The Fourth Annual Kids’ Art Show is opening tonight:

Chapel Hill Comics
Kids’ Art Show Opening
Friday, December 19, 6-9pm

Come get some snacks, buy some art, and meet the artists!

See a small preview of the show here:
http://www.chapelhillcomics.com/content/?p=374

And, we have finally gotten our annual Holiday Gift Guide online, for those of you who might need some suggestions.  As always, if nothing here grabs you, we’re happy to help you out at the store!

Here’s the guide:
http://www.chapelhillcomics.com/content/?p=376

Thanks!
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

I just wanted to post a few preview images from our Fourth Annual Kids’ Art Show, which opens Friday, December 19, from 6-9pm.  We’re having a party with snacks, live music by Jon Caison and Brad Lloyd, and lots of fun!  Here are just two of the fantastic pieces on display in our event room.   We have thirty-six pieces by thirty-six artists on display.  Come on down and meet the artists, buy some art, and pick up some comics!

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Art by Graham Buhrman.

Art by Rosemary Buhrman.

Chapel Hill Comics is pleased to announce our next art show:

Explorer in a Broken World: Recent Art of Saul Michael Zimet

You may know Saul Zimet’s work for our three kids’ art shows, or from his 24-Hour Comic, Vlakelik vs. Cululnin, which he created at Chapel Hill Comics during 24 Hour Comics Day, and which we have carried at the store, to much acclaim.

We are pleased to announce that we will be showing Saul’s work from Friday, March 14, through Sunday, April 6, 2008. We’ll host a reception for the show on Friday, March 14, from 6 until 8pm. Please come by to meet the artist and investigate his work!

Art by Saul Michael Zimet

Saul Michael Zimet.

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
412 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

art above and in our sidebar are by Graham Buhrman! 

*We will be accepting pieces for our Kids’ Art show through 9pm, Monday, December 10: Click here for Submission Guidelines!*

Our Third Annual Kids’ Art Show Opens this week on Friday, December 14!  We will host a reception from 6pm until 9pm, where you’ll be able to meet the artists and talk to them about their art.  Some of the pieces will be for sale, and we’ll also have a selection of comics for sale by some of the kids!

We will have a list of participating artists here Tuesday, December 11!

Come on out!  It’s always a lot of fun!  We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Well, it’s almost time for our third annual Kids’ Art Show, so it’s time for the submissions guidelines! Please read them carefully, as there are some differences between this year’s show and the last couple of shows. The opening party for the show will be Friday, December 14, 2007, from 6pm until 9pm.

• Submissions are due between Monday, December 3, and Monday, December 10. Please do not bring submissions earlier because we will not have space to store them! Please don’t bring them later because we can’t wait to hang the show until the last minute!
• Submissions must be by kids in middle school or younger!
• Artists are limited to two submissions. Last year’s show was very large, due to the large amount of submissions. We want to be able to display work by as wide a range of artists as possible, so we won’t be able to display more than two per artist. You’re also welcome to submit just one piece.
• Submissions may be any media that we can easily hang. This includes paintings, drawings, photographs, collage, and more. Unfortunately this means most sculpture is out. A three dimensional piece which hangs from the wall is fine, as long as it’s not too heavy for us to display, but we will not have the ability to display free-standing sculpture.
• Submissions must be framed and ready for hanging. If the piece is painted on stretched canvas, we can hang that easily without a frame, but anything on paper needs to be framed. You don’t have to spend money at a frame shop; you can use any frame from the drug store, supermarket, or even thrift shop that fits your piece. We just need them framed so that we can hang them easily.
• The art doesn’t have to be comic-related, but it can be if you want it to!
• Art in the show does not have to be for sale, but it can be!
• You will get your art back at the end of the show, unless you decide to sell it and someone buys it.
• Feel free to call or email if you have any questions!
• Just like with our other art shows, the artist puts a price on the art. We take a 25% commission, which means that if your art sells, we will collect the money, then, at the end of the show, we will give you 75 cents out of every dollar, and we’ll keep 25 cents of every dollar. For example, if you put a price of $10 on your art, and someone bought it, we would give you $7.50, and we would keep $2.50.
• The show will last from Friday, December 14, until approximately Sunday, January 5.
• Teachers are welcome to present this art show to their students, but we cannot accept mass submissions from teachers. If kids want to participate in the show, they’ll need to have their parents bring them to the shop to drop off the art and fill out a form.
• Have fun!

We hope lots of you will submit art for this show. Last year’s show looked fantastic, and the party at the reception was really fun. If you have any questions, please send me an email or call the shop at (919) 967-4439.

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Here it is!
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

We  received a very cool writeup in Wired.com’s Geekdad blog about our art show, Giants and Dragons: the Art of Tristan Mead!

Check it out!

Thanks a lot,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Chapel Hill Comics, the triangle’s oldest comic book and graphic novel store, is proud to announce Giants and Dragons, an art show which highlights the art of 11-year old artistic sensation Tristan Mead.  Mead has exhibited his art twice before in Chapel Hill Comics as part of our annual Kids’ Art Show.

Tristan’s art is colorful, detailed, and large, and features giants, dragons, and other mythological creatures.  We were so impressed with his art and with the response it got from our customers that we asked Tristan if he’d like to do a solo show!

Giants and Dragons: the Art of Tristan Mead will open Friday, May 11, 2007, with a reception from 6pm until 9pm at which you can meet the artist.  The exhibit will be up until June 8, 2007.
Please check out some of his art from the show below!

Thank you,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Basic Schedule information:
Giants and Dragons: The Art of Tristan Mead
May 11 - June 8, 2007
Reception: 6-9pm, May 11, 2007
Chapel Hill Comics
412 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 967-4439

Chapel Hill Comics is proud to announce our next art show, Tragic Toons: The Art of Eric Morin. Eric is a very talented artist who creates art full of dark humor. Check out some of his work below!

The art show opening is February 9, from 6 until 9 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Flying Lessons by Eric Morin

Three Monkeys by Eric Morin

Peewee by Eric Morin

Wings by Eric Morin

All artwork copyright 2007 Eric Morin. Used by Permission.

Well, folks, we’re gearing up for our second Kids’ Art Show, and it looks like this year is going to be even bigger than last year’s show! We will be hanging the show over the next few days, and it will be open for viewing this Friday, December 8!

Our reception is Friday, December 8, from 6 until 9 pm. We’ll have snacks available, and most of the artists will be here as well, so you can ask them questions about their work! Please come by this Friday evening to check it out!

The show will feature art by the following artists:

• John Aldridge
• Faith Allen
• Amelia Allore
• Gracie Allore
• Cole Barnhill
• Jones Bell
• Zan Bell
• Will Berner and Rex Whisnant
• Graham Buhrman
• Rosemary Buhrman
• Mykaela Chamberlain
• Carly Christensen
• Tess Christensen
• Kevin M. Collins
• Ray Damron
• Angel Davis
• Emily Diaz
• Marco Diaz
• Ava Roan Dodd
• Camilo Dominguez
• Henry Edwards
• Scarlett Edwards
• Lorena Espinoza
• Thomas Fu
• Jennifer Galdames
• Safiya Gallaghan
• You Jung Han
• Kelly Hefley
• Sam Higgins
• Joshua Hirchfeld-Kroen
• Nicholas Holeman
• Jessye Holmgred-Sidell
• Addison Irvin
• Ella Rock Jones
• Austin Keefe
• Harris Khan
• Fiona Lafferty
• Nick Lent
• Isabella Mead
• Tristan Mead
• Quinn Morris
• Zoe Morris
• Itzel Muniz
• Harry Nestor
• Ian Proctor
• Nathan Sauve
• Iris Seaton
• Kristen Segars
• Janina Specer
• Samhri Sutton
• Winter Trobbiani
• Emil Usinger
• Rex Whisnant
• William Willis
• Jennifer Xu
• Sadie Zimet
• Saul Zimet

Whew! We have 57 artists in our show this year, which is more than double the amount of artists in last year’s show! Check out a few of the pieces we will be showing below:

Dragonland (detail) by Kelly Hefley

Kings and Queens by Isabella Mead

Careen Man by Tristan Mead


Mocho the Space Creature by Zoe Morris

We’re really looking forward to the reception this week, and we hope a lot of you can make it in! Once again, the reception is Friday, December 8, from 6 until 9 pm, and the show will be viewable from December 8 through January 7. If you can’t make it in for the reception, make sure to check out the show sometime later in the month!

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics