Luna Park Chalk Art Festival

This Saturday, I'll be at the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival drawing one of my pieces on a 10x10 concrete path along with 170 other artists! I'll also have a booth selling my paintings, prints, dolls and more!  Join me for a celebration of the arts including music, crafts, and good food.  This Saturday, September 22, 2012 10AM to 5PM at Backesto Park in San Jose - On the corner of North 13th and Jackson St.  It's free and open to the public!

Also live performances by :

Ukulele Jams, This is Embarrassing, Dogcatcher and  Cuatro Con Tres, plus Movimiento Cosmico Aztec Dancers and KIMA Karate Studio.

Over 50 local artisans will be on hand to sell handcrafted items.

Bring your appetite to the festival!  Food trucks, Omi Ninja SJ, Mona's Fruits, Spice Hut, Soulnese, MoGo BBQ and Treatbot (mmmmmmm!)

Now in its 5th year, the festival brings together thousands of artists, arts students, and art lovers from all cultural and artistic backgrounds for a day of community celebration in a beautiful downtown San Jose park. In 2011, this unique festival attracted over 3,500 participants and visitors.

Proceeds from the festival benefit the Luna Park Arts Foundation, created to promote the arts in our schools and communities through grants and scholarships.

http://www.lunaparkchalkart.org/

Hope to see you there!  Murphy

Hey Peeps,

I know it's been awhile since I've let anybody in on what was happening in my funky little life, but I got lost in summer. Lots of camping in Hot Cakes, our 1960 Shasta canned ham style trailer, an all too relaxing trip to Baja; Los Cabos and Todos Santos (wanted to stay there forever), and goofing off with anybody who cared to shirk their responsibilities and go boogie boarding or drink beers with me for the afternoon. What I'm saying here is that I hardly did a thing as far as the art gig is concerned, but those days are over!  I'm back in the studio hardcore and here's what's happening in the coming weeks. xo, Murphy

August 25 & 26 : The West End Festival, Sand City California

This is a fantastic celebration of art, music and food in downtown Sand City on the Monterey Peninsula.  I'll have a booth where I'll be selling my paintings, prints, dolls and other art stuff... so come spend the day!  Saturday 11-5, Sunday 12-5.  

For more info:

http://www.westendcelebration.com/

                                             Nosy Neighbor - mixed media painting 2012

Sept. 7th San Jose Creatives Anniversary Exhibit
Artwork, music and performances from all of our featured creatives.

Opens Friday night 7pm.

Kaleid Gallery

88 S. 4th Street, San Jose CA

San Jose Creatives is a blog that interviews the extremely talented creative community of San Jose. They  feature artists, designers, musicians, makers, art supporters, anyone who lives a creative life. We ask everyone the same 13 questions to gain insight into and find out what makes these individuals unique. We post a new interview every Sunday.  I'm an upcoming featured artist and will be included in this awesome show.

For more info:

http://sanjosecreatives.blogspot.com

http://www.kaleidgallery.com/

                  My newest print (in progress), limited edition of 100

September 22 : The Luna Park 5th Annual Chalk Art Festival

Saturday 10-5pm, Backesto Park in San Jose. 

The Luna Park Arts Foundation is hosting the 5th annual Luna Park Chalk Art Festival on September 22nd at Backesto Park in San Jose. Sign up to become an artist, vendor, volunteer or sponsor. Featured artists this year will include Lacey Bryant, Michael Foley, Paul J. Gonzalez, Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw, Murphy Adams, Carolina Chavez, and Katrina Marie Loera plus many, many more. Musical guests will include Cuatro Con Tres, Ukelele Jams, and some other surprise artists TBD. The festival will also have some of the best food trucks around. I'll also have a booth selling original work & prints.  This is a super fun event! Any suggestions as to what I might draw?  Below is my drawing from last year! 

For more info:

http://www.lunaparkchalkart.org

Hope to see some of you out there. Let me know if you have any questions!  Don't forget there's new stuff in my etsy store all the time http://www.etsy.com/shop/MurphyAdamsStudio and there's currently work at Kaleid Gallery in San Jose, Studio Gallery in San Francisco, & Psycho Donuts, Campbell.

Peace, Murph

PS:  I have a new email address (dang hackers!) to contact me murphyadamsstudio@gmail.com

This weekend June 1st & 2nd!

South FIRST FRIDAYS    presents the  5th Annual SubZERO Festival 2012                                        Take My Heart, mixed media on paper 2012 This Friday night, I'll have a booth at this awesome festival participating along with street performers, bands, artists, hackers, a craft beer garden, food trucks and so much more (check out the web site!). I'll have new work, prints and a photo-booth! I'll even have a raffle where I'll be giving away an original piece! Don't miss it, come see me! SubZero is focused on emerging and present subcultures thriving in our region, SubZERO is a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek. Come downtown on June 1st to San Jose's SoFA District from 6pm 'til midnight for an inspired evening of arts & culture. In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk you'll find outdoor stages of entertainment plus artists, performers & creative businesses celebrating the indie creative spirit! FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2012 from 6pm-midnight SoFA district in downtown San Jose (on South First Street between San Carlos & Reed Streets)   W: http://www.subzerofestival.com F: https://www.facebook.com/subzerofestival T: http://www.twitter.com/subzerofestival  hashtag: #SubZEROFest     ALL HAIL THE PROGENITORS OF CULTURE! If everyone that attends the festival spends just $50. with any artist, performer or musician, we can pump over $500,000 into our subculture economy in just 6 hours. We hope you'll join us!   The Good, the Bad and the Bugly Saturday, June 2 2012 10-3pm www.psychodonuts.blogspot.com   I'll have a couple of buggy pieces in this cool show all about insects! In addition there will be donuts topped with edible bugs and a donut pizza eating competition!   Hope to see you sometime this weekend!!!! Murphy

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Save the Dates: June 1st & 2nd!

Hey Peoples,

I have 2 cool shows coming up! So mark your calendar...

I'm really excited because for the first time I'll be participating in the Fifth Annual SubZero Festival in Downtown San Jose on Friday evening June 1st. Focused on emerging and present subcultures thriving in our region, SubZERO is a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek. Come downtown on June 1st to San Jose's SoFA District from 6pm 'til midnight for an inspired evening of arts & culture. In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk you'll find outdoor stages of entertainment plus artists, performers & musicians celebrating the indie creative spirit! I'll have a booth with lots of new originals, prints and even a Murphy-esque photo booth!  So come out and see me, SubZero is unlike any festival you've ever been to!

http://www.subzerofestival.com/

FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2012 from 6pm-midnight
SoFA district in downtown San Jose
(on South First Street between San Carlos & Reed Streets)

  

 The Good , the Bad and the Bugly :  at Psycho Donuts in Campbell

I've been working on some bug pieces and seeing how I've been married to a beekeeper for a gazillion years I think I may do a bee painting or 2 ...images coming soon!

The buzz at Psycho Donuts is getting louder! The Good, The Bad, and The Bugly is a light-hearted take on the comical side of bugs, featuring local artists whose works perfectly channel the off-kilter vibe at Psycho Donuts. Original artwork is available for sale - starting for as little as $40!

The Good, The Bad, and The Bugly runs from May 26 - June 26, 2012 at Psycho Donuts Campbell.

Donut miss the Artist's Reception on Saturday, June 2nd, from 10am - 3pm at Psycho Donuts Campbell.

The show includes works from the following artists: Christine Benjamin, Murphy Adams, Sheri Debow, Carlos Villez, Lacey Bryant, Michael Foley, Nicolas Caesar, Laura Callin Bennett, John Renzel, Jared Konopitski, Kori Thompson, John Cloud, Laura Zarrin, John Hageman, Michelle Waters, Anthony Barbaria, and more.

At 2pm, take a short break from the artwork and check out our 3rd Annual Donut Pizza Eating Contest! More details at: https://www.facebook.com/events/175099129273538/

Veggielution Avant Garden Funraiser Tonight!

A great event tonight at the Armory in San Jose...I've donated a piece to their art auction!

 Avant Garden 2012

Veggielution’s Food and Art Fundraiser

April 13th, 2012 7pm – 10pm

$10 online, $12 at the door

The evening will unfold at The Armory

240 N 2nd St

San Jose, CA 95112

a·vant-garde

1. a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo
2. innovative and ahead of the majority
3. a group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts

Ignite your senses for a night of visualizing food and feasting upon art…

Devour a variety of farm fresh treats prepared by talented local chefs, and enjoy a silent art auction featuring farm-inspired art produced by visionary local artists. Avant Garden harnesses San Jose’s creative talent to support Veggielution’s growing Community Farm. We are pushing the boundaries of food justice by redefining our relationship with our land, our food, and each other.
Come experience a new way to think about food in our community, through the taste of our Spring harvest, and captivating visual artistry! Read more about our chefs and artists here.
Kids ages 12 and under get in free! If you buy your ticket online we will add 1 free Food Ticket to get you started. Additional Food Tickets can be purchased for $3 each at the event. Event Tickets also available at the door.

Print Catalog

                                               Broken Dreams

As more and more of my original paintings are on display at galleries I've taken to making prints of my most popular images.  Over the years I've made quite a few paintings but I've had to go through and select those which  A. people like the most and B. I had the wherewithall to scan the image at a good resolution prior to selling it.

                                             Caffiene Junkie


So on my website www.murphyadams.net I've set up a "Print Catalog" section where you can view prints which are available for purchase.  I'll be adding to this all the time as well as listing new available prints in my etsy store.

                                            Playing Favorites


I also have a deal in my etsy store if you want to purchase multiple prints. 1 for $20. 2 for $35 or 3 for $50.  If you get the 3 you get free shipping too!  All prints come matted in a black mat with backing in a cello envelope.


Check out my print catalog at: http://murphyadams.net/collections

Comedy Night & Artist Trunk Show Tonight!

You’ll find unusual glass from Johnathon Schmuck of Santa Cruz, one-of-a-kind jewelry creations from Lindsay Lassen Kane, and island life ceramic pieces by artist Amy Brown. You’ll also have the chance to purchase art by Murphy Adams, who combines cartoon-like innocence with a healthy dose of snarky irony in her colorful works. Presented by the Museum Store Guild.