This piece was finished in a record three days (that's like a land speed record using my usual painting techniques), but it was totally worth it! "Heart Song" has been created for Vox Gallery's November 2009 (Sacramento, CA) "Urban Landscapes" show to benefit the Byron Blackburn memorial scholarship fund.
Saturday, November 14th, 6-10pm
(music @ 7, drawing @ 9:45pm)
Vox Gallery
1931 H Street
(inside The Urban HIVE)
Sacramento, CA
This event is free and open to the public
This 9x12" pyrography & mixed media piece on wood is valued at $100, but anyone could win it for as little as $5! There will be a "wish bowl" for each of the donated services, goods and art. You decide how many tickets to purchase and how to distribute them (or just put them all in one bowl!) So show up, buy some tickets and cross your fingers!
For those who are unfamiliar, Byron was a local musician, great guy and husband of a good friend, Sacramento artist, Kathy Blackburn. Byron passed away on September 18, 2009, following a long and determined battle with sarcoma.
Shortly after Byron's death, musician and artist friends got together and asked what they could do to remember his life. Due to the combined efforts of Sacramentans Ross Hammond (jazz, soul and rock guitarist), Evie Turner (visual artist and marketing professional) and Kathy Blackburn (artist and teacher), with help from many others,"Byron Blackburn, A Celebration of Life" raised nearly $3,000 at Beatnik Studios in October for a scholarship fund created in his name. This scholarship will be awarded on an annual basis to a deserving music student from the Elk Grove Unified School District where Kathy works. The hope is that the memorial scholarship fund will eventually become self-sustaining.
Art and services for Saturday's event have generously been donated by Jared Konopitski, Jill Allyn Stafford, C!nder, Evie Turner, Krissi Sandvik, Trina Drotar, Michael Majestic, Ilsa Hess, Jim Vetter, Mariellen Layne and more.
Live music from local musician Tyson Graf begins at 7 p.m.
During the evening, VOX Sacramento will also hold their Urban Landscapes art show. Artists will include Justin Delacuesta, Cinder, Kelly O'Neill, Dylan Wells, Elizabeth Wocasek, Tom Spaulding, Dawn Blanchfield, TJ Lev, Jill Allyn Stafford, Matt Brown, Diyosa Christal, Robert Love, Curtis Carlson, Terry Tyson, James Collins, Lauren Martin, Alyson Murphy, Amy Fort, Jennifer Erin, and Luciano Noble, II. The art on display for the Urban Landscape show will remain hanging through the end of November.
I hope to see some of you there on Saturday. Best wishes & hug your loved ones.
Additional donations can be made to the Byron Blackburn Memorial Fund at Bank of the West on J Street
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