Helloooo Spring! Love, Spirit Gallery Tattoo

In This Issue

Skin to Canvas II

Drunken Palette

Totem Animal

Spring Food Stroll

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About Spirit Gallery

Frank painted us a new store sign!

Thanks Frank! (Sorry you had to get up on the high ladder.) Want to see the finished sign? Guess you'll have to stop in and see it for yourself!

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This Space for Rent

We love holding art workshops at our place, and this year we're starting a new program to allow you to use the space as well! Our gallery space works wonders as a event or worshop space. For complete details and fees, call the shop at 860--443-0484. We look forward to hosting your next class or workshop!

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IN TATTOO NEWS

Say you committed a crime. You wouldn't TATTOO incriminating evidence onto yourself would you!!!? This guy did. Lordy. Click here for the entire story.

Have you had your microdermal today?

Hello, once again, tattoo lovers!

It's May! Time to get your arms and legs tattooed before the summer sun arrives! Spring is a great time to be tattooed. The weather is warm enough that you can heal without clothes rubbing on your new tattoo work, but it's still early enough in the season that you won't be tempted to sunbathe (a real no-no for tattoos) or go swimming yet. Come see us and get that perfect tattoo this month so you can show it off this Summer.

Skin to Canvas II returns to Spirit
Opening reception, May 14

Our second annual Skin to Canvas show opens next Saturday! Be sure to come for the opening reception on May 14th from 6-9 p.m. to meet some of the artists and generally have an excellent time with us! (Most excellent.)

"Skin to Canvas II" will hang until July 2. Viewing hours are 12- 8 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday.

Drunken Palette Classes are here!
(Lari tried it. <-- see.)

Drunken Palette classes start this weekend. Bring your favorite "beverage" and paint your way to a lovely art piece! ALL materials, glasses for drinks and a great time are provided! You take home a COMPLETE painting done by YOU!"

Class schedule for May:

Friday 6th 7-9pm Nude & Still Life, Picasso
Saturday 7th 4-6pm Landscape with Butterflies, Dali
Saturday 7th 7-9pm Farbstudie Quadrate, Kandinsky

Friday 13th, 7-9pm Der Goldene Baum, Robin
Saturday 14th No classes due to Skin to Canvas Opening

Friday 20th 7-9pm Kiku, Warhol
Saturday 21st, 4-6pm Almond Blossom, Van Gogh
Saturday 21st 7-9pm Forest of Beeches, Klimt

Friday 27th 7-9pm Hunter on Ducati, Steadman
Saturday 28th 4-6pm Navarro Rapids, Hiroshigue
Saturday 28th 7-9pm Red Boats at Argenteuil, Monet

RSVP Requested, walk-ins welcome if spots available. Call 559-288-9466 (Felicia) or email thedrunkenpalette@yahoo.com for more information.

Classes are $35 each, minimum of 6 people per class, maximum of 20.

This coincides with New London Art Walk - so if you are curious about the classes, this is a great night to stop in and see what it's all about. As you can see above, classes continue every Friday and Saturday except for Saturday the 14th, when Skin to Canvas opens.

Blaze is doing a Totem Animal Retreat!

Join Blaze for a 3-day painting retreat with the animals of Earthfire Institute
This three-day retreat, June 24, 25, 26 2011, gives aspiring and established artists alike an opportunity to experience totem animals in the personal way that only Earthfire can provide. Painter and wildlife tattoo artist Blaze Schwaller (our Blaze) will lead students through a weekend of drawing and painting, using the inspiration they gain from interacting with the animals to create personal artwork that honors the connection between human and animal - spirit. For more information on Earthfire Institute, visit www.earthfireinstitute.org. For pricing and more information, email linda@earthfireinstitute.org.

We heart our community and water ice

Next week is New London Main Street's Spring Food Stroll (Wednesday, May 11) and once again we'll be hosting Rita's Water Ice from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Icy deliciousness awaits you here at Spirit, but you have to have a Food Stroll button to eat the goods. Buttons are available online at www.newlondonwaterfrontdistrict.org.

All best,

Blaze, Lari, Frank and Stacey B