October Exhibitions!

Yes! I have a busy October coming up!
Besides starting a new class at the French School, I have two exhibitions and a special event that I'll be involved with.

- SIMONETTA Exhibition
- Mystery Exhibition
- Tokyo Contents Market 2008

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What: SIMONETTA (translates as 'dirty jokes' or 'ribald humor') - group art exhibition

When: Sun. October 5 to Sat. Oct. 11 (Gallery is closed Tue. Oct. 7)
12:00am to 7:00pm (Opening day from 2pm, Closing day until 5pm)

+++I'll be there Sun., Oct. 5, and Thur. Oct. 9th+++

Where: Gallery Kopis http://www.g-kopis.com/ (Japanese)
1-2-12-1 Shirakawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0021 ph:03-5639-2381

Who: It's a group show including ANAN, namy, and Tom Clouseau from the Movies Exhibition and also Hidemitsu Taya, Yukitoshi Kono, Black Kuma-san, who I've done shows with before and others I haven't. There will be some neato stuff golly for sure!

I'll have posters, prints, postcards, and buttons for sale for people who want to bring something home with them, so please stop by and check us out!

How to get there: It's actually very easy and very close to the station.
Gallery Kopis is less than a minute away from exit A3 of the Kiyosumi Shirakawa station.
Kiyosumi Shirakawa is on both the Hanzomon line and the Oedo line, is just over 20 minutes from either Shinjuku or Shibuya and is home to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. When you arrive, go up the exit A3 stairs, go left and immediately turn left and go straight on the path. Turn right at the road and it is on the right on the corner at the end of the block.

See you there!

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What: MYSTERY - group art exhibition

When: Wed. October 15 to Sat. Oct. 21 (Gallery is closed Sun. Oct. 19)
11:30am to 6:15pm (Opening day from 1pm, Closing day until 5pm)

+++I'll be there Wed., Oct. 15, and Thur. Oct. 16th+++

Where: Bartok Gallery http://www.bartok44.com/ (Japanese)
Ginza Taihei Bldg. 1st Floor, 1-18-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Tel: 03-3567-0005

Who: It's a group show including Tom Clouseau from the Movies Exhibition and 6 others, whom I haven't. I'm excited cuz I LOVE a mystery!!!
BTW I designed the postcard! Yay, me!!

I'll have posters, prints, postcards, and buttons for sale for people who want to bring something home with them, so please stop by and check us out!

Bartok is located in Ginza and is close to a couple of stations.
2 minutes from Exit A1 Asakusa Line - Takaracho Station
4 minutes from Exit 10 Yurakucho Line - Ginza 1chome Station
6 minutes from Exit 2 Ginza Line - Kyobashi Station

http://www.bartok44.com/map.html (map in Japanese)

See you there!

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Tokyo Contents Market 2008 (http://tcm2008.smrj.go.jp/index.html)

What?
A licensing show for creatives to sell their licenses.

When?
Mon. Oct. 27th 11am to 7pm
Tue. Oct 28th 10am to 5pm

Where?
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 40th Floor (Roppongi Academy Hills 40)
http://tcm2008.smrj.go.jp/access.html

Who?
I'll be there with my creator friends under the group name Artist Army.

Why?
I'm hoping to license some of my pin-ups or characters for goods licensing or animation.

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