@mikerende.bsky.social
Artist | dangerousbrains.com Director | oddballartlabs.org Designer & Code Monkey | sitebymike.com KaneDems.org | ElginDems.org
Lessons worth remembering!
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Shutting down the Corporation for Public Broadcasting! This just makes me angry! If you aren't already donating to NPR or PBS, now is the time!
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The songwriter and math professor found a following with his satirical political songs.
28.07.2025 12:44 — 👍 352 🔁 66 💬 9 📌 18Life has just become one endless Onion article. WTF!
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President Trump announced a UFC fight will be held on the White House grounds next year — one of many events to be held to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
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Just seeing harm to millions of people in the "Big Bad Bill". :-(
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The Oddballs have prepared a "Jam Piece" for Mythological Mayhem. Your donations help us fund these quirky events. Get one raffle ticket for each $5 donation made at the Opening Reception on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Drawing at 8:45pm.)
More info at:
www.oddballartlabs.org
Art drop-off and gallery hanging for Mythological Mayhem was this weekend!
The Oddball team worked hard on Sunday and the presentation is looking amazing!
Join us on Friday, June 27, 2025 from 6pm-9pm to see the amazing creations of our local art community!
More info at:
www.oddballartlabs.org
It's great to read another Craig Thompson book after so many years. His style is still great and the narrative is solid.
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My second sculpture based on medieval manuscript margin illustrations. This is for the Oddball Art Labs Mythological Mayhem show on Friday, June 27.
Submissions are due by June 8. More info at OddballArtLabs.org
#monster #sculpture #cosclay #oddball
Starting to create my sculptures for the Oddball Art Labs Mythological Mayhem show this Summer. This first one is inspired by a dragon illustration found in a Medieval manuscript margin.
#art #sculpture #dragon #cosclay
Oddball Art Labs at the Elgin Public Museum!
This Friday!!
Don’t miss the gallery opening on Friday April 11, 2025 from 6-9pm. The gallery exhibit will be up all Summer long!
Elgin Public Museum
225 Grand Blvd., Elgin, IL 60120
More info @
www.oddballartlabs.org/exhibitions/...
I'll just leave this here...
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Proud to join my colleagues in signing this letter to our students.
It is a time to say true things, clearly.
More info at: www.oddballartlabs.org/exhibitions/...
29.03.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Oddballs at the Elgin Public Museum!
Don’t miss the gallery opening on Friday April 11, 2025 from 6-9pm. The gallery exhibit will be up all Summer long!
Elgin Public Museum
225 Grand Blvd., Elgin, IL 60120
Right to Read Day: Drawn to Freedom. April 7, 2025. #RightToReadDay #DrawnToFreedom. Unite Against Book Bans. bit.ly/RightToReadDay. Accompanying the text is artwork by Nate Powell of a library and the many things library users can do there.
✨ #RightToReadDay is April 7! This year, we’re #DrawnToFreedom: the freedom to read, access information, and find community—all of the opportunities our libraries provide. But these freedoms are under attack. Take action to defend them this Right to Read Day: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
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The Trilobite sculpture is finished! It will be on display at the Elgin Public Museum starting on April 11, 2025.
#art #sciart #trilobite #sculpture #prehistoric #cosclay
WIP: One last sculpture for the Oddball Art Labs show at the Elgin Public Museum...a Trilobite!
#art #sciart #sculpture #cosclay
As part of our Anniversary Celebration, we're giving away discounts in MADE! Join us today during our art opening at 6pm, or swing by this weekend.
Some exceptions will apply.
#shophandmade #shopsmall #shoplocal #uniquegifts #handmadegifts #buyelginart #anniversarysale #artsale #storesale
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After a firehose of a first six weeks back in the White House, President Trump delivered a boastful and partisan address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Here are six takeaways:
05.03.2025 12:44 — 👍 340 🔁 54 💬 87 📌 13Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
28.02.2025 18:41 — 👍 12993 🔁 2631 💬 776 📌 161Those who voted for Donald Trump didn't know that they would lose their health care.
He promised time and time again he wouldn't touch Medicaid — now he's blessed the House Republicans' plan to take it all away.
He lies over and over again. It's time we wake up.
THEY LIVE—and rule.
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The Ammonite sculpture is complete and ready for the art exhibit at the Elgin Public Museum in April.
#art #sculpture #sciart #cosclay #prehistoric #fossil
Bernie Sanders, the voice of reason!
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The Ammonite sculpture is getting closer to completion. Next step, finish the seaweed and base.
#art #sculpture #sciart #cosclay
I'm trying to read some more uplifting political books. We're all in this fight together and I've been giving as much time as I can for the last eight years. I keep reminding myself of all the good I've done (and will do), as I continue the fight to protect democracy!
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