Plush Shows and Events

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What: The Plush Team in Candyland
When: January 21-March 20, 2011
Where: Hot*Pop Gallery, 213 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202-5839
Who: The Plush Team is an international group of plush artists who create unique dolls, toys, soft sculpture and all manner of soft creations. Together for the first time in a gallery setting, The Plush Team in Candyland show will feature sewn, knitted, and crocheted tasty confection creations.

Make plans to attend the opening reception, where many participating artists from all over the United States will be in attendance, a "candy bar" featuring the artists' candy faves, and super sweet libations to keep everyone from getting too salty. The opening reception is Friday, January 21, 2011 from 6p.m. to 10p.m. RSVP for the opening reception on Facebook!




What: Bolster Poster
When: 18 December 2010 - 27 January 2011
Where: Le Petit Mignon, Flughafenstr. 38, 12053 Berlin Neukölln
Who: The exhibition “Bolster Poster” at Le Petit Mignon will show a selection of prints released by Le Raclet in the past four years, plus a small crowd of new soft creatures designed and sewn by Ninon. Both artists have already collaborated in the past and are now, reunited in Berlin, ready to present their latest works along with a collaboration resulting from screenprinting on fabric and character design.

Le Raclet is an italian based Screen Print studio specialized in Paper and Fabric print. The studio was born in Milan in 2007. It slowly became a meeting point for young and talented artists coming from the illustration, design and street art scene. Over the last years Le Raclet has released a remarkable amount of hand screen printed posters, t-shirts and goodies, which reflect the different faces of the contemporary art scene.

Ninon is an italian full time softie maker based in Berlin. She makes "Les Monstris", little soft characters that pop out from the combination of fabrics and shapes, almost always with anthropomorphic and monsterous results. She started making these creatures in 2004, following the need of combining two of her favorite things: sewing and drawing.



What: Fourth annual Stuff This! plush group show at Rivet.
When: The show will be taking place December 4, 2010 through January 23, 2011. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 4 from 7 to 10pm.
Where: Rivet, 1200 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43201, 614-294-8697, www.rivetgallery.com

Who: Rivet is a designer vinyl toy store and art gallery, Laura Kuenzli is the owner and curator.

If you'd like to see images from the previous years, please visit: http://rivetart.com/get_opening?i_show=31 and http://rivetart.com/get_opening?i_show=19 and http://rivetart.com/get_opening?i_show=6