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One of the more interesting compilation projects of last year was the Buffet Libre Verbena Selected mixtape. The idea was to take some of the larger up-and-coming electronic acts and ask them to contribute one of their favorite songs into a full length piece produced by Buffet Libre. 15,000 downloads within less than 3 months later, they started thinking that maybe it might be time for a follow-up. Today I was sent the second compilation in their series, with tracks courtesy from everyone from Cut Copy to The Glimmers to Girl Talk. It’s really interesting to see what some of these groups picked as their songs.
Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Selected 2
For another experiment, we have us the Verbena Rewind project, where the Buffet Libre DJ’s went around requesting a whole bunch of bloggers, including Pardon My Freedom, Get Weird Turn Pro, IHeartComix, D Squared and a whole lot of great music sources (including me ;oP) a single 80’s track for another mix. And the results are great, each saying a lot about the individual people who participated and how early music influenced them. It’s all very reflective. I chose “Six Different Ways” for my single because I’m a huge Cure fan and because that song is totally awesome. Compiled into a two part mixtape, there are separate files and tracklistings. Enjoy.
Flosstradamus is at Sonotheque on Saturday night…Make sure to get there early if you want to get in…Always good vibes @ Sonotheque…
Chicago, IL
Editors’ Take
DJ/producer extraordinaire Diplo stops by Smart Bar with Baltimore cohort Blaqstarr spinning his edgy style of booty-shaking club hip-hop. Local mash-up duo, The Hood Internet, joins them.
Mad Decent weclomes…
DIPLO + BLAQSTARR
FEBRUARY
2/8 - Diplo, Blaqstarr
2/9 - Justin Long, Alena
2/15 - Speedy J, Scott Pagano, Frankie Vega, Sassmouth, Sevron
2/16 - Mark Farina, Wally Callerio, Gmost
2/21 - DJ Dara, DJ Skolla, DJ GC
2/23 - DJ Heather, Frank Q
MARCH
3/1 - Miles Maeda, Acidman
3/8 - Jask, Chuck Love
3/15 - Justin Long, Santiago
3/22 - James Amato, Jose Zaragoza, Julian Pena, DJ Sangre
3/29 - Paul Johnson, Juano, Marcus Aurelius
This is a 21+ event.
Cost: $15
Official Site: http://www.smartbarchicago.com
Chicago - Illinois
Flaunt Magzine - flaunt.com/
Flaunt is one of my favorite publications…Glad to see them coming to Chicago…
If you live in Chicago, come out and show Flaunt what you’re made of. Friday night we are throwing a party at the Debonair Social Club. Come show your love and throw back a few drinks with your favorite Magazine crew.
Beat Boutique German Radio Show will be airing an exlusive 2 hour mix that Matt Rissi (aka DJ Sonar) and Mustafa put together between the hours of 6cst-10pm.
Stream it LIVE here:
http://www.shouted.fm/index.php?area=Electro
Download the mix for a limited time here:
http://download.yousendit.com/1977F8E4421EF6D9
Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic - BeatBoutiqueExclusive 31/01/08
Artist|Track|Label
1.) Avex Axiom ‘Tomato Juice Bath’(Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic Remix) Solar Cathedral Recordings
2.) Spicelab ‘Re:Start’ Harthouse
3.) Rekorder ‘10.3′ Rekorder
4.) Dustin Zahn ‘Black Roses’ Material
5.) Skoozbot ‘A Fistful Of Duckets’ Plus 8
6.) Piemont ‘Carbonot’ MBF
7.) Spicelab ‘Re:Break’ Harthouse
8.) Fergie ‘Snapper’ Craft Music
9.) Kaliber ‘12 B2′ Kaliber
10.) Kilowatts, Tanner Ross ‘Kruger Fingers’ Dirtybird
11.) Rekorder ‘7.2′ Rekorder
12.) Dejonka, Frederic Moering-Sack ‘Headcruise’(Phunklarique Remix) Klang Gymnastik
13.) Thomas Schumacher ‘Is Not’ Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten
14.) Gaiser ‘Withdrawl’ Minus
15.) Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic ‘Them Crocks’(Dustin Zahn’s Enemy Remix) Solar Cathedral Recordings
16.) Audiofly X ‘Below The Surface’ Get Physical Music
17.) Dusty Kid ‘Kore’ Boxer Recordings
18.) Format B ‘Vivian Wheeler’ Stil Vor Talent
19.) Richard Dinsdale ‘Too Much’ Toolroom
20.) System 7 ‘Space Bird’(Dubfire Remix) A Wave Records
21.) Eidolon ‘In Between’(Matt Rissi & Mustafa Avdic Remix) Solar Cathedral Recordings
22.) Funkagenda ‘What The Fuck’ Toolroom
23.) Namito ‘City Of Gods’ Great Stuff
24.) Alex Bau ‘Summer In Moncton’ CLR
25.) Axwell ‘I Found You’(Dubfire Remix) Vendetta Records
26.) Eidolon ‘Man On The Corner’ Enemy Records(Unreleased)
Floostradamus @ The Underground - 56 W Illinois
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the location for the event is on the west-end of wicker park…
2606 w North Ave.
Bring a blank shirt and get a exclusive Paparazzi design screened for free or buy one for $5
please respect the spot.
there will be no ins and outs…
and the music will be winding down around 2am…
so get there early.
THEME -
Paparazzi Partay!
Bring your camera!!!
Those who don’t have a camera, pay extra at the door!
send pix to: pix@livewire.name
All photos to be posted!!!
hint: Western + Rockwell.
$5 for visitors
$10 if you don’t have a camera!
Important Note: There has been a change in the program… BANG! SALON - http://www.bangchicago.com/ has announced that they will not be able to coordinate the Fashion Show.
The DJ Lineup is the same:
Hugo Moya
Joe Vor Tech
Eric Lab Rat
Mr Bobby
+ host DJs (LIVEWIRE + DEMCHUK)
with Esc[ape] livepa performance
Live Screen Printing by: Screen Print My Life
VIDEO BY: Shudder, Inc.
Photos from: Clayton Hauck Photography www.claytonhauck.com/
FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque - January 12, 2008
Definitely be @ this show….
Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover
FLOSSTRADAMUS:
2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.
Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.
With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).
http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock
http://www.myspace.com/kidsister
This is by no means an advertisment for sonotheque or flosstradamus - just a recomendation for a good night
Last night went to Flosstradamus & Pase Rock at the Abbey Pub. I’d caught a set @ Sonotheque a few weeks back and loved the crowd…Once again I was excited to be packed into a space with so many rad ass people…Everyone dancing - having fun…The night couldn’t have been better and then in walks Kid Sister for a killer live performance!!!
Thank you Flosstradamus, Pase Rock (even though I almost took you out when I slipped down the stairs)….& Kid Sister….
Photos:
http://www.everyoneisfamous.com/pizza/122707/1.html
video from a set @ Fabric
Chicago mixmasters Flosstradamus bring the party to Abbey Pub for a night of hip-hop, house, electro and indie rock remixes, along with Spank Rock’s DJ/producer, Pase Rock.
Flosstradamus are back, this time with Pase Rock for a post-Christmas holiday party! Buy your tickets right here for only $3! I hope to see all of you out!
Cost: $3
http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock
http://www.myspace.com/kidsister
FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque - January 12, 2008
Definitely be @ this show….
Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover
FLOSSTRADAMUS:
2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.
Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.
With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).
catalyststate.com or artnoirdsm.com
Catalyst State - Iowa Design Weekend Nov 16 & 17 2007
Don’t miss 515 ALIVE this Saturday July 28th in Downtown Des Moines - Iowa.
Amazing DJ’s, Dancers, Bands, and more. Be sure to check out Oh Possum on the main stage…
| OFFICIAL LINE-UPHERE WE GO!!!!
Scion Main Stage 5:00 DJ Oz & QC 4th St. Stage 5:00 DJ Commando The Vaudeville Mews 7:00 TBA 4th St. Patio D&B Stage 5:30 DJ Mindblur The Royal Mile 7:00 Skim Milky 4th St. Theatre 5:00 Cool Hand Dan The Lift 8:30 DJ Nytblast Scion Car Show 8:00 Kelix |
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE SUNDAYS
KICK OFF SHOW NO.1
VAUDEVILLE MEWS
SUNDAY JULY 8TH
Music at 5pm $3
Talkin Mountain: indie/pop
http://www.myspace.com/talkinmountain
All the Blaze: hip hop
http://www.myspace.com/prophecyryan
::OPEN MIC:: SIGN UP AT THE DOOR::
Amidst the affliction: hardcore/metal
http://www.myspace.com/amidsttheaffliction
Atombender: punk/ska/alternative
http://www.myspace.com/atombender
Family Unit: indie
http://www.myspace.com/familyunit
CONTACT AND INFO:
Now booking all varieties August 19th, September 2,9,16,23,30
GET AT US: submissions@underthemic.com
http://www.myspace.com/underthemic
Saturday night check out Dyrekt & Touch Nice on the 1’s & 2’s - rocking that dope shit…
Dyrekt - photo | alicia frenatt
Given that his tunes are requested (and more importantly, played) daily on Australia’s biggest indie radio stations and that his live acts manage to sell out within hours, it’s somewhat surprising that Kiwi-turned-Aussie Popolice is still a completely down-to-earth guy content with creating tunes that cause even the poser kids to get up and cut loose. CH caught up with Popolice on the cusp of international acclaim to talk about pop, posers and pizza.
Who is Popolice?
A one-man band that originated in Auckland, NZ and now exists in Melbourne, Australia.
How, why and when did it start?
Popolice started in 1997 as a result of me not being good enough at sports and too good at computer games.
Biggest influences?
My influences are extremely varied…common reference points are lots of bands from New Zealand’s Flying Nun record label and My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Pavement—obvious indie-pop influences to be honest—although Sydney’s Gerling might well be one of my biggest influences, particularly their album When Young Terrorists Chase The Sun (2001)…mixing samples, pop, noise, techno, acoustic, rock, whatever….
What have you eaten today?
Fatoush salad I made based on a recipe I learned from working at a cooking school. I eat two minute noodles too—most flavors—but one has to be healthy if one is to rock!
What’s playing in the background?
Listening to the new Justice album, getting hooked on this indie/disco sound—once again, [I'm] behind the times. I first heard about Nirvana one week after Kurt Cobain died. Whatever’s happening now, I’ll be an expert in three years.
If you could play a soundtrack to one film, what would it be?
Woodenhead, a New Zealand film by Florian Habicht. All the dialog and music was recorded before filming even took place. The actors acted to a soundtrack—not pretentious at all, though it may seem by description. It’s a really moving and surreal film like a fairy tale.
Biggest compliment?
Thanks for the add.
Where to from here?
Experimenting more with electronic music but still keep the noisy guitar element there. Not sure, maybe back to NZ for a bit. Maybe New York—who knows? For now I’m more than happy to go to Barkley Square in suburban Melbourne for a slice of Margerita Pizza.
LUXURYCULTURE.COM - Sharing the Art of Living Well
post from Gap In the Void:
[One of the drawings I did for Seth Godin's latest book, "The Dip".]
Social Objects and Homeless People
So I’ve been thinking some more about Jyri’s Five Principles of Social Objects, especially how they apply to gapingvoid:
1. You should be able to define the social object your service is built around.In gapingvoid’s case, that would be the cartoons for the most part. The straight writing part I’m less concerned about.
2. Define your verbs that your users perform on the objects. For instance, eBay has buy and sell buttons. It’s clear what the site is for.
The verb that springs to mind is “share”. Not only do people re-publish them on their blogs, they’re also allowed to upload them onto other media for free: posters, t-shirts, stickers, whatever works for them. My licensing terms are pretty open.
3. How can people share the objects?
The key word here is “re-publish”. Microsoft’s Steve Clayton is probably the most well-known of my “re-publishers”, as he’s always using the Blue Monster cartoon for different things.
4. Turn invitations into gifts.
Again, the Blue Monster cartoon would serve as a good example. Microsoft employees hand out Blue Monster schwag as an invitation to start a conversation about Microsoft. The Blue Monster’s main function is not about the message, the Blue Monster is about the social gesture.
5. Charge the publishers, not the spectators.
D’accord. The people who put the cartoons on their business cards are doing the paying, not the people receiving them.
Somewhere along the line I figured out the easiest products to market are objects with “Sociability” baked-in. Products that allow people to have “conversations” with other folk. Seth Godin calls this quality “remarkablilty”.For example: A street beggar holding out an ordinary paper cup cup won’t start a conversation. A street beggar holding out a Starbucks cup will. I know this to be true, because it happened to me and a friend the other day, as we were walking down the street and a guy asked us for some spare change. Afterwards, as we were commenting about the rather sad paradox of a homeless guy plying his trade with a “luxury” coffee cup, my friend said, “Starbucks should be paying that guy.”
Actually, my friend is wrong. Starbuck’s doesn’t need to be paying the homeless guy. Because Starbucks created a social object out of a paper cup, the homeless guy does their marketing for free, whether he knows it or not.
Although I suspect he does. I suspect somewhere along the line the poor chap figured out that holding out a Starbucks cup gets him more attention [and spare change] than an ordinary cup. And suddenly we’re seeing social reciprocity between a homeless person and a large corporation, without money ever changing hands. Whatever your views are on the plight of homeless people, this is “Indirect Marketing” at its finest.
And of course, the way I market my cartoons and my other various enterprises is not all that dissimilar…
[Bonus Link:] A wonderfully thought-provoking podcast interview of Seth Godin. Disclosure: He kindly gives me a brief mention about 23.15 minutes into it.
Next Friday go check out the artwork of Michelle Phillips, Brent Houzenga, and Seth Nosbusch.
**Resident Artists - June 22 from 7pm-12**
This is a casual, open house event. The idea came about because we live in a house full of artists. Michelle Phillips, Brent Houzenga, and Seth Nosbusch are all visual artists and Josh Boyd is a spoken word poet.
People are welcome to bring an art piece of their own to share, or just enjoy what’s already there. All of our art will be displayed throughout the house and there will also be spoken word performances from Josh Boyd as well as Johnny Armani. There will also be live music TBA.
Everyone is welcome. The Party will last throughout the night.
Resident Artists
1634 30th St.
Des Moines, IA 50310
please email for directions or any other questions
June 22, 7-12
www.brenthouzenga.com
www.emoree.com
www.myspace.com/sir_nozly
www.myspace.com/joshuaboydspokenword
* Ambush * if you’re in the know, you already know
Maybe you’ve been to an Ambush production?
*Big Hairball 2007 - DJ Rich B, DJ Solarz, Isisserettes, 6 Salons (Bella, Blondies, Halo, Marc Stephens, Salon Bliss, Sacred Skin & Hair), Robert Canada (Glamour Puss), MC Lenny, Sexy go-go dancers, video installations by On Purpos (onpurpos.com) + Flatform (flatform.net), much more…
*Art Noir - After Dark events (in conjunction w/Liza Kindred -lizakindred.com)
*YPC @ the Opera
*YPC @ the Symphony
*YPC @ Gateway Lofts - DJ Solarz - Pearl Vodka -
*Fresh Breath - Howl Jame Brown - Host Robert Canada (performance of Glamour Puss), Dj Dave Culpepper, FloorSpiders, Ms Vee, Mic (Check), Chandra (Raw Emotion), many other talented performers
*YPC/Metro Arts Two Rivers Preview Party + After Party @ Vertigo -Floor Spiders, J Bromell (Live Performance Art), Oxygen Bar, Dj Retro P
*Warhol Ball - Art Noir-Des Moines Art Center - The Autumn Project (Sound + Visual), DD Sparks, DJ Raj all in The Factory
*Grey Market 1 (After-Party) - DJ Phase II
*Fresh Breath - Mars Cafe - Robert Canada - Dj Dave Culpepper
*515 Alive Afterparty - Dj Retro P lead the efforts but ambush offered consultation
* LoveStruck - Des Moines Most Eligible Singles -Runway show w/Dj Rich B - sexy Ambush models - Opera Singer Kim Fitch -W Salon - much more… www.mosteligibledsm.org
*Naughty New Years (2006) - Runway Fetish Performance
*Glamour Girl Charm School @ Aura
Featured: Floor Spiders, What? Dancers, Isiserettes, Napoleon Dynamite, Handsome Boy Modeling School
*Big Hair Ball 2005 - Des Moines Art Center
*bu boutique 1st Fashion Show @ Aura -
Featured: CT from the Real World, Dialekt (L.A. Breackdancer), What Dancers, Ambush Runway Models
PS - If you’d like me to plan your next event - please contact me @ ambushdsm@gmail.com
| The Des Moines Fashion Alliance’s mission is to cultivate and support the Des Moines fashion industry by providing a network of resources and information geared to stimulate growth and development, as well as nurture and encourage emerging talent in the Des Moines metro.
It is the intent of this start-up organization to foster the following goals: This is for everyone in the Fashion industry: Founders: Liza (lizakindred.com), Ashley Canney, Nathan (ambush) If you are interested in getting involved e-mail me @ ambushdsm@gmail.com |
The Des Moines Art Center & Art Noir Present:
Catalyst State - Iowa Design Weekend
Nov 16 & 17
More details coming soon:
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Young art lovers plan to showcase Iowa design this fall
by Tim Paluch
juice staff writer
02/28/2007 email this print this
Nathan Hewitt and Art Noir have big, bold plans for 2007.
Namely, for a weekend in November when the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir Presents: Catalyst State Iowa Design Weekend.
The two-day event will showcase Iowa’s design talents and will be the culmination of nearly a year of planning by Art Noir, a young professional organization started nine months ago as a way to promote the Des Moines Art Center to a new generation. The event is still in the planning phases.
Hewitt, the 27-year-old co-president of Art Noir, said Catalyst State is a huge undertaking that will feature Iowa (or former Iowan) designers. The focus is on four main components of the design field: fashion, graphics, built environments and objects. There will be lectures from top professionals in the industry, fashion shows and an award ceremony.
With the Iowa Caucuses just a few months later, Hewitt sees the event as a chance to capitalize on interest in Des Moines and really make a splash.
“We want this to get national attention,” he said. “We want people from New York and L.A. at the event.”
Interest in Art Noir has exceeded expectations so far. Hewitt said there are about 150 members. While many members work or dabble in the arts or creative outlets, bankers and lawyers and people in all walks of life are joining.
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of fresh energy,” he said. “There are a lot of young people involved in the arts and creative community in Des Moines, and we are the people who could really help shape the future of Des Moines in those areas.”
As for benefits, Hewitt said members get early previews to art exhibits and often get to meet artists and curators the public may not receive. There are also occasional social events.
If you’re an active member of the Des Moines Art Center, you can be a member of Art Noir. Eventually, there may be separate membership fees, but right now the $35 annual Art Center membership fee is the only cost to join the organization.
What they do: Promote the Des Moines Art Center to young professionals in Des Moines and encourage creative and artistic endeavors in Des Moines.
Membership: About 150.
Requirements: Must be an active Des Moines Art Center member, which costs $35 a year. Most members are in their 20s and 30s.
How often they meet: Monthly board meetings and social events, often timed around an exhibit at the Art Center. Art Noir often has exclusive, early access to artists and exhibits.
How to join: Go to the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., go to an Art Noir event, go to desmoinesartcenter.org or email artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org.
Go to an event: The next Art Noir event is the Black Maria Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Art Center’s Levitt Auditorium. The film festival is a juried competition of bold, contemporary films that stops in cities across the country. Art Noir hosts an afterparty at 25th St. Cafe.
I think we should have one in Des Moines - what do you think?
MTV has made the process of painting look cool, with their “Art Battles” show. Here’s what it is..
“Art Battles is a live-art competition where artists create work side- by-side in front of a live audience. For six years Art Battles have been a platform for talented artists to showcase their skills in and around NYC in a most unique setting and under tremendous pressure to perform. There’s no time to sleep on your ideas, no chance to mull the nuance of each brush stroke. No, with Art Battles, time is as much of the essence as is inspiration and talent.” MTV
There’s a video of it online here and you can vote for your favorite artist here. I voted for Ben Angotti.
It’s everything that being an artist isn’t, but that’s fine with me. It’s hard to make artists look interesting as creating a painting isn’t much of a spectator sport. It’s fun for the artist creating the work, but I doubt an artist would ever sell many tickets if he began painting on stage.
Working on starting an org in Des Moines that supports the fashion Industry here.
If you’d like to be involved, send me an e-mail w/your name, phone, email, and any relevant info (website,fashion interest, bio, background, whatever)…
BIG HAIR BALL 2007
BIG HAIR BALL 2007
Get out your hair extensions, wigs and teasing combs because the most talked about party of the year is back! Saturday, May 12 the Art Center will host the third Big Hair Ball, a party that combines contemporary art, must see performances, music and dancing, and outrageous hair – all in the name of self-expression and creativity. Tickets are limited so get them now. A party with this reputation is bound to sell out quickly!!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
8:00 pm – 12:00 am
Des Moines Art Center on Grand Avenue
Advance tickets: $30 members/$35 non-members
*Advanced tickets include a free drink!
Day of the event: $35 members/$40 non-members
You must be 21 or over to attend
Tickets may be purchased through IowaTix at 277-3727
or www.iowatix.com beginning Sunday, April 1, 2007.
If you’d like to join Art Noir - please send an e-mail to Paula @ artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org
Young art lovers plan to showcase Iowa design this fall
by Tim Paluch
juice staff writer
02/28/2007
Nathan Hewitt and Art Noir have big, bold plans for 2007.
Namely, for a weekend in November when the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir Presents: Catalyst State Iowa Design Weekend.
The two-day event will showcase Iowa’s design talents and will be the culmination of nearly a year of planning by Art Noir, a young professional organization started nine months ago as a way to promote the Des Moines Art Center to a new generation. The event is still in the planning phases.
Hewitt, the 27-year-old co-president of Art Noir, said Catalyst State is a huge undertaking that will feature Iowa (or former Iowan) designers. The focus is on four main components of the design field: fashion, graphics, built environments and objects. There will be lectures from top professionals in the industry, fashion shows and an award ceremony.
With the Iowa Caucuses just a few months later, Hewitt sees the event as a chance to capitalize on interest in Des Moines and really make a splash.
“We want this to get national attention,” he said. “We want people from New York and L.A. at the event.”
Interest in Art Noir has exceeded expectations so far. Hewitt said there are about 150 members. While many members work or dabble in the arts or creative outlets, bankers and lawyers and people in all walks of life are joining.
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of fresh energy,” he said. “There are a lot of young people involved in the arts and creative community in Des Moines, and we are the people who could really help shape the future of Des Moines in those areas.”
As for benefits, Hewitt said members get early previews to art exhibits and often get to meet artists and curators the public may not receive. There are also occasional social events.
If you’re an active member of the Des Moines Art Center, you can be a member of Art Noir. Eventually, there may be separate membership fees, but right now the $35 annual Art Center membership fee is the only cost to join the organization.
What they do: Promote the Des Moines Art Center to young professionals in Des Moines and encourage creative and artistic endeavors in Des Moines.
Membership: About 150.
Requirements: Must be an active Des Moines Art Center member, which costs $35 a year. Most members are in their 20s and 30s.
How often they meet: Monthly board meetings and social events, often timed around an exhibit at the Art Center. Art Noir often has exclusive, early access to artists and exhibits.
How to join: Go to the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., go to an Art Noir event, go to desmoinesartcenter.org or email artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org.
Go to an event: The next Art Noir event is the Black Maria Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Art Center’s Levitt Auditorium. The film festival is a juried competition of bold, contemporary films that stops in cities across the country. Art Noir hosts an afterparty at 25th St. Cafe.
The Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir presents = Catalyst State ~ Iowa Design Weekend (Nov 16th & 17)
More details coming soon but make sure you save the dates and put this one on your calendar. Sure to be an amazing event that will showcase & unite the creative class of Iowa….