Cristina Montejo

I’m absolutely smitten with this new set of “coasters” I snagged for free yesterday at a ZeroLandfill event in downtown Toledo. They’re actually samples from a set of ALLSTATE custom rubber tiles refurbished into coasters, which I’ve desperately needed for the longest time but never felt like actually paying/shopping for. What a perfect solution!
ZeroLandfill is a [...]

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Thanksgiving morning we drove up to downtown Detroit, MI for the America’s Thanksgiving Parade put on by The Parade Company. We had such a BLAST – the balloons, floats, and paraders were amazing, it wasn’t too incredibly cold out, and everyone in the crowd was in good spirits! 
We got there [...]

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It’s taken me way too long to post these pics from last month’s X event where my friends John Grillo and Danny PhantOM’ created an original, impromptu mixed media piece while graphic artists battled for the best design based around three random words, their screens projected onto the walls, and dj’s, singers and a belly [...]

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This has been one crazy week trying to get my wall painted and lights & pieces installed but it’s done and today is the grand opening of Artomatic! My camera officially died this week so I wasn’t able to take any pics of my space. You’ll just have to come by and take a look [...]

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I had pretty much lost all hope of participating in Artomatic this year since I was #65 on the waiting list. I hadn’t heard any news in over a week and had almost forgotten all about it when an email came Friday saying they had obtained another floor of space and I was in the top [...]

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Last night’s Show + Tell at the Cockeyesville Library was wonderful! The speakers were really great and offered three unique and interesting perspectives on trying to make it as an independent artist. Ryan Cecil Smith  and Andrew Neyer (Closed Caption Comics) had that “just out of school, doing the independent comics and Small Press Expo, but not [...]

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I’m a little bummed because my piece didn’t sell at the silent auction. I have mixed feelings actually and in a way am glad my drawing is coming home with me this week, as I always have a hard time letting my art go for some reason. Some really exciting possibilities came out of the [...]

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I just got back from hanging up my piece at Out of Order, the annual Free Hung exhibition, silent auction, and party going on at Maryland Art Place (MAP) this Friday. Luckily, I arrived just in time to snag the last available spot at eye level! I decided to hang my drawing ‘Pollution’ from last year since [...]

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If you live near Baltimore you may already know about the amazing Baltimore County Public Library ‘zine collection at the Cockeyesville library.  I first discovered the collection during a field trip with my ‘zine class where we got to speak with the maker of the long-running Baltimore based ‘zine ‘Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore!’ The [...]

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From the Maryland Art Place website:  
OUT OF ORDER! Information for Artists:
MAP’s infamous free-hung benefit exhibition is back! For twenty-four hours, MAP will open its doors to any artist who wishes to exhibit their work in our gallery. Work must be original and ready to hang. We will accept one piece per artist, with wall dimensions not [...]

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