First we learn that Andy Warhol illustrated children’s books, and now that he designed album covers for jazz greats – is there anything the man couldn’t do? Oh, right.
Complement with how Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover.
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Wayne Coyne on Flickr.
This is a drawing from a few years back, drawn in the Flaming Lips dressing room before their Summerstage show. Wayne Coyne cheerfully sat for an interview with the publicist for Summerstage about parks in general and Central Park in particular. I got to draw while Wayne answered questions. My favorite moment was when Wayne was asked about what parks meant to him and he responded that the park had always been a good place to go and smoke pot or drop acid. “That’s not gonna be the pullout quote for the Central Park website,” I thought to myself….
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Thanks again for submitting your work for our open call. Please keep ‘em coming! Next week we will start posting some of your awesome drawings and provide more information about the upcoming event during which you will have the opportunity to draw a live performance here at our venue.
To submit your drawings to our open call, please read our original post.
xo,
Joe’s Pub
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Brandon Seabrook—guitarist for Joey Arias—September 19 at Joe’s Pub.
Drawing by Michael Arthur.
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In the studio of Julian Crouch on Flickr.
If you’re in NYC, get over to the new BRIC house and check out My studio-neighbor Julian Crouch’s amazing creations in the installation Armchair Parade. It’s magic.
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dp’d/edited this piece on michael arthur for jazz at lincoln center along with my dream team - he’s drawing live tonight with the sun ra arkestra!
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Detail from Live Drawing during Sun Ra concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center last night. 7:30 show. on Flickr.
This was a crazy amount of fun. Thanks to Sun Ra, The Arkestra and Jazz at Lincoln Center for bringing me along for the ride….
Stream tonight's live drawing with Sun Ra's Arkestra at 7 & 9:30 /
Isn’t the future great?
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Tech rehearsal in The Rose Room. Hurry Up and Wait.
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Sun Ra on Flickr.
Tonight at Jazz at Lincoln Center! I’ll be drawing along with the Sun Ra Arkestra, celebrating the centenary of Sun Ra!
This drawing of Sun Ra was done the day I got the call inviting me to join the project….
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This is hilarious. Thanks for the shout outs Kenny and Erin! xoxo
(via Kenny Mellman Treats Himself to Double-Dipped Roast-Beef Sandwiches — Grub Street New York)
http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=6w65-o-XsHxbYW26onTQDQ&u=/watch?v=IWa6M6lXaPs&feature=share&list=UUP108sGgYT_TlG2YRColGcg /
I shared this late last night, when Jazz at Lincoln Center loaded it up to YouTube, but I wanted to send it out in to the world again this morning in case anyone missed it. A few weeks back, a crew from JALC followed me around all day and distilled the experience in to this three minute feature. I’m grateful to the folks who made it for their work and I’m looking forward to drawing in the Allen Room along with Sun Ra’s Arkestra tomorrow night!
JAZZ & ART: Michael Arthur's Live Drawings - YouTube /
Here’s a little feature from Jazz at Lincoln Center about my work. I’m drawing live with Sun Ra’s Arkestra Saturday night and I’m humbled and excited…
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In the studio of Julian Crouch on Flickr.
Another scene from my studio neighbor’s workshop. His installation If characters is at The BRIC space in Brooklyn now.
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The Umbrella Tree on Flickr.
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Puppet by Julian Crouch on Flickr.
My studio neighbor, Julian Crouch, has an incredible installation of his eerie and magic puppets at the BRIC in Brooklyn. I’ve gotten to spend some time in his workshop while he got ready and will be posting more drawings in the coming days.
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JOE’S PUB IS LOOKING FOR ARTISTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DRAW LIVE PERFORMANCES ON OUR STAGE!!!
For six years, Michael Arthur has been our Archival Artist, capturing dozens of performances as they happen. Now, we would like to invite you to participate.
If you want a chance to come and draw live during a performance at Joe’s Pub, please send us some sketchbook drawings you’ve done of musicians, actors and dancers. Each drawing will be reviewed by Joe’s Pub and Michael Arthur and several will be shared on our Tumblr.
Later this year we will extend an invitation for artists to draw a live performance in the venue.
Do you want to draw live at Joe’s Pub? Submit your sketchbook drawings HERE. (Please be sure to include your contact information.)
On October 30 we will be hosting a public reception for Michael Arthur on the mezzanine at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003) where 20 of his portraits will be on display.
[From Michael Arthur: Here are a few drawings from one night at Joe’s Pub, drawn from the vantage point of the sound and light booth. First up was the midway performance of Mike Daisey’s 29 part monologue All The Faces Of The Moon. I’ve drawn Mike before, but usually he’s alone at his table. His co-stars for this ambitious piece are a series of paintings by is Larissa Tokmakova, and it seemed only fitting that I include a drawing of the night’s painting. Next up was Joey Arias, a performer who defies categorization, but if you wanted to try you could pull out “cabaret”, “chanteuse”, “Rocker”, “Mocker”, “Diva” and the list goes on. Joey is one of a kind. That’s it. A night at Joe’s Pub. It can run the gamut from one man with a story to tell to … Well, really anywhere imagination, talent and creativity can take you. As an artist trying to capture the energy on the stage, I have enjoyed the wondrous unpredictability of Joe’s Pub.]
For more information about Joe’s Pub, visit: http://www.joespub.com/
For more information on Michael Arthur, visit: http://inklines.tumblr.com/
Hey, Tumblr artists, check this out!
Joe’s Pub (my artistic home for the last seven years) is looking for folks who want to draw performance.
Check out the call below and SEND US DRAWINGS!
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Sun Ra Stream of Consciousness on Flickr.
To get ready for next Saturday’s show with Marsall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra, I sat down a week ago and drew along with some Sun Ra, just for play. My pharaoh hats (drawn without reference material) look a little Catholic, but I’ve gotten better….