See Wertz Pull Prints in Public!

My Darlings,

my presence has been requested as part of the All of Us or None poster show at the Oakland Museum, and I’m eager (yet full of trepidation). A good friend recently pointed out that my current level of neurosis is rather high, and I think it’s because I keep on making public appearances in very public places. Like, for instance, in museums and bookstores. And I don’t just appear, darlings, I do things in public. Like sing, or, in this case, pull screenprints that will be given away to the gathered masses for free.

I usually spend a good deal of time by myself with just a pencil and some paper and my dog to talk to, so you understand. Things could go wrong. Terribly wrong. My good friend (and collaborator*) Jim Winters will be there to help out if we have to clean out a screen or extract a squeegee from my eye socket, so that’s good.

I’ll be pulling (about 50) prints in the gallery from 5:00-6:30 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012, in the galleries of the Oakland Museum. It’s free, I think.

Here’s the mantra for the evening : IMPERFECT = REAL. Write this on your hand with a sharpie, and come on down to the galleries to see me pull prints. Directly afterwards, I’ll be signing the large Peace Sign OMCA Prints at the OMCA Store. See below.

Hope to see you there!

xm

Here’s a preview of the print I’ll be pulling:

Here’s the OMCA Peace Sculpture Print:

Here’s how messy the process can be:

* Plus the guy is an amazing artist, and got me on the road to silkscreen – I should be there supporting him, not the other way around.

2009 peace calendar for lee wood press

Here are the FREE and FABULOUS calendars that we’re giving away to friends of the Wertzateria! ‘Tis true! Just drop me a line with your snail mail address and we’ll pop one in the mail to you! These aren’t your run-of-the mill calendars of puppies and bunnies, no. These calendars are chock full of Wertzy goodness to behold, a month-at-a-time. My sister Julie and I designed these for Lee Wood Press in San Francisco.

The only thing I ask in return is that you do a little bit of thinking about Peace (the theme of the calendar). What does it mean to you? How do you cultivate Peace?

What’s so funny ’bout Peace Love and Understanding?

xm