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50 Nerds Fans of artist, Corby Blem, that are purchasing one of his works to donate to his Alma Mater, Great Lakes Christian College. For some this is quite literal.

About "Checkered Past: Freshman Nerds, 1963" -
(5'x9' acrylic on canvas)
At a thrift store I found a 1963 yearbook in which everyone inside looked like nerds. Using that as my inspiration I decided to transform family and friends into a giant yearbook of nerds. The point being: all of us have an ugly past. Knowing we all can identify with a bad yearbook photo which anyone can see reminds us to

season our lives with grace. About Corby Blem -
Blem's outsider art training began with copying Hanna-Barbera cartoons in fourth grade. It ended there. What is laid now before you comes from hundreds of minutes of thinking about painting. Typically Blem may be seen peddling artware in the street, drawing caricatures of the unwilling, or learning techniques from the kids-at-heart he teaches during the Paint & Draw Workshops in beautiful Mt. Pleasant, MI. His 'House of Trite' is not just a funny phrase; it is a lifestyle.

ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, amirite? Although I did not win either award at this year's Art Walk Central, YOU now have a chance...
08/29/2019

ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, amirite? Although I did not win either award at this year's Art Walk Central, YOU now have a chance to come off as a winner: "Protest" is available for sale, with the purchase price going towards the LaMarcus D. Howard Scholarship, an annual award available to CMU's multicultural community. You have until September 15 so start the bidding! I have a minimum in mind that must be met for this piece to sell. Send me a PM if interested.

About the art: https://bit.ly/2Pk3obW
About the scholarship: : https://bit.ly/2NozmkD

If you’d like a little slice of art all for your own, head to Roz’s Diner in Rosebush, MI, now through mid-August. I’ve ...
07/15/2019

If you’d like a little slice of art all for your own, head to Roz’s Diner in Rosebush, MI, now through mid-August. I’ve got a ton of work there available for purchase: canvases, 8” squares, and hand-carved linocut stamped magnets and greeting cards for you to tell more people about the art you discovered.

Your life got better already: Corby’s back-stock of art is now 8 bucks each (3+ for 7!) Cheap art could improve everythi...
06/30/2019

Your life got better already: Corby’s back-stock of art is now 8 bucks each (3+ for 7!) Cheap art could improve everything about you, but I’m not guaranteeing that. So take a look below because in two weeks, I’m priming over these pieces and starting over. The new stuff arrives in Roz’s Diner, Rosebush , MI, July 14.

You know you can buy more Blem art, right? And there is still time to get a little something before Christmas! Let's sta...
12/19/2017

You know you can buy more Blem art, right? And there is still time to get a little something before Christmas! Let's start with this Hot Dog. Why settle for a crummy landscape when you can have a frankfurter, slathered in a condiment.

Its not a real hot dog, so lets be up front about that. Its covered with mustard and comes with a whole grain bun. You dont have to actually like those things, but you do have to like the art. I do not recommend eating this, but you can hang it up in your camper and remember all those

04/18/2016

So, *this* still exists. It's like a time capsule of ArtPrize past:

At a thrift store I found a 1963 yearbook. Everyone inside looked like nerds! That's when I decided to turn my family and friends into a giant yearbook of ner

"Checkered Past:  Freshmen Nerds, 1963" in its new home at Great Lakes Christian College, Lansing, MI.  Thank you, Frank...
12/09/2012

"Checkered Past: Freshmen Nerds, 1963" in its new home at Great Lakes Christian College, Lansing, MI. Thank you, Frank, for your tenacious effort to have artwork seen by a broader audience.

Installing Checkered Past
12/08/2012

Installing Checkered Past

Installation of "Checkered Past: Freshman Nerds, 1963."
12/08/2012

Installation of "Checkered Past: Freshman Nerds, 1963."

09/24/2012

50 Nerds will be shutting down soon. Thanks to all that contributed. We will be posting the installation date for Checkered Past and will let you know when it will be on display for you to come by GLCC and see!

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