Politics=Art=Culture: RAW Artist show = Contest!

Hey all. So I'm in charge of selling 20 tickets to the art extravaganza that's coming up on Thursday, February 16th. I'll be showing some new paintings, selling some ties, and generally hanging out at 103 Harriet which is the main single floor of 1015 (you know, the big nightclub where the Handmade Ho Down was?)

ANYWAY, so I need to sell these tickets by Sunday at midnight (PST), and since I feel a little bit weird asking you to pay to come see my art (granted, there's gonna be music and DJ's and dancing and tons of great paintings and photographs and body painting and other stuff), I've decided that I want to make it worth your while ON TOP of just checking out a really cool event.

So. I'm holding a raffle for everyone who buys a $10 ticket. Note: buying ahead of time not only qualifies you for the contest, but also saves you $5 if you decide later to buy at the door. Hell, you don't even have to go to the event (although I'd love to see you) if you don't want to. If you want, you can also donate your spot back to me and I can offer it to people who would want to go but can't afford it. Whatever, anyway, here's the deets.

1. Buy your ticket to the event HERE by Sunday, February 11th by 11:59pm, PST. Make sure my name is in the drop-down field that says "Support your artist."

2. Email me your receipt, or a screencap of your check out page, whatever. Basically prove to me you bought a ticket within the time frame. You can send proof over to: risk [at] rickkitagawa.com

3. I'll enter your name into a raffle for one of the following prizes:

A copy of "The Journal of Dr. Marcus Igiatu," a book that I wrote, illustrated, bound by hand, and hand-silkscreened. There are only about 8 of these, and I usually sell them for around $400.
A 28+ color silkscreen print titled "Bullies" that has three monster children looking creepy.
"Hydra" painting from the Bestiarum vocabulum show last march, a big-ass painting of snake-tacular proportions
A custom printed tie for you. You can see all the designs and tie colors at http://www.monkeyandseal.com/ties.html
3 "Fantasies Shattered" prints.
3 "Sad Panda" prints.
9 "Jackalope" prints
And if none of the previously created work interests you, I'm also offering to create a digital illustration of whatever you want. You basically get to be the art director, and I'm your illustrator and I'll print you a 9"x12" copy.

4. If you notice, there are 20 different items up for raffle, and I need to sell 20 tickets, so as long as you crazy rabid fans out there don't buy ten tickets each, the chance of winning something is pretty high.

5. Also, the way I'm running the raffle is that the 1st person picked gets their choice of prizes. I know in contests sometimes I personally want 3rd place rather than 1st or 2nd, so this way being the first picked person gets their top choice.

Cool. That's it. I'll do the drawing on Friday the 17th, and will notify winners via email.

Thanks everyone! So go buy your ticket(s) NOW! Oh yeah, if you want to see some shots of the prizes: