James Billiter Ohio Heart of America Poster Release By Sally Centigrade Gallery

James Billiter is the artist this time around for Sally Centigrade Gallery's Travel by Screen Series and we will be making a stop in Ohio.

Title: Ohio, the Heart of America
Artist: James Billiter
Size: 18x24
6-screens, 4-color process with a metallic silver and spot grey
Paper: Cougar Natural White 130#
$40.00

The Cincinnati 513 area code cannot contain all the treasures and mysteries the state of Ohio has to offer. This cultural map depicts many of the amazing facts and places with a handy, numbered reference guide at the bottom.

James Billiter loves to merge the worlds of Art & Design in his art prints—pairing illustration with educational and informative content.

Available Friday November 2nd at 10am Mountain Time at https://sallycentigrade.storenvy.com/products/24927843-ohio-the-heart-of-america-screen-print-from-james-billiter

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For The Children Artwork Inspired By and Dedicated to the Legend of the Wu-Tang Clan

Title: For The Children: Art Inspired By and Dedicated to the legend of The Wu-Tang Clan
Curator: Chris Breeden
Location: Final Friday Gallery Walk - Frameshop OTR - 1317 Main St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Date: Final Friday February 24th 2017
Time: 6 - Midnight
Website: http://www.wutangisforthechildren.com
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1888739638079687/

Overveiw:
"For The Children" is a group art show inspired by and dedicated to the legend of The Wu-Tang Clan. The show is directed by Chris Breeden in his curatorial debut and features the work of 18 of Cincinnati's best known artists across multiple formats including mixed media, sculpture, print making, photography, woodworking, fiber, needlepoint, painting and drawing. For those of you that just go to art shows for the free beer, beverages will kindly be provided by our friends at West Sixth Brewing Company.

Details from Chris
Why I Put This Show Together:
First. I have a mild obsession with the Wu-Tang Clan. Everyone around me always seems to find it both hilarious and moderately acceptable at the same time. I don't have any Wu tattoos or anything but I probably have more clothes, memorabilia and records than most. The older I have got though, the more I have come to find that I am not alone. People love the Wu. If I am walking downtown wearing a Wu-Tang t-shirt, people will literally yell "Wu-Tang Forever!" or "I Love the Wu!" at me. People of all classes, races and socioeconomic backgrounds, men, women, guys in business suits, people in cars, young people, older people. It's crazy. It's like their was a secret Wu-Tang Society out there or something. So I am like, I have got to do something with this....

Second. I know a ton of amazing artists. My family owns Arnold's Bar and Grill and I have worked there for the last 13 years. Besides the fact that Arnold's has been a go to bar and consistent hang out for the art community since way before I was born. It is also smack dab in the middle of the Design District, putting me in constant contact with some of the best designers and photographers in the country. The same people that design and photograph everything for Proctor and Gamble, Kroger's and more. Through my years of working there I have formed close relationships with some of the best and most respected artists in the business. People like Pam Kravetz, Keith Neltner, James Billiter, Tommy Sheehan and more. I have this crazy huge pool of talented artists around me so I am like, I have got to do something with this....

Third. The last part came together when I started using the Frame shop to frame some of the artwork that I have collected. Every time I would go in there I would end up spending forever in there talking to Jake or whoever was working and I built a relationship with them. I realized they could help me create my vision and it doesn't get much better in Cincinnati than The Final Friday Art Crawl. So, everything came together and the light bulb went off in my head and now we have: For The Children

Keith Neltner's Piece titled "Counting Souls". It is based off of The GZA's album Liquid Swords and the movie Shogun Assassin. It is an edition of 15 for $45 http://www.neltnersmallbatch.com/store

This one from Brian Methe and is titled "The Heart Gently Weeps" It's an edition of 30 for $30 https://www.etsy.com/shop/bmethe

 

 The Show poster will also be available from Lightning Horse Industries. It is an edition 50 for $20. https://squareup.com/store/lightning-horse-industries/item/wu-tang-art-show-poster

List of Artists:
Adam Henry
Brian Methe
James Billiter
Jason Coffey
Joe Bias
John Carrico
Keith Neltner
Kyle Ebersole
Lightning Horse Industries
Matt Wiseman
Pam Kravetz
Powerhouse Factories
Rob Warnick
Tara Heilman
Tara Zajac
Tommy Sheehan
WU Stitch
We Have Become Vikings

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Arnold's Bar Beer Week Posters

Arnold's Bar & Grill in Cincinnati released a bunch of posters again for Cincinnati Beer Week this year.

All the posters are 18x24, editions of 50 and signed and numbered.

Arnold's invited six artists and six breweries to come up with Gig posters but for beer instead of bands. The breweries picked the beer and then the artists were allowed to create whatever images they wanted to do with that beer. The only limitations are it has to say the name of the beer and brewery, the date and Arnold's Bar and Grill. So Arnold's is proud to finally release to you the official images for this years beer week posters. We are pretty excited and honored to have so many amazing artists and breweries work with us.

All of the details for them can be found at www.arnoldsbeerposters.com where a small number of the prints will be available for people unable to attend.

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Arnold's Bar and Grill Beer Print Series

As a complete poster addict, Chris of Arnold's Bar & Grill in Cincinnati has been toiling with an idea of finding a way to release Gig posters but for beer instead of bands for quite some time. Chris finally got his chance with something big coming up next week and hopes to make this something that they release once a month with different breweries and different artists from all over the country......

February 13-22 is Cincinnati Beer Week and Arnold's Bar and Grill wanted to come up with something unique for it. They convinced six different breweries to commission six different artists to reimagine one of their beers and create a signed and numbered, limited edition of 50, 18x24, hand pulled screen print from the art that they created. They enlisted artists: Keith Neltner, Tom Post, Tommy Sheehan, James Billiter, Brian Methe and Rob Warnick to all create a design.

The prints will all be available the day of their individual event at Arnold's and a small number will be made available to those who cannot attend at http://www.arnoldsbeerposters.com There is also plenty more information about each event on the site along with a description of the featured beer.

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James Billiter Wussy Cincinnati Poster

James Billiter Studio created this playful gig poster for Cincinnati's Wussy and the Queen City's newest venue The Woodward Theater. The poster is 18" x 24" hand-pulled screenprint, 3 colors featuring metallic gold and silver inks and an edition of 100. Posters cost $20.

Wussy's newest album, Attica, is getting a lot of critical acclaim and the designer wanted to celebrate their homecoming with a poster that captures the sweetness and grittiness found in their music. Two pigeons cuddle to keep warm — forming a heart shape, their style also evocative of another Cincinnati artist Charley Harper. But James kind of thought of singer Chuck Cleaver's humor, and this romantic scene would be tarnished and even sullied by a cynical eye: a piece of litter is caught in the tree, there is dirt and grime in the air and the grit of city living. The Wussy name is woven into the tree and the Woodward name is in the actual facade below the birds, with the opening act featured on the banner. Other rooftops of the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood are featured in the background.

Posters are on sale in James Billiter's Etsy store:https://www.etsy.com/listing/210775944/2014-gig-posters

A video showing the printing process can be found on James Billiter Studio's Vimeo feed:


Wussy Gig Poster Printing from James Billiter Studio on Vimeo.

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