Whether you ’re enamour in a fanboy loop topology watchingGroundhog Day , have spend years champion Dr. Peter Venkman as the best member of theGhostbustersteam , really delight Bill Murray ’s roles in Wes Anderson ’s films , or you just love interpret about the beloved actor inexplicably showing up to everything from karaoke nights to random bachelor parties – not that you have to select , of row – every Murray looping will get its due atThe Murray Invitational . A Bill Murray Art Exhibition and Golf Party .
The event ( which will be held on Saturday , July 23rd atPublic Works ) is pretty much what it vocalize like : one C of art pieces featuring Bill Murray , all of which will be reward The Murricane . Organizer Ezra Croft said he expect to show the work of 120 artist , most of whom are painter … and as a nod to Murray ’s role inCaddyshack , there will also be mini - golf ( yay ) .
" I ’m a colossal Bill Murray fan , so I think this is a bailiwick a mess of mass can get behind . He ’s just one man but there ’s a thousand facet , " Croft said , adding thatGhostbustersmay be his favorite Murray film .
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Croft , who inhabit in LA and ownsOddville Studios , has curated art shows in the Bay for years with his married woman Julia , and has solicited piece of work for the show from creative person through Craigslist , Tumblr , and Reddit .
" We tried to pass around it out to every part of the ball . We ’re have stuff from Vienna , from the UK , and are trying to get art from body politic where Bill Murray is an obscure American actor , " Croft said .
Jon Schnepp , a producer and cartoonist on Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros , will make a piece for the Bill Murray event . The show will also have artist from the Bay and closer to home . Reno - base artist Heather Carpenter is making a piece specifically for the show .
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" I think it ’s the largest portrait I ’ve try so far . I ’ve already spent over 16 hours on the piece and I ’m still working on it , " she said . " It ’s acrylic resin on canvas , though I may supply other elements as it modernize . My mental process is explorative , and I go with what feels right at the time . "
Never a single - note worker , in purity of Murray the Crofts have a lot of other events planned . Glam rock cabaret act andThe Voicefinalist Kat Robichaud and The Darling Misfits will perform , four DJs are localize to spin , and theBay Area Ghostbusterswill park their Ecto-1 car outside the case .
Although Public Works has n’t been traditionally used as a gallery , Croft say he ’s excited to bring artistic creation to the warehouse / club space . Past the baseball club ’s entry , there ’s a huge dance floor with a mezzanine floor , which will be cover with artistic production . Astroturf will be lay in the greenroom for miniskirt - golf , and there will also be a dance floor surrounded by more prowess .
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" I think art needs to be interesting , and it needs to be thought - provoking , " Croft say , adding that admission to the case is $ 10 . " The arts are struggling in the Bay Area ; it ’s the most expensive metropolis in America . mass are blockade making graphics to yield snag . I ’m endeavor to push back on that , and I need people to bulge making art . "
For the naive , you may be ask why so many people are obsess with this actor in picky .
" He ’s an amazing entertainer . It ’s like he ’s always quick for a jape and he wants to let everyone in on the joke , too . He also seems to own a great deepness of character that we , the audience , only get to glimpse through his execution . I think what it all come down to , though , is that he seems like the kind of guy you ’d like to have a beer with , " Carpenter say .
" Bill Murray has a moderately recognizable face . It ’s a challenge , but I think it ’s kind of fun , because he ’s got so many eccentric ; he ’s played so many regretful guys , " Croft said . " you may do a raft of matter with this guinea pig . "
And Bill himself ? He knows about the show , Croft said excitedly . Everyone has their fingers traverse for an in - person visit – after all , The Murricane has been known tocrash a partyfrom clip to clip .
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