Lindon Days

Saturday brought a close to this year's annual Lindon Days festival. If you didn't go, you don't know. You don't even know.

I was invited to take my Human Drawing Dispenser and join the festivities by drawing free pictures for festival-goers. And, sandwiched between the mechanical bull and the beautiful Japense Caligrapher, I drew my pictures inside a cardboard box.

The minute I set up the box there was a line of kids waiting for their free drawing. Some of my favorite requests were:

-a platypus

-a sea otter

-a disco owl

-a computer geek

-"will you draw my wife gardening?"

-a pioneer beating up Thor

-a sunset

-the Rocky Mountains

-a pirate ship in the ocean and a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder and a dragon flying overhead

-a fat old man

The Human Drawing Dispenser has been invited to Lindon Days 2010, so mark your calendars for next August!

Human Drawing Dispenser

The first Friday of every month is Provo's Gallery Stroll, where hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of people wander from gallery to gallery, checking out the new shows and meeting the artists. Most people just go to meet up with their friends and hang out, but everyone usually finds something they like art-wise, too. 

As a way to have fun with the local Gallery Strollers and get out the good word about Ology (a local company that gets college students through math in a short 8 weeks), I made a Human Drawing Dispenser. 

What is a Human Drawing Dispenser, you ask? It's a cardboard box that acts like a vending machine for drawings. It's free. You walk up, ask for a drawing, then one is made---right before your eyes. Me and my good buddy, Andrew Christensen, sat in the box and drew pictures for four hours. 




It turns out that the Human Drawing Dispenser was a success! If you have photos or videos from the event, send 'em my way! 

jess.smiley@gmail.com