Artist Review Handsome Little Devils
Summer is the season for outdoor art festivals. One of the most popular in our area is the Blue Creek Arts Festival which is usually held the first weekend in July. Artists apply from all across the US and are hand selected only to seat a mere 250 coveted spots. Each booth is a celebration of outstanding, unique creativity.
All medias are represented. Photographers, painters, mixed media, metal, wood and stone with one sculptor using a towing service to carefully bring in and place an enormous, stunning piece at the entrance of the outdoor exhibit.
Even with a popular penchant for street …show more content…
For this particular street roaming performance, they took their audience into lighthearted fun via dark and ominous passageways. At the Blue Creek Festival, they roamed the streets in period piece costumes with gothic undertones. The fare for the day was striped socks, bowler hats, exaggerated shoes, stilt walking French aristocrats, a cartoon cannon filled with a potential human projectile, a sweet faced vampire atop an ornately ordained motorized carriage. The costumes are museum quality art pieces with countless details that you would have to see for yourself.
In 1999 Mike and Dan formed Handsome Little Devils and began touring the world. Both born with a flair for entertaining they have traveled the world with as few as just the two of them to a company of eight. Their mission is to “re-define” the theatrical experience and build a new audience. They want to leave their viewers changed.
It is clear that they are well on their way since their style and presentation is like none other. Borrowing from the world of comedy, with a splash of old vaudeville, the Gothic arts, American storytelling and vintage art forms, they create a seamless montage of
Summer is the season for outdoor art festivals. One of the most popular in our area is the Blue Creek Arts Festival which is usually held the first weekend in July. Artists apply from all across the US and are hand selected only to seat a mere 250 coveted spots. Each booth is a celebration of outstanding, unique creativity.
All medias are represented. Photographers, painters, mixed media, metal, wood and stone with one sculptor using a towing service to carefully bring in and place an enormous, stunning piece at the entrance of the outdoor exhibit.
Even with a popular penchant for street …show more content…
For this particular street roaming performance, they took their audience into lighthearted fun via dark and ominous passageways. At the Blue Creek Festival, they roamed the streets in period piece costumes with gothic undertones. The fare for the day was striped socks, bowler hats, exaggerated shoes, stilt walking French aristocrats, a cartoon cannon filled with a potential human projectile, a sweet faced vampire atop an ornately ordained motorized carriage. The costumes are museum quality art pieces with countless details that you would have to see for yourself.
In 1999 Mike and Dan formed Handsome Little Devils and began touring the world. Both born with a flair for entertaining they have traveled the world with as few as just the two of them to a company of eight. Their mission is to “re-define” the theatrical experience and build a new audience. They want to leave their viewers changed.
It is clear that they are well on their way since their style and presentation is like none other. Borrowing from the world of comedy, with a splash of old vaudeville, the Gothic arts, American storytelling and vintage art forms, they create a seamless montage of