The intenational street pianos exhibit called "Play Me, I'm Yours!" is coming to Downtown Mesa this year, and I just got my acceptance email! So I will be working with a community organization, College Bound, to create a design for one of the 24 pianos, and then I will set out to make that vision a reality in time for my piano to hit the streets in March! I am so grateful to be a part of this project. Thank you once again to Mesa Arts Center for bringing yet another amazing exhibit to Mesa!

From the Street Piano's website: "Touring internationally since 2008, Play Me, I’m Yours is an artwork by British artist Luke Jerram.  More than 1400 pianos have now been installed in 50 cities across the globe, from London to Lima, bearing the simple invitation Play Me, I’m Yours, and the project has already reached more than eight million people worldwide."

Stay tuned for my piano progress and the event grand opening! #streetpianosmesa

I'm honored to be a part of the Don't Tread On Me group show, presented by Pangeaseed & Cometdebris.  Don't Tread On Me is a group custom show, with proceeds benefitting PangeaSeed's ongoing efforts towards ocean conservation.  This show brings light to the atrocities of Shark Finning, utilizing Cometdebris' Sametan figure as the platform. Thirty eight artists from around the world are customizing Sametan's, which will be available for viewing & sale at Spoke Gallery in San Francisco.  

For my piece, I'm pulling in my love for Wes Anderson, and one of my favorite movies, The Life Aquatic!  My Sametan is a Steve Zissou jaguar shark, shown below! I'm also currently working on a painting to go on the bag this guy will come in!  Check it out! (I'd like to thank my lovely lady, @LuluAmy to most of you, for the lil hand made beanie for this guy, and our son Nakai, for the generous donation of Lego handgun. :)