BenRini Art Blog

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Artists Collage- Club Suede Scottsdale

We are so excited to announce the first of many BenRini artist's shows at Club Suede in Scottsdale!!

The show is called "Artists Collage" with BenRini featured artists (listed below) and local DJ 40 forD. With special DJ guests DJ Jarrad and DJ Tranzit. A mix of local DJs and local Artists together in the same room! Free drink specials from 9pm-11pm, can't beat that!

Come to the OPENING SHOW AUGUST 17th!

August 17

Banding Hendrix- Graffiti

Jaime Rodriguez- airbrush art

Audrey Thacker- jewlery

August 24

Kacy Armstrong -Photography

Jamie Fontana - Paint

Daisy Fromkin- Photography

Brez- Graffiti

August 31

Mike Cavaroc- Photography

Tariq Sabur- Paint/Drawing

Sabrini Peros- Paint

Heather Kirk- Photography

http://dj40ford.com/

http://www.suede.com/

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www.myspace.com/BenRini

Angela Saurini, Co-Owner

BenRini

602-486-0295

www.BenRini.com

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Are Tattoos Art?

View original blog conversation at http://community.artistaday.com/kickapps/service/displayDiscussionThreads.kickAction?as=30492&w=112024&d=26876&ac=new

First art is partially defined as a skilled workmanship. So anyone who says tattoos are just a skill, ok! They are! Which in turn makes them an art!
Someone else said that it's not their art... their body is a gallery...
When I got my first tattoo I was so excited that I was getting a piece of art on my body! What a great expression of art!
This conversation peeks my interest because I am currently working with three BenRini artists that are tattoo artists as well as their art medium of paint or drawing. We are working to change the perspective of tattoos from a trade, to a fine art as many people already do.
If you think about art mediums what are some of the first that come to mind? Painting, Drawing, Sculpting...yes and then Photography, Multimedia, Mixed Media.... Of these mediums the later three have only been considered an art in over the last 100 years or less! What would you tell a photographer now? Your work is a trade... you cannot create ART from that! NO! You wouldn't say that now because we all know that you certainly can!
From that perspective, those who disagree that tattoos are a fine art should reconsider their opinion.
Thank you!

Angela Saurini
Co-Owner of BenRini Art
www.benrini.com

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Even Newer Site

In April we posted a new website that was okay, but we quickly outgrew its capabilities. This July we posted our 3 site with a new dynamic company called Volusion. We searched relentless for a company that could offer everything we need to run our business without losing site of our mission, Promoting Artist.

Now we can offer each artist custom web pages, e-mail marketing campaigns, plus full shopping cart options.

Please check us out on our NEW site and leave us a comment.

BenRini

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

New Site

BenRini has gone through some changes in recent months. We've signed on a new web developer, Johnny OSI, and have added several new artist.

Kacy Armstrong:

Kacy is a recent graduate of the Herberger College of Fine Arts at ASU. He's an excellent photographer and loves black and white photography.

Johnny OSI:

JohnnyOsi is an artisan of sound and vision. Over the years Osi has developed whatever talents necessary to express the expression-less. He has been called a poet, an MC, a musician, a producer, a graphic artist, a philosopher, and a mystic, but really, he's just restless.

BenRini has recently partnered up with Image School in Tempe to nurture the artist in their students. Classes are held every Saturday this month with a Gallery opening to the public on April 25th. All proceeds help support the schools art program. Come join us on the 25th and Support the Arts in Education. Click here for more information.

Coming Soon:

Secure Online Shopping - see the art you want, simply order it on benrini.com and ship it anywhere in the US!

Check back often for new artist and gallery openings!

Friday, January 4, 2008

Benrini now on Cafepress

Benrini has established a Cafepress store front to bring you our artist
designs on the items you want and need.

Benrini artist designs on:

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Self Portrait by Mike Benge - (1)

This project has been inspired by Chuck Close and is my lame attempt to copy his craft. What you see has taken 3 months and probably will not be finished for three more. Please post a comment on your thoughts and which version you like the most.