Foxboxes as Riverview Landing Fall Festival!

It has been a busy past few months!

I am getting ready to move to California at the end of October so I have just been working, working, working, to save up the money for the move! I am very excited.

Just wanted to update everyone that Foxboxes is going to be at Riverview Landing's first annual Fall festival! There will be a corn maze, hot air balloon rides, music, lots of local vendors, and a HAIRIEST MAN CONTEST!

Come by and see us! New flasks and coasters!

Foxboxes Flasks!

Hey all!
Long time no blog. Hasn't been much going on since the last show I did, which was 'What's Not to Love' at Young Blood Gallery.

I have been working on a new side project with my friend and room mate Bethany. It's called Foxboxes. :)
We have been making vintage inspired flasks from old atlas maps and 50's Life Magazine images. We are selling at Young Blood Gallery and Boutique and on Etsy. Here are a few links you might find useful. If you are interested in purchasing any of the ones you see and live near by let me know and you can skip the mark up at YB or the shipping on Etsy.
Foxboxes Etsy
Foxboxes Facebook  (This shows all the flasks we have, some are on Etsy, some are in Young Blood.)

Here are just a few of what we have made.

yay!

xox
Dayna

Transitions

Well, one of my three jobs went out of business this past weekend and I am both relieved and worried. It was my main source of income but was also holding me back from having time for my art and making new things.

I am on the search for more work now but I am graduating next Wednesday and I am really excited and motivated to travel and start being really serious about my art and getting out there. I've got a pretty good head start so I need to take advantage of it.

The Day of the Dead show at Young Blood Gallery and the Wholly Georgia show at Mint went really well!
Currently I have a piece that is up for the "Who are the People in your Neighborhood" show at Young Blood. The night or that opening Carly and I were working the bar and for some reason the whole night was just REALLY strange. We started a tally on a napkin of all the awkward encounters that presented themselves through out the night. I don't know what was in the air and I cant really explain it but it was really funny and entertaining. It was a pretty mellow night though and at the end of it all of us, (Carly, Rebecca, and Stephanie) went and decorated Jens car. On Friday our girl Jennifer eloped with her man so we had to tie beer cars to their bumper and write all over their windows to say so. :) Congratulations to Jennifer Morris Utterback and Kyle Utterback!

Anyways, next on the list is the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts auction Wednesday night. That is going to be my LAST official school duty and I am DONE. I also donated one of my paintings so I hope it gets a good home. :)
I am working on a post card for Mints pin up show this Saturday and brainstorming a new painting for the Mason Murer "Fresh Blood" show in January.
Ive been sick for the past week and a half and I practically have this whole week off so I am hoping that I can re-coop fast and get back to business fast!

Also, my roommate and I decorated our tree yesterday and it is so beautiful. So thankful to not have to work retail this holiday season! Well, excluding Young Blood Boutique, but that isnt really the same to me. :)

Is it time for a breather yet?

The Day of the Dead show was a huge success and Young Blood was packed with people from 7:00pm-10:30pm shoulder to shoulder. Drinks were gone with in the first two hours and many coffins sold that night! I was working the bar with Carly and we couldn't believe how many people there were stuffed into the small gallery space, the rest flooded outside. So proud of everyone from Kennesaw State coming out and attending the show!

Well I'm not done yet. Make sure everyone comes out to see the Wholly Georgia show at Mint this Friday night!  

Here's some info: 

145 B Sampson Street Atlanta, GA
 7:00pm-12:00am

Shows this week!

Hey everyone!

I have finally managed to get back in the groove after my trip to Vegas and I am so excited for the upcoming events this week!

Tomorrow is my senior exhibition at the Sturgis Library aka the less glorified name for it, the basement of the KSU library... haha. It is a group show with many other awesome artists in my graduating class! For those of you who don't know I will be receiving my PHD in painting. Just kidding, just a 7 year BFA.

THEN..........

Saturday, November 5th is the annual Day of the Dead show at Young Blood Gallery. I will be working but non the less it is going to be a lot of fun. So be sure to wear a costume and show up and check out all the awesome coffins! I got a sneak peak of them and they are all really amazing this year!!! The opening is from 7-10pm.  
Sneak Peak!

I also just got word that I got some works accepted into the Wholly Georgia show at Mint Gallery November 11th! I am super excited because I haven gotten to shown my new body of work that I have been working on since summer and they are finally getting exposed. :) Ill have more details on this later ;)  
Facebook event page!


Such an excited end to my Senior year!

xQxQ
Dayna

Thank god this month is almost over!

Today I am turning in all my paintings for my senior show. I am so glad because that's one more weight off my shoulders and I am one step closer to this insane month to be over!

Last Sunday I curated the Mask group show at Radial Cafe with the help of my partner Jackson Henry. We did a pretty good job I think. Everything looks great hung up on the walls. It was a very cohesive group of works.

yay!

Today is the last day for submissions for the Mask show I am curating this Sunday at Radial Cafe in Atlanta. Contact me if you have any questions @ Daymelton@gmail.com

I need to finish my coffin next week for Young Blood Gallery's Day of the Dead show AND tweek my paintings for my senior show.
Yesterday I got a new job at this sports bar in Buckhead, not exactly my scene at all, but its going to be good money. Temporary until I can get some money saved up and find a better full time job after December. Desperate times call for desperate measures. The only good thing is I will have most of my days  off because the shifts all start at 5:00 pm. And I will only have to work 3-4 nights a week to make twice as much as I do now working 30 hours a week. Plus, no taxes out of tips, I am tired of giving the government half my paychecks. This job will give me more time to focus on my own art. :)

Toodles.