A DoNight Art Spectacle

Secret Mission Success!
On Saturday, Aug 28, A handful of Muscatine Heroes paraded a Giant 20 foot long water melon down the street to the Muscatine Farmers Market.  It was a surprise visit! Yes, that’s right, they didn’t even know we were coming.  The looks of awe and delight were golden!

The mission started at the corner of Cedar and 3rd street and paraded down the street to arrive, unannounced, at the Farmers Market.  People quickly asked who we were and what was going on!  Our answer:  Making the Muscatine Farmers Market a fun place to be!

The water melon was seedless when we arrived…but not for long.  We invited people to paint seeds on!

The story started when we (some DoNight artists) were talking about how much we appreciate the local Farmers Markets. Mostly because we’re foodies and love the taste of fresh foods. Wanting to turn people onto the great things found at the market, and reasoning that a fun place is a visited place - we decided to bring the fun - which is something we can deliver by the truck load!

The purpose of the Giant Melon is to make the Muscatine Farmers Market a fun experience. The reason for making the Farmers Market fun is to turn people on to good food.

John Kiwala Had freshly sliced water melon and muskmelon ready for us.
(John Kiwala and Robin Wilkinson co-run the farmers market and were about the only people who knew we were coming)

Thanks to everyone who answered our cryptic secret mission invitation. You guys looked great in your straw hats!

Thank you Musser Public Library for sponsoring this out of the box event!

Will you see the Giant Melon again?  Hmm, Soon…keep your eyes peeled.

Sign up for email updates or connect on facebook to catch news of future spectacles…including invitations to secret missions.

Yes - DoNight is going on a secret mission!  On this mission we will…well, we can’t just tell you…it’s a secret.  We can say that it involves something larger than life and will make a lot of people smile - including participants.  With that cryptic introduction…

You are invited to participate!
To be a Secret Mission Operative, meet at the parking lot on the corner of Ceder and 3rd street, downtown Muscatine. (Across the street from the Muscatine Journal building)  Mission includes a short walk. (Less than 1 mile)

Attire:  Dress as a farmer - interpret that how you want.  Ideas include: overalls, jeans and t-shirt (with John Deere logo!?), flannel shirt, chewing on a piece of straw.

The one item we will all wear is a STRAW HAT.

Mission Details:

• Saturday, Aug 28
• Meet at parking lot on corner of Cedar and 3rd street.
• Mission starts at 9:00am - arrive promptly!
• Mission includes a short walk.
• Dress as a farmer including straw hat.

Join the brave, the early risers(for you college students), and the usual suspects on a Secret Mission. Infamy not guaranteed but likely.

If you can’t find a straw hat, or have any other questions, talk with Andrew

563 260 5556  andrew@donight.org

Thank you Musser Public Library for sponsoring this out of the box public event!

This in an announcement for everyone, but it will especially appeal to people who’s hands are covered in grubby pencil or charcoal dust, has just spilled water colors all over their table top, or is perpetually rubbing ink off their fingers.  In other words: sketchy people…I mean people who like to sketch.

Sketch Club is an informal group of sketch enthusiasts and people who want to be sketch enthusiasts.  It meets at Elly’s Tea in Downtown Muscatine.

Here’s how it works:

• Thursdays 6:00pm-8:00 
• Elly’s Tea ( in the Pearl Plaza - Downtown Muscatine)
• Bring your own paper and pens/pencils/charcoal/wate r
  colors/crayons and make your mark.

If you have any questions you can reach: Andrew@donight.org
563 260 5556


See you at Elly’s!

Discover how to make DIY foot wear from Recycled Jeans!

In this class you will discover how to turn an old unloved pair of jeans into hip, recycled slippers.

Sarah Anderson will take us through marking out a pattern, cutting all the parts, and stitching them together to make one of a kind, custom slippers. Did we say these things are COMFORTABLE!
 
What you need to know:

• Saturday, August  14
• 10:00am - 1:30pm
• Anderson Farm
  1575 Underwood Ave.
  Muscatine, IA

• A light lunch is provided! Bring a snack to tide you over till lunch time:-)

• Bring an old pair of jeans and your can do attitude.  We’ll provide material for the soles and all the tools and sewing machines needed.
• Class & materials:  $15
  
• Room is very limited!  Just 5 spots available!
  Register by paying the class fee.   There are two options to do so: 
  Cash or check to Andrew Anderson  - 563 260 5556
  Or
  By Paypal to register@DoNight.org - put ‘DIY Foot Wear’ in the note area.

Learn how to make Marbled Paper for gift cards, book binding & loads of other crafts

Saturday, July 10

Making marbled paper is a blast!  It’s easy to do and useful for so many projects - including framing it just on its own!

The process is really fun and allows for lots of experimentation. There are endless ways to vary the results and no two sheets turn out the same.  It is also a tad messy.  Bring or wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on.

We will provide paint, trays, and other gear.
You should bring paper or cardstock to ‘marble’.

The marbled pages sometimes take a while to dry. You might need to pick up what you make a day later.  There are lots of ways we can work this out if needed.

What you need to know:

• Saturday, July 10
   
• 10:00am - 1:00pm
• At the CLW project space:  Church of the Living Water, 3120 Park Ave, W. Muscatine, IA
  We will be in the basement - go down stairs or drive around back.
  Thanks to CLW for letting us use their project space!

• Bring a lunch for yourself. (Lunch together makes this even more fun) 
• This is designed for adults and older youth - people 12 and older will fit right in.
• Wear or bring old clothes you don’t mind getting paint on - you likely will!
• Bring about two dozen (more is ok) sheets of paper: cardstock, heavy typing paper, or any other paper you would like to try marbling.  Many kinds of paper will work but best results come from heavy, yet still flexible paper.  Nice drawing paper is excellent.   Index card sizes and larger produce excellent results.

• This workshop is FREE!  (donations accepted)
• No registration required but please let us know if you plan to come.
• If you have any questions call:  563 260 5556  or email:  Andrew@DoNight.org

DoNight artists create a giant Mark Twain street puppet for the Muscatine 4th of July parade!

The theme of this year’s parade is, “It’s a Mark Twain Kind of Fourth”.  As one of Muscatine’s larger than life hometown heroes, Mark Twain is a great character for a giant puppet. 

And, for those of you into this sort of thing, the paper mache is made with pages from, wait for it…Mark Twain’s one time workplace, The Journal!    Yeah, it’s ok to roll your eyes.  We did too, but we’re secretly pleased by this little fact:-)

Construction has been underway for weeks…now it’s the rush to the finish. 

There are loads of construction photos on the DoNight facebook page. 

Be In The Parade With Giant Mark Twain!

What could be better than a giant Mark Twain?  A giant Mark Twain walking around with lots of Tom Sawyers of course!  You are invited to dress like Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, or Becky Thatcher and walk in the parade with us.    Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn outfits will be:  Straw Hat & Overalls, (and probably sandals because barefoot wouldn’t be a good idea.)  Becky Thatcher’s outfit…that is still being figured out.  

If you want to walk with the Giant Mark Twain puppet you’ll just need to shoot an email to andrew@donight.org for some details.

Give a big holler when you see us in the parade!  That is… if for some reason you’re not dressed as Huck Finn and walking in the parade :-)

And be sure to post your own photos if you happen to snap one of us in the parade!  Just tag them ‘DoNight’ on flickr or post them to our facebook page.  We’d love to see them!

This crazy project is generously sponsored by KariPearls - Thank You!!!

Congratulations to Bethany McGarry for winning the Spring 2010 Photo Contest.

Bethany will get 100 full color postcards of her winning photo. Keep your eyes peeled for a shot of the finished card.  It’ll be up as soon as it’s ready.

This contest was all on FaceBook: see Bethany’s winning photo comments HERE.

DoNight is holding a photo contest and we’re giving a way a very cool prize:  50 (now 100) color postcards of your winning photo!

The theme for this contest is ‘JUMP!’

It’s all happening on facebook so I’ll send you there to see the details:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123349271009134&ref=mf

Every Tuesday in April!

Wondering what to do Tuesday evening? Wonder no more!

Sketch Tuesday and Flash Fiction are loads of fun. So, we’ve scheduled them for the whole month of April! Each Tuesday night we will do either Flash Fiction or Sketch night.

We’ll start with Flash Fiction:
Flash Fiction (6th)
Sketch Night (13)
Flash Fiction (20)
Sketch Night (27)

Of course we won’t hold down - if you feel you must start sketching on fiction night - no one will throw hatchets at you.

Sketch Nights: Whether you are a full on sketch artist or not so much - this will be a good time to practice and learn along with others.

Flash Fiction: …is a blast. You just might have the most fun writing since you first wrote your name on the bedroom wall when you were four.

These Project Nights combine friends, fun, activities, and the occasional fist fight…er, I mean, They are very relaxed evenings. Join us!

Every Tuesday in April:
6:00- 9:00

Anderson Brothers Apt
1901 1/2 Broadway st Apt 5
Iowa City, IA

Call for directions:
563 260 5556

Note: This is in IOWA CITY IOWA CITY IOWA CITY IOWA CITY IOWA CITY

How to make Marbled Eggs! 

Friday, April 2     (Iowa City, IA)

Just in time for Easter we will be making Marbled Eggs.  We’ll be using a quick and fun method which you can use to make a whole basket of wildly colored Easter Eggs.

Just so ya know, the egg photo is borrowed from Martha Stewart and we’ll be exploring her egg dying technique on Friday night.

Bring as many eggs as you plan to make - a dozen is a good idea.  Choose large, plain white eggs.

• Friday, April 2
• 6:30pm - Till the eggs are all gone.
• Bring Eggs - you can take them home again in the same carton
• Location
  Anderson Bro’s Apartment
  1901 1/2 Broadway St Apt 5
  (above the Subway restaurant)
  Ph. 563 260 5556 for directions or more info.

Grab some eggs and join us!