AMOS Showtime piece UP!

 Whoo hoo! My piece for AMOS's showtime is finally up and available for sale up on their website!

Currently, it is up on display at a wonderful gallery called Parzelle403, in Basel, Switzerland. For those following along at home, this is my FIRST international showing of my artwork! : D
(www.parzelle403.ch).

 If you are not in Switzerland, you can always check it out online here!

6th Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibit

6th Annual Día de los muertos Exhibit and Celebration at Cactus Gallery
Show runs October 9 - November 7, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9th * 7p-10p

Come check out one of my favorite annual shows this weekend! I have two new finished pieces and a selection of framed sketches available for sale!

Email semastroianni70@yahoo.com for purchasing details!

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Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd. It is a time to remember deceased loved ones and honor them. Day of the Dead is a festive and colorful occasion; a time to celebrate life!

The belief behind Day of the Dead practices is that spirits return to the Earth for one day of the year to be with their families. The spirits are greeted with offerings of food and things that the person enjoyed in life. These are laid out on altars in the family home. It is believed that the spirits consume the essence and the aroma of the foods that are offered.

The exhibition this year includes over 40 artists who have created original acrylic. oil and watercolor paintings, assemblage, paper mache, etching, sculpture, mosaic, printmaking and mixed media works on canvas and wood.

The reception for our 6th Annual Dia de los muertos exhibit and celebration coincides with our area's artwalk. NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA). We are dedicated to increase the visibility of the thriving arts community in the area.

Click here for a map: www.nelaart.com

Cactus Gallery and Gifts
4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock, California 90041

323.256.6117

www.eclecticcactus.com
www.cactusgallery.blogspot.com
Email: semastroianni70@yahoo.com

Showgirl hat!

I took an awesome workshop by Striptease Symposium about making hats and hairpieces for burlesque (mainly, 'cause I want to make hair flowers). It was awesome!! I now know how to make a vegas girl style headdress! : D

Bone Juggler

Who Watches the Watchmen?

Caught an amazing show of Burlesque Babes from Outer Space and saw Iza La Vamp's amazing cross-gender routine as The Comedian from the Watchmen. And yes, her pasties were yellow smily faces with red tassels.  HOT!

More Skeleton type ladies

Another Skeleton Pin-Up

AMOS Showtime

I saw over on my friend Eliza's blog that she had done this amazing piece for a group show being organized by the German musician, Amos, and dropped them an email asking if they were still looking for artists.

Here's a link to the project

I was -just- under the deadline- they shipped me a blank album cover, and I got to create a design for it! I sent it off today; a day late, but then again, I just got the cover on Saturday!

It was a pretty fun project- the album covers will tour around different galleries across Europe and be available for sale in person and online.

I'll definitely post more details once they receive it and post it on their site! : D

Here are some Work In Progress shots:

Arsenic Rough

And here is the rough version of my "Arsenic" ...

Burlesque Candy Cane fairy

Damon and I went our It's A Chick Victory Variety Hour (Holiday special!); a burlesque show put on by our friends over at ItsaChick.com.  We saw some awesome burlesque acts, including a wonderful Candy Cane fairy one by Princess Farhana. Awesome!