

March 12th 2011, 7pm-11pm
Gallery Nucleus Event and Launch of the Online Auction.




Please help spread the word~!

TWITTER (follow and mention Art Blocks)
@pbpfoundation

FACEBOOK (photos, updates and information) invite friends to "like" the page
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Art-Blocks-For-Ghana/166672736692656

TO BUY TICKETS
http://artblocksla.eventbrite.com/

Auction Link
http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=43741

BLOG
www.artblockghana.blogspot.com

WEBSITE
http://www.picturebookproject.com/PBP/artblocks.html

Best best,
Shelly