| One venue down, five to go... |
[Feb. 27th, 2009|09:48 pm] |
I have requests out to several different venues, regarding performance spaces for Portraiture, and I have 99% certainty for a show at Lewis & Clark Community College as well as my first solid booking.
On Sunday, September 27th, the tour will end in Toronto at Labspace Studio.
The space is so pretty. I'm thrilled. :) |
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| Portraiture, a reading occurring in April |
[Feb. 24th, 2009|10:31 am] |
My one-person show, Portraiture, will premiere on April 18th, 2009 at Manhattan Theatre Source. It's a reading for now, but later this year, possibly in September (I'm waiting to hear back from performance spaces), I'll be taking the show on the road. Right now, the definite cities are Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, with tentative plans to hit Chicago, St. Louis, and Toronto. I'd love to go further west, but my budget is limited and I'll be relying on friends to offer up floor space in their lovely homes.
Now that I've gotten ahead of myself, let me tell you about the show itself. It will include the best of my short fiction (that's verse, prose, and scripts) from 2002-2009. It also means you're going to bear witness to heretofore unpublished, unperformed pieces. At April show, I will be reading, but on tour, the pieces will be memorized and more theatrically performed.
With that in mind, the Manhattan Theatre Source show is completely free of charge. It's a test run and a way to get my feet wet, so I'd love for all of you to be there (or tell all your New York-centric friends to be there) and rally me on.
Below is a flyer for the reading (thanks to the staggeringly talented Randolph Pfaff).
I hope to see you in April!
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| NYCC update |
[Feb. 15th, 2009|08:16 pm] |
Now with more photos!
We had a great time at this year's Comic Con.
The following exciting things happened:
1/A girl came up to my table and said, "I'm a big fan of Itty Bitty Hipster!" And she turned out to be a writer for Bitch Magazine.
2/Jesse was approached to teach sculpting continuing education classes at RISD. I asked if they needed anyone to teach sequential art classes and he said yes, so I e-mailed him last week and am waiting to hear back. Not holding my breath, but it was still pretty awesome.
3/Quite a few people came up to the table who had bought stuff from me last year. And they either wanted more books or they turned out to be groupies. I have actual fans. It's cute.
4/A young man bought a copy of Cleavage on Saturday, then came back on Sunday to say he wanted to direct 'The Crux' for his high school. Adorable.
5/A guy asked me, "Have you ever had a table at MoCCA [Art Festival]?" I told him I had volunteered last year, but couldn't get a table because they were so full. He replied that he thought my work would sell really well there and took one of my cards, saying he'd see what he could do to help me snag a spot. The whole situation prompted me to look into getting a table and I've already submitted my application. Fingers crossed that I'll get in.
6/I sold out of Charlie, including a review copy I gave to a woman who was looking for projects to pitch to Paramount.
There are lots of other cool things that happened, but that last one reminds me that most of the con stuff which occurs rarely pans out to something major. But the attention is nice and will keep me coming back. |
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| Art stuff |
[Feb. 12th, 2009|11:24 pm] |
For the next three days (February 12-15), my visual art will be viewable on Danoo.com
"What does that mean?" you may ask.
It means it'll be on screens in retail establishments and eateries in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and LA.
Feel free to go and look at what's up there. But, more importantly, submit your own work to be seen. It can link back to your DeviantART page or your Etsy page--as mine does...mshalston.etsy.com--and then people will go look at your work.
Amazing.
Short version:
1/Go to http://danoo.com
2/Click "Now playing"
3/Wait for things to load.
4/Wait for the "photos" section to appear...four sets are up now. If you don't see mine, wait until they cycle through.
Also, if you'd like to see them in person and you have a Red Mango in your vicinity, you can go and see it there too. See the photos below for what I mean.
Thanks!
Carissa
Girl at the Typewriter
I'll Be Good to You
Boston Valentine
Mexican Sugar Skulls in Love, a.k.a. "I Want to Lick Your Sweet, Sweet Skull" |
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| NYCC mini-recap in photos |
[Feb. 10th, 2009|03:09 pm] |
I've been pretty sick all weekend. But now it's surfaced as exhaustion and laryngitis.
That said, New York Comic Con 2009 was seven shades of awesome.
Here are some photos of us at the table...
( Read more... )
By and large, we met some great people and had a lot of fun. I'll post more about this later, but for now I need rest or else I'm going to cry. All the photos posted were taken by the lovely Randolph Pfaff. |
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| New York Comic Con info (including table location!) |
[Jan. 27th, 2009|12:43 pm] |
New York Comic Con 2009 is in a week and a half!! February 6th-8th at the Javits Center!
I'm almost ready...twenty more books to stitch, but everything's printed.
This year, I'll have:
- Copies of all the books!
-- A Girl Named Charlie Lester
-- Cleavage
-- Sequentially Yours
-- and the latest...Itty Bitty Hipster
- printed Valentines featuring Mexican Sugar Skulls...they fit a #10 envelope (classy)
- Valentines made from altered maps of Boston
- original art
Also, I'll be there sketching any of a number of ridiculous things (like characters from Babysitter Want Ads and Itty Bitty...hipsters are fun to draw, whee!).
Once again, I'll be joined by my esteemed colleague and sculptor extraordinaire, Jesse Farrell. Come look for us in Artist Alley...our table is D2.
Just in case you don't know what I look like, I'll be the girl standing behind this sign (designed by the ever-talented Randolph Pfaff):
See you there! |
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| So much, so much... |
[Jan. 13th, 2009|01:51 pm] |
It was my intention to work on the second draft of my novel during winter break.
I've done very little of that. I've worked on in a bit (along with a two-person play and I've also begun a short story), but there's been all this other stuff going on.
However, it's mostly good and I'm hoping it will bear fruit soon.
I'm currently waiting to hear back from Dixon Place about scheduling a literary event (the thing that I was once calling Character Sketches, but has since been dubbed Portraiture).
If you can imagine me reading my work to you (read: the audience) for 45-90 minutes, you've basically captured it. I've also offered to memorize the pieces so it has a more dramatic effect, but I have to wait and hear which they'd prefer.
Also, I'm sending out a submission package to Booklyn today. But the turn-around time for that is normally 8 months or more, so I'm not holding my breath.
Some time this spring, Aforementioned Productions will be releasing a book that I did not write--will wonders never cease?--but that's the extent that I'm allowed to speak of it. Just know that we're excited and we're finally going to purchase that block of ISBNs we've been longingly admiring for so long. I'm personally hoping for 8204581048-8204581058, but beggars can't be choosers. Part of that book release includes a book release party...it will either be at Bluestockings (on the Lower East Side) or Brookline Booksmith (in Massachusetts). I'd be happy for either. Right now, I'm just excited about the prospect of setting type, as it were.
One last thing before I shove off. You'll be hearing about this more as it approaches...New York Comic Con is in three and a half weeks. Will you be there? I'm printing books this week and stitching them next week...you know you want to go... |
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| Bluestockings, readings and other "-ings" things |
[Jan. 8th, 2009|12:32 pm] |
I went to an organized zine reading at Bluestockings Bookstore last night. It was filled with wonderful people who read interesting stories, some of which were true and others less so.
I met the lovely Katie, of The La-La Theory fame, and was lucky enough to hear some of her poems being read. She brought me a copy of the latest issue of La-La (a zine about language, fun!). We met via Etsy...isn't the internet fascinating?
Besides getting to meet great people, I also got to finally check out Bluestockings, which is the friendliest bookshop I've encountered in New York (and it's not for lack of trying). Bluestockings is run mainly by volunteers, and a few choice staff members, but it's also described as a "community space." I'm very much looking forward to having an Aforementioned event there as soon as we can manage one. |
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| Because I'm lazy |
[Jan. 6th, 2009|03:17 pm] |
It's a new year. The last of this decade. During this year, Aforementioned Productions will turn four years old. Things have occurred over those four years which make us proud. But this year, we hope to best all of them. We've already turned out our first publication for 2009. It's a mini-comic called Itty Bitty Hipster. We're also gearing up for another release in March, but we can't disclose information on that one quite yet. Just know that we're excited to be promoting a very talented poet and we know you'll be pleased as well.
We'd like to collect a "Best of" anthology or possibly a print issue of apt this year. But as money is scarce in all corners, that may have to wait until 2010. If you're feeling generous, we humbly point you to our donation section which would increase the chances that we can put out more books, produce more theatre, and organize more events more often.
Speaking of! Here's what we've got in store for the next few months. The nineteenth issue of apt is due out in February. Also in February (6-8), we'll once again be at the New York Comic Convention, selling our wares in Artist Alley. Stop by and say hello. On April 10, I will be reading at Earshot, a monthly venue for creative writing MFA students and published writers. I'll be reading 'Grace' and 'The Dual.'
That's it for now. Keep checking back at my Etsy shop for new stuff because I'm addicted to adding things to it. |
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