Art-o-mat® Recent Press

Hi Everybody!

Tuesday morning, we received an email from Keith (an old college bud). The subject line said..."Dude - Artomat on Today!" So, we eventually found an interesting segment on the Today Show website titled "Museum-Minded Hotels". Our machine at the Chambers received some nice words from Peter Greenberg.

Museum-Minded Hotels, click here!

Also, we are featured on page 14 of the January issue of Southern Living magazine. So, please check it out.


Sincerely,

Clark and AIC

Cleveland County Arts Council Install...and another sweet Miami host!

Hi There

2008 is winding down and we would like to announce our last two installs for the year.

Last Thursday, we installed a machine at the Cleveland County Arts Council in Shelby, NC. This vintage 22 column National "Ebongold" machine now has a home in a former Post Office turned arts venue. The town square is very reminiscent of the set from "Back to the Future". There is a courthouse in the middle of the square (the future Earl Scruggs Center) that has a working clock tower, various cafes littered about and many beautiful buildings that will be around long after the nearby malls are leveled. There is positive energy happening in Shelby and we are very happy to the the Arts Council as a host.

A few pics from the install

Also, just in time for Art Basel, we installed a machine in the Miami Art Museum. We are extremely happy to have this museum on our venue list! Our official Miami host, the Lanster Family, made this happen and we are appreciative for their ongoing support of the project. They manage two Art-o-mat machines. One is currently at the Lowe Museum which is affiliated with the University of Miami.

In light of the above, we would like to thank all of our new machine hosts from 2008 (and a few current hosts who got new machines). This is a great bunch who fully understand that the proliferation of pocket size, affordable works of art can be a positive thing for their community.

Miami Art Museum
The Studios of Key West
Lowe Art Museum
Venue Ballard Studios and Boutique
Art251 Local Art Space
Wonderroot Community Arts Space
Krankies Coffee
Utrecht Quality Art Supplies and Alex Khost
Cleveland County Arts Council
Hutch and Harris
OOP!
The Living Room Salon and Art Gallery
Purveyors of Art and Design Materials
Workhouse Arts center

On a side note, we were recently informed that Noah Scalin has a book of his "Skull a Day" series. We were lucky to have an edition of this series sized down for the Art-o-matŪ.

Noah on Martha Stewart
The Art-o-matŪ series

Sincerely,

AIC

Post T-Giv Wishbone

Hi There

Yesterday, we here at AIC were introduced to the term "Cyber Monday." Ok...whatever.

But, this seems like a good opportunity to spread the news that Herbert Hoover was listed in the 2009 New York Times Holiday Gift Guide.

Click here to see the article.

The approach with this year's guide is sensitive to the state of the economy as it suggests affordable options for this holiday season. If you haven't noticed, we kinda have the affordable thing mastered. But, many of our artists have websites to promote their larger, more involved work. If you are looking for something unique and hand-made while avoiding the hectic big box store...please explore our our artist's personal websites. Several have etsy or gallery links. If you like a particular artist's work (and if they do not have store or gallery links )...a direct email requesting more information about their art would just make their day.

Click here to find out more about our artists!

However, here are a few direct links to get things rolling.....

Lulu's Stabby Critters
Crye's Creations
Krushart.com
Barcodeart.com
Pleasanthillpottery.com
Artwork By Imelda
Weenerware
Dean Walsh
Cory Pitcher
Nikki Wheeler
DeftGurl's Work

Last, many of our hosts have all sorts of cool, affordable stuff.

Official Art-o-matŪ Venues

Sincerely,

AIC