Cotton District Arts Festival on April 16, 2016

Tomorrow morning, 16 April 2016, my son Joseph and I will have a tent full of prints, postcards, original artwork, and copies of my art book for sale! Come see us. Booth 335 on East University Drive.

A painting by Joseph MacGown

large mixed media drawing by Joe MacGown

I will also have two pieces of art in the Juried Exhibition, which is a part of the festival. Juried show reception is at 9:30 AM in the Visual Arts Building on University Drive east of Bulldog Burgers. Come view the spectacular art in this show! This year's juror is sculptor James Davis, who does beautiful abstract metal works. It will be interesting to see what this sculptor thinks of my detailed weirdness.

Mississippi Made, Artwork for sale at 929 Coffee Shop on April 2, 2016

Yes, from 5-9 PM on Saturday, April 2, 2016 our wonderful art loving 929 Coffee shop will be hosting a variety of artists who will be selling their products. Artists are all now living in Mississippi, and the group is called "Mississippi Made." This is something that 929 has been doing off and on now for a couple of years. However, this will be the first time that my son Joseph MacGown and I will have a presence there.

Mystical Bunny

Joseph and I will share a table and will have a wide selection of archival prints and postcards with our on art on them for affordable prices. Be sure to come by and talk with us, buy our art, and buy and check out the other great pieces of art by locals artists. While you are they, be sure to thank the 929 folks for sponsoring wonderful events such as this and buy some coffee or something. :)

Some of my prints

Prints by the Joseph guy

Going Green 

Artists who will be present include:

Joe MacGown
Joseph MacGown
Dylan Karges
Melanie Shumock
LeeAnn Wilson
Mary Margaret Pritchard
Joseph Phillips
Jeanette Jarmon
Tracy Stebbins
Paisley Hamilton
Rachel Smith Floyd
Laura Leigh Floyd
Laura Leigh Hicks
Julie Bowen

AOI Peace Across Europe - Group Exhibition

Good news! I will be sending my piece entitled "Going Green" to Paris this week for the first leg of the AOI, Peace Across Europe Exhibition curated by Liba Stambollian. This group exhibition will begin at the Atelier Gustave at 36 ure Boissonade in Paris, France in late March. From there, it will travel to London and Berlin.

At least 50 artists will be participating in this traveling show including the likes of Liba Stambollian, Otto Rapp, Alex Grey, Martina Hoffman, A. Andrew Gonzalez, Maura Holden, and many others! Great company for sure.

Thanks to Mark Wood, owner of Chalet Arts in Starkville, MS for framing this work!

Here's the picture I am sending (just returned from Dallas). Was going to send "Going to the Circus", but happily, it was sold yesterday!

Going Green, by Joe A. MacGown

Jones County Junior College Exhibition - Rundown

Poignant Translations of Life in Mississippi - Three Person Show at Jones County Junior College in January - Reception

At one pm on Tuesday, January 9, Joseph, Laurie, and I made our way to Ellisville, MS to meet students and faculty for our three person show. I was asked to give a talk about the art, but I also invited Joseph and Laurie to discuss their own art. It ended up being a wonderful session, with lots of discussion and questions. Hopefully, we motivated these students in some way! I think it was nice for them to see one of their peers, Joseph, being a part of an exhibition and talking about his art. 

Laurie Burton, Joseph MacGown, Joe MacGown, and Mark Brown

Thanks again to Mark Brown and the Art Dept. at Jones for inviting us to down to show and talk about our art. Thanks much to Mark Wood, owner of Chalet Arts in Starkville, MS for his continued support! 

Here are a few pictures! Enjoy. 

International Surrealism Now – Group Show in Coimbra,Portugal

I will be mailing out two smallish pieces to a traveling show in Portugal. This will be part of a traveling exhibition for the International Surrealism Now Group started by Santiago Ribiero. I have a lot of things in various shows right now, but managed to find a couple of piecesthat would work and hopefully not cost a bundle to ship. The two pieces I am mailing are entitled "Birth" and "Evolution." I also have a third in the series entitled "Biogenesis." All three of these are 12 x 12 and done with colored ink and pen on primed birch plywood. Love this technique!

Here are all three (including Biogenesis, which I am not sending).

Biogenesis

Birth 

Evolution