EXTRAS NEEDED!!!!
The newest horror monsterpiece from Silver Bullet Pictures, Heavy Mental, is in need of extras this Sat. (July 28th) for a hot dog eating contest scene.

This is non-paid of course, but there's a good possibility of this film getting distributed through Troma Entertainment, so that's cool.

The location is Guilliford's Bar and the call time is noon. The bar is near the I-Rock in Detroit. It's also near Harpos in case you aren't familiar with the I-Rock.

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Closing Reception ~~ Saturday, July 28 ~~ 6:00pm 'til midnight

@ Octane Photographic Gallery (22750 Woodward Ave, Suite B1, Ferndale)
Stop in for your last chance to see the works of our featured Creative Arts Group artists ~~ Donnie, Stacey, Mike & Terence.

http://www.octanephotographic.com/

No Meetings For a While

We'll be taking a break from our Creative Arts Group meetings for a while. Summer plans have taken the front seat, so meetings have been cancelled at this point.

Please keep us informed via email (creativeartsgroup@yahoo.com) of any upcoming Art Shows, Social Events, Gigs or Screenings and we'll continue to post to the Blog.

Peace to All!

plain clothes ensemble played the Berkley Front last Friday.................... to a different type of crowd than they're accustomed to. The Berkley Front is known to feature hard rock n' roll bands..................... so the lighter, mellow sounds of Rob, Chris and Dan's music was a new twist for the regular customers. The reception was terrific! Lots of compliments and new relationships established. The other 2 bands where more typical for the Front's style. Both "Walkways" and "Mother of Stone" put on great shows -- rockin out and blasting the room with their original songs!

LEND A HAND

We made it down to Ferndale on Friday night for the unfiltered ii art show at Octane Photographic. Wow -- some terrific art from not only local artists, but talent from around the world as well. Because Octane is actually a photography studio, the gallery is small and intimate.

Stacey and Donnie submitted a piece for the show that I'd seen in a photograph -- but really got a new look at when seeing the creation in person. The mish-mash of hand prints are not only paint, but are pressed onto a variety of different materials that give it a crazy texture. The base beneath the painting is actually netting, print pages (magazine/book?) and different fabrics.

Very creative and REALLY fun to examine. Congratulations on your first public art show Donnie & Stacey!

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Special hours TONIGHT @ Octane Photographic Gallery ~~ 22750 Woodward Avenue ~~ Suite B1 (basement) ~~ Ferndale

Friday, June 15 ~~ 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Stop by to see works displayed by our own Creative Arts Groups artists (Terence, Mike, Donnie & Stacey) -- along with international art from across the country!

http://www.octanephotographic.com/

WHETHER WEATHER?

Since we weren’t able to create our group collage at our May meeting, we pulled out the supplies and gave it a shot last Friday. Our theme was “weather”, so we each came up with symbols and ideas that relate to the theme. The original thought of the clouds failed miserably due to the lack of cooperation of the spray foam. Thinking that the stuff was easier to manipulate once it’s sprayed, it proved us wrong and was obviously NOT manipulatable at all. When we realized the clouds weren’t going to smooth out and expand like we’d hoped, the next thought was to turn them into the landscape of Mars by spray-painting them red. Again…….. the idea and the result were not in sync and the non-clouds look nothing like Mars either!

Alex and Terence worked on individual sunshines while Chris put together a collage of pictures and words representing thoughts about weather (Mood, Warm, Tropical, Beach). While Terence used paint for his Angry, Cancer-loving sunshine, Alex cut different shades and shapes of yellow from magazines to piece together in creating his sunshine. Using the same technique, Alex also came up with a funky blue storm cloud.

Being that I’ve never tapped into any hidden artistic skills of my own, I spent the time labeling every weather word I could think of. I also came up with the copper rain-drop (thanks for the copper shavings David!).

John and Ed both tossed out a couple of thoughts regarding the weather collage (not necessarily encouraging thoughts -- Mr. Sarcasm John -- but thoughts none-the-less). As movie buffs, they spent a lot of the meeting discussing several films and some side notes that they’re both interested in.

Join us for our next meeting on June 29th when we'll be hosting an open mic for Poetry or Short Stories. Share your own work -- or bring in a favorite to read aloud to the group.

TOMORROW: Tuesday, June 5

7:30 at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak

Suburban Heroes will be screening with the Mitten Movie Project before the feature, In A Single Bound.

This is the movie we screened a few months ago at our Creative Arts Group meeting. Terence, Andy and Chris are all involved with the filming of this new series!

Come support our Creative Arts Group members ~~ Tickets are $11

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@ Octane Photographic Gallery ~~ 22750 Woodward Avenue ~~ Suite B1 (basement) ~~ Ferndale

Opening reception on Saturday, June 2 from 6:00 - 11:00 pm Second reception on Sunday, June 3 from 4:00 - 10:00 pm

Show runs June 2 thru July 15

Stop by the opening reception this Saturday to mingle with some of our featured Creative Arts Groups artists! Donnie, Stacey, Mike and Terence are all displaying pieces this year!

http://www.octanephotographic.com/

SPRING IS HERE!

Stacey is taking advantage of the gorgeous subjects in her garden and has been getting some beautiful shots. Using a close-up approach, she's captured the inner colors of her tulips, orchids and iris. By having the pictures printed in different sizes and using individual frames, Stacey has created a collage of her flowers on her living room wall.

What an awesome way of bringing the beauty of a garden indoors to admire long after the blooms have faded.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Both Brittany and Kimberly brought several examples of their photography to our last meeting. Brittany is interested in working in Black and White photography and has been recently experimenting in different techniques with distortion using negative exposures of her film. The black and white images work well with the antiqued subjects she chooses -- helping to not only give the photo itself an aged feel -- but enhancing the fact that the original pieces are aged on their own!

The postcards, war bonds and spectacles are outstanding in black and white.

Kimberly showed an album with her photographs of architecture. Her photos included everything from spectacular churches and cathedrals -- filled with intricately detailed woodwork and carving -- to the natural, raw structure of the rocks at Stone Henge. Kimberly was able to capture some great lighting on the buildings and timed her photos around the flow of tourists to keep her subjects as unobstructed as possible. Her album was a beautiful statement of the talent of a photographer with a great concept of architecture.

Both women have a terrific eye for the art of photography -- and both very different in their styles.

HGTV

Our Creative Arts Group artists are getting the recognition they deserve! David Sabbagh is being featuring on HGTV this coming Friday night -- May 4 -- on their "Look What I Did" segment. They'll be showing some of the finished rooms in David's home that feature his custom designs.

A replay of the show will be on Wednesday, May 30.

Set your VCR or TIVO it -- this is exciting stuff!

Congratulations David

POETRY

Congratulations to Terence for being published! His poem “Mute Words For Deaf Ears” was selected in a poetry contest on Poetry.com. Less than 300 poems were selected to be published into a bound book – Timeless Memories.

The book is available thru the Poetry.com website: http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P8034236&BN=AFO&PN=1

Also a cool side note, Terence’s work was printed on page ONE of the entire book!