Art Auction (going cheap!) for Kids' Arts Program

I donated three pieces to the elementary school PS130 in Brooklyn to help fund their arts programming (the city doesn't money in their budget for art classes). Bidding closes Friday, Nov. 20.

An original page from McSweeney's kids classic book, The Clock without a Face. It's a 22" original pen & ink and watercolor drawing of the Alchemist floor. FRAMED.

A 9" x 12" donut pen and ink and watercolor drawing of donuts kissing. FRAMED

The original pen & ink drawing I did for Beck's Song Reader (an 'album' he released consisting only of sheet music where the buyers play the song themselves). Also published by McSweeney's.

 

Stuff from the last couple of weeks

The last of two wall paintings in a private residence in Manhattan (see all wall drawings here)

pencils for Teachers from Memory project with Renee French

I had to employ shady tactics to lure our annual EFA Open Studio visitors onto my floor since it's in a weird place where people rarely happen by.

BIG HOSPITAL Kickstarter launch!

I did kind of a 'soft' launch for my BIG HOSPITAL Kickstarter campaign today. I'll do all of the irritating announcement shit tomorrow. I've been working on making some fun (DUMB) videos for it - so please check out the campaign and watch them if you have a few minutes. I was lucky enough to have John Culhane doing my shooting AND editing, PLUS Nathan Parker Smith composing and playing the music for each video. Click for a hi-res version to see details.

Durable Bookbinding summer class

I'm teaching a Durable Bookbinding class again: July 8-Aug at the EFA. Tuesday evenings.

 

"This class represents Teplin's version of his ideal book - which he binds for use as his own sketchbooks as well as one-of-a-kind artist books. Knowledge of basic book binding is not necessary. Teplin will step students through binding their own books from start to finish so that everyone on the class walks away with their own blank book. He will display 20 examples of perviously bound books which the class is welcome to look through. A new one-of-a-kind artist book by Teplin can be seen here."

Pre-Review in Art in America

Getting sketchbooks stolen - bummer. Finding out it was a friend to put them in a cool show? Awesome. Here's a pre-review by Brian Boucher from Art in America:

A large group show opening this month poses cheeky questions about theft of ideas and artworks: artist-curator Adam Parker Smith stole all the objects to be included, from paintings to an artist's mouth guard, during studio visits. 
"Thanks" will be at New York's Lu Magnus Gallery (Mar. 29-Apr. 26). Among the artists invited to participate (they can still decline) are Scott Teplin, A.i.A. contributor Dennis Kardon, Emily Noelle Lambert and Rico Gatson.
Smith sent e-mails (forwarded to A.i.A.by one of the artists) last night and today to the more than 70 New York "invitees." It reads, in part, "'Thanks' will be a large group show comprised entirely of stolen works of art or objects relating to the artists' practice."
​4 sketchbooks stolen (and recovered)

​4 sketchbooks stolen (and recovered)