“Unhealthy Obsessions” at Dwightmess in Silver Spring runs until October 31st.
Closing Party
Thursday October 24th at 7:00 PM
Food and light refreshments served
Attend the Dwightmess opening reception for Dana Jeri Maier's exhibition “Unhealthy Obsessions” on September 27th for a discussion on creativity moderated by arts journalist & artist Stephanie Rudig.
:: Copies of Dana's book, "Skip to the Fun Parts," will be available for sale thanks to People's Book of Takoma Park.
"Unhealthy Obsessions"
Solo exhibition by Dana Jeri Maier
September 27th - October 31st, 2024
Opening Reception: September 27th, 7pm
Artist Discussion with Stephanie Rudig, 7:45pm
Drinks & Light refreshments served
Location: Dwightmess, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (IG: @dwightmess)
Gallery Hours: By appointment. DM or email a@dwightmess.com
The perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts offers next-to-zero creative advice, and is instead filled with cartoons, commiserations, and jokes about the creative process.
Like you, syndicated cartoonist Dana Maier wants a creativity shortcut—a magical fairy who will both come up with brilliant ideas and grant the energy and discipline to churn them out. This book is not that magical shortcut—you won’t find stirring literary quotes or a foolproof system for sparking inspiration here—but it does provide commiseration, comics, jokes, and reflections about the often-painful act of making something original.
Drawing on her experience as a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications, Maier explores topics such as embracing the agony of the creative process, how the pandemic has affected creative people in different ways, and the power of channeling your inner six-year-old. While more traditional creativity guides often make readers feel judged, Skip to the Fun Parts offers amusing insights about the realities of the creative process—highly entertaining for artists of all kinds and 100% advice-free!
“Of all the books I’ve ever read on the creative process (and I’ve read every one), this is by far the most useful, for its ability to remind me why we make art in the first place. I know I will turn to it again and again whenever I need to re-ignite the spark of childlike joy that fuels creativity.” —Mari Andrew, New York Times bestselling author of Am I There Yet? and My Inner Sky
“A funny, irreverent sendup of creative self-help and a comforting depiction of the agony and ecstasy in the creative process.” —Austin Kleon, New York Times bestselling author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST
Dana Jeri Maier is an artist, syndicated cartoonist, and frequent contributor to The New Yorker’s “Shouts and Murmurs.” She lives in Washington, D.C.
Tim Kreider has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Week, The Men’s Journal, and Nerve.com. His popular comic strip, The Pain—When Will It End?, ran in alternative weeklies for twelve years and has been collected in three books by Fantagraphics. He divides his time between New York City and an undisclosed location on the Chesapeake Bay.
Event will be in person.
A showcase celebrating emerging and established artists—SQFT brings together the DMV for a two day pop-up exhibition featuring over 100 pieces of 1'x1' work by 50+ local artists.
Asian Fusion Gallery, August 18 + 19
1343 L St NW
Friday - 6:00 - 11:00pm - Opening Night, Meet the Artists
Saturday - 2:00 - 10:00pm - Gallery hours
Join Dana and draw some comics about museums as part of SAW’s Friday Night Comic series! This is a free workshop.
About SAW
SAW is a non-profit community of comics-makers, by comics-makers, for comics-makers.
Whatever your skill levels or interest, we're here to share your passion and offer courses to help you build a creative practice that enriches your story and your voice.
Every Friday we invite a different artist to host a 40 minute comics workshop.
Share your work after the workshop below in the comments, as a post using the "Friday Night Comics" topic, on social media using #fridaynightcomics #sawcomics @comicsworkshop, or all of the above!
To register, please select the date of the workshop you want to attend. You will then receive a link from Eventbrite to join the private zoom meeting.
To celebrate the release of her new book, author/artist Dana Jeri Maier will be at Atomic Books and in conversation with Tim Kreider, author of two essay collections, "We Learn Nothing" (2013) and "I Wrote This Book Because I Love You" (2019), and a frequent contributor at The New York Times.
Join us for an intimate evening of drawing and conversation, while we listen to Dana discuss some of the major themes in her new book, Skip to the Fun Parts.
A short book discussion and Q&A will take place in the first 15-20 minutes. The remainder of the event will be a Ladies Drawing Night Against Humanity, where we’ll be drawing with prompts from everyone’s favorite party game for terrible people. All skill levels are welcome, but a twisted sense of humor wouldn't hurt. Drawing supplies, wine, and light refreshments will be provided. Dana's book will also be available for sale.
Dana will discuss Skip to the Fun Parts with Philippa Hughes, a Social Sculptor and Cultural Strategist whose work has been featured by artnet, CNN, PBS Newshour, CityLab, The Washington Post, among other media outlets. Learn more here!
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Dana Jeri Maier to celebrate the release of her book Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process with a talk, audience Q&A, and book signing. The perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts offers next-to-zero creative advice, and is instead filled with cartoons, commiserations, and jokes about the creative process.
Dana will be joined in conversation by Leigh Stein, the author of five books including the novel Self Care and the poetry collection Dispatch from the Future. After the talk, Dana will sign copies of her book.
Dana will be discussing Skip to the Fun Parts with New York Times best-selling author Mari Andrew. Join them at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn where they will be discussing the beautiful mess that is the creative process.
Dana will be a panelist on the Art and Social Media breakout session at the OWN IT Summit on Sunday March 25, 2018 from 11-11:45AM. The panel will discuss the use of social media to promote traditional or new forms of art.
Moderator: Jessica Li, a student at Georgetown University and the Social Media Director for Bossier, a women's magazine on campus
Panelists: Elena Besser, cook and photographer at Lilia New York
Buy tickets here: http://ownit2018.eventbrite.com
Dana will be exhibiting at the 7th annual Comix & Arts Festival at Fisher Pavilion and The Vera Project at Seattle Center on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. 11 am – 6 pm. FREE! All-Ages!
Learn to wheatpaste, the art of gluing oversized photocopies to walls, with artist and cartoonist Dana Jeri Maier. You will learn how to go from an 8x10'' drawing to a large-scale, finished wheatpaste, where to buy materials for cheap, and all about the beauty of impermanent street art. Glue, brushes, and drawing materials will be provided for in-class demonstrations and there will be a final group art project. This program is part of DC Public Library's month-long celebration of Banned Books, and is made possible by the DC Public Library Foundation.
Space is limited due to the hands-on nature of the class, so please register at bit.ly/labsclasses to reserve your spot.*
Learn to wheatpaste, the art of gluing oversized photocopies to walls, with artist and cartoonist Dana Jeri Maier. You will learn how to go from an 8"x10'' drawing to a large-scale, finished wheatpaste, where to buy materials for cheap, and all about the beauty of impermanent street art. Glue, brushes, and drawing materials will be provided for in-class demonstrations and there will be a final group art project. This program is part of DCPL's month-long celebration of Banned Books, and is made possible by the DC Public Library Foundation.
Space is limited due to the hands-on nature of the class, so please register at bit.ly/labsclasses to reserve your spot.*
Dana will be tabling at the Vancouver Comics Arts Festival on Saturday on May 20 and Sunday, May 21 at the Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews.
Dana will spill her wheatpasting secrets in this one-hour workshop at the DC Lemon Bowl in Petworth. Cost is $25 and all levels are welcome.
Dana's original art for "Adams Morgan Bingo" will be for sale at the 36th annual WPA Auction Gala to be held on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the historic Uline Arena in NoMa.
This exhibition features work by 19 members of the artwork subscription service, Project Dispatch. Participating artists will exhibit works dealing with seen and unseen elements, obfuscation, and mystery of the unknown to encourage interest in the format of purchasing unseen works of art.
Participating artists include Frank Adams, Eleanor Barba, Amy Hughes Braden, Chris Chen, Sheena Custer, Rachel England, Duncan Ford, Jessica Ford, Elizabeth Graeber, Evan Hume, Becca Kallem, Chandi Kelley, Corwin Lamm, Allison Long Hardy, Dana Maier, Molly McAuley, Kendall Nordin, Jerome Skiscim, and Kristoffer Tripplaar.
ARTCRANK is making its debut in The District at 1776 with a brand new Poster Party For Bike People on Saturday, November 8! Features handmade, bike-inspired posters created by local artists. Limited edition, signed and numbered copies of all posters will be available for $50 each.
Oskar Blues Brewery will have a selection of craft beers to quench your thirst. Make a donation to support Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) if you want to make The District a more bike-friendly place to live, work and ride!
ARTISTS
Aaron Hansen | Abbey Schuyler | Abe Garcia | Annie Riker | Ayn Roberts | Blake Wilton | Carolyn Sewell | Christian Baldo | Dana Jeri Maier | Devin Draudt | Hannah Dean | John Deardourff | Jonathon Poliszuk | kidboy | LA Johnson | Meg Vazquez | Nicolet Schenck | Pia | Rockets are Red | Sean Berg | TJ Cichecki | The Matt Butler | Tim Skirven | Travis Poffenberger | Typecase Industries
Group exhibition at the Catonsville Gallery with artists Amanda Burnham, Michael Fischerkeller and Lee Gainer.
Opening reception: October 17, 2014.
Artist talk for my show at the DCAC Nano Gallery, "You Can't Put Art on a Pedestal." The lovely Philippa Hughes of the Pink Line Project will be moderating.
