Catell Ronca and Emiliano Ponzi were invited to contribute art to Chronicle Books’ newly released The Exquisite Book: 100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game by Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski and Matt Lamothe, with an illustrated foreword by Dave Eggers.

The book is based on a modified version of the Surrealist game, The Exquisite Corpse, played by one hundred contemporary fine artists, illustrators, designers and comic artists. Each artist contributes one page to the book, having only seen the page preceding their own. Each page must have a horizon line that starts on the left side of the page and ends on the right. Where the horizon line on the first artist’s page ends, is where it begins for the next artist.

The book was designed by ALSO, with each of the book’s ten chapters printed on a ten-page accordion pull-out, allowing the reader to view the art as a continuous piece.

Other contributing artists include Esther Pearl Watson, James Jean, Simon Peplow, The Heads of State, Calef Brown, Juliette Borda and Mike Perry, among others.

The book is available through Amazon.

Bella Pilar’s debut line of fabric is now available from Studio E as part of their Winter 2010 line. The appropriately named Girly Girl collection consists of eighteen 100% cotton fabrics, including tosses, ditsy prints, washes and a great panel repeat.

Visit the Studio E website to download their free Glamour Girls quilting project, using fabrics exclusively from the Girly Girl collection. The collection is available at most fabric stores and online at River City Quilts.

Andrew Hem illustrated for the Fort Worth Opera’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. The story centers around Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum, two young lovers struggling against the powers that be to become husband and wife. Fort Worth Opera’s version of the comedy remains true to the original, featuring some of the best-known Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, but with the fun twist of setting it in modern day Japan.

It shows May 14th, 22nd, 27th and June 4th, 2011. Tickets are available now.

Fort Worth Opera 1300 Gendy St., Fort Worth, TX