Style Weekly
A Noble Gas for a Noble Cause
Tuesday April 12,2005
Brandon Reynolds
The thing about neon is that it's so
darn easy to get excited: It's the 14
-year-old girl of the periodic table
in the rarefied atmosphere of her
brother's older friends. Just the
smallest current gets it bouncing
around the vacuum tube, glowing
with elemental delight. It's also
easy to get Slashtipher J. Coleman
excited. Just the smallest idea gets
him bouncing around a stage,
glowing with 22 characters in the
hour long production of his
one-man show," The Neon Man
and Me," a tribute to his friend
Mark Jamison, a neon artist who
was killed while hanging one of his
signs.

Coleman's show has circulated
throughout Virginia and now kicks
off the opening of "Night Lights"
work in neon by Doug Solyann,
Matthew Childrey, and James
Leighty, at Bainbrigde Art Center.
Coleman performs two shows,
March 10-11 at 7pm. Tickets are
$10 and proceeds go to Jamison's
family and community organization.
The neon art is on display through
March 230-4544.
© Slash Coleman 2006
Photo: S. Sulpakas