Girl's night tonight in Lincoln, NE. It was a fabulous evening with my old pals Jillian and Meghan. We had coffee and dinner and then headed down to the Ross Film Theater where there stood, in all its glory, the Art-o-mat. It's an old cigarette machine that dispenses, yeppers, ART! And it's so cool. It really is. You stick $5 in and pull one of the knobs and out falls art. I got a a little cellophane wrapped etching of a man with a mustache, cone hat and an earring in the shape of the symbol for pi. (See more of this cool stuff at the artist's website www.johngallart.com) I couldn't help myself and had to stick in another five dollars, pulled another knob and got a snap bottle cap pin with a sparkly picture of a fairy woman making a pie. This good stuff can be found at www.weenerware.com. I'm really fond of it. It's retro and covered in glitter. You can't get much better than that. Meghan got a lovely shimmering abstract painting and Jillian (who made this Art-o-mat discovery) got a pair of earrings and a sculpture of...what was it? A raisin?
There are about 90 of these Art-o-mats floating around in the world. And the proceeds are split between the man with the concept, the artists and local arts organizations. If you ever run into one, hand over five dollars! It's fun AND supports the arts.
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