The benefit we helped sponsor for Bev Thomas back in September was absolutely amazing.  We couldn’t be more thrilled with that event.  Bev herself was feeling well enough to attend for most of the evening, and she expresses her deepest gratitude and thank you’s to all of you who came out that night, to all of you who donated prizes, and for all the volunteers who came together and made this event HUGE.  In particular, the Glen Ullin Motorcycle Club, and the Glen Ullin Ambulance crew and Fire Department, who handled the spaghetti feed.  The GUMC also needs to be thanked specifically for sponsoring the raffle drawings.  And a gigantic thank you goes out to Sweathog for rockin’ the house that night.  We had a great crowd through the whole night, and thanks to those boys, everyone had a fantastic time.

If you were unable to attend, you can still help this family with their medical expenses. Donations can be made at any branch of Dakota Community Bank, or the Bank of Glen Ullin.

Beverly Thomas of Glen Ullin has recently been diagnosed with incurable Adrenal Cortical Adenocarcinoma, a very rare cancer of the adrenal gland. In an effort to help alleviate some of the financial stress that she and her family are dealing with during her treatment, BassAckward Studios, KraZKustoms Body & Paint, and the Glen Ullin Motorcycle Club are sponsoring a benefit event in Glen Ullin, ND.

A Spaghetti Feed will be held at 6 pm at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall.  After you’re done eating, come on over to the City Hall & Blue Room for the auctions and the dance.

There will be raffle drawings downstairs in The Blue Room, starting at 6 p.m.  Again, thank you to the GUMC for sponsoring the raffle!  Tickets may be purchased for $1 each.  Then you “shop” our amazing selection of donated items and place your tickets in the appropriate container for a chance to win that item.  There is no limit to the amount of tickets you can purchase, and no limit to how many you may enter into each particular drawing.  And, you need not be present to win!

At 8 p.m., join us upstairs for the awesomeness of SWEATHOG!  Live music from one of southwestern ND’s most popular bands–come check out what may possibly be their very last performance.

At 10 pm, we will announce the winners of the raffle drawings.

After the raffles, there will be a LIVE AUCTION.   We have received some awesome donations for this event.  A rifle, a shotgun, Harley Davidson items, a badass leather motorcycle jacket, a side of buffalo meat, original artwork from various artists (not just us!) …. that’s just the tip of the iceberg and more and more high-ticket items are coming in every day.

BassAckward Studios will also be providing an airbrush demonstration throughout the evening. The final artwork will be auctioned with the other live auction items, with all proceeds being donated directly to Bev and her family.

If you have items to donate for the silent auction, or would like to help us acquire donations or help in any other way, please contact Gretchen at gretchen@bassackwardstudios.com

First of all, we want to express how thrilled we are with the response we’ve gotten in our new shop in Dickinson.  The transition was incredibly smooth and we’re very happy with how everything has just fallen into place.

Our annual appearance at the Glen Ullin Motorcyle Club’s Memorial Day Run was a raging success, too.  The finished artwork was auctioned off at the end of the evening, with all proceeds being donated to the Chris Tibor Cancer Benefit.  More details on that can be found on our Facebook link.

Next up for us is the Bottom’s Up Rally in Marmarth, ND.  We’ve gotten a lot of emails saying “you’re dates are wrong on your website!” Well folks, that was LAST year’s event you were looking at!  THIS year’s dates are August 27-29; more information can be found at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133341140015737&ref=ts Yes, we will again be there airbrushing so bring your leathers or other items that you’d like to have painted and we’ll be happy to help you out.

After Marmarth, Kirk will return to Michael Jays in Bismarck as a guest artist to cover for Justin while he and Anna take a brief leave of absence for the birth of their baby girl.  We haven’t got the dates yet that he will be there, as it will depend on when Baby decides to make her appearance.  Tentatively, we’re thinking around mid-September through mid-October.  Kirk will continue to be at our Dickinson location at least one day a week during this time; we will have more details as the time comes.  If you want to schedule with Kirk while he is in Bismarck, please call Michael Jay’s at 701-222-8282 to “get on the list.”

Please don’t forget to add us on Facebook.  We do tend to update that page much more frequently than we do with this, our “official” site, so to view our most current projects and updates, that’s the best place to be.

Just the parts, still haven’t been able to get a “real” photo shoot of this one.  This project recently took home the Judge’s Choice Trophy at the 2010 Glendive Bike Show.  Congratulations to the owner, Krystal Haibeck, and thank you, Krystal, for giving Kirk the opportunity to do this project.  Clear coating, as always, by Jerome Zimmerman at KraZKustoms.

The Stinky Cheese Man is from a children’s story by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.  The illustrations in the book are fantastic… Kirk did his best to do it justice.  A second session is planned to  add more texture into the Stinky Cheese Man and extend the stink waves up slightly higher.