February 2016 – Andrew Reach

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016

Sending My Art Into Outer Space

NASA has asked the public to submit artwork to ride on a spacecraft whose destination is an asteroid. The website dedicated to this project www.asteroidmission.org/WeTheExplorers says:

We are all explorers in our own way. Whether it’s an expedition to a distant asteroid, meticulous research revealing the inner workings of a tiny cell, or the creation of a moving song or poem, exploration is the essence of our human spirit.
As we prepare for launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team invites you to ponder the big questions with us:
What does it mean to be an explorer like OSIRIS-REx?
What might this mission teach us about ourselves and our universe?
How are we as a people stretched and deepened by explorations beyond our Earthly home?
Then, share your reflections with us—and with the universe—in a creative work that will ride aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its journey to the asteroid Bennu.

All submissions that are posted before the deadline of March 20, 2016 and or before the server is filled up will travel to space. Click here for instructions on how to submit. Here’s my submission “I’ve A Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore”

February 28, 2016February 28, 2016

Whimsy T-Shirts

Put a little Whimsy in your life with my Whimsy T-Shirts available on Society6.com

My Whimsies are unencumbered beings free of the constraints of gravity and are stand-ins for my desire to escape pain and be free from the earths binding gravitational force.

Whimsy (Type 1) T-Shirt

Whimsy (type 2) T-Shirt

Whimsy (type 3) T-Shirt

Whimsy (type 4) T-Shirt

Whimsy (type 5) T-Shirt

Whimsy (type 6) T-Shirt

Whimsy (type 7) T-Shirt

February 26, 2016March 1, 2016

The “REINVENTION” Show at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

I’m pleased to announce my work being exhibited in a group show at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. I’m honored to be in the company of four accomplished artists; Ruth Bercaw, Terry Klausman, PJ Rogers (Now deceased), and Kim Bisset. The show is titled “REINVENTION”. Mindy Tousley, director of AAWR and curator of the show says about it:

“I am putting together an exhibition of regional artists who have re –invented themselves or at least their artwork because of physical trauma associated with aging or aging related disabilities. In the case of all of the artists I have selected they have overcome the changes forced on them and gone on to complete bodies of work that are very different & in some cases superior to what they were doing before. I came upon the idea for this show because of my association with the artists and their stories. I saw firsthand the changes in their work over the course of time.”