Back in my event-promotion days, I remember sometimes getting frustrated at the lackluster turn-out of some events –both my own, and those of my friends. I wished that I could just get up in front of the entire city and say, “HEY EVERYBODY!! THIS IS WHO I AM, THIS IS WHAT I DO… TELL […]

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I’m starting a “Banned Design Elements” category to argue that there are certain examples out there that prove the need for graphic artists.
I’ll be the first to admit that Graphic Design work is often the hardest thing to spend money on, both because it’s a pretty intangible product (you don’t get a physical thing to […]

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One of my recent blog entries (and a subsequent comment therein) talked about the momentum needed in marketing your music. This is a point that I feel I didn’t emphasize enough. I can clearly remember back to my days of event promotion and how how momentum played such a big part in the […]

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A big THANK YOU to all that stopped by the studios!! I look forward to the Spring Art Crawl.
A special “thanks” and “hello” to:
Emily Walen — www.emilywalen.com
T. Albert Lloyd — www.talbertlloyd.com
Pamela Belding — www.pamelabelding.com
and Will Bentsen — www.iloveyoubaby.org
and all the others that came by to visit, chat, and watch some printing.
I’m thrilled that so many […]

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Thanks and good luck on your show!
-alex

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Come one, Come All.
The Cult Status Studios (despite the last-minute entry) will be on the Saint Paul Art Crawl Route.
We’re located at 106 W. Water Street, No #514 –in the A.C.V.R warehouse; formerly the “Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co. Warehouse Number 2″
There are a lot of really great and talented people in this building.
Our studios […]

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I had the distinct pleasure of running the merch table for a start-up professional orchestra named Vox Corda. (www.voxcorda.org) The concert featured Paraguayan Harpist, Nicholas Carter.
I was not able to hear the whole concert, but it was a very interesting premise. Carter performed several native Paraguayan pieces, followed by Classical orchestral pieces with similar themes […]

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