August 26th, 2010
I went to one of my favorite events of the entire year earlier this week – MDA Summer Camp. Every summer, The Muscular Dystrophy Association hosts over 90 week-long camps around the country for children with Muscular Dystrophy and related diseases. It’s an incredibly magical experience. The kids have a fantastic time, experiencing some freedom, having fun, and building lifelong relationships. To some families affected by Muscular Dystrophy, summer camp is the vacation of a lifetime. I have been lucky enough to attend four such camps and each time, I’ve worked with some of the most talented kids I’ve ever seen to create some wonderful works of art. This year, I again partnered with the A&P and Food Emporium and attended camp on A&P Day when dozens of A&P employees volunteer their time and effort to meeting the kids and helping out.
Every year MDA Camp has a different theme…this year it was the television show SURVIVOR. So, my staff and I prepared a project to do with the kids that would have something to do with this theme. So, in just about 2 hours, and with the help of more than 40 disabled children, we put together an original artwork based on one of my limited edition releases titled SERENITY OF THE WILDLIFE. The kids drew all of the elements that are 3-D on the matting of the artwork and they helped me glue up the artwork in the center. As always, MDA Camp was a rewarding experience for me and these kids just touched my heart. They all show such courage and are truly inspirations to all of us!
In the interest of continuing to promote and raise money for the MDA, I want to remind you about the recyclable grocery bags I designed. They are being sold at The Food Emporium throughout Manhattan to benefit the MDA. You can read my earlier blog about them for more information. Please make sure you pick one up. If you’re not located in the area, you can order them by mail by calling the Food Emporium Catering Department at 212-381-0885.
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August 20th, 2010
I am so excited to report to you that my friend Tuule has opened a gallery in Helsinki, Finland dedicated to showing my artwork exclusively! I have known Tuule for several years now and she already has a gallery called Galleria Dix. I’ve blogged about her gallery before and have been there for a few very well-received shows.
Now, she’s decided to open up a gallery called Fazzino Showroom down the street. She has spent most of the summer months rennovating, decorating, and hanging and now the gallery is officially open! I hope to get there in the near future to see it for myself. I must admit that my mother (of Finnish descent for those of you who haven’t been following my blog 
) is bursting with pride. I am definitely proud myself…to have my name on the marquis of a gallery in Helsinki.
If you’re in the area, please do stop by. Here is the contact information:
Fazzino Showroom
Uudenmaankatu 19-21
00120 Helsinki, Finland
info@galleriadix.fi
www.galleriadix.fi
Phone – +358-400-282828
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August 17th, 2010
We received a bunch of really cool pictures from our friend Christian last week. He has one of the most eclectic and extensive Fazzino collections we’ve ever seen. He has some of my most unique pieces and has come up with some amazing ways to display them – custom pedestals, reflective surfaces, and spectacular lighting.
He was kind enough to shoot some of the pieces he owns, in their displays. The shots below are all from his collection, guess which one is not the Fazzino
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July 28th, 2010
Last week, I had the incredible honor of visiting Joyce Randolph , (aka Trixie) and sitting with her to sign part of my new 3D pop art edition titled: The Honeymooners. Joyce actually knows my mother because they are both members of the Finlandia Foundation. Not many people are aware of Joyce’s Finnish heritage. I first met Joyce at a Finlandia Foundation event I attended with my mom and dad soon after I graduated from The School of Visual Arts in NYC. I remember her then as the sweetest lady…always ready with a story and a smile! Well, she hasn’t changed all that much. She’s as beautiful as ever and she lights up the room….and so down to earth! She loves to talk about her days on the set at CBS and she shared her stories about Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and Audrey Meadows. I originally contacted Joyce months ago when I started work on the new edition because I knew that I wanted her to sign part of the edition for me. I’m proud that she has done so and I’m proud of the way the piece turned out. I hope you enjoy it.
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July 15th, 2010
Just got back from Anaheim and the All-Star Game!
What an exciting weekend! I got to participate in Fanfest where I showcased my hand painted home plate, helmets, baseballs, and other MLB artwork.
I got some air time on Time Warner Cable’s sports network, and was filmed at my booth for Fox Sports online with Leeann Tweeden.
Here’s some pictures from these interviews and check out the full video on my website’s media room.
-Charles
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June 29th, 2010
Last week saw the culmination of a six-month project for me and my staff. We finally saw the installation of the 3-D pop art mural NY IS….THE WIND BENEATH OUR WINGS in the American Airlines Terminal at JFK International Airport. What a process! It all started more than a year ago when I unveiled my first artwork for the Terminal, a 40” x 50” original of the poster artwork I created called American Airlines: A Legacy of Service to New York City. I was at the unveiling with my good friend Joann Camuti and we started talking about other ways my work could be utilized to decorate the terminal. Well, admittedly, I’ve gone a little bit wild since then, installing six more pieces and I have a few more on the way. But the centerpiece of the project was this 13’ x 11’ mural we installed last week.
This was, by far, the largest work I’ve ever completed and at first, I was stumped about how I was going to pull it off. My staff and I spent weeks brainstorming the project, figuring out all of the details of how we were going to create this massive 3-D work. It ended up being done in 3 separate panels, each one cut, assembled, and embellished by hand in my new working art studio. Each cut out piece had to be molded, coated, cut, and fit to size. Then we applied all of the Swarovski Crystals and built the mobile elements out of paper and hanging wire.
The installation itself was quite a project…a cherry picker, three installers, and two artists. I can’t say enough “thank you’s” to Joe Daley, Elizabeth Arena and their staff!! Because of the way the panels were situated, we actually had to apply some of the 3-D elements while the panels were being installed so we could position them properly to cover the creases between them. The installation took two full days to complete. We are currently putting a video together to show you the process in more detail. I hope to have that ready to post next week. In the meantime, if you happen to be flying American Airlines through JFK International Airport, take a look for my mural…..and let me know what you think. It’s above the stairs going down to the baggage claim area! Enjoy!
–Charles
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June 27th, 2010
I, like everyone else, have spent the last several days watching and listening to all of the one-year tributes to Michael Jackson….The King of Pop. So many words come to mind…..incredible talent, incredible tragedy. There is no doubt that he will be on of the few people throughout history who can define an era. He touched so many and attracted so much attention. He was special and I think we will all miss him. I created this painting as a tribute to his iconic essence. I started it soon after he passe away and worked on it for about two months. I felt it was appropriate to post it here this weekend.
Goodbye Michael, we can never repay you for the way you’ve touched all of us. You were most definitely…The King!
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June 4th, 2010
I spent a couple of days this week doing something incredibly rewarding. I, along with my friends at The Food Emporium unveiled the new recyclable grocery bag I designed for them. Not only is the bag recyclable, but they are being sold exclusively through The Food Emporium Stores in Manhattan to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. I’ve worked with MDA for more than ten years and through that association, I was lucky enough to meet Liz Lucadamo from A&P. Liz has been a huge supporter of MDA for many many years…and besides that, she’s an absolute dream to work with … and FUN too! J Last year, Liz introduced me to Mr. Hans Heer, the Senior Vice President of the Food Emporium and he proposed the idea for these bags to be sold to benefit MDA. So, this has all been in the works for many months and we were all excited to finally see the results of our efforts. I’ve been told the bags are “selling like hotcakes” and I was fortunate enough to be able to appear at two signings along with two of my MDA buddies, Oliver and Jason. Jason is totally into teddy bears and Olivier is definitely a budding artist. A huge shout out to them both! I’ll be working with both of them this summer again at the MDA Summer Camp, where I’ll spend a day creating an original work of art with the kids. MDA Camp is one of my favorite days of the year!
In the meantime, we hope the bags sell out and we can raise lots of $$ for this incredibly worthy cause. Someday, we’ll find a cure for these terrible neuromuscular diseases, but in the meantime, we can all contribute to the effort and appreciate what MDA does for these incredible young patients and their families.
If you live in New York, make sure you visit your local Food Emporium to pick up a bag. If you’re outside the NYC area, you can order them by phone. Just give The Food Emporium Catering Office a call at 212.381.0885. The bags cost $7.99 plus the shipping charge.
Thank you for helping MDA find a cure!
–Charles
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June 2nd, 2010
I’m goin’ back to the streets! And i’m proud to be doing it. My daughter, Heather, is participating in her first outdoor art show this coming weekend in White Plains, New York. She has been working so hard to add to and complete her Crook Couture Art Collection and now it’s time for her to start getting it out there. She’ll be showing her original paintings, clothing line, limited edition giclees, and puzzles and playing cards. I’ll be there with her and i am so excited for her.
I’m sure that the outdoor art show scene has changed quite a bit since i participated in the 1970’s and 1980’s but it was one of the best times of my life. I still have collectors of my work who tell me that they bought their first Fazzino at an outdoor show.
Her work has already been exhibited very successfully at the Art Expo in NYC, the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, and Barrington Art Gallery in NYC. But she’s excited to be able to start doing shows during which she can meet the potential collectors of her work. I hope she meets some lifelong ones, just as i did.
Come See Us:
The White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival
Tibbits Park (Near The Westchester Mall)
1 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10601
Saturday and Sunday, June 5th and 6th
10AM – 5PM
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May 13th, 2010
I’m not really a huge fan of minimalistic artwork. I don’t “get it” most of the time. But when my friend Steve Carrasco from Disney emailed me pictures of the Prada boutique sculpture he visited in the middle of nowhere in Marfa, Texas, i just HAD to share it. I think it’s amazing. They planted this completely biodegradeable, completely stocked, unmanned Prada store by Highway 90 and there is NOTHING else there. People pass by and do an immediate double take. There are literally thousands of comments all over the internet about people’s reactions to it. What a fantastic social commentary on consumerism and our capitalist culture … even in the middle of the desert, we MUST have our Prada. This is pop art at its best….turning our pop culture icons into artwork. It makes us think about ourselves and the context in which we live.
The sculpture was the brainchild of German artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset and was installed in 2005. It is made out of adobe and eventually, will slowly erode back into the earth from which it was created. Brilliant! Let me know if you ever have a chance to get out to see it in person.
Thanks Steve!
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