Pterodactyl will host its first art show this weekend

POSTED: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7:55 PM

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Remember Pterodactyl, the Kenzo art space we told you about last month? Sherri Hospedales wrote a preview of it when the owners were prepping for their art classes on photography, screen printing and sewing:

At Pterodactyl, you don't have to be Picasso to get creative. Heck, you don't even have to be a kinda OK art school student. That's because Paul Yavarone Jr. and Catherine Dentino, who named their new creative project space after their love of dinosaurs and their "laid-back attitude toward art," think the artistic playing field should be leveled. "We want to bring the practice of making art into everyday life," says Dentino. "Everyone should be able to make art."

As founder of the Big Art Show, Yavarone Jr. knows a bit about art by the masses ' his event allows anyone to display their works for free, on a first-come, first-served basis. Dentino brings her skills as a photographer, as well as the master's degree in arts and cultural management that she's pursuing at Pratt Institute, to Pterodactyl.

Well, this weekend the Pterodactyl folks are putting on a fundraiser that'll feature visual art, video and music by the bands mentioned above. Among the 20-some visual artists will be Brandon Hardy, Katie VanVliet, Eric C. Veit, Darrin Prey-Harbaugh and Jesse Ringu. The latter, by the way, had his work featured on the front cover of CP's 2008 Comics Issue. It was that image of a cute/scary robot that was simultaneously begging for love and chasing you with a weapon. Oh yeah, did we mention we're accepting submissions for this year's issue?

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