Date: May 30th 2008 5:47p.m.

Hello Everyone- you are beautiful:

One or two things happening right now:

• Solo Show at Pirate
  
• Denver Zine Fest this Saturday
• Put The Fun... Bike Advocacy shirts for pre-order

NOTHATYPE

I have a solo show right at a place called Pirate. The show is titled, NOTHATYPE: Minimalist Type. Maximum Horror Vacui. The show is a collection of my work that deals with experimental typography and filling the entire canvas - in my admittedly nervous and anxious sort of way. All my newest work is up and a few other pieces that I think complement my newer work and give you some perspective on how I got to where I am. The show looks great and I want to thank Pirate for inviting me to show at their amazing space. Here's the important details:

Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis
3655 Navajo St
Denver, CO
http://pirateart.org

Pirate's hours are:

Fri. 6 - 10PM
Sat. & Sun. noon to 5PM

June 6th is First Friday and is actually the last Friday the show will be up, so I'm having an opening for the closing. Yes. Please come! on June 6th, 2008 between 6:00pm and 10:00pm, check out the work and say hello. My long-time friend, Terry Campbell is showing at Pirate as well in a show entitled, Going Through the Motions, which I hope you can check out as well. Terry is known for making extremely large format figurative oil paintings, and this show is no exception. His largest painting in the show is something like twenty-one feet long by seven feet high. Big stuff.

Also on Friday is the opening of my very very very good friend and studio mate Lauri Lynnxe Murphy over at + Gallery. Her show is titled, Unnatural and I've been watching Lauri create and experiment with a crazy type of sculpture work, making sensational and otherworldly animals. Covered in hot rod car paint. Oh yes. So, please make it one of your stops on First Friday, June 6th.

plus + gallery
2350 Lawrence Street
Denver, CO 80205
303.296.0927

There's so much going on that Friday, but just to tell you one more thing I'm extremely excited about is the show at Andenken called,
MERGE who has some of my heroes in it: Amanda Marie, Scot Lefavor and Vincent Comparetto. Andenken:

http://andenken.com
2990 Larimer st
Denver, co
80205

The Third Annual Denver Zine Fest

It's zine fest time! The first year, I was just a visitor. The second year I had a table and helped manage the venue. This year, I'll have a table again and will also be putting on a Screen Print Workshop! So, if you've ever been curious about screen printing and want to know how to do it - well, in 20 minutes, I'm going to do my best to try to get you on the right foot. The Denver Zine Fest is this Saturday, May 31st, 2008. Here's the address:

Denver Zine Fest 2008
1st Unitarian Church
14th and Lafayette,
Denver, CO
http://denverzinefest.com/

My screen printing workshop will be between 3:40 pm – 4:00 pm (and if it proves popular, I'll do another one, right afterwards) It will be free, as is the Denver Zine Fest itself. Come by and say hello!

I'm leaving my zine up as a surprise, but if you'd like to be sent one, gentle reader, I just need your address and it's done. You can fill out the form here:

http://justinsimoni.com/mailing_list.html

With the relevant information and I'll get you a zine. Put in the, "Hi, how are you?" comment box that you'd like a zine and I'll know what to do.

Put The Fun Shirts are Back!

It's that time again - I'm getting ready for a some insane Dharma-Bum adventure and this time I'm going to Europe, for two months. Traveling can get expensive, even though I'm mostly bushwhacking it. Food starts getting really expensive, as I ride between 60 and a 100 miles a day. Last year's adventure saw me go from LA to San Diego in one day and from Canada to Mexico in a month.

So, to help out, I'm making these awesome t-shirts, printed on fancy organic cotton shirts and they are awesome. I'm accepting pre-orders right now, so hop to it! Here's the order form:

http://justinsimoni.com/putthefun

Thanks Everyone,

I don't think I've ever been so busy with my artwork, and I want to thank everyone around me who has helped me by passing my name to galleries and studios and giving me a hand with everything. I couldn't have been as successful without everyone and your help does not go unnoticed. Wish me luck this summer (*cough, by a shirt! cough*) and I'll see you in the fall!

Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com