A weekend excursion to Wrightsville Beach and some fun Zonkeys. Above, ate at 22 North. Yum!
I used to teach middle school in Sampson County so i gave them a Zonkey too.
Zonkey will keep the pool open! Go Zonkey, go!
Found a few fun places that looked like they needed a Zonkey. Above, a doorway on the side of an outdoor shopping mall. This spot didn't look all that attractive yet it was right in a place where everyone would view it. Went with pink stripes to pretty it up!
They just leave these trains sitting all over the place. you think they would move them to a train yard or something but no. I was looking at some of the other graffiti and like the outline effect so i tried to mimic that with this Zonkey. I'll keep looking and working on that.
Tomorrow, i'll be in Wilmington and i'm sure i'll find a place or two that need a Zonkey!
I'm not one to complain. In fact, I bet if you look through all the posts on this blog you won't find even one post where i'm complaining... till now :)
OK, here's the thing. It's 5:30 in the afternoon and your driving home from work. The traffic is heavy, stop and go type stuff and all you want to do is get home. Then, of all things the train lights turn red and the little bars come down so you can pass. So what's the big deal? It's just a train right? Well no.
You see, the trains in Apex for whatever reason actually stop dead in the middle of the crossing. The lights don't stop flashing, the bars don't go up, the train doesn't move. The trains in Apex literally block traffic in apex for an extended period of time right at the peak of rush hour.
Next, this is a photo of downtown Apex during Peakfest. Peakfest is an annual event where the streets of downtown apex are closed (I know, what's up with Apex and road closings?) and they have venders and food and bands. So what could be so bad about that?
Well, my band the Dead Hamsters applied to be on of the bands to play but we were rejected! That's right. My home town of apex rejected me and instead go some lame bands from who knows where that sucked.
(above: Zonkey of the NCMA sign)Yesterday, I stopped by the NC Museum of Art for their
ArtScene 2014 Spring Teen Event. Three Apex student's work was accepted into the show, which is pretty exciting. The Museum made a day of it with live bands, food, art activities that everyone could participate in and even free entry into the current exhibition:
Estampas de la raza/Prints for the People: The Romo Collection I'd like to think I have a pretty good relationship with the NCMA. I've work on a few projects their including taking part in a think take group for their virtual Game Design class, leading a week long
Street Art workshop and having an artwork selected for the
Art of the Auction. With all that in mind, the NCMA makes a pretty good spot for a little virtual graffiti... don't you think?!
Did you know that there was a Zonkey born in zoo in Mexico this week?? At the same time, this exhibit about Mexican prints is opening up at the NCMA.. so doesn't it make sense that a Zonkey appear on this wall at the NCMA??
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Zonkey outside the Music & Rock School building. A great place to learn to play an instrument certainly needs great art!
I'm not sure who Wrench is but I tried to match the colors of the Zonkey to compliment the writing. I like the large, forward facing Zonkey portrait. It works well on this type of space.
Spent last Friday in Washington DC checking out the art in the National gallery and also the Hirshhorn Museum. The photo above is part of the National Gallery's Sculpture Garden. This is part of the bench that surrounds a fountain pond. In the back is a stabile by Calder. I choose the red stripes on the Zonkey to compliment Calder's red.
I really enjoyed the
Hirshhorn's recent exhibit titled
Damage Control: Art and Destruction. There was one work of art where the artist didn't like what he created so he burned it and baked it into cookies. How fun os that?! You know what else is fun? A Zonkey. So now the Hirshhorn has one. Their collection is now complete!
Here are some recent examples from Apex and Raleigh. I also have some to post from my trip to DC.. coming soon!
Zonkey on a train in Apex NC
Zonkey on a wall at
City Market Raleigh, NC
