First Friday Exhibition this Weekend

For the month of February I'll be displaying my latest paintings alongside of fellow Lancaster Indie Art artists for an exhibit with fiber art pieces, handmade journals, original acrylic paintings, photographs and scratchboard etchings. All artwork has been inspired by Habitat for Humanity's vision to eliminate substandard housing and provide hardworking families with the opportunity to own a decent, affordable home. Up to 100% of all art proceeds, as well as $1 of every pound of "House Blend" coffee sold will be given to the Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity.

The art will be available for purchase February 6-26 at Square One Coffee, with a special First Friday Show this week, February 6 from 6-9pm. All artists will be at the opening, so make sure you stop by this weekend and say hi!

Click images to enlarge flyers.

Baby Registry on Etsy

Wouldn't it be great if Etsy had a feature where you could set up an online baby registry? Well, I set my own one up and am having so much fun picking out handmade items for my little guy. I think I'll have it as one of my registry options for those who want to use it, so to see the start of the list, check out my favorites section.

Prints for Sale in my Etsy Shop

Even though it's taken me longer than I had hoped it would take, I'm very excited to announce that I have listed art prints in my etsy store at annkimmich.etsy.com. Depending on how well they sell, I'll keep printing them, but I thought I'd see what kind of response I got before I went too crazy.

First Friday at Queue Studio

I'll have some of my art pieces at the Queue Studio again this month, so stop by tomorrow night for First Friday and check out all the new art. I'll also be selling some of my Christmas greeting cards, so stock up now! It's that time of year again!

Some Exciting News!

If you can't read the little yellow triangle, click on the picture and it'll bring it up for you.

My first inspirational artwork since finding out. I can't wait to do a huge painting.

Bake Sale and Art Show at Queue Studio

Tonight, Friday November 7th
Bake Sale and Art Show
at Queue Studio
218 N. Duke St

Fall Newsletter

My Fall eNewsletter is out now. Check it out, and sign up to receive the next one in your email.

And the Winner is . . .

. . . MELISSA!

Congratulations Melissa. Even though summer is over, these sunflowers will go great with your Fall decor.

Happy Halloween

I saw this the other day in an email forwarded to me and then the next week I saw a real one in Millersville, PA.

There's still time to enter to win my art before the end of the day! Stay tuned for the winner!

4 More Days Until I Pick the Winner!

If you want to be entered in to win this cute little set of flower magnets, leave a comment on any of my posts. I'll draw a winner at random this Friday, so hurry before it's too late! For details, check out my original entry.

New York Trip

I can't believe how bad I am at taking pictures off my camera. I've had this shot for over a month and completely forgot to download it to my computer for the whole purpose of inspiration. How am I suppose to be inspired by it if I never actually save it and look at it again?! Well, I have now, and I thought I'd share it because it was the coolest piece of art I saw the whole day I was in New York with some friends of mine back in September. Isn't that pathetic? A whole day in NY and a store wall had more inspiration for me than any other gallery or museum we went to that day. Must have been an off day for that city, or I just chose all the wrong places to go to. Owell, it was so much fun just walking around the city, I didn't care all that much.

Below is a picture of the fun girls I went with.

Art Journal

As I meet with other LIA (Lancaster Indie Arts) members each month, with the intention to share what we've been doing in our Round Robin Journals based on specific colors, it's been a really good challenge for me to step outside of my comfort zone and use colors I don't normally choose to use. This month has been especially tough since I have the "Red and Black" journal. I have despised this color combination for as long as I can remember. I don't know why, but every time I think of those two colors together, I think of my old elementary comforter I used to have on my bed that screamed 80's all over it. Now, I am an absolute huge 80's fan, but for some reason that combination of colors just reminds me of all that was wrong with the 80's, from the hair to the clothing styles. But, I'm up for the challenge, and I've done it once before, so I know I can do it again.

Above is a picture of what I came up with the last time I had it. You can tell I tried everything I could to not use Red, so I cheated and used Pink. But this month, I'm going to make myself use pure Red with Black. I promise, Cinda. Wish me luck!

Here's another little doodle I did in the last journal I had: Teal and Brown.

Fall ArtWalk

Don't miss out on this weekend's Fall ArtWalk in downtown Lancaster, a fusion of visual, performing and culinary arts featuring the Lancaster arts community. Core ArtWalk hours are Saturday 10-5 and Sunday noon-5, but some venues start Friday evening, and others continue into Sunday evening.

If you missed October's First Friday show, I'll still have my work on display at the Queue Studio (218 N. Duke St.), so check it out while you're out walking around. For a map and details about the weekend, click on this link.

October 3rd First Friday

If you're out and about for October's First Friday, be sure to check out a new gallery called Queue Studio. I'll have a few pieces on display along with other local artists so I hope to see you there!

Friday, October 3rd
5-9pm

Queue Studio
218 N. Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-341-0851

Enjoy Art While Grocery Shopping

Receiving salary wages, benefits and stock options for creating chalkboard signs that actually make your shopping experience not so mundane!? What a great idea to employ artists for this task! Kudos to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods! I wish we had them in Lancaster so I could get a job like that. Read this short npr article and learn more about it.