January Recap- UGLY
The theme for our opening event in 2015 was UGLY, and painter/ filmmaker Tyler Hildebrand was there to talk about where, how, and why it resides in art and life. As creatives, it is often our job to orchestrate clean, polished, and pretty design for our clients, but as Tyler pointed out, Ugly is often the decomposing matter and chaos than enables that work to bloom. And sometimes, as Tyler reminded us, it isn’t—sometimes, it’s just real.
We got to announce some exciting news- local caffeine and dining cornerstone Frothy Monkey is partnering up with us for 2015! Coffee fanatics within the community applaud / cry / faint! If you made it to this event, you also got a taste of what their (incredible!) bakery can do- biscuits and jam! Tomato and elderberry jam! We
We also had a great new introductory game- one minute portraits of a stranger which we wadded up and threw across the room!
We also had a little surprise for our community members who made it that morning- PRINTS! Grand Palace printed silkscreen posters based on one of Hildebrand’s paintings, and they are SO GOOD, Y’ALL. If you missed out on this print, or any other we have done, don’t worry- just pick one up at our merch table at the next event!
Also, many special thanks to the following partners for helping us bring CMNSH to life.
