MyToons.com Hosts DRAW Exhibit During SXSW Festival

SAN ANTONIO — March 2007 — To honor the connection between animation and artistic drawing, MyToons.com, your source for everything animated, will host the internationally acclaimed traveling art exhibit DRAW from March 9 – 31, 2007 at Gallery Lombardi’s new location in Austin, Texas. Running in conjunction with the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Film/Interactive and Music Festival, the DRAW exhibit will feature works from world-class animation artists, influential musicians, graffiti artists, tattooists, pop artists, fashion designers, skaters and comic book legends. DRAW is a tribute to the often-underrated yet fundamental building-block of visual and graphic art, the drawing.

“In today’s digital world, we often forget that animations and graphics are rooted in the historic art of the basic drawing,” said Rusty Mills, five-time Emmy award-winning animator and MyToons.com Director of Animation. “As a supporter of all artistic ventures, MyToons.com recognizes DRAW as the perfect outlet to bring us back to the root of pure and raw art; not to mention a great opportunity to see works from so many creative visionaries all in one place.”

Originally debuting in New York to an audience of over 1500 people, DRAW’s stop at SXSW will feature original works by over 150 world-class vanguard artists including Mills, HR Giger, Clive Barker, Moby, Barry McGee, KAWS and Ron English. MyToons.com has additionally extended an invitation to local animation artists for the opportunity to feature their work amongst these renowned artists.

The MyToons.com DRAW exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery Lombardi hours are Tuesday – Saturday from noon – 6 pm, with extended hours for other special events.
In conjunction with DRAW and SXSW, MyToons.com is sponsoring the following events throughout the month of March:


Friday, March 9th 8 - 11pm
Gallery Lombardi Grand Opening Party
602 A W. 7th Street, Austin, Texas
DJ Subspace Freakquency – Progressive House

Wednesday, March 14th 7pm - 10pm
MyToons Mixer at Gallery Lombardi
live Graffiti Art outside by Sloke, Mez One & Saint
DJ Hypnautica (inside) - Down Tempo, Darkworld Jazz, Ambient
DJ Subspace Freakquency (outside) - Early 80's Electro-Funk & Hip Hop

Thursday, March 15th 6 - 8pm
Drawn From Life: A Curator + Artist Panel Discussion
at AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART 823 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas
Featuring Rusty Mills, Erik Foss, Curse Mackey, Daniel Upton, Lance Bradley

Friday, March 16th 8 -11pm
SXSW Music Festival Artist Reception at Gallery Lombardi
DJ Hypnautica (inside) - Down Tempo, Darkworld Jazz, Ambient

Saturday, March 31st 7pm - 10pm
MyToons 'DRAW To A Close' Wrap-up Party at Gallery Lombardi
DJ Jozef (inside) - Ambient, Progressive House
Dancing by The Jezebelles
DJ Subspace Freakquency (outside) - Early 80's Electro-Funk & Hip Hop
Live Graffiti Art outside by Sloke, Mez One & Saint


About MyToons.com
MyToons.com is aligning with well-known industry leaders to develop the premiere online destination for uploading, viewing and sharing everything animated. Targeted toward professionals, seasoned animators and beginning artists alike, MyToons.com is currently in private beta. Please visit www.mytoons.com for further information and to request an invitation to join.

About DRAW
Curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey, DRAW opened at New York City’s Fuse Gallery on Oct. 28, 2006 with over 1500 media, celebrities, artists, musicians, and New York hipsters in attendance. This museum quality installation will be making stops in Austin, London, Tokyo, Osaka and Berlin over the next twelve months. Fuse Gallery is downtown New York’s leading gallery in modern, pop and underground urban art. For further information about Fuse Gallery and DRAW, please visit www.fusegallerynyc.com.

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