BZTAT's National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Celebration

Artwork by BZTAT

November 1-7 is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States. My furry Friend Romeo the Cat has teamed up with Big Paw Designs and Peoplepets.com to encourage everyone to celebrate our local rescues and shelters and let them know how much we love and appreciate all they do! Romeo is encouraging everyone to do something for their local shelter this week, and he is featuring a different act of kindness each day on his blog.

Since this week has First Friday in it, the Canton Art's District's monthly art party, I decided to invite the Friends of Stark Pound (FOSB) to come down and join me in the studio this Friday. The great folks of FOSB will be there with information about adoptable pets and other important items. They also are planning to bring a couple of dogs, one of which will be my doggie pal Lexi Lou, who is featured in the picture above.

Please come down and visit us in my studio this Friday, and enjoy all the other festivities in the Canton Art's District! And do something special for YOUR local animal shelter!!!

Life is an Adventure!
BZTAT

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Art Adventures Studios
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Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OHnear Second April Galerie and the historic Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography.

The Brew Celebrates Canton First Friday Houndcats of Summer!

From Brewskie Butt, official spokescat of Art Adventures Studios...


Hello all my furrends! It's the Brew! Yeah, I am rockin' as the King for the next Canton First Friday that has an Elvis theme! Check out all the cool stuff going on in the Canton Arts District for the next First Friday arts event on August 7, 2009 here!

Oh yeah, and since everyone luvs me as Elvis, BZTAT posted some merch at her CafePress shop with me on it! Check it out here!

I will be postin' more about Canton First Friday Stay tuned!

The Brew

Life is an Adventure!

Art Adventures Studios
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Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OH near Second April Galerie and the historic Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography.

Sidewalk Sidelines--Canton First Friday

Join BZTAT and other downtown artists for "Sidewalk Sidelines" in support of Canton First Friday's "Chalk the Walk"!

First Friday
July 3, 2009
6:00 PM - 10: PM
In the Canton Arts District

"Brewskie Butt"
Oil Pastel by BZTAT

The drawing illustrated above is for sale for $50. Send email for purchase information to: bztat@artadventuresstudios.com.

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Art Adventures Studios
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Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OHnear Second April Galerie and the historic Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography.

Canton First Friday--Believe in the Arts!

Join BZTAT at Art Adventures Studios and all the other artists in Canton's Arts District as we celebrate and BELIEVE IN THE ARTS at the March 2009 First Friday! Lots of great music, food, fun, and always GREAT ART! Check out the Canton First Friday web page for more information!



Enter a Drawing for a free "Ki-Meow-No" Print by BZTAT at Art Adventures Studios at 336 4th St. NW!

Believe in the Arts!
First Friday, March 6th
6-10 PM
Downtown Canton, Ohio

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Download the March Info Flyer!

Music! Art! Food! Fun!

Life is an Adventure!

BZTAT

Art Adventures Studios

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Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OH
near Second April Galerie and the historic Onesto Hotel.

Canton First Friday Ice Sculpture--BZTAT's Latest Adventure

A couple of months ago, I received a letter from the Canton Special Improvement District about the January 2009 First Friday "Ice-O-Rama". the letter asked me if I would be interested in carving an ice sculpture for the event. There was nothing compulsory about it--Just a simple inquiry. No was an acceptable answer.

But as I am often want to do, I said, "Sure! I can do that!"

Keep in mind that I am a capable artist, but my realm is typically 2-D. I am not a sculptor. I have never carved wood or stone or even plaster, for that matter. I am a painter.

Why do I get myself into these things???? There are times that I might be wise to abandon my motto, "Life is and adventure!"

Four days from now, I will be carving a block of ice at a very public event, outside of my studio, Art Adventures Studios, in the freezing cold, trying to make sure that my fingers do not succumb to power tools, and trying to avoid making a complete fool of myself. To prepare, I am doing a lot of research through Google and You Tube, to see how the pros do it. I am picking the brain of fellow artist and wood worker extraordinaire Kevin Anderson of Anderson Creative, who has gamely agreed to loan me some tools. I am hoping that I can do it without a chainsaw, the most common tool used by ice sculptors, because I have never used one of those before. We will see.

I have pulled off some incredible adventures before. If I can pull this one off, I guess there will be little that I cannot do. Stay tuned...

Canton First Friday January 2, 2009

Wow, we just finished up the Canton Shop Hops, and now it is already time to be preparing for the first First Friday of 2009! This is one you won't want to miss! Come see BZTAT carve her first ever ice sculpture in front of Art Adventures Studios as part of Ice-o-rama! BZTAT, known for her colorful cat paintings, drawings and photographs will be making an ice sculpture with a finicky feline theme! Warm up inside and see her latest cat and dog art on the studio walls.

Mark your calendars now!

First Friday, January 2, 2009 6-10pm Ice-O-Rama!!!