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a walk in the park

today's photos from a morning walk through do
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A great GOOD Lauch Party for NYC

-some of my photos just posted on flickr from the GOOD party-

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$20 bottles of water, al gore, lots of forward thinkers all out doing GOOD last night. more to come about this in future posts... last night we were also playing 'random bits of conversation' with the many great guests at the event. more to come on the next podcast. also another set of post-it drawings for the nrdc project coming shortly. i'll be putting those for sale on missionfish page. more about that here learn about GOOD Magazine cheers all -tom

TOM SCHREIBER IN HYBRID SPACE EXHIBIT 11 West 20th Street. NYC open through OCT 7

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Giving Works: First Drawing Sold from NRDC Benefit Project

Thanks to everyone for your support on this - I'm very grateful. Today I'm shipping out the first drawing sold as part of this new benefit project of mine - well actually... tomorrow it's almost 100 degrees outside today in New York City - yes we really need the NRDC to continue doing great work to turn back this crazy global warming stuff.

SEE THE DRAWINGS AND ENJOY BIDDING

Help Tom Save the Planet with Post-It Art

Well it's actually "Help Tom Help the NRDC to Save the Planet" -I'm just making drawings, they're doing the hard part. Here's how it works: most of my 3" Post-It® drawings are available at a fixed "Buy It Now" price of $20 each with 75% of that going to the NRDC through MissionFish. To keep things fun, I'll also be offering up a few of my favorite drawings each week auction-style on eBay with varying reserve and starting prices. Some bids start at only a dollar.

I hope you enjoy having a look and bidding. Stay cool.

cheers! -tom schreiber

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Help Tom Save the Planet with Post-It Art

Hello everybody. yes- new mid-summer project. best known for his work appearing on countless US $20 bills, Andrew Jackson is back. so was andy a good or bad president for the environment? one thing for sure is that he's helping now.

VIEW DRAWINGS AND PLACE YOUR BID NOW

This original drawing, made on a pastel green Post-It® note, is being offered for bidding through MissionFish and Ebay along with other drawings from the series. 75% of the final sale price will go to one of my favorite environmental organizations, the NRDC.

bidding for the face of the twenty dollar bill starts at $1.

 

Andrew Jackson $20 portrait (post-it drawing)

Tom Schreiber 2006 Post It Drawing
Sharpie® marker Post-it® note mounted to
acid-free paper 3 x 3 inches
® Tom Schreiber Studio

 

 

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Help Tom Save the Planet with Post-It Art

Tom Schreiber, a nyc artist who often works with everyday materials to communicate with people, wanted to make it easy, fun and colorful for more people to support the great work of the NRDC while enjoying his art. 75% of the final sale price of these 3-inch Post-It® drawings will support the Natural Resources Defense Council.

View the drawings for sale here

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is our nation's most effective environmental action group with more than 1.2 million Members and online activists. NRDC's staff of attorneys, scientists and other environmental specialists work to defend our natural heritage and the environmental laws that protect human health.


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New Turn (Chie)

this is a bit of how things went on wednesday april 26th of 2006. i was talking with chie online and decided this just had to be a painting. lucky for me, she agreed.

 

Red: hi tom... im at work doing almost nothing Black: hows the music Red: music's good. Black: hey chie - purple post-its - what do you like to do when you have great idea and they're within picking up distance? Red: .. i like post its. i just made a semi-disco ball from cut up mini cds and super glue (: Red: i used to have a wall calendar of post its.. Black: oh nice! Red: the super sticky ones are excellent Black: oh yes Black: and very sticky! Red: hehe.. but they don't fall off the way the normal ones do. good for wall calendars Red: i have so many postits at home.. i think i like to have them more than use them Black: i know what you mean Red: the postit glue stick is nice Black: on the table in my studio and stacks of them Black: all different colors Black: *are Black: not and Red: yeh my pull out draw had several rows of them arranged in a rainbow gradient Red: *drawer* Black: oh thats a good slip Red: haha Black: they're fun to draw on Red: or to assign emotions to inanimate objects Black: ah say more Red: at work, i label my computers with the names of ancient deities.. and my pens and boxes and monitors etc with stuff like "angsty" "disillusioned" "hungry" Black: : ) i quite like Red: haha Black: at one of my salon i used them while i was making one of the conversation portraits Black: we could play around with what words went in the painting and where they would go Red: haha Red: that sounds fun Black: hahaha yes it was! Black: fun actually was the very last word in the painting! Red: (: Black: fun was our end Red: i wish there were more color varieties though Black: in post its? Red: yeh.. then i'd do a mosaic or something Black: that would be great Red: (although i could just use normal notepad squares or colored paper and post it glue but..) Black: i'm going to be talking with their tech team in about 2 weeks i'll ask them about making more colors Red: yay (: Red: i think the super stick should be standard though.. the regular sticky are awful. Black: no!!! i like them because i can play around with where to stick things Black: it helps me get my compositions just right Red: but the super sticky peel of nicely.. they just dont fall off in a good breeze Red: i guess you put them on paper? Black: yes Red: <-- puts them on the wall and plastic stuff Black: ... and on the back of the seat in front of me when im drawing people on trains Red: haha Black: ah yes Black: plastic stuff you need the super sticky Black: chie i want to make a painting! Red: *wonders how to respond* Black: how much time do we have to talk - do you have a half hour? Red: i actually have been itching to paint too. i have a friend who does good counterfeits, and she's going to teach me Black: we could make a podcast painting Red: podcast? Black: yea im making paintings for people's ipods now too in additional to the ones just for walls Red: the cover of them ipod? Black: its the same idea - the red and black conversations but you can hear the voices because its audio Red: HAHA Black: :-) Black: do you have itunes? Red: yes and no. im on a linux box Black: oh fun - very pioneering! Red: hehe i think my co workers would be a little weirded out were i to start randomly talking Red: haha i like linux. Black: hahaah yes they might be Black: what's a good time for when we can make a painting for the podcast by phone if you want to do that? Black: ok if you have itunes open Red: i don't think i should d: whenever i know my voice is going somewhere i get high pitched and nervous. Black: aw Red: d: *the most stage frighted* Black: thats ok i understand Black: i was totally that way Black: but you perform music though - just not singing voice type music Red: although karaoke doesnt bother me Black: hahaha Red: actually i do sing.. Red: d: Black: oh i didn't know Black: i remember you mentioned violin Red: but it's all about the setting. yeh i sing, play violin and guitar now Red: or and taiko drumming Red: not or, oh Black: oh you should do a podcast then for your music Red: hahaa but seeeeeeee Black: its a great way of getting stuff out there Red: im not ready for that/ Red: i just hang out with my friends and sing while their attention is on something else Black: aren't we ready as soon as we're born? Red: but then life makes you nervous Black: ah yes and then art and doing things brings it all back into perspective Black: the nervous nerves get bathed in music and color Red: (: Black: actually hahah Black: the most recent podcast i did - my guest played an impromtu tambourine solo Red: haha Red: on my spring break road trip, i stopped at a cracker barrel and couldnt resist buying a harmonica Red: but they only had them in the key of C Red: i can play one song (just like on piano, one song, except that pianos are much larger and expensive) Black: hehe Red: are your other conversations with random online people like this? Black: do harmonicas come in lots of other keys as well? Red: not a lot, but a few, since you can't cover all 12 tones in a single key Black: well it actually started offline - with these interactive drawings i was doing with people Black: then it kind of moved online - but yes lots of random Black: random is fun Red: good, this is more like a normal conversation for me, but less of a normal online conversation. Red: and nothing like a phone conversation at all. Black: oh i like how you broke it down into categories Black: so 1 is normal conversation Black: 2 is online which isn't like normal conversation Black: and then coming in at number 3 we have phone which isn't at all like the other 2 Black: which is most abstract do you think? Red: d: [i'm not a phone person (i have 4000 rollover minutes, woe woe)] abstract in what sense? Red: topically or in it's own right Red: because topically speaking, my real conversations have the most abstract topics and they jump subjects frequently Black: yes i like my paintings most when that happens Black: the topic jumping thing Black: like going from super sticky post-its to talking about harmonicas and figs Red: people tell me i'm add, but it certainly isn't something tats presented itself as a problem Black: can this be a painting? it feels like one Black: no exactly! Red: haha, if i get to see it Black: nothing is a problem unless someone else gets us to see it that way Black: sure! Red: mm have you ever smoked clove cigarettes? Black: nope Black: you? Red: they make your lips taste sweet. Black: like chapstick? Red: not like that.. chapstick is.. Red: waxy and untasty Red: (i am particular about my lipbalm) Red: which is where..? Black: so clove cigarettes leave your lips feeling sweet but without the untasty waxiness of chapstick Red: yes (: Red: i like mixing olive oil and honey Black: wow the calligraphy you sent over is beautiful Red: thanks (: Red: i think it's the best i've done Black: very! Black: you can feel a brush making that all at once Red: art is fun Black: i'd have to agree with that Black: it can hold anything Black: even eternity itself Red: (: Red: i was looking in my middle egyption dictionary yesterday Black: how many turns in eternity? Red: hm Red: one and many? Black: at least more than 50 and yes still one Red: i wish i had a graphics table Red: t Black: so e turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn is still the same as one Red: (: Red: yeh. Black: oh i forget to add the ity part Red: although the math part of my mind is in disagreement Black: got carried away with all the turning Red: haha Red: circles and figure eights... Black: yes big circles enclosing everything Red: http://hieroglyphs.net/0301/cgi/lookup.pl?ty=en&ch=e&cs=0 look at the second definition for eternity.. Red: cat is cool too, pronounced "m'iou" Black: wow really? Red: eternity is pronounced "neghegh" or something. if i remember my class right Red: im getting a ride home Black: since this is a painting i should let people know that we're talking about hieroglyphs here Red: haha Black: have a great ride chie! Red: if i had a tablet i could draw them for you Black: this has been a good one Black: let me get this up on the blog and then dinner Red: i wrote "i am a beautiful cat" on my mirror in glyphs.. jnk pw miw nfr Red: have a good night Black: :-) you too Red: thanks for the convo Black: a pleasure

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St. Patrick McMullan Day (amy la)

so this is how it happens on st. patrick's day with amy la from dc. thanks much amy. new podcast coming soon too. i think that will be number 5.

 

Black: to amy i say........ Black: happy st patrick mcmullan day Red: thank you! Red: you too! Red: how are you? Black: hi!! Black: great Black: happy green stuff day Red: hooray yes! Black: just got back from pm's big bagpipe party Black: how's the d and the c? Red: hehe, it's fine, i bet Red: i'm home for spring break this week Black: oh nice! Red: yes! but it's so cold here Black: brrrrrrrrrr *shivers* Red: indeed Black: yes yes in.. *shivers* deed Red: hehe Black: you'll need a big green scarf Red: haha Red: what are your plans for tomorrow? Black: drawings!! Black: im getting ready for a bunch of studio visits Black: the big art fairs were this past week and i did very well.. lots of people coming by to look at the new work in the coming weeks Black: so yes i have to finish some new things - frame some others Red: cool stuff Black: --yes i'll be using some nice green post-its for tomorrow's drawings Black: this week has really just been incredible Red: festive! Red: oh? what are you up to? Black: hey you're done with the testing! Black: nice Black: how's that feel? Black: well last friday my friend paul d miller dj spooky played a great set at the guggenheim Black: a big party to celebrate the annual armory art fair Black: tuesday was my girlfriend's film premiere and party Black: she just worked on this one -she didn't produce it Black: its a sidney lumet film with vin diesel called find me guilty Red: awesome! Black: tonight of course was st. patrick mcmullan's annual st. patrick throwdown Black: everything from bagpipes to dancing shower girls to danny boy and men in stilts Red: lol awesome Black: hehe Black: yes Black: so you're doing spring break... 'spring' break - in a winter coat ya? Red: haha, yes! Black: nice! Black: see that's what mtv needs - more thick wool scarves during spring break Red: lol and less skin Black: haha Black: ski not skin for spring break Red: yes lol Black: la let's make a green painting! Red: right now? Black: i just got together with a curator friend today and i was trying to describe what the paintings are for her but.. Black: yes Black: how about it? Black: a small one shall we say Black: a fifteen minute green painting Red: sure! Black: alirhgt let the green flow freely Black: see these aren't interviews right? Black: i think of them as word jazz Black: clutch the clutch moment Red: like be-bop? Black: be bop and he bop and she bop Black: and we bop Red: la de da daa Black: la Black: oh definitatly not an interview here Black: i even just mis-spelled Black: that's a new shape now Red: hehe Red: i was improving! Black: amy la what's the spirit of the day? Red: silly! Red: or, bailey's Black: the irish cream dream Black: le'ts pour some out for all of the people with these words Black: what's the best word for pour? Red: lol Red: spill? Black: we can wipe it up and squeeze it right out again Black: i just noticed pour has our in it Red: awesome Black: in fact it is our with with a little p before Red: indeed Black: where do you think we'll be Black: on canvas - on paper? Red: paper starts with p too! Black: a skywriter painting writing in the sky Red: i'll think we should be in the sky Black: wide leaf green sky Black: one thing i like to do on this particular day -this being st. patrick mcmullan day is this Black: green Black: a new color to celebrate in the red and black world Red: yes! green Black: to paint the green of the earth- that's a good thing Black: ok your brush - what in the earth will you paint? Red: i'll paint the water blue Red: so it looks clean again Black: i mean we can put anything here really Black: yes clean blue sky reflecting life water Black: you know i read somewhere that our bodies are 100 percent water Black: actual figures may vary Red: lol Red: it's like, 75% Black: a tree also? Black: you know what would be nice? Red: fresh air? Black: if these words could be that air Black: and those ones too Black: your words i like better because the word fresh is before air Red: hehe Black: yes fresh air Black: like a window opened Red: you can breathe it in! Red: and it's sweet Black: the kind that tickles leaves Black: this painting casts a shadow of green on the wall around it Red: like kryptonite Red: Black: oh we're almost at the bottom Black: a sun! Red: hooray! Black: how do we translate the sun into words? Red: like the light at the end of the tunnel Black: we don't - we just celebrate it Black: -------------------------------------------------- Black: la! Black: nice Red: i know! Black: *bows japanese style* Black: namaste that's the word Black: very happy to have made that one Black: thanks for that privilige Black: no now i misspelled that too Black: hahha Black: its spring break spelling is out for spring break Red: lol i can't spell privilege Red: it's the one word i can't spell! Black: i said the word peculiar tonight at the patrick mcmullan party Black: and then i remember - i always had trouble saying that word when i was in school Black: it would always come out pecurliar Black: or pecuriarl Red: hehe Black: let's just make this whole thing a painting Red: sure!

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