MacGown Art at the Prairie Arts Festival - 2 September 2017

This Saturday, 2 September 2017 from 9 AM to 4 PM, Joseph and Joe will once again have a booth full of art at the Prairie Arts Festival in West Point, Mississippi.  This will be our third consecutive year to participate in the show!  Come see us. We will be set up in the grassy area near the water fountain. We will be the jokers with the weird to semi weird art. Some originals and plenty of affordable prints. Thanks again to our friends at Chalet Arts for their wonderful framing and printing!! 

A 2 x 4 ft triptych on wood I have been working on! 

There is so much going on with the arts in our area lately! Awesome!! The Greater Starkville Development Partnership has a "Night Market" planned for this coming Friday evening, 1 September from 7 to 9 PM at the Fire Station Park on Russell Street. A $20 ticket will get you free food and beer samples, a few artsy vendors with be present, some local retailers, etc. Last year they had music, though it's unclear if they will this year. It a pregame sort of get-together, and lots of MSU Bulldog apparel clad fans are sure to be present. That same night, at Mary Holmes College in West Point will be the 22nd annual Black Prairie Blues Festival starting at 5:30 PM! You don't want to miss this wonderful event!!! On the same day as the arts festival in West Point there will be an art walk in Meridian, which we obviously can't do. On Thursday, 14 September, from 5:30-7 PM, the Starkville Area Arts Council will have a reception for the Abstract Show at the Greater Starkville Development Partnership Gallery at 200 Main Street in Starkville! Both Joseph and I will have 3 abstract pieces in this show for sale. The following day, Friday, 15 September, the Bulldog Bash will be happening in downtown Starkville with art, food, and other vendors present from 2 to 6 PM, then free music that evening!! We are planning on having some of our MacGown art there for that. The next Sunday Funday in the Cotton District is slated for 17 September from 12 to 6 PM. On Thursday, 28 September from 5 to 7 PM, we will be participating in the Columbus Artwalk. Thanks to our  friends at Books & Boards on Main Street for inviting us to set up in their Store. The following Saturday, 7 October, we will be back in Meridian for the art walk downtown from about 10 AM to 2 PM. Following the art walk, we will head a couple blocks over to the Meridian Museum of Art for their annual BiState Competition reception. I had two pieces accepted into that show. October and November look to be equally busy! 

"Here 4 you//Interdimensional larval caveman" by Joseph MacGown 

A few pieces on wood in progress by Joe MacGown

Prairie Arts Festival Wrap-up and SAAC Abstract Show and Studio 230 Oberfest openings coming up

Prairie Arts Festival 2016 - Wrap-up

The Prairie Arts Festival, which was held in West Point, MS on Saturday, September 3, went pretty well for us. It was another hot day! But, we met some cool folks and saw lots of friends and art appreciators. We did not make as many sales this year as the previous year, but we attributed that in part to MSU having a midday football game, which meant that most of the folks in the age range who typically buy our art were not present at the festival. But, even so, it was worth the trip over. Also, I won first place in the Drawing/Mixed Media division of the Juried Show with my "As Above, So Below" piece! 

Our  tent, just after we set it up

A wonderful young family who  appreciated our art. Thanks!

A picture that appeared in the local Columbus Dispatch Newspaper. Thanks!! 

"As Above, So Below". 1st place in Drawing/Mixed Media!

SAAC Abstract Exhibition

This Thursday, the Starkville Area Arts Council Abstract show opens at 200 Main Street, downtown Starkville, MS. Check it out. Some cool and colorful art! Joseph and I both have two pieces in the show. Mine are both small pieces with one being a very abstract acrylic painting with even the frame painted (called "Five"), and the other one (Baxter's Journey) is a print on canvas, which I touched up with a pen. Each of these are only $100! I had planned on bringing the original "Baxter's Journey" for the show, but after posting it on FaceBook, I sold it almost immediately. Below are images of these pieces.

"Baxter's Journey", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016,  9 x 12 inches, print on canvas, $100 

"Baxter's Journey", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, colored ink & pen on clay board, SOLD 

"Five"(framed), by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, 9 x 12 inches, Acrylic paint on illustration  board, $100

Joseph's has two nice pieces in the show with my favorite  being a 2x2 ft painting on wood entitled "Overlapping Forms" ($225) and a nice little pastel piece called "Organic Improv" ($125).

"Overlapping Forms", by Joseph H. MacGown, 2016, 24 x 24 inches, spray paint, acrylic  paint on wood, $225

"Organic Improv", by Joseph H. MacGown, 2016, 11 X 14 inches, oil pastel on paper, $125

Oberfest Exhibition at Studio 230 in Cleveland, MS - Opening 4 pm Oct. 1, 2016

I have five pieces in an exhibition at Studio 230 in downtown Cleveland, MS. Opening reception is set for 4 pm on Saturday October 1, 2016. Looks like an awesome show if you can make it! The artists in the show include Sammy Britt, Floyd Shaman, Gerald D. DeLoach, Tommy Goodman, Bill Lester, Thad Brewer, Robin Whitfield, Katherine Pearson, Selena Nause,Nanette Long, John Campbell, James Moss, Cetin Oguz, and Joe A. MacGown. 

Here are the pieces I will have in this show. 

"Biogenesis", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, 12 X 12 inches, colored ink & pen on wood, $750

"Birth", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, 12 X 12 inches, colored ink & pen on wood, $750 

"Evolution", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, 12 X 12 inches, colored ink & pen on wood, $750 

"Organic Cosmic Lock", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, 24 x 24 inches, watercolor & pen on illustration board, $3,500

"Vent", by Joe A. MacGown, 2016, 24 x 24 inches, acrylic, colored ink & pen on wood, $1000

Upcoming shows and stuff...

Antipodes Project

Our wonderful Antipodes collaborative drawing project is finishing its run in Washington D.C. as the show is coming down on August 29. Following that, we will work to finish up the fourth piece, and perhaps start some more, as well as look for other types of creative collaborations, and future venues for the  works.

Prairie Arts Festival - 3 Sept. 2016, West Point, MS

My son Joseph and I will have a tent full of art for sale next Saturday, 3 September 2016 at the Prairie Arts Festival, which will be held in the Sally Kate Winters Park in West Point, MS. We will have post cards, a variety of sizes of archival prints in sleeves with backing board, my two art books, and original art for sale. Come on by!

Some of Joseph's prints 

The Art for Peace Traveling Show - 28 August - 30 October, 2016

My piece entitled "Going Green" travels to the Galerie Flox in Dresden, Germany as part of the traveling group show, "Art for Peace" curated by Liba Stambollian. This show has an all star caste of artists included, and I am glad to have a piece in it. The show runs from 28 August to 20 October, 2016. For more info, check out Otto Rapp's Visionary Blog at http://www.visionaryartexhibition.com/dreams--divinities-blog/july-27th-2016. 

Starkville Area Arts Council Abstract Show - 12 September - 7 November, 2016 

Joseph and I will both have two pieces in the upcoming Abstract show in downtown Starkville at the space in the Greater Starkville Development Partnership office at 200 Main Street. The show goes up on 12 September and runs through 7 November with the opening reception from 5:30 to 7:00 PM on Thursday, 15 September, 2016. 

Baxter's Journey, by Joe A. MacGown

Group Exhibition at Studio 230 

I will several pieces in a group exhibition at Studio 230 in Cleveland, MS from 24 September through 3 December, 2016 with an opening reception slated for 1 October.  This beautiful gallery is owned by artists Cetin and Carmen Oguz. 

One Man show at the Gumtree Museum of Art in Tupelo, MS - 26 January - 11 March, 2017

I will be having a one man show at the wonderful Gumtree Museum of Art in downtown Tupelo, MS from 26 January through 11 March, 2017. Opening date has not yet been set. This will be a pretty sweet show with lots of room to exhibit my art! Thanks to director Belle Naugher for setting this up! 

Columbus Arts Walk and Prairie Arts Festival 2015

Well, I will have art, both originals and prints, available for sale at the Columbus Arts Walk in Columbus, MS on September 3rd and at the Prairie Arts Festival in West Point, MS on Saturday, September 5th. Thanks much to Allen and Mark at Chalet Arts for printing these awesome archival prints and books! They look great and have colors that will last longer than any of us.

Random art picts from my studio

Art, yep 

Typically, I don't do these art festival things, because its a lot of work to get ready and the weather is iffy at best. But, I had some reasonable success at the West Point and Starkville Arts Walks earlier in the summer, which was cool, so yeah. Plus, my son Joseph has been doing some trippy art stuff and has made various small prints and cards, as well as a few originals, and he wants to see what its like to set up a booth at a festival and try to sell art. So, he will be joining me for sure in West Point, and maybe in Columbus.

Some of Joseph's trippy prints and cards ready to go. 

For the Columbus Arts Walk, I will be set up at Blades Hair Design on 5th Street on Thursday, Sept. 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. My last adventure in West Point was also at a hair salon, and it went quite well! So, hoping this will also be fruitful.

Some of my prints 

Then, just two days later, we will pack up our tent and art stuff to set up in the park in West Point, MS for the Prairie Arts Festival. Looking at the map, I have to say they hooked me up with a pretty good spot in the main park area. As an artist in the festival, I also can be part of of the juried show. Cool.

piles of unfinished stuff

Yes, please come see both of us at these two upcoming venues and buy our cards, prints, originals, and or my book. Joseph may also have a few of his CDs available for sale as well. At least come by and hang out with us.