Graphic Novel Book Signing

Join us Saturday, May 7, 2-4pm at Hastings Books in Fayetteville, AR. I'll be signing advanced copies of my book DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed. I actually finished this particular book about seven years ago but it has finally found its way to print and will be available in late May or early June. This book features three dark short stories that follow a black cat as it ventures into the nefarious underbelly of human existence. These stories have a broad appeal to fans of noir, mystery and intrigue. If you enjoy Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, or old EC titles such as Tales From the Crypt you'll love DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed. Hope to see you there!

http://www.seanfitzgibbonart.com/illustration.cat1.html

2012 Schedule of Events

The 2012 schedule is already filling up. I was recently selected for an exhibit at the Old Firehouse Art Center, Main Gallery in Longmont, Colorado (just north of Boulder) in September and October, 2012 as well as a solo exhibition at the Jasper Community Art Center in Jasper, Indiana in May, 2012. I'll be giving a lecture at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, AR on my documentary graphic novel What Follows Is True: Crescent: The Baker Years in October 2012.

Here is a list of specific dates for events so far:

PSU Gallery

Pittsburg, KS

Solo Exhibit: November 25-January 20

Artist Lecture: January 20

Jasper Community Art Center

Jasper, Indiana

Solo Exhibit: May 3-30

Reception/Gallery Talk: TBA

Old Firehouse Art Center (Main Gallery) Exhibition

Longmont, Colorado

Exhibit: September 14-October 19

Reception: September 14, 6-9 pm

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

Springdale, AR

Lecture: What Follows Is True: Crescent: The Baker Years

October 17 12pm-1pm

Augmenters & Interlopers Exhibition to Open at sUgAR

The University of Arkansas Student Gallery in Bentonville (sUgAR) is pleased to announce a new group exhibition entitled Augmenters & Interlopers showcasing works by University of Arkansas art department adjunct faculty.

Augmenters & Interlopers contains a diverse array of works. The selection encompasses a variety of media including paintings, video art, sculpture, photography, ceramics and design.

Adjunct professors are contracted by universities on a class-by-classs basis. They represent a wide range of opinions and experience. Some are temporary residents, while others are local professionals. Some return to teach frequently enough to be mistaken for permanent faculty. Others teach for a semester or two and move on.

This exhibition includes art by Amjad Faur, Sean Fitzgibbon, Sonia Davis Gutierrez, Hank Kaminsky, Sam King, Stephanie Pierce, Adam Posnak, Amanda Salov, Jinsoo Song, and Cindy Wiseman.

An opening reception celebrates the artists exhibiting in Augmenters & Interlopers will take place Friday, May 6, from 5:30-7:30pm. This reception is free and open to the public. Following the reception there will be live music performances by local bands Devil's Promenade, Perpetual Werewolf, and Fauxnz. This event is also free and open to the public.

This exhibition will be on display from April 28 - May 29, with viewing hours Thursday from 2-6pm, Friday and Saturday from 10am-5pm, and Sunday from 1-5pm.

For more information about this exhibition, future exhibitions and more, contact sUgAR Gallery by calling 479.273.5305 or by visiting www.facebook.com/pages/sUgAR or art.uark.edu/resouces/sugar.

Spoleto Soleil

Please check out the art inspired events of Spoleto Soleil held from 4-7pm daily on Gallery Row, historic Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina beginning May 27-June 12. I'll have new work featured at Ellis-Nicholson Gallery at 1 1/2 Broad Street. The event is in conjunction with Spoleto USA.

Literary Fest 2011

Many thanks Dr. Randy Duncan, Mollie Savage, and Brad Mooy, Josh Neufeld and to all the fine folks at the 2011 AR Literary Fest and to everyone that attended the Documentary Graphic Novel Panel Presentation.

It was truly an honor to present with NY Times best selling graphic novelist, Josh Neufeld and all the other amazing authors at the festival. If you haven't read his book A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge, I highly recommend it.

Graphic Novelist Nate Powell (Sounds of Your Name, Swallow Me Whole, Tiny Giants) presented on Monday and his work is fantastic as well. Powell is currently drawing Any Empire (forthcoming on Top Shelf Productions in 2011), and drawing the graphic novel The Silence of Our Friends, written by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos.

Advance Copies Of DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed Available Sat, April 9

Advance copies of my fiction graphic novel DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed will be available for purchase at the Nonfiction Graphic Novels panel presentation at the AR Literary Festival Sat, April 9. The book will be available for mass distribution later this month or early May. The above images are bookmarks that will be given away along with other promotional materials.

DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed is a graphic novel made up of three, dark short stories that follow a black cat as it ventures into the nefarious underbelly of domestic human existence.

What Follows Is True: Crescent - The Baker Years is a documentary graphic novel currently in production that chronicles the strange series of events that took place between the years 1938 and 1939 at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, AR.

Small Wonders issue one of the three issue series is available online for free at smallwonderscomic.com.

Literary Festival Panel: Nonfiction Graphic Novels

Join us Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am on the 3rd floor of the Cox Creative Center, downtown Little Rock.

Josh Neufeld, A.D.: New Orleans After The Deluge, and Sean Fitzgibbon, What Follows Is True: Crescent: The Baker Years (in development) discuss their documentary-style graphic novels and new trends in the illustration industry.

Special thanks to Dr. Randy Duncan (Henderson State University) The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture.

The AR Literary Festival, the premier gathering of readers and writers in AR, has expanded to include over 80 authors in many locations on both sides of the river from April 7-13, 2011. The Central AR Library System's Main Library campus, other venues in the River Markets and Argenta Arts districts are the sites for stimulating mix of sessions, panels, special events, performances, workshops, presentations, opportunities to meet the authors, book sales, and book signings. Most events are free and open to the public.