Tara Jane O’Neil is a musician and artist who will displaying her zine (entitled doodle book selections #3) at IPRC — Independent Publishing Resource Center TODAY for First Thursday.

If you don’t know her work OR the amazing things that are happening at the IPRC, you should definitely stop by.

I feel like Joe Vollan’s work is a love-it or hate-it affair. But if you’re feeling the well-rendered, cutesy details of his pieces, chances are you’ll be feeling them a lot. Below, a couple pieces that serve as throwbacks to another time, complete with costumed, skeletal figures.

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Jose Rodriguez III

I don’t know much about this artist (and the internet is a bit confused as well), but if these geometrically-fragmented samples are any indication of what to expect, it should be a pretty rad show.

Beyond that even, though, he has some pretty creative installation works under his belt, and his ability to transform space into an unreal cartoon domain is commendable.

hannah stouffer

An L.A.-based artist who explores themes that are much larger than ourselves and capture, in one fell swoop, the darkest and brightest themes in existence (they’re almost metal in that way). Don’t miss these exploding rainbows of creatures and form!!

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jay howell

Howell and Stouffer might share similar color palettes, but their works could not be further apart. Howell’s light-hearted illustrations waver between Muppet-like blobs and newspaper comic strip residents. Also: the release of the IDEA BOARD 2 limited edition skateboard, which Howell contributed art for.

If you’re wondering what the current / last installation by Geoff McFetridge looked like, click here.

Anyway, head on over on the eve of August 27th, and enjoy the following:

Featuring artist talks by Trenton Doyle Hancock, performances by Susie Lee, Library Science, and Seattle Percussion Collective, music by I Heart Shiva and SunTzu Sound, tours with artists, writers, and much more.

SAM members enjoy priority access, a members-only bar, and more. . . . Not a member? Join SAM today.

Tickets: SAM members $12, nonmembers $15, students w/ID $12. This event is open to guests age 18 and over only.

Illuminate the park after dark: first 50 in neon get in free.

Date: 8/27/2010
Time: 8 pm-midnight
Location: Olympic Sculpture Park, Western Ave. & Broad St.

See some more of her works on Flickr or Behance.

The Reckoning - 30″ x 20″ - acrylic,ink,and resin on wood - $2,000.00

Guitarmageddon - 16″ x 20″ - silkscreen by artist and varnish on wood - $250.00

Go Green - 18″ x 24″ - silkscreen and varnish on wood - $200.00

Martinez will be showing a 6.5-minute film entitled Near The Egress, which is a compiled stop-motion animation using a series of black-and-white film prints.

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jim vecchi

Jim Vecchi creates conceptual photographic images which focus on minute details; his latest series — and the series on display at Blue Sky Photography Gallery — is entitled so much depends… and revolves around the poetry of American poet William Carlos Williams whose “poems centered on the quotidian aspects of life.” Read Vecchi’s notes behind the series here.

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lori waselchuk

Grace Before Dying is a series of black-and-white wide-format images photo-documenting a maximum-security prison in Louisiana. The series was created over the period of three years, focusing on a prisoner-run hospice program at the penitentiary.

One beautiful five-color 12″ x 12″ print for just $20. Just. $20. Just. $20.

Previously printed for a small print exchange held by Signed & Numbered - now larger, with metallic inks and five colors! Signed & numbered edition of 42.

Buy it here.

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(Jpegasus is kinda cool, too.)