Above is a hand-bill created by yours truly for the Super Fresh Block Party taking place this weekend, July 5th ( FIF! ) on East Colfax! Starting at 6pm you can swing by the Rock Bar parking lot for some BBQ and check out Live Painting by: Shitty Kitten, Mike Graves, Robert Maestas, Josh Wills, Eric Cox… and possibly a few other super secret and extra special guests, Hearts of Palm will serenade your soul! The shenanigans will continue throughout the night up until around midnight… A guerilla fashion show will take place along the super block at about 10pm and will feature the Denver Roller Dolls. Opening receptions for the following art shows will also be taking place throughout the night: Watermelon Belly Featuring new works by Shitty Kitten @ The Shoppe, Layer Upon Layer featuring the work of Robert Maestas @ Plastic Chapel, Paul Moschell is showing new work @ The Fabric Lab, and IKON is showing work @ Newspeak! DJ’s will be setup all along the East Colfax corridor pumping out Block Rock’n beats that are sure to seduce your ear drums & make your ass jiggle! We could think of nothing more patriotic than collaborating together to bring you all a FREE event in an effort to celebrate our individual freedoms! Goodie bags will be handed out to all that attend while supplies last… America at it’s finest!
My family and I have been doing a little R&R (Research & Reconnaissance) in San Francisco over the Past week. I was hoping to have this first installation posted sooner, but we’ve been jamming as much as possible into each day… and have been doing a pretty good job of covering the city… especially considering we are rolling 5 deep and using Mass transit to get from spot to spot.
{A:} For the first part of our trip we were staying in Chinatown. The City is super dense, alleys are used as streets, which makes exploring almost endless. {B:} My posse and I holding it down in the Lobby of Hotel Des Arts. {C:} Pretty self explanatory. {D:} A super fresh two color toss up I spotted on a rooftop in Chinatown… ribbit! {E:} Each floor of Hotel Des Arts is lined with artwork… turning each floor into a mini gallery… we spent a night just walking through the hotel peeping all of the dope ass art! {F:} Close up of a Misk One piece. {G:} Chinese Free Masons… who knew? I spotted this sign on the second story in an alley cruising through Chinatown… secret society type ish!!! {H:} Eye Peeper on the door leading into the Buff Monster room. {I:} I don’t know the name of this artist, but this is another piece hanging up in the halls of Hotel Des Arts. {J:} Obey paste up spotted on the rooftop just outside of Chinatown. {K:} Noah and I throwing down some of the tastiest Vietnamese food I’ve ever had in my life… Outside of Trans’ Moms’ house. I got burnt up on our trek… if you look closely you can see that I’m now rocking permanent sunglasses!
This weekend we swung by the Red Hot Art Festival in Stevens Park and came across a shiny diamond in the rough named Lucas Glusenkamp. This dude has some serious talent and can easily run alongside the likes of MARS-1 and Jeff Soto. Call him today, put him in your gallery, and get your grubby hands on a painting asap.
John Fellows and Kris Fry have been working on some super fun stuff over the past two months… and it sounds like they are going to be cranking out work up until the day of the show. Kris dropped me a line and said they’ll have a healthy amount of silk screen posters, lino cuts, drawings, and even a tasty zine available this Saturday down at the Plastic Chapel on East Colfax for the reception of their collaborative show In Cahoots.
John and Kris are both super nice guys & really talented creatives… plus Dea & Dave from the Plastic Chapel are just plain rad!… Come out and show some of the nicest and talented people involved in the Denver art/design community some love!!!
In Cahoots : Plastic Chapel : May 10th : 7PM - 10PM : 3109 East Colfax Denver
OPEN SPACE gallery, founded by Sherbert Magazine’s Kalene Rivers and Daniel Weise, has asked 125 artists to donate custom-designed totes to bring awareness to the amount of plastic bags used every year in an average household.
The average family brings home 1,000 plastic bags every year. It is time for us to switch from a disposable society to one which reduces, reuses and recycles. This show will help spread the message that we care about our planet and do not want to just consume until there is nothing left. We are certain that we will all make a difference.
The bags will be on display and available to purchase at OPEN SPACE from April 12th thru May 3rd and will also be available for sale online.
So if anyone in the MPLS area reads this little thing we call our blog, make sure to swing by First Amendment Gallery tonight for “Whose Piss is This” and possibly Umber Studios for the Andy DuCett, Ric Stultz, & Michael Joseph Winslow show. We missed a couple good ones last night, but shit, we can’t be everywhere all of the time. We’ll make sure to get pics tonight to show all of the slack asses what they missed.
Yup thats right, the one and only. Scot is doing everything he can to stay sharp and creative. Generally referred to as “Last Minute Lefavor” he is making way to vanquishing that pseudonym in hopes to replace it with “Rich Ass Lefavor…” He just put an online store feature on his site and is making moves to getting paid. He has a lot of cool shit up there and is gonna to try to add new art on a weekly basis. Make sure to take a peek and maybe click the “buy” button once or twice. He’s a really talented guy and deserves to be repped and supported!
Something fun and fantastic to check out this Saturday. It looks cool and has lots of radtastic artists showing work. Should be cool and neat, with beers and people to meet! Hahaha… Looks like the show starts at 7PM. You should check out One On One bikes and the ARTCRANK website for more information.
Saturday night we embarked on our scheduled adventure to the location of the First Amendment space. Upon arrival we discovered a system of hallways that led us to the basement destination housing the festivities. We then entered a room filled with hep cats and youngsters up to the expected artistic shenanigans. All subdued by the artsmanship that covered the walls like a membrane of creativity. We made way to the common watering hole to discover, in all delight, PBR and various forms of screen-printed paraphernalia. Seeing so many glorious pieces of artwork kept, even us, mesmerized. We put our eyes on a few for the taking but unfortunately left our bank notes at our residence. After we soaked in the culture and near companionship that we could, we made way. As an unfortunate circumstance of our bewilderment, we failed to talk to a few familiar faces (I hope to catch you at the Art Crank Show show this Saturday). We then pushed forth towards our cozy confines, thus concluding our exciting evening journey to and through the Burlesque Surprise party. Many thanks to the following cats and kittens for showing your work and being involved, my apologies if I missed a few. Aaron Horkey, George Thompson, Todd Bratrud, Mike Davis, Wes Winship, Lonny Unitus and Amy Jo Hendrickson
