"100 Records" : Art Exhibit by Sonny Smith

April 9
Gallery 16
501 Third Street
6 pm - 9 pm
FREE

Opening reception tonight: Sonny Smith's "100 Records, Volume 1". This is "a dauntingly ambitious project" that bridges Smith's interest in art, music and dramatic form. Smith invited 100 artists to produce artwork for the record covers of fictional bands. Smith concocted the personas of all 100 fictitious bands, then wrote and recorded two hundred songs (the A side and B side) for each. On display at the gallery will be all the original album artwork as well as a jukebox that plays all two hundred songs recorded by Sonny Smith and other notable musicians. Artists include, William T. Wiley, Mingering Mike, Chris Johanson, Reed Anderson, Jo Jackson, Harrell Fletcher, Chris Duncan, Tucker Nichols, Paul Wackers and 91 others!