Hi everyone! It’s March, and Spring is galloping towards us as the weather begins to warm up where I am in North Texas. I have a lot of cool updates in store for y’all this month!

Before diving in, here’s the livestream of the eagles taking care of their eaglets in Big Bear Valley of CA for mental health purposes.

NOW…one large announcement pertaining to this newsletter itself is…

Separating The Newsletter: Art and Activism

For a while I have enjoyed putting some ‘calls to action’ at the end of each newsletter, but as things have progressed to nightmarish levels of fascism in our country the USA I have felt the need to speak more and share more that can help the world. Also, the newsletter itself was just becoming TOO LONG to be one thing! From here on out, I will be sending 2 newsletters a month - the regular Ovaettr Art Newsletter for my artist career, and in addition an Activism newsletter with many shared links, events, and ways you can engage with community. Since my activism is integral to my art, I will be sending both newsletters to everyone on the list. Also, cuz I cannot afford the silly subscription to Buttondown to have two separate newsletters…it’s $29 a month, no thank you lol!!

SO…I tThank you for supporting not only my art work but also my humanity and the fight for the rights that we all deserve!!

The secondary newsletter will be titled something inspired by Susan Stryker’s amazing work in ‘My Words to Victor Frankenstein’;

DIVINE PORTENT: AN ACTIVIST NEWSLETTER

Onwards with regular arts news now!

Upcoming Events!

3/15 - 7pm - 11pm - St. Paddy’s Day Celebration at The Bearded Monk and Beer Alley 122 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX

Green beer, green cotton candy, live music, and vendors! FREE EVENT! 21+

3/22 - 11am - 6pm - Independent Author Festival hosted by Patchouli Joe’s at 221 W. Hickory St., Denton, TX

Local authors and artists, bookish vendors, LIVE FLASH TATTOOS themed around literature and reading, and community fun! ALL AGES FREE EVENT! I’ll have The Fox Who Became A Girl 2nd edition with me there! My mom also writes amazing books for youth and will be attending right next to my booth!


4/5 - 1pm - 4pm - Zines Are For Everyone Workshop at Denton Maker Center 728 N. Elm St., Denton, TX

Led by ME! Orion Fern! Sign up today to gain access to the event! I am bringing TONS of fun goodies for your zine-creating needs, and we will have a lovely time making little booklets away from the world. Sign up will go live soon on Denton Maker Center’s website so keep it favorited for later!

Since Last Month…

We Were One of 30 winners of a Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grant of $500 towards printing the 2nd edition of ‘THE FOX WHO BECAME A GIRL’ coming Spring 2025! Over 1,200 people entered!

We are beyond happy to announce that we were one of 30 recipients of a mini grant from CAG!
We will be continuing getting our printing done with KENESS and working with them to do the 2nd print run using the grant funds. We are excited to bring an updated final look at the Fox comic to y’all come this Spring as soon as the check from CAG arrives! Here is a sneak peek at the NEW COVER featuring BOTH awards The Fox has won to tide y’all over… <3

Thank You For Attending my Life Drawing Workshop on 2/15!

The workshop went amazing, and I just wanted to give a thanks to anyone who happened to stop by my stream on 2/15 for the Valentine’s themed Life Drawing we did from photo reference I provided. We will be continuing offering free Life Drawing workshops when we can on our stream at twitch.ovaettr.gay

Here’s some of the sketches I did from last session:

NEW Lime the Nekomata: Origins Comic in the Works!

Having started at Attack the Page on February 22nd, I will be finishing the Lime origins comic this week and turning it into a zine. It will be included in the anthology of comics from Attack The Page being sold to benefit The Health Services of North Texas just like the last 2 years, which I’ll have purchase info for later on this year.

ALL MARCH LONG - See ‘Queer Narratives’ art show and poetry exhibit at Aura Coffee until the end of the month.

My mixed media embroidery / painting piece ‘Stitched Together’ and ‘A Funeral For My Breasts; The Birth of My Chest’ poem is a part of the show! Aura Coffee is located at 1306 W. Hickory St., Denton, TX.

Furry Raves in Denton TX!

We attended a Furry Rave titled Furrst of the Year and had a blast vending at it this last weekend on March 7th at Yellow Dog Art Bar in Denton! Thanks to all who stopped by and visited me there! I loved getting to debut my Lime the Nekomata paws and witchy cat ears. The event was superbly organized by Skulk Entertainment and Hold For Appawse! They run Fur Meets and Pop-Up Furry Art Markets in DFW, based in Dallas, so give them a follow!! The next event will be in June for the Pride PURR-RAVE!

Spring Shop Update: New Stickers Printed In-House!

I now also offer CLOTHING! I have expanded into Print-On-Demand shopping fulfilled by Printful through an app on my website. Check out the cool shirts and hats I’ve made!

All Available at Ovaettr Art Shop

Monthly Rewards Updated on Patreon + New Digital Zine Library

My Patreon is also another primary avenue of supporting my work that I would love to grow and focus on this year. I now have access to a Black + White Printer at home, where I can print 8.5” x 11” prints or smaller, zines, as well as my own stickers on white sticker paper and holographic sticker paper cutting them myself. I also have opened up access to digital versions + printable files for my entire zine library at the $5+ tier level on my Patreon too. Your support monthly makes it possible for me to continue being an artist full-time! Thank you!

Commissions Now Open for March, See Site for Rates and Offerings!

This batch of commissions I will take this month will be completed by the end of March 2025 if ordered before March 20th. I’m offering illustration, graphic design, event posters, vtuber PNG rigs, and more!

Local Denton Arts Events

• 3/7 - 3/15 - The Art Room Member Exhibition at The UNT CoLAB (207 N. Elm St., Denton, TX)
  

• 3/28 - 6pm - 9pm - Ha'ri Kalish's Urban Sketching at Hemlock Fox (116 N Austin St., Denton, TX)
  

• Due by 6/28 - The square-d 3 Art Exhibit and Benefit for The UNT Food Pantry. Pick up a $5 8” canvas at The UNT CoLAB (207 N. Elm St. Denton, TX) available now and return it by 6/28 to participate in the community art show! All art will be sold to bidders for $25 which 100% goes towards the food pantry to help those in vulnerable situations. I have taken part two years in a row and can’t wait to do it again this year!
  

• More March Events from the Denton Maker Center!
  

• It’s time to get outside! Check out Local Ecology & Environmental Events from our favourite Eco-Activism group, The PETAL Project! Their next event is 3/12 at the North Branch Library all about Exploring Locally from 6:30 - 8PM CDT.

That’s it for this month, see you around Denton, at the DMC April 5th, and online! As always…

STAY SAFE ✨ MASK UP ✨ TOMORROW NEEDS YOU