Warpaint Update

Joshua was part of an art event in Des Moines called Warpaint two weeks ago that involved 16 artists. It was bracketed so 2 artists would compete in each round with the hopes of winning the crowd votes to move to the next round. The artist's had 1 hour, a black marker and a 4ft. by 4 ft. canvas. A theme was randomly drawn 15 minutes before starting each round. There were 4 rounds, Joshua made it to round 3 where he lost by one vote to our talented friend Anna. Anna went onto round 4 and won the whole competition. Below are the 3 panels Joshua created.

Round 1

Theme: Make it Rain

Round 2

Theme: Pop Culture

Round 3

Theme: Phobias

It was such a great event. Joshua and I are both looking forward to Warpaint in Spring 2012.

For the Birds!

Joshua's art show and Vitae's 2 year Anniversary party were amazing! Thanks to everyone that attended and that have supported our venture for the last 2 years! I wanted to share a few photos from the event. Joshua still has some of the paintings for sale so if your interested you can email him at joshuacbowers@hotmail.com.

Joshua's Art Show at Vitae

Well, it's time to get off my suntanned be-hind (we're being hypothetical here) and get acclimated to the brisk Fall schedule taking shape before us. First of all, Happy Birthday to us! It's been 2 years since we officially opened the doors at Vitae & we're so happy that not only can our little town can support a concept store like ours, the Indie scene is THRIVING! I mean look at Market Day...geeze, kudos everybody.

Come have some cake already. Just like last year, our anniversary co-incides with Art Stop - so while here, you can take in some cultcha and enjoy the Artwork of Joshua Bowers. We're excited to bring you this powerful exhibit and show everyone what some of us know...he's immensely talented and very funny once he's had a few. Seriously.

-Article by Julie Punelli from the Vitae newsletter

Events in Des Moines

This is a great week to enjoy some art in Des Moines.  The Des Moines Art Festival starts this Friday and goes through Sunday.  When you're at the festival stop into The Instinct Gallery on Locust and check out the munny toy that Joshua designed as well as some other amazing artwork. Also stop into Vitae and look at the artwork from our Female Trouble show, featuring 7 talented ladies and purchase some apparel from local designers.  Acanthus has some fun tank tops and dresses.

 

A couple of other events that you don't want to miss... 80/35 music festival on July 3rd and 4th, where Art Noir and Vitae will have booths, and St. Vitus and the Taxi Dancers will be performing! On July 11th the Vitae ladies and some friends will be the designers in a pin-up themed show titled Emergence at the Des Moines Social Club.

Acanthus dress from Femme Fatale

Here is the first dress made by Acanthus Apparel. It was displayed at the Femme Fatale show at the Instinct Gallery. Check the Acanthus myspace, www.myspace.com/acanthusapparel, soon for more pics. I will also have dresses for sale at Vitae towards the end of April.

Alyssa

Alter Egos and Alias's

Stop into Vitae on April 10th from 7-10pm to see some amazing work by some very talented tattoo artists!

Alyssa

Femme Fatale at the Instinct Gallery

Femme Fatale

The First All-Woman Art Show at the Instinct Gallery

March 2, 2009 – March 27, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, from 7pm-Midnight
1408 Locust Street - Des Moines, IA

Come view the latest works from local and regional artists:
Rachel Buse - Kelsey Cliche - Susan Czechowski - Lee Ann Conlan - Rudy Fig - Shannon Gallagher - Michelle Holley - Amanda Jo Johanson - Tonya Kehoe - Jenny Knavel - Katt Mahr - CL Martin - Molly Murphy - Chelsea Pickett - Jessie Ramey - Whitney Warne - Emily Svec Body Decor - Murals by Caspa D Ghost

Burlesque:
St. Vitus and the Taxi Dancers

Fire & Hoops:
Ashley Bertling & Liz Niec

Music:
Jillian Noah - Beati Paoli - The Honeybees

Fashion:
Vitae Design Collective featuring
rok:her:roots - Magpie - Pink Revolver - Acanthus Apparel - Barbarella

Located at the Instinct Gallery
1408 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA
50309