Jef’s friend, Jim, was in a show recently at Bolm Studios called ‘Will There Ever Be a Rainbow‘, that featured unicorn themed art from over 40 Austin artists. We stopped in on opening night and it was one of the coolest things I’ve experienced in Austin. It was outside the city, by the old airport, on some random, dark road. We didn’t know what to expect, but certainly didn’t realize how many people would turn out for this. There were BLOCKS of cars, hundreds of people. From the press release:

The show is the brainchild of Ian Shults, who came up with the idea for an art show of unicorn art over two years ago. With the additional planning and resources of Michael Schliefke and Bolm Studios, his idea has finally come to fruition. The rumors of the impending show spread like wildfire throughout the Austin art community, with artists inviting other artists that has been assembled into an all star cast of painters, photographers, designers, printmakers and sculptors. The show occupied two of Bolm Studios’ four bays, with the outdoor courtyard converted into a mystical, magical courtyard filled with treats, beverages, and unicorn themed surprises.

I’ve been told Jim was invited to enter one of his pieces in the show, but had to tell the organizers it wasn’t really a unicorn (”It’s a donkey in a party hat. But ok.”). It did well though - he won the People’s Choice award, and was crowned King Unicorn. Liz will be happy to know that her favorite sad-candy-corn artist, Matthew Rodriguez, had piece in the show, and simultaneously sad that we didn’t see the unicorn puppet show he put on after we left.

Pictures of all the artists’ work here.