Arts in the Family

Friday, March 8, 2013

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Here's the latest Doc Edwards appearances scheduled for the next couple of months.

March 14th KLRN Event at San Pedro Playhouse
March 18th Martin Elementary School
March 20th Vineyard Ranch Elementary School Science Night
March 21st Medina Ag Fair

April 7th     Siclovia
April 12th   Carson Elementary School
April 16th   Northside Enviro Fair
April 20th   New Braunfels Kidfest
April 27th   San Marcos Earth Day at Aquarena Center

Doc Edwards shows are free courtesy of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

To book a Doc Edwards show or to get more info on the Doc Ed program check out the Doc Edwards website by clicking on the link below!

http://data.edwardsaquifer.org/doc/

Doc Ed at Siclovia

My alter-ego "Doc Edwards" of the Edwards Aquifer Authority and his pal Karston, the Texas Blind Salamander, will be at Siclovia, which is a family friendly event taking place Sunday, April 7th. This is how they describe their event on their website:

What is Síclovía?

Síclovía is a free event that turns major city streets in to a safe place for people to exercise and play.The streets become temporarily car-free for about 6 hours on Sundays for families to run, ride bikes, take exercise classes and enjoy their city streets.

The modern day Ciclovía originated in Bogotá, Colombia 30 years ago. Bogotá began their program with 8 miles of open streets. Ciclovía was so popular, today, they open over 70 miles of car-free streets to their citizens and connect city parks to provide green spaces for Reclovías.

For more info on the event click on the link below. Hope to see you there!

http://www.ymcasatx.org/siclovia

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Making puppets

I started building a new marionette this week. Here's what I've got so far. Sorry about the poor quality of the photo. I seem to have misplaced my camera and had to use my old one. Still, the photo doesn't look too bad.

It's all part of our Arriba Arte Studios work. This particular marionette is for a singing routine.

With any luck and a lot of work it should be done in a week or so. Can't wait to work on it some more tomorrow!

Monday, March 4, 2013

Saturday Night Doodles

I was out enjoying a friends art opening so I missed Batman and Lost in Space but I did get home in time to draw from Star Trek and of course, Svengoolie. "The Cloud Minders", another third season favorite of mine was the Star Trek episode shown that evening. Of special note,appearing as High Advisor Plasus was actor, director and famed acting teacher Jeff Corey, who was blacklisted in the 1950's.

Svengoolie was rerunning "Son of Dracula" released in 1943 and starred Lon Chaney Jr. as Count Alucard, a.k.a. Dracula, who had come to America looking for a fresh start. Not the best Dracula film by any means by Universal during it's horror movie, golden age but it did have the cool effect of showing Dracula transform from a bat into a man. According to Wikipedia this was the first time this impressive effect was used.

That's all for now. Have a good night.