Light Grey Summer-long Pop-up Shop and Art Sale!

Stop by Light Grey Art Lab for a summer full of artwork, originals, creative projects, and archival prints! We have transformed our adjunct gallery into a summer-long Light Grey Pop-Up Shop!



From now until July 20th, we will be exhibiting and selling original works of art, pottery, prints, collaborative projects, zines, and more! The collection of available artwork will be rotating throughout the summer and shop. These pieces are made by artists from around the world, hundreds of illustrators, designers, fine artists, and have participated in past Light Grey Exhibitions and projects. The sold work will go to support the artists and Light Grey Art Lab, funding many of the future printed projects, exhibitions, equipment, and classroom facilities!



This is a perfect chance to celebrate artwork, type, illustration, printmaking, and artist of all backgrounds, as well as find the works you missed from past exhibitions. We are bringing all of our works out of the archives for this huge event! During the summer, we will have regular gallery hour: Wednesday-Saturday from 12pm-7pm and Sundays from 12pm-5pm. This Saturday is our extra art sale and fundraiser during the Whittier Art Crawl!

Saturday the 28th, we are participating in Art Crawl, which will include extra sales, deals on prints, and all sorts of projects! Stop by out tents (right outside the gallery) and say hello! The event will take place Saturday from 1-7pm.



You can view some of the available works on the Light Grey Shop or stop by in person- we would love to show you around and share some of the upcoming projects! You can find the shop and online galleries here. You can also support Light Grey Art Lab and programming by donating on our GiveMN Page here.

Light Grey Black Friday

Mark your calendars for November 29th- December 2nd! It's Black Friday, one of the most feared and exhilarating unofficial holidays, and we thought we could use this weekend to host a giant art sale and our annual Light Grey fundraiser!

We are happy to announce that we will be having Light Grey Black Friday, a four day art sale and event, featuring hundreds of exhibition archival prints, limited edition books and decks, paper toys, and more all for a discounted price. These are works from our past exhibitions including Night of the Exquisite Corpse, The Light Grey Tarot, Station Zero, Girls: Fact + Fiction, In Place, and more. These projects are near and dear to our heart, and we would love to share them with all of you.



You can check out all of the details for the sale on the fundraiser event page here.

The event will take place here at Light Grey Art Lab
Friday, November 29th from 10am-7pm
Saturday, November 30th, from 10am-7pm
Sunday, December 1st, from 12pm-5pm

Cyber Monday, December 2nd ON THE LIGHT GREY SHOP!



This event is not just a large sale, but our Light Grey Fundraiser. All proceeds from this event will go towards future exhibitions, collaborative printed projects, classroom materials, and printing costs. Every purchase goes towards making these projects and large scale collaborations happen. We appreciate all of your support and participation.



About Light Grey Art Lab: Light Grey Art Lab is a gallery, classroom, and event space located in Minneapolis, MN. Run by a small team of artists, Light Grey holds new monthly exhibitions featuring up to 150 artist each month, published collaborative projects, weekly podcasts, lectures, classes, workshops, traveling workshops, and more. Our goal is to bring together all types of creatives for learning, collaboration, and creation.

Custom Artwork to help raise money for Oliver's Treatment.

Oliver, my sweet kitty

Hi guys, It's Lindsay.
It's been a tough week. Chris and I have been in and out of the University of Minnesota Veterinary Clinic this past week and just got some really sad news. Our kitty, Oliver, has been diagnosed with having cancerous tumors in his lungs. We've decided to try to give him the best shot at fighting it, and he's currently getting chemotherapy to try to treat them. He's a tough boy and has a fighting chance since he's an otherwise healthy boy. With his chemo, he's got a chance of shrinking or stopping the growth of the tumors, and we're hopeful that it makes living happily with them a real possibility. He is happy, not in any pain, and has been racing around like a crazy cat regardless of his diagnosis.

I'm not a person that gives up easily, and though it's been very hard to understand it all and very expensive, I am determined to try to help however I can.

I have set up a small online shop where I'll be creating custom artwork for anyone that is interested or willing to trade a nice piece of art for help in offsetting the cost of his treatment. If you are looking for a nice gift for someone you love, or just would like a nice illustration for yourself, I would be happy to create one for you.

Please help me spread the word with anyone you might know that could be interested.
I have also set up a donation page on my website for anyone that is interested in donating whatever amount (if you are not interested in a piece of work) HERE.


Here are some examples of the types of work that I'll be selling. If you are interested in prints or patterns, I would be happy to make either!
Thanks so much, and if all you can do is share this post for me, I would be forever grateful.

A link to my custom art shop fundraiser can be found here.
I'll be doing these on a first-come, first-served basis and will try my best to create them quickly for anyone willing to donate.
Questions? Send me a note at my personal email, lindsay@paperbicycle.com

Here are some samples of my artwork.
Thanks so much, you guys, for your help. I appreciate it more than you can know.
--Lindsay


Custom Typography, Monogram, Phrases.


Custom Black and White Sketches


Custom Repeating Patterns


Custom Botanical Illustrations


Custom Crystals / Mineral Prints

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

Light Grey Art Lab Kickstarter!

It's an exciting time at our new venture, Light Grey Art Lab! Our first Grand Opening is this week, and we're working super hard make everything perfect!

As awesome as this first event is, this is only the beginning for Light Grey Art Lab! We've got a million things planned,and we've still got a long way to go, which is why we need your help!

We just launched a Kickstarter Project which will allow you to help us make Light Grey Art Lab shine as brightly as we know it can!

We've already put a lot of time, money and love into making Light Grey Art Lab the best we possibly can, and it's looking great so far. The money you give to the Kickstarter will help cover some of the cost of the full remodel we're doing, but more importantly it will ensure we get the equipment and tools we need to help you learn, create and fully take advantage of the classes we are offering!

In addition to making Light Grey Art Lab bigger and better, you'll get all sorts of cool stuff in return! Prizes range from sweet tote bags, mugs and sketchbooks to amazing limited-edition screenprints, free classes (in-studio or online!) and even super exclusive private parties!

Over the next few weeks on the blog, we'll be featuring all the cool prizes here on our blog, so stay tuned!

Make sure to visit our Kickstarter page to read more about the project, the prizes, and all that is planned!