Basics:
- The Daily City® Cardboard Art Festival
- January 23-26, 2014
- The Orange Studio (1121 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, FL 32803).
Schedule At a Glance:
A pop up dinner, dessert event, music performance and more take place inside an art exhibit celebrating the creativity of cardboard! 2014 marks the second year of The Daily City® Cardboard Art Festival, led by Event Directors Christie Miga and Brendan O’Connor and presented by The Daily City® and Producer Mark Baratelli. A large modern warehouse space in the Mills/50 District will be filled with cardboard art hanging from the ceiling, stuck to the walls and sprouting up from the ground. A different food, music and cultural event is scheduled each night in the space, with gallery hours taking place during the day.
- Jan 23, 7pm-10pm preview night pop up dinner “Orlando ClandesDine,” $100
- Jan 24, 7pm-10pm opening night DJ dance party, $10
- Jan 25, 10am-4pm gallery hours $5, 7-11pm Cardboard Concert Series, $10
- Jan 26, 10am-12pm Kid Camp $1, 12pm-1pm Super Joy Riders free, 6-9pm ConfectionFest
A pop up dinner, dessert event, music performance and more take place inside an art exhibit celebrating the creativity of cardboard! 2014 marks the second year of The Daily City® Cardboard Art Festival, led by Event Directors Christie Miga and Brendan O’Connor and presented by The Daily City® and Producer Mark Baratelli. A large modern warehouse space in the Mills/50 District will be filled with cardboard art hanging from the ceiling, stuck to the walls and sprouting up from the ground. A different food, music and cultural event is scheduled each night in the space, with gallery hours taking place during the day.
Full Event Schedule:
Thursday January 23, 7 pm – 10 pm “ClandesDine Orlando: Tastes Like Cardboard.” Pop-up dinner served amongst the art prepared by professional Chef. Menu kept secret until that evening. $100 admission. Limited seating of 50 seats. Guests must pre-pay to attend. http://www.OrlandoClandesdine.com
Friday January 24, 7 pm – 10 pm Opening night DJ dance party. $10 admission (pay at the door only, cash preferred). Music and dancing with DJ Nigel and tons of cardboard sculptures filling up the space. Wine and beer by donation. Things get crazy.
Saturday January 25
EVENT DIRECTORS
Brendan O'Connor | Brendan is an import from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada and a graduate of Rollins College where he focused on Environmental and Growth Management Studies. He has a quilt-like resume comprised of event/festival planning, puppet construction/performance and instruction, illustration work, landscape architecture, and public art instillations. He is the founder of The SIT Project which places artistically up-cycled chairs at bus stops that have no seating in the Orlando area which was voted 2 national attention as well. He was the curator of last year’s inaugural CAF event and the creator of the Artist’s Survival Guide at Urban ReThink and the Super Joy Riders: Do Gooder Bike Ride. Christie Miga | Atlanta born artist, Christie Miga, studied at Savannah College of Art and Design, Valencia Community College and UCF. Her art has been seen throughout Orlando in various shops, boutiques, restaurants and galleries including the Orlando Museum of Art. She has been seen creating her paintings live at Blank Space Art Lounge, The Cameo Theater, on the cover of the 2011 United Arts Annual Report and at the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. In addition, Christie has sold art work both nationally and internationally in the cities of Paris, France, Johannesburg, South Africa, Brooklyn, New York, L.A., California to name a few. Christie’s style is free flow abstract expressionism. She mixes and experiments with her own paints as well as incorporates different textures, sheens and found objects. Her work is created on the floor by pouring, tilting and shaking the canvas until the compositions are balanced and harmonious. She has excelled at this technique and is now utilizing it to explore deeper themes and emotions. Her involvement in the arts has also included spending five years as a Fringe artist, beginning in the Visual Fringe then moving to performances. In 2011, she was chosen to create a special 20th anniversary work of art for the Fringe. Additionally, she is the Production Manager and Producer for Dog Powered Robot. 2011 also marked Christie's completion of her largest work to date: a 55 foot interactive mural for local internet company, Mojo Interactive.
Thursday January 23, 7 pm – 10 pm “ClandesDine Orlando: Tastes Like Cardboard.” Pop-up dinner served amongst the art prepared by professional Chef. Menu kept secret until that evening. $100 admission. Limited seating of 50 seats. Guests must pre-pay to attend. http://www.OrlandoClandesdine.com
Friday January 24, 7 pm – 10 pm Opening night DJ dance party. $10 admission (pay at the door only, cash preferred). Music and dancing with DJ Nigel and tons of cardboard sculptures filling up the space. Wine and beer by donation. Things get crazy.
Saturday January 25
- 10 am – 4 pm: Gallery Hours. If you’re the kind of person who likes their art served up while the sun is still in the sky sans the drunk hipsters and art nerds, then come take advantage of our day time gallery hours. $5 admission fee. Artists and Event Directors on hand to give you private tours of the space and work.
- 7 pm – 11 pm: Cardboard Concert Series. Multiple Bands will take the stage tonight to regale the audience with some fantastic tunes. $10 admission at the door, cash preferred.
- 10am – 12 pm: Kid Camp. Run by the geniuses behind Kid’s Fringe at the Orlando Fringe Festival, this fun daytime event invites children to come and build cardboard creations under the guidance of corrogated experts. $1 donation per child encouraged.
- 12 pm – 1 pm: Super Joy Riders. Participants of this monthly Do Gooder Bike Ride will be meeting downtown and ending their day of Good Deeds by Bike at the CAF space for a free happy hour and private tour of the installation.
- 6 pm – 9pm: Confectionfest. Come sample the best of Orlando’s dessert culture at Cardboard Art Festival! The $40 entrance fee will give attendees an all-you-can eat pass to Sweetstown: population you. Then kick back and watch a movie with us on our Green Lawn of Awesomeness.
Brendan O'Connor | Brendan is an import from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada and a graduate of Rollins College where he focused on Environmental and Growth Management Studies. He has a quilt-like resume comprised of event/festival planning, puppet construction/performance and instruction, illustration work, landscape architecture, and public art instillations. He is the founder of The SIT Project which places artistically up-cycled chairs at bus stops that have no seating in the Orlando area which was voted 2 national attention as well. He was the curator of last year’s inaugural CAF event and the creator of the Artist’s Survival Guide at Urban ReThink and the Super Joy Riders: Do Gooder Bike Ride. Christie Miga | Atlanta born artist, Christie Miga, studied at Savannah College of Art and Design, Valencia Community College and UCF. Her art has been seen throughout Orlando in various shops, boutiques, restaurants and galleries including the Orlando Museum of Art. She has been seen creating her paintings live at Blank Space Art Lounge, The Cameo Theater, on the cover of the 2011 United Arts Annual Report and at the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. In addition, Christie has sold art work both nationally and internationally in the cities of Paris, France, Johannesburg, South Africa, Brooklyn, New York, L.A., California to name a few. Christie’s style is free flow abstract expressionism. She mixes and experiments with her own paints as well as incorporates different textures, sheens and found objects. Her work is created on the floor by pouring, tilting and shaking the canvas until the compositions are balanced and harmonious. She has excelled at this technique and is now utilizing it to explore deeper themes and emotions. Her involvement in the arts has also included spending five years as a Fringe artist, beginning in the Visual Fringe then moving to performances. In 2011, she was chosen to create a special 20th anniversary work of art for the Fringe. Additionally, she is the Production Manager and Producer for Dog Powered Robot. 2011 also marked Christie's completion of her largest work to date: a 55 foot interactive mural for local internet company, Mojo Interactive.
PRODUCER
Mark Baratelli | Winner of the “Orlando Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award,” Mark Baratelli is the creator of The Daily City®, a local-focused culture blog named Best Blog of 2013 by Orlando Magazine, Orlando Weekly and YELP Orlando. The Orlando Weekly went on to say "If everyone in Orlando who claims to care about the arts had 1 percent of Baratelli’s energy and commitment, this city would be a world culture capital." That same newspaper named him "Best Local Advocate" and "Best Arts Advocate.” He is responsible for creating The Food Truck Bazaar, the country’s first travelling food truck event. It travels to 12 Central Florida town per month, every month. Other creations include Night Market, Mobile Art Show, Orlando Improv Festival, and the Audience Choice Awards at the Orlando Fringe Festival.