Light Grey Fundraiser: Print + Project Sale

July 12th- 14th 10am-7pm

It's that time of year again! It is time to clean out the back closet, the flat files, and all of the drawers- making room for new projects!



This summer, we are having a Light Grey Fundraiser, selling archival gallery prints, printed book projects, the Light Grey Tarot, paper toys, temporary tattoos and more!



Since opening our doors in March of 2012, we have hosted more than 15 large group shows, and exhibited over 1000 artists from all over the world!! We are extremely grateful for all of the artists who participate in our shows and classes, as well as the local arts community, and of course, our online community!



This fundraiser is intended to both celebrate and revive these beautiful prints, as well as give visitors to the gallery a chance to directly assist Light Grey is making future projects come to life. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards new workshops and classroom materials, published projects, and supporting our large and collaborative exhibitions.

 

The fundraiser will be July 12-14th from 10am-7pm. We will have tons of discounted prints to choose from, books, and works from all of our shows.

Are you out of town and would like to participate? No problem, we will be setting up an option on our Light Grey shop to purchase combinations of projects and prints. More details to come!

Thanks for your support and we hope to see you here!

You can check out the event on our facebook page: Light Grey Fundraiser

A Horde of Zombies (and Zombie-lovers) invade Light Grey Art Lab

Everyone crowds in to see all 52 pieces

Night of the Exquisite Corpse opened with an exciting reception this past Friday! A horde of guests were greeted by an appropriately ghoulish soundtrack as they marveled at each of expertly crafted, undead themed paper toys.


Zombie fans of all ages attended

It was a fun and high-energy exhibition and we had a fantastic turn out! We want to thank everyone that was involved, from near and far, for all of their hard work and enthusiasm for the show!


Lindsay hangs black balloons outside in preparation for the opening

Be sure to check out all the pics on our flickr gallery! Besides getting a good feel for the vibe of the show, you can check out some artists posing with their pieces (sorry we didn't catch everyone, though!).


Curators : Chris Schons (left) and Adam Hoppus (right) admire their own paper toys

Big thanks to Chris Schons and Adam Hoppus, who co-curated the show! They poured time, blood, sweat and tears into brainstorming, planning, assembling and coding. Adam painstakingly cut out and assembled each of the three dimensional pieces on display, and Chris created this amazing interactive gallery!


Stop by www.zombioso.com to see all the entires and mix and match some zombies!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse will be on display at Light Grey Art Lab through September 7, so please stop by! They are amazing in person!

For those who can't make it to Minneapolis to see the show, don't worry, we have you covered! Check out our our online shop where you can see all the assembled pieces as well as the flat artwork! And of course you can order any you'd like to build yourself!

And again, please visit zombioso.com to see the interactive gallery of all of the pieces listed by artist - with a special zombie-swap feature that also lets you see what they look like when pieces are interchanged!

How nice! Night of the Exquisite Corpse Write-ups!

Get ready to swap body parts to your heart's content on www.zombioso.com/papercorpse

This week has been crazy! We have Adam Hoppus working diligently to assemble all of the paper toys and Chris Schons building one crazy awesome website for you guys!

You'll soon be able to see the magical unveiling of the Night of the Exquisite Corpse Exhibition, and boy, will you flip out over the pieces we've got. (At least I will be!)

We've also gotten a couple great write ups today about the upcoming exhibition and we're happy to share those!

This one is from Stephanie at Metro Magazine. She was a blast to talk to and she gave us a really fun story!

This one, too, by TOYSREVIL, is fantastic and we're honored to be featured!

We can't wait to post the full gallery of images! More soon!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse Sneak Peek!

Today we began to set up the gallery for Night of the Exquisite Corpse, which opens this FRIDAY (August 17th, 7-10PM)! It's the first time we have ALL of the assembled pieces in one place and it's pretty amazing! It's like a tiny paper-zombie army has invaded the space!

Here's just a few you can except to see once the show opens later this week (there's over 50 on display)!







You can see a complete list of participating artists here. More info about the opening here! And share the Facebook event!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse Opening Reception

The team at Light Grey Art Lab is busy setting up for our newest show, Night of the Exquisite Corpse, a group show of papercraft zombies featuring 52 amazing artists!

The Night of the Exquisite Corpse opening reception is this Friday, August 17th, from 7–10 p.m! Stop by Light Grey Art Lab to see a horde of mini-zombie papercraft toys! We'll also have refreshments, free DIY zombie templates, and an interactive display letting you swap the head, torso and legs of the zombies to make some truly bizarre combinations of creatures!



We're super excited for the opening of this show so stop by to see the zombies and say hi! You can RSVP and invite friends via our Facebook events page!

Remember, the opening reception is Friday, August 17th from 7- 10pm! We're located on the corner of Stevens Ave and 26th Street - right across from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Street parking is available on Stevens, 26th and 1st Ave.

Night of the Exquisite Corpse : Preview!

It's like something out of a paper-nightmare...



Awesome photo (and photo set here) by Johnson Cameraface of the paper toys created by the amazing, Jesse Phillips.

Light Grey Art Lab will be be mobbed by horde of 52 paper zombies, ghouls and creepers. Adam Hoppus and Chris Schons' have curated a fantastic show for everyone.

Chris Schons has built an amazing interactive site (link to be announced soon!) where visitors will be able to view all of the pieces in the show and swap their body parts at random. Plus, we'll be giving away blank die-lines so you guys can also take one home and build your own!

Visit the flickr set of Johnson Camerface to see the rest of Jesse Phillips' awesome zombies, and come visit us at Light Grey on Friday, Aug 17 from 7 - 10pm to see the rest of the show!

Here's the official Facebook invite - the show is open to everyone, so bring your friends, family and anyone else that might want to see a little paper-gore.