Dani Crosby

Creative Marketplace

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For artist contact information and event details:

http://durhamcreativemarketplace.blogspot.com/

http://www.artoftransition.ca/summit-and-awards/

Check out the workshop of a fellow artist . . .

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I invite you to explore 'Anvil Education' with Geordie Lishman.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244366012272678

Our Art Space - This Conversation is for Everyone

2011-02-03T14:49:00.000-08:00

Join in on a highly visible virtual conversation surrounding the concept of creating an ‘Art Space’ here in Downtown Oshawa! http://ourartspace.pbworks.com/

Participate and share with friends through our Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Art-Space/190339730990083?v=info

This page exists to facilitate a highly visible virtual conversation surrounding the concept of creating an ‘Art Space’ here in Downtown Oshawa. This page is also intended to act as a bridge to guide you all to a separate site:

ourartspace.pbworks.com

Through that site you can read the ‘Current Proposal’, add to an ongoing list of ‘Your Input’, vote ‘Yes or No’ on the whole concept, add your creative information to the ‘Who We Are’ section and add to the ‘Related Links” page.

As the sections of this website fill up with your input we will be responding to the number of time we have all heard the words “I had no idea we had so many talented artists!” we will be documenting every planned and random conversation where valuable energy and ideas flow only to be left a mystery to the majority. This site is intended to eliminate the disconnection between the various groups who have been speaking at length on this subject.

As members of the general community, the creative community, the city and potential investors read and contribute patterns will be observed. Repetition of wants and needs will become identifiable and I suspect that during this process we will all recognize that the majority of separate individuals and groups are not only seeking something very similar but will benefit equally from its creation.

So, I invite you to click the link, request access and join in on the conversation!

Artscape Oshawa

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Unicorn

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Instruments & Easels Fundraiser for OCHC!

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Events Coming Up For Sept 24th and 25th!

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Work Featured on: SQUIDFACE & THE MEDDLER

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my work on SQUIDFACE & THE MEDDLER:

http://www.squidfaceandthemeddler.com/art-illustration/dani-crosby

This past weekend at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition I was approached by Toronto-based illustrators Jessica Fortner and Michael Wandelmaier. They spoke with me out of genuine interest and intrigue as two passionate individuals who love art and design.

Please visit their blog to enjoy some of their favorite artist and designer pictures, interviews and more!

general link:

http://www.squidfaceandthemeddler.com/

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

2010-07-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

On July 9, 10, and 11 I will be at the TOAE

Details and exact location:

Dani Crosby

Drawing

Green 307

(right on Queen Street)

Hope to see you there!

Up-Coming Events

2010-05-18T13:48:00.000-07:00

I thought I would make one large post listing all of the up-coming events I will be participating in. These are for the most part solo or group shows and sales. Hope to see you out there!

NEWS

The following are group and solo shows and sales I will be participating in. Hope to see you there!

WHAT: Cat Town Craft Fair Fundraiser - free to attend
WHEN: Sat. June 12th from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Northview Public Library in Oshawa
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112677548771114

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WHAT: The Bent Family Summer Solstice Celebration
WHEN: Sat. June 19th to Sun. June 20th 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., $20 until May 1st
WHERE: The Blacklab Barnyard in Newcastle
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112223595463572

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WHAT: Broken Arts: On The Street BUSKERFEST - I will be running a mural station next to Willson and Lee and the stage for bands with 3 large surfaces open for the public to make their mark on.

WHEN: Sat. June 26th 10 a.m. - 6 .p.m., free
WHERE: downtown Oshawa
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=363745240568

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WHAT: ScareFest
I will be returning to my first love of creating art in the horror genre.

WHEN: Saturday, July 3 at 1:00pm - 7:00pm
WHERE: 115 Phillip Ave Scarborough Onatio Canada
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121194551228594

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WHAT: The Toronto Outdoor Exhibition

WHEN: July 9th, 10th, and 11th
Free Admission
Friday 10:30am-7:30pm
Saturday 10:30am-7:30pm
Sunday 10:30am-6:30pm

WHERE: Nathan Phillips Square

LINK: http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/

Cat Town Fundraiser

2010-05-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

Coming up on Sat. June 12th I will be tabling at The Cat Town Fundraiser at the Northview Public Library in Oshawa 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., free. It's a great cause, details are as follows:

The Cat Town animal shelter in Pickering is Durham's location for Forgotten Ones Cat Rescue (http://www.forgottenones.ca/) and they need your help as they've recently been hit with $900 worth of permit fees which they need to pay in order to continue operating.

On Saturday, June 12th at the Northview branch of the Oshawa Public Libraries, Broken Arts will be putting on a craft fair to raise funds for Cat Town.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. come on out and buy crafts, comics, zines, fashion, and food!

All money raised from table space will go directly towards Cat Town in addition to money from silent auctions we will be running. Table space at this event is sold out.

Feathertale Review #5 and #6

2010-04-19T14:10:00.000-07:00

I was very happy to be involved in both issues #5 and #6 of the Feather Review. For issue #5 I illustrated 2 "Monkey Banters". For issue #6 I illustrated the front and back cover, which can be cut away from the magazine and put together to form a full length poster of D'artagnan.

Dani Crosby Art Show at Isabella's

2010-04-06T22:00:00.000-07:00

When you get the chance, please make your way down to: Isabellas Chocolate Cafe to see my new work. It will be hanging in the cafe from:

Tuesday April 6th to Friday May 7th

Giacomo was kind enough to share with me his space for the second time since the cafe opened in down town Oshawa in August of 2006.

and please join me for the Celebration:

“Grazie Isabellas”
featuring a wide variety of local bands playing Rock N’Roll, Jazz, and Country Rock.

This celebration is running:

Start Time:
Friday, April 16 at 2:00pm

End Time:
Saturday, April 17 at 12:00am

If you have any questions please feel free to email me: dani@danicrosby.com.

Thank you and I hope to see you out at Isabellas on the 16th!

LOCATION:

Isabellas is located in the Heart of Downtown Oshawa, between King Street and Athol Street

19 Simcoe St. S.
Oshawa, ON
L1H 4G1

Bitch'n!

2010-02-26T22:14:00.001-08:00

A recent Illustration I did for Bitch Magazine. Bitch Media is responsible for some great writing, great images and a wicked sense of humor - check them out.

http://bitchmagazine.org/

Happy Valentine's Day (Pg. 1)

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Happy Valentine's Day (Pg. 2)

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Olympic Toys

2010-02-10T22:53:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite clients: Happy Worker has just released their new Olympic vinyl toys.

I was happy to get in on the package design for this project.

Check out the toys at this link:

http://www.happyworker.com/mascots-vinyl-figures/

Arts Fair Oshawa

2010-01-17T00:22:00.000-08:00

There's an event coming up in March, in my home town Oshawa. This is really great to see a group of local artists organize, and I am happy to be taking part in it. If you are in town please come by and check it out!

A Dandy Contest

2010-01-15T16:20:00.000-08:00

Entered The New Yorker Eustace Tilley Contest, here are the entries.

The New Tapestry

2010-01-06T13:53:00.000-08:00

A little while ago I was asked if I would be interested in participating in the Kessels Kramer New Tapestry project.

This is essentially a modern Bayeux Tapestry, intended to depict the major happenings of the year 2009.

I was assigned week 13.

The official web site states that the "Tapestry can be viewed from 8th Jan 2010." So, check back at: http://www.newtapestry.org/HD300/wall.aspx on January 8th to see my own work, and the work of some very talented artists including fellow graduates of mine who contributed to this project.
This is a really great project and I am very much looking forward to it!

Happy New Year 2010!

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Here's to a year full of Hope, Peace, and Love,

Steel Bananas!

2010-01-02T17:45:00.000-08:00

Huzzah! Canadian Art

Thank you Zack King Frankenstein Kotzer for posting my work and write-up on the very very cool Steel Bananas web site.

little quote form the STEEL BANANAS site to describe their Publication:

"Steel Bananas is a not-for-profit arts and culture zine and collective geared toward enriching the Canadian artistic community by collaborating freely with independent artists and independent art groups. We publish a rag-bag of contemporary Canadian writers and art-bums on the 15th of each month, all with the aim of critically and playfully exploring contemporary cultural theory and the varying facets of contemporary urban culture. We're proud to augment all virtual content with print media or in-the-flesh art happenings around Toronto, and to support independent, alternative, and marginal art in Canada."
- January 2, 2010
http://www.steelbananas.com/about/

I'm pleased to be showing right along with friend and fellow illustrator Kim Sokol who introduced me to Steel Bananas.
Check out her excellent work to!

To view my work and write-up on Steel Bananas:

http://www.steelbananas.com/2009/12/spotlight-dani-crosby/

100 Small Paintings Show and Sale

2009-11-17T14:48:00.000-08:00

Coming up, I'll be participating in the:

100 Small Paintings Show and Sale

November 27- December 20

Opening Reception: Friday November 27, 7-9:30 pm

Visual Arts Center of Clarington

http://www.vac.ca/

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My "Post No Bills" Rock Poster.
Hope to see some folks I know if they can make it.

News: Oct 29 2009.

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It's been a good week. Tomorrow I'll be participating in the awards ceremony for the Pineridge Juried art show. I am really glad that upon returning to the Durham region, trying to get to know and become a part of the artistic communty again, that illustrative art is both accepted and appreciated.

Opening Reception ~ Friday, October 30, from 7 to 9 p.m.

http://www.pineridgearts.org/jas.html

Up Coming Shows

2009-10-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

I have been lucky enough to have been invited and accepted into a few art shows in the next little while. In order of happening:

Saturday October 24th

This Regenesis Project installation will feature the screening of "350 Time Capsule" projected to the main wall of the gallery with speakers for audio reception of the film. There will be no seating. There will also be a light reception, with wine and hors d' hourves.
The installation will run from 6-10pm at the Beaver Hall Gallery at 29 McCaul street: http://beaverhallcoop.blogspot.com/

"The Regenesis Project is a grassroots Not-for-profit organization that seeks to bridge the gap between individual and planet by fostering a sense of community, leadership, and accountability. The organization currently functions as a national unit with plans to expand into an international movement."
http://www.theregenesisproject.com/
http:// http://www.350.org/mission

Sunday October 25 - November 15

THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL JURIED SHOW OF FINE ARTS
This juried art show will be held at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. This is an old work place of mine and a great historical haven for a very diverse collection of artistic works. I am happy to be attending this reception and participating in the awards ceremony.
Opening Reception:Sunday October 25 from 2 to 4 pm
http://www.vac.ca/

Sunday November 15th - 30th

Rock'N Roll Poster Show!

The opening will start at 7:00pm on Sunday November 15th. The work will remain up for the rest of the month at Leslie Jones- 1182 Queen St. E
http://www.torontolife.com/guide/restaurants/italian/leslie-jones/

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An article covering an Alberta poster show I got into. My poster is on the far right.

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Please vote for my shirt design at Threadless!

http://threadless.com/submission/222623/Scary_Cat

Illustrations from Italy

2009-06-19T22:08:00.001-07:00

The following few posts contain drawings I did during my trip to Italy. That trip was one of the best experiences I have had my whole life. I have never, in such a short period of time, found myself so bombarded, so overwhelmed. Beautiful and frightening imagery, moving and romantic, delicate, decorative, silly . . . the art in Italy, the land scape, the social atmosphere hit me from so many different angles and just kept coming.

In addition to the great experience that was the place I traveled to were the people I traveled with. I had the privilege of traveling along with one of my best friends, and one of my favorite professors. Along with the people I was familiar with was an eclectic group of student artists who provided a vast range of perspectives and interpretations of our adventure. Weather we had everything or nothing in common we all shared in a fabulous experience, seeing Italy through our own and each other's eyes.

To my fellow travelers and artists: Thank you for being such good company.

We all went to Italy for different reasons but I am sure we all came back with something far more valuable then we bargained for.

Drawings from the Zoology museum in Florence

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Drawings of people and places in Italy

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Drawing from Venice.

Drawing of a woman Pontevecchio Bridge.

Drawing from the country side in Tuscany.

Drawing from the country side in Tuscany.

A portrait of Kelsey.

A Portrait of a woman in a food Florence market.

Drawing on the Pontevecchio Bridge.

Drawing of an alley way in Florence.

A Portrait of a woman in a food Florence market.

Drawing of the Tuscany country side.

Portraits of men in the market in Florence.

Drawings from Italy from Rome, Florence, and Venice of other artist's drawings, paintings, and sculptures.

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These Drawings contain collections of faces and figures from paintings and sculptures from Rome, Florence, and Venice combined with my own additions of characters and decorative elements.

Drawing from a portrait of Adam and Eve in Venice.

Drawing of a sculpture by Umberto Baccioni from the
Guggenheim Gallery in Venice.

A collection of faces from various pieces in Florence.

Drawing of a Bernini sculpture titled "Antonio Coppola"

Drawing of a sculpture in Florence

Portraits of soccer fans in a pub combined with a face from a statue from Florence.

Drawings from work by Michael Angelo including the statue of "David" and one of his unfinished slave sculptures.

Drawing from a painting by Botticelli "Primavera"

A collection of faces primarily from a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
"Adoration of the Magi" from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Two drawings from pieces in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence including a painting of Jesus (left) and a sculpture by Bernini.

Drawing of a sculpture of Mary Magdalene is on the left side of the page.
A small unfinished sample of a painting containing the image of a nun is on the right side of the page.

Drawings of sculptures in Rome.

Drawings of sculptures from the side of a church in Florence. The one on the right was cut short. I finished it up later by merging it with a building I liked along with some occupants.

Back Wash

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Save The Breast Project:

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The following images are a response to a request for art I received. This request is to produce art for an event titled "Save The Breast". The only direction I received for this project is the following: "We want something fun, something campy, something out of the ordinary."

Man Boob:
I feel this is a particularly important boob to include in the proposed poster series. Breast Cancer effects women AND men but the mass majority of men and women I have mentioned this to had absolutely no idea. That's pretty worrisome. So, hopefully this poster gets to be included.

Orbicular Boob

Itty Bitty Titty:
No matter how small and adorable the boobie, it still has the capacity to house harmful lumps.

Banana Boob

Pictures from the summer of 2006

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Hold Yourself:

Hung in Visual Arts Centre of Clarington

for 100th Year Anniversary celebration

of the mill out of which the VAC operates.

Imaginary Friends (sold)

Reaper (sold)

Hold Yourself:
Won Best Drawing In Show in the Robert
McLaughlin Gallery contest for the
summer of 2006.

Cloud Catcher (sold)

Bedlam

Digging

Show

Hide and Seek:

Won Best Drawing In Show in the Robert
McLaughlin Gallery contest for the
summer of 2007.

World Workers:

Hung as installation pieces at

Visual Arts Centre of Clarington

Feb 3rd – March 19th 2006

Fixer