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