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5/08 We've got a bunch of new images up in the portfolio - work for Chambord, Tricycle Press, and the SF Chronicle. See the latest collection here!
4/08 Well, hello earthlings! We're starting the finals for a full-size picturebook called A Curious Collection of Cats for the kind folks over at Tricycle Press. I'll post some sneak peeks soon. In the meantime, check out the latest work I've done for Camper Van Beethoven and Tricycle Magazine. Oh, yeah, I also just finished a bus ad for the Exploratorium!
2/08 There's a lovely interview with the Wertzateria over at the sfgirlbybay blog. Take a gander! Update 2/21/08: if you are in the SF Bay Area and you get the Chronicle, look for the cover of today's 96 Hours section. I did a nifty Chinese Dragon Puppet that you can cut out and parade around town.
1/08 If you're in San Francisco any time in the near future, look up! The Banners we did for the Exploratorium are starting to appear on poles all over the city. See the original artwork here.

We're up to 80 images on the dog blog, working on a new book project with Flower Frankenstein called Dog Dreams.

wertz CVB poster sketch12/07 Camper Van Beethoven alert! Wertz is doing (hand-done) screen printed posters for the CVB/Cracker shows at the end of the year. The image will also be available (at the shows) as a tshirt. If you can't make it to any of the live shows (sorry), check the shop in 2008 to buy yourself one of the silk-screened posters.

There is some huge news brewing at the Wertzateria. HUGE. We can't tell you what it is yet. Stay tuned.
11/07 We donated one of these (the last of the prints!) to Visual Aid's big deal. Also! A handful of our drawings appear in the new Bark book, HOWL. Go buy your friend a copy.
10/07 Just finished a big job for the Exploratorium - three banner designs that will be going up on power poles around San Francisco very shortly. See the designs here.
9/07 There are now 75 images in the Dog Blog. Also, I will be sharing a tent with Jim Winters for this years' Sugar Valley. Lots of my prints will be for sale! In anticipation of the fair, we've slashed prices in the shop! Sugar Valley will take place on October 7, 2007 from 11 am to 6 pm. Look for the mini-fair on 18th Street, between Hartford & Noe, right off the Castro Street Fair.
7/07 I'm super excited about the work I've been doing for this here indie creativity guide. Oh, and the spots I did for Tricycle magazine are up!
6/07 Lots of new work up on the portfolio page. Take a gander. I've been doing lots of monoprints.
5/07 The book that Michael Wertz and Anne Maria Hardeman collaborated on (a garden book called Fescue Me) is now available in the shop.
4/07 A monoprinted portrait we did of Liza Minnelli has been selected by the 2007 jury to appear in Illustration Annual 48, the July 2007 issue of Communication Arts. This is the fourth time that our work has appeared in CA. Huzzah! Click here to see the image they chose.
3/07 The book we did a boatload of illustrations for called Where's My Stuff? will be released through Orange Avenue Publishing in July 2007. Where's My Stuff? is "The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide" and reminds me of the handmade books I used to make for myself when I was in grade school. Geek power!
2/07 Take a gander at the new wertzateria shop! We've updated the portfolio page as well with a nifty new function that allows you to see only the newest images.
2/07 Had a most marvellous time up in Portland for the Wurstminster Dog Show. My entry for the show, "Staffordshire Bull Terrier" (which, incidentally, was part of the Dog Blog), sold right away. Nice. Also got to see Bwana's store: The Grass Hut and had a good chat with an artist named Scrapper.
12/06 'Tis a busy month, to be sure! Check out the Bark's E-Card site, with three animated cards done by yours truly, including this festive card created in Flash. Pick a card, send to a friend, check out The Bark!
12/06 The latest issue of Frontiers Magazine is chock full of illustrations by the Wertzateria - we count 21 separate illustrations. In adition to the regular Good Life feature I do every two weeks, there's a slew of spot illustrations for two features : the Seven Deadly Sins and (er) How to Get Laid in Los Angeles. Whee! I had the good fortune of meeting a few of the Frontiers crew when I was in LA for T-giving. Lovely, lovely folks.
12/06 Looking for some elegant (yet colorful) gifts for the holidays? The Wertzateria has got you covered. Stop by the store at the deYoung Museum to pick up hats, shirts, mugs and magnets illustrated by yours truly. While you're there, check out the Quilts of Gee's Bend and the Ruth Asawa show. Fantastic.
9/06 The Wertzateria was commissioned by the deYoung Museum to create an image that will be showcased on a line of products in the deYoung Museum Store. This line of products will coincide with the one year anniversary of the re-opening of the deYoung, October 2006. Click here for a larger image and details.
8/06 Didn't get the chance to see our goofy sock puppet opera in person? Well, today's your lucky day!
7/06 We're up to 45 images on the dog blog!
5/06 Two of our images were chosen to appear on the American Illustration Website. Click here and here to see the lucky two!
4/06 Just got a box of books in the mail - All About Me (Klutz Press) is a book full of personality quizzes for young gals. We've got a bunch of illustration in there. The portfolio has been updated with a book cover for Farrar Strauss Giroux, a brochure for GLSEN about gay teens, more work for Frontiers, and a cover for Greater Good magazine.
2/06 We've updated the portfolio page - go see some new work for Frontiers, The San Francisco Arts Education Project, and Houston Press! We also added an RSS feed and comments links to the Dog Blog. Go ahead, don't be shy. Leave a comment.
2/06 The concert posters I did for the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco are available here. You can also buy posters by Marcos, Isabel, Brian, Eric, Dave, and Brad.
1/06 The kind folks at Drawn! gave the (new!) Dog Blog a nice write up. Take a gander.
1/06 Wertz appears in the Sunday SF Chronicle. Wanna see?
1/06 We just added 80 new images to the stock page. Go ahead! Do a search for "gay" and you'll see all the lovely work we've been doing for Frontiers Magazine. Oh! And one more thing... we just re-started the dog blog for 2006. We'll be drawing, over the course of the year, 100 brand-spanking new dogs. Arr!
1/06 The murals we did for Ask Jeeves have been installed. They look fantastic, and we're thrilled. Check 'em out!
12/05 Wanna see our new years stickers we just screenprinted? Check 'em out. 2005 was one of the busiest years on record here at the Wertzateria, and 2006 is gearing up to be just as busy. We're looking forward to creating lots more images and more fun. Happy Holidays, everyone!
9/05 We're so ding-dang excited! The greeting cards that Michael Wertz produced for Chopsticks Please are now online in a handy-dandy online STORE! When you get to the store, do a search on the left hand side for "Michael Wertz". Neeto.
8/05 A sneak preview of murals we've been doing for Ask Jeeves have been posted here.
7/05 Wertz will be showing his portfolio (and giving away tons of free handmade goodies, hint hint) at the ICON Roadshow on Wednesday, July 6, from 4:30-8:00 pm. Details here. Also! Our submissions for this year's Art For AIDS auction are online.
6/05 This just in: a short quicktime movie from Michael's "Dog Draw" day at the Animal Magnetism show. Stay tuned for more. This clip is called "Bite 'em and Get 'em." Thanks to Argyll Adventure Tree Productions.
5/05 We just got the wertzateria sketchbook up and running. Check out the extras page to see it in action. Come see drawings, lettering, and random musings from ten years of sketchbooks.
5/05 The Wertzateria has been commissioned to create artworks to adorn the inner walls at Ask Jeeves HQ here in sunny Oakland, CA. The "internal merchandising" will consist of 77(!) linear feet of artwork, and will be a collage of texture, lettering, and drawings. Stay tuned for photos.
5/05 The Wertzateria has produced 12 cards for Chopsticks Please, a greeting card company out of Oakland. See these pages for a sneak peak!
5/05 Michael Wertz has been asked to help produce the Gala Event for ICON4, the Illustration Conference in San Francisco. The theme for the evening is "Go Ask Alice," and the evening will be replete with lightshows, local band Little Fuzzy, and go-go dancers. This will be an event not to miss. Wertz will be showing his portfolio at the ICON Roadshow on July 7.
4/05 The Wertzateria had two images chosen to appear on the American Illustration 24 website. Click here to see the images they chose.
3/05 As part of the Animal Magnetism show at the Pajaro Gallery, Wertz did pet portraits from 12:00 (there were already people waiting with photos in hand) until 5:30 when he collapsed and had to be resuscitated with a round of fish tacos. It was a ton of fun. Thanks to Janet for setting up the drawing day, and for the nifty photos! Check 'em out!
2005: This year marks the ten year anniversary of the Wertzateria. We'll be celebrating with the the publishing of the newly re-vamped Wertzateria, as well as a series of postcard mailers.

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