Heavy Rebel Weekender fan info page 7/7/2018

Day two of Heavy Rebel Weekender in downtown Winston-Salem is just getting started.  This clip's from Crazy Man Crazy, who will be hitting the Main Stage a 6pm tonight.

Heavy Rebel Weekender  official website  tickets

The weather's supposed to be cooler, overcast, mid to high 70's, with a 30% chance of rain in the morning and 100% chance of thundering engines.  Here's the local weather to check the radar- WXII

The HRW 2018 Car Show is expecting 500+ cars, and they'll be all over Trade, Liberty, 6th, (&7th) streets from 7 am until 4pm.  Check it out.

Behind the Millenium Center today will be:
Noon - Big Wheel Races
2:30 - Mud Wrestling

The nearest clean restrooms, outside of the Millennium Center,  are in the lobbies of the Marriott and the Embassy Suites hotels at 5th and Cherry.  If you just gotta take a leak, the bus station restrooms, across form the Millennium Center will probably work.  But they're usually kinda scary.

Main Stage acts begin at 5 pm
5:00 - Sky Paige - video

6:00 - Crazy Man Crazy- video above
7:00 - The Gotham Rockets - video
8:00 - Wet Wifebeater contest
9:00 - Dirty Rotten Snake in the Grass - video
10:00 - Straight-8's - video
11:00 - Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones - video
Midnight - Thunderosa - video

Underground Stage
Deadly Lo-Fi - video
Austin Stirling - video
Tim Vee - video
Jesse Ray Carter Music - video
Lords of Mace - video
The Wombombs - video

Jailhouse Stage
Those Gorgeous Bastards - video
The Casket Creatures - video
Tan & Sober Gentlmen - video
Cha Cha's Cadillac - video
The Zoo Peculiar - video
Dusty Booze & The Baby Haters - video 

This page is brought to you by Steve Emig: The White Bear, Winston-Salem's premiere Sharpie artist.  This is what I do with Sharpies.  #sharpiescribblestyle

The Poxy Boggards will NOT be playing Heavy Rebel Weekender, and that's probably a good thing, they're definitely NSFW.  Please don't watch this video, it's not safe for anyone.

Rachel's "Fresh From The Vine" radio show

Since I met Rachel from Designs, Vines, and Wines a about 4 months ago, I've been spending more and more time hanging out there.  It's just plain fun.  That's all I really need to say.  Creative people hanging out, doing projects, spitting poetry and spoken word, Melvin (featured in this show) sending out some beats.  It's just a cool place to hang out.  In addition to giving some wall space to newer artists like myself, Rachel now is doing a weekly radio show about her passions, wine, art, creativity, wine, music, wine, organic gardening, the Trade Street art scene in Winston-Salem.  Oh, and wine, did I mention the wine?  And I don't even drink any more.  Rachel's studio is in the middle of the Trade Street Art District of Winston-Salem, in Studios at 625, at (you guessed it) 625 Trade Street downtown.  Cruise by if you're in the galaxy.

Here's the first show.  Tribal beats.  A few laughs.  A message from our last president.  And some poetry.  Enjoy. 

Trade Street First Friday Gallery Hop 2/2/2018

This drawing of Jerry Garcia was not up at the Studios at 625 on Trade Street last night.  But it was in my tablet, and I showed it to a bunch of people who were interested in my work.  I got a great response to my limited group of drawings.  I've been waiting to get paid for this particular Jerry drawing since about Christmas.  Hopefully the money will come in a couple of days. 

At the invitation of Rachel from Designs, Vines, &Wines, I had my Michael Jackson drawing (see last post) up in the front window at Studios at 625 (Trade Street), and she's dubbed me a "featured artist" this month. I was in the gallery drawing, hanging out, and talking to people most of last night.  It was great to be back in a small gallery scene again.  There was free wine samples, crafty beer from a nearby pub, and healthy snacks to be had, while I sipped my Diet Coke.

The tattoo shop down the street had a live suspension happen.  I guess "live" is inferred.  A suspension of a live person is pretty freakin' nutty.  A suspension of a dead person would just smell bad, and be much less exciting.  I didn't go see it.  I was enjoying drawing and talking to those wandering in.  A group painting was there to add to.  We had a small poetry reading, and I got up and did an amazingly bad reading of my "Become" poem.  That's the first time I read a poem in public since the first poetry reading I went to in Huntington Beach, (CA) in about 1994.  At that first reading, a beautiful blond gave me her number, and said she loved my poetry.  We met for coffee a couple days later... and she tried to get me to join Amway.  I haven't gone to a poetry reading since.

A spontaneous hillbilly music jam erupted with a guy playing spoons (forgot your name, sorry) and me busting some hambone knee slapping.  I whipped out my harmonica, and played my song, "Labor Ready Blues," for the first time in public. 

All in all, it was a dang good time.  You missed out. 

February First Friday Art Walk in Winston-Salem -2/2/2018

Today's a cool day for me.  This Michael Jackson drawing above is now hanging in the front window of Studios at 625, on Trade Street in Winston-Salem. I want to thank Rachel (DesignsVinesAndWines.com) for this opportunity.   I'm not really big Michael Jackson fan, but you can't deny his insane amount of talent as a singer, dancer, and pop star.  This was a fun drawing to do.  I wanted to get both a sense of his singing and dancing in it.  For those not familiar with my work, this drawing is done with Sharpie markers on paper, and is 18" X 24".  It is for sale.  My specialty these days is doing drawings of musicians and athletes.  I shade in what I call "scribble style," scribbling several different colors of ultra fine Sharpies over each other to get each final color.  My scribble style is completely unique in the world, which really surprised me when I started looking at other people's Sharpie art online.  There are a lot of people doing really interesting things with Sharpies, but none use my technique.

I came up with my scribble style while actually living in an indie art gallery called AAA Electra 99 in Anaheim, California back in 2005.  I've been playing around with this style since then, doing several different types of drawings.  Most of them weren't very good.  But I kept trying different things.  Two years ago, unable to find ANY job in this area, I decided to step up my art game and focus on turning my art and writing into a small business.  I've been selling drawings ever since, mostly at low prices to start, about $2 an hour for the work I put in each one.  These drawings took 20 to 25 hours each to draw back then.  My recent drawings, which are more intricate and detailed, now take 25 to 40 hours each, and have been selling for recently $120 each.

Today is the first time my art will be up in a gallery on Trade Street in Winston-Salem, the center of the local art scene, and the Triad's art scene, as far as I'm concerned.  For those of you seeing my work for the first time, here are some links to my social media, and other info about me.  I've led a really weird path through life, and been through some really tough times in the last 15 years or so.  If you're interested in having me do a drawing, the best way to contact me is by email:

stevenemig13@gmail.com

Check out my other stuff:

Facebook Fan Page: Steve Emig The White Bear

Facebook: Steve Emig (Winston-Salem, no fake or lame profiles, please)

Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/stevenemig13/

Artist's Profile in the Winston-Salem Journal

Current Art show at Earshot Music (1254 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem)
Huge thanks to Jane Buck and Phred at Earshot for this opportunity

My creative work in the past