The cold new movie about how to make a font in subzero windchills. Extreme typography!
Another sneak preview of the next Chank YouTube video, this time a fontmaking workshop set in Mankato in February. (The first trailer is right below it here.)
Some of the Twin Cities finest fine artists will be showing their contributions to a big charity event this upcoming Friday. The event is Pro Choice Resources 4th Annual Art 4 Choice, which will take place at the fancy new Graves hotel in downtown Minneapolis this Sunday. Featured artists on display include Chank Diesel, Michael Birawer, Terrence Payne, Tara Costello, Allen Brewer, Laura Drabant, the Rosalux gang and many more. This is a rare opportunity to purchase some great works of original art and help people in need at the same time.
Three more pieces of original art from the font Ballers Delight went on the auction block today. The venue is eBay and today’s featured non-profit is the Ludacris Foundation. Bid now to help me and Mr. Luda raise some money to further the foundation’s cause of helping the children! Today’s letters are D, T & P.
Click here for a “D”
Click here for a “T”
Click here for a “P”
Minneapolis fontmaker Chank Diesel, Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner and others will be contributing artwork to be auctioned off at Les Rues de Montmartre, the first annual fundraising gala for The Starry Night Collective. The event takes place this Sunday, June 24 at Nicollet Island Pavillion in Minneapolis.
In addition to Chank & Dave, other artists featured in the benefit art show include Amelia Biewald, Tara Costello, Keegan Wenkman, Amy Rice, Jen Davis, Terrence Payne, Keiko Yagishita, Ingrid Restameyer, Teri Anvid, Dan Buettner, John Diebel, Scott Neff, Ruben Nusz, Christie Furnas, Yuri Arajs and more.
Come join us at the magically transformed Nicollet Island Pavilion for a stroll through the infamous Parisienne neighborhood of Montmartre, the centuries-old enclave of artists, musicians, street performers, characters and those wonderful sidewalk cafés. Sip a glass of wine while being serenaded by a sultry accordionist, and enjoy roaming jugglers, fire eaters and other feisty French rogues.
The Starry Night Collective is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to deliver arts programs to students who have been excluded from mainstream education because they exhibit emotional or behavioral disorders (E/BD). These students are typically segregated into restrictive educational settings that severely limit their opportunities for art experiences—experiences that are perhaps the most important learning modality for students with E/BD.
Shown below is the big piece of Chank art which will be offered at silent auction. The acrylic painting on wood is entitled “#11880: Hand in the Air” and measures 24″ x 48″.
Yeah, what the heck, it’s just ten little drawings from a few years ago. Affordable Chank Art is back on the eBay auction block today. Click here to see Chank Art on eBay. 04.20.2007:
NEW CHANK ART ON EBAY. Bid on some classic little Chank alphabet drawings: CHANK ART ON EBAY!
04.13.2007
UPCOMING FONTMAKING WORKSHOP, ATLANTA. Chank will be hosting an inspiring fontmaking workshop at the HOW Conference in Atlanta in June. Early bird registration ends today. Hop to it: HOW CONFERENCE!
