Our artists and the Gilda’s Club kids had so much fun together this halloween, it was scary!  A monstrously big thank you goes out to Jane Archer, Justin Bilicki, Tricia Kleinot, Joyce Pedretti, Sarah Takenaga and Nathan Schreiber who all made this annual halloween bash so great.  

An enormous thank you to the wonderful Berndt Toast Gang and other Ink Wellers who brought so many smiles to the children of St. Mary’s Hospital last Friday.  Ray Alma, Howard Beckerman, Dan Danglo, Joyce Pedretti, Tim Savage, Adrian Sinnott, and Joe Vissichelli all came to support the National Cartoonists Society in their endeavor to promote volunteerism on this day.

Rami Efal and Nathan Schreiber teamed up again to create frightfully fantastic Halloween pictures with little Romeo.  Thank you, Sparks of Life kids, for inviting The Ink Well back every month for this great midday event!

Our tremendously tough volunteers flexed their artistic muscle at the Coliseum Gym’s New York Strong Man Competition to benefit The Ink Well!  We are grateful to the organizers of this event, Teddy Theodoropoulos and Joe D’Agostino, and to our own artists who lifted face painting and caricature drawing to new heights.  Way to go Ray Alma, Jane Archer, Nola Denett, Leyah Jensen, and Joyce Pedretti!

Thank you to Rami Efal and a big welcome and thank you to new member, Nathan Schreiber!  Both artists spent a lovely afternoon drawing with The Sparks of Life kids.

Jane Archer, Justin Bilicki, Henry Hilaire and new member, Oded Naaman, played picture-in-picture with backgrounds from some of their own shows and other old favorites.  The kids got to jump into a Simpsons pool party, sploosh around with Sponge Bob, tear down the street in Speed Racer’s Mach 6 and make up funny characters for Superman to meet.  Thank you all for a really fun night!

Lots of lovely people made our summer party the place to be this August 17!  We can’t wait to draw with the new artists we met and we loved hanging out with the old crew too.  (Click on the photostream to the left for more pics.)

Thank you to Rami Efal, Jane Archer, Elizabeth Winter, Pedro Delgado, and Ray Alma, who drew cool, refreshing scenes to combat the sweltering August heat with the great kids of Bellevue!  Icy hearts fell from the clouds, polar bears enjoyed their popsicles and everyone had a lot of fun chillin’ out together.  Thanks also to IWF Director, Jane Archer, who brought lots of glitter and sequence (hence the brooms).

Alyssa with a portrait, drawn by Rami Efal

Rami Efal had a lovely time drawing with Alyssa and Gia at New York Methodist Hospital.  Rami and Alyssa even got into a drawing duel that culminated in a collaborative creation showdown!  Thank you, Rami and Sparks of Life kids!

Thank you, Rami Efal, for a great day of drawing with the Sparks of Life kids.  We’re always looking for more volunteers for this monthly midday event so spread the word!