Emily August

The annual WFMU pledge drive is ON, man. If you are a local Jersey City resident then you must already be listening. However, if you are a blog reader from way over yonder elsewhere, then you are going to want to start listening online. And when you do, you will see how wonderful free form radio really is. These guys host so much content streaming off their site, its unbelievable. Heroes, all. Ever since the fall of the old WHTG FM106.3, WFMU has been my only hope. And it has never disappointed.

As part of the pledge drive, you can adopt a WFMU DJ. However, via their flickr page I have found you this guy to adopt instead. He is a silent co-host and we are in love. So, do your part and click away! You'll get great swag and good karma in the process.

More information on adopting Bosco:

"Bosco" is the furry co-host of Meghan's Underwater Theme Park. He is a silent co-host, but he tries to help out as much as he can! Help him out too by adopting him!

If you would like to adopt Bosco, please make a paid-in-full pledge of $180 or more to WFMU's 2010 Marathon by 11:59pm on March 7th, 2010, and then send an email via this page to stake your claim. Make sure that you specify in the email that you'd like Bosco! 

Created with flickr slideshow.

Created with flickr slideshow.


drawing club!

Megan Gulick shows you some of my photos in the Jersey City Museum from emily august on Vimeo.

I'll be selling my handmade-from-vintage pillows, Feather Button Hair Combs, and vintage clothing & accessories from my Etsy shop. I'll also have copies of my CD and my old zine Ricemilk on hand. Admission is $5 which gets you admission to the museum exhibits, access to the holiday shopping event featuring the Jersey City Craft Mafia and _gaia Collective, and finally a LIVE performance by Mayor Jeremiah Healy who will be perfroming Holiday tunes. We are also joined by two local DJs, including one Rory Nugent who you may know and love!

Please visit the museum web site for directions and info about the current exhibits. jerseycitymuseum.org

Here is a link to the Facebook Event Page.

For art lovers, holiday shoppers, green-enthusiasts wanting to ‘buy local', and anyone interested in cool, unusual and hard-to-find gifts! Enjoy hot cocoa in the café and be the first to support this unique sale! Co-produced with The Jersey City Craft Mafia and _gaia, Designer Days is timed to give a jumpstart on holiday shopping. This year's sale will offer a wide variety of jewelry, home accessories, wearables, vegan bath and body creations, and one-of-kind gifts from regional artists. Mingle with your friends, grab a cup of coffee or tea from the museum's cafe, meet the artists, and find cool gifts!




Leave the malls behind and do your holiday shopping at Jersey City Museum! Join members of the Jersey City Craft Mafia and the Ladies of the _gaia collective.

$5 Admission fee gets you a day at the museum with two floors of unique holiday shopping, music, prizes, and fun.

Shop the handmade wares of the following artists:
:: Emily August ::
:: Howdy Sailor ::
:: Jason Gluskin ::
:: Cecile Raley Designs ::
:: Christina Alessi ::
:: Katrinbird Designs ::
:: Red Delicious Things ::
:: Lollibomb Beauty ::
:: Kiva Ford ::
:: Hello Again Vintage ::
:: Megan Gulick ::
:: Sweet Ruination ::
:: Metal Cloth + Wood ::
:: Wittdoc Creations ::
:: Pollie Barden ::
:: Doris Cacoilo ::
:: Melissa MacAlpin ::
:: Art Plus Crafts ::
:: Beth DiCara ::
:: Danielle Fotopoulos ::
:: Agnieszka Wszolkowski ::
:: The Stockinette ::
:: Cake + Torture ::
:: Damaged Tees ::
and more!

Make sure to be there around 3PM, because there will be a special performance by our very own Mayor Healy! You do not want to miss this.

With music by DJ Rory Stroganoff and DJ Motorfunker of WPRB

Were you at the show? Tag Yourself in these photos on Facebook!

"The Machine" Ken Bastard's Art Opening at LITM from emily august on Vimeo.

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Jersey City Drawing Club 10/20/2009 from emily august on Vimeo.

Join our Facebook Group for more info and future meetings!

On the weekend of October 3rd, the Jersey City Craft Mafia manned a tent in the rain during the JC Village 4th Street Art & Music Festival in Downtown Jersey City. The day was almost completely rained out, but we stubbornly held our ground, hanging plastic sheeting and banding together to fjord the massive puddles in the parking lot. In spite of the rain, there were two stages of music, lots of vendors, and a lot of festival goers that came by in support once the rain let up. It was really terrible as far as sales go, but I made the best of it, and after the sun went down, I packed everything up and came back with friends to catch more music.




Johanna of Metal Cloth & Wood



Yvonne of Cynthia Raley Designs


Illustrator Katherine Ramos


Christina Alessi of Sparkletree


And of course, my stuff for sale from Emily August.
This is my lovely roommate, Allison of notenoughspoons.com, who sat with me through the rain and hung out most of the day at my table.  Rory also got up early, helped me haul my stuff to the venue, went and got me breakfast, and hung out for a bit as well.

The lovely green tablecloth on our table was embroidered by Johanna's grandmother.

I only had time to take a picture of one band before my batteries died, and I happened to catch Dancing Tony from Rock-it Docket in the act of video-graphing the scene!




Other items of note from the day:

• Thomas from Made with Love Bakery lent us his tent and helped us set it up.
  
• I met the lovely and kind and amazing Marc Frydman in person, finally.
  
• 8-bit music maker Natty Adams was amaaaaaazing. Chip tunes for all.
  
• I met one of the boys from Thomas Francis Takes His Chances who just moved to JC and seem to be loving it.
  
• Dancing to Desmond Dekker in the rain.

99 Ways to Die: Ruler and Friends art opening at LITM from emily august on Vimeo.

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As you may or may not know, LITM, a local bar, restaurant, and art gallery in downtown Jersey City, asked me to come and photograph all of their monthly art openings. This is the latest: a team of three tattoo artists and friends displaying pen and ink, airbrushed, and mixed media pieces. Enjoy the photos of work by Tim, Russel and Ruler and get down to LITM to check it out in person. Particularly of note: Russel Kelley's painting of a Saturday Evening Post Rockwell cover was a knockout.

With the change of seasons, I've found respite in life away from the Internet. I'm trying to force myself back to Earth, but relishing in a change of pace in the meantime. I have a lot of work to do for the upcoming Craft Mafia event this weekend, and Rory and I have also been trying to get out and explore the Great Outdoors. Just this weekend, Rory and I went for a jog in 80-degree sunshine in Liberty State Park, grabbed delicious Indian food in Journal Square, and spent more time than we meant to with friends. I missed a few of my obligations because we timed things poorly, but it was still really nice to spend the weekend together.

I am feeling great lately. This is such a nice change from the consistently cold, miserable weather we've had otherwise!



At work, we are finishing a few big projects and I'm tackling a change of guard in a few key areas of our business development. Everything has been ramping up and taking off, and our hard work is paying off. Its a really nice feeling all around.

The photo above was taken from my new Blackberry Storm. Those are my coworkers, Scout and Mausen, relaxing on some shipping materials from print materials I designed. Having a Blackberry is a totally new experience for me, and it is contributing to my overall sense of "having it together". I love it!

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In attendance: Allison, Emily, Caitlin, Frank, Kate, James, Lizzy
On the menu this week: chips and salsa, ginger cookies, Stella Artois, japanese rice snacks, roasted pistachios, almonds from Subia's, yellow peeps and PBR.
This week's winner: no winners or losers here, though I was chided for my lack of planning regarding the concept of still life. Rightfully so.
JP offered to have the next session at his place, in Liberty Harbour. Stay tuned.




Anyone who was at drawing club last night at our place will appreciate this Serious Drawings book coming out by Marc Johns. Found via Drawn! blog.

Also of note:
NYC lego blocks, and Maira Kalman via Frank.
The Happy Lion via Kate.
Lone Wolf and Cub, beloved by James.

I love when Rory makes panoramic images, especially of home life things.

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In attendance: JP, Katie, Allison, Rory, Emily
Decided: weekly meetings, still life setup next time
Handshake: undecided
On the menu this week: maker's mark impromptu punch, salted pistachios, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, green tea, red wine
Number of drawings: we didn't count
This week's winner: Ruby / none

April 26th in downtown Jersey City

I think we are full up on vendors already for this event, though applications close this Monday, but what we are really in need of is some craftily-minded volunteers for the day. Read below for my repost of the Craft Mafia’s request (penned by Luca) and let me know if you want to help out and meet some amazing folks!

Hey there! The Jersey City Craft Mafia is seeking a few good girls and guys to assist our vendors and patrons with various set-up and event coordination tasks, including checking customers in, helping artists get their goods into the building, temporary table-sitting for solo vendors, and the like.

In return, you will be recognized in our event program and receive a free ad, get a free tote bag filled with swag, and have lunch on us.

If you or someone you know is available Sunday, April 26 from 11am until 7pm and wants to participate, please have them contact artattack@jerseycitycraftmafia.com for more details. This opportunity is only available to non-vendors, as running a table and trying to run the show may get a bit hectic

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We have had a very crazy weekend here in Jersey City. It started off purposely slow, with a laundry date with my partner-in-crime, Miss Allison. This was timed so that we could jump around the corner to visit our friends James and Leigh who were rocking pompadours for Balance Hair Salon and World of Style Vintage on Erie Street. From there my weekend got extremely wacky, so this was a good indication of things to come. Love how these pictures turned out, despite not bringing along an auxillary flash.

James is my internet superstar pal from the wildly popular Jersey City blog Draw & Quarter. Leigh is our neighbor who apparently has amazing cats (among other great qualities). We only stayed for a bit, before the party really got started but we will definitely be checking out more Balance events, because they are too beyond amazing to ignore.

I think the Spring and Summer JC Fridays events are going to keep getting more and more fun. The whole town goes crazy on the first Friday of every month, so that’s the perfect time for you friends and lurkers to come check out our ‘hood. ‘Do it up.

Join me this week Tuesday, March 3, from 7-10pm, fellow Jersey City Craft Mafia member Megan Gulick opens her show Down the Rabbit Hole at LITM. I’ll be the photographer so come and say hello.

LITM
140 Newark Ave
Jersey City, NJ
1/2 a block west of Grove Street PATH Station
for more information on the gallery, visit www.litm.com .

Megan’s show runs through the end of March.