Last Friday was a blast! BIG thanks to all that came out and made our Graffiti Jam a blast. Mash Hall kicked ass and the overall vibe was great.

Here are my top 5 favorite photos from the night.

Click here to see the rest of the set…I will be posting all the x-tra photos that did not make the gallery later this week.

Enjoy!

Tomorrow night at Lo_Fi is our 4th annual graffiti jam. I’m so excited for this event it is going to be EPIC! To make things even better, Lo_Fi has been remodeled and looks super nice. Also, we will be unveiling a brand new mural painted on the side of Lo_Fi. There will be lights in the parking lot so everyone can check the mural out. Finally, with Mash Hall headling our musical acts this event is going to be so much fun!

Here is a sneak peak of the mural below. I have been going by everyday and documenting the progression. I will be making a time lapse video of the mural project and will be posting it soon. I will also be posting finished photos.

Enjoy!

We are back!

At lo_fi in Seattle, WA on Aug 20th we are coming correct to bring you our biggest graffiti show ever. We have some dope artists and proper music. We will also be featuring wearable art bandannas hand printed by avail. The bandannas feature masks on each side…..one is a demon-face mask from bali of a Rangda……and the other is a demon-face hannya mask from japan. They are both mythological female characters with fangs from the two different cultures. These will be available at the show and we only have a small run so come to the show and pick one up before they are gone!

The line up goes like this:

Music:

Mash Hall, Life Cycle, Rockwell Powers–Kings and Comics Release Party, with B-Awake, Gazmo and DJ Hanibal

Artists:

Aorta, Auras, Avail, Blink, Burn, Cruel, Dkoy, Graves, Grym, Keger, Limit, Pubs, Sneke, Video, Weirdo

This show is sure to go off! I can hardly wait!!

Call to artists, photographers, illustrators & graphic designers:

ARTISTS, WHAT’S YOUR VISION OF PEACE?
Soldiers laying down their arms? The look on a child’s face who’s overcome the trauma of war? Picasso’s famous dove? Or something more abstract?

That’s the challenge — and promise — of The Peace Project, an international art competition and exhibition created to connect peace-minded individuals around the world. Artists everywhere, working in diverse mediums, are invited to submit their creative interpretations of peace. Their collective vision will be unveiled September 21, 2010 at a press event at Gallery 9 in Los Angeles, followed by an opening reception on Saturday, September 25. The exhibit will subsequently travel to San Francisco and New York in conjunction with a simultaneous online exhibition.

The Peace Project has attracted an esteemed panel of jurors including Pulitizer Prize winner Karen Blessen, a representative from the Guggenheim and MoMA in New York, the head of Morgan Gaynin (representatives of the world’s top illustrators), a Los Angeles Art Critic, a New York Photographer’s Rep, and other powerful forces in the creative world.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three entries. Additional entries will receive Art Supplies.

This is one of my favorite Seattle artists.

Nichole DeMent presents Terra Dreams from July 1 – 31, 2010 at Rock|DeMent visual art space.  DeMent’s photo-based images continue her exploration of human nature and environment with multi-paneled compositions that fuse technique and concept.  Her large scale rice paper prints utilizing hybrid encaustic techniques and mixed media speak to the larger than life challenges found in our contemporary environmental situation for a strikingly bold body of work with a poignant message.
Artist’s talk at Rock|DeMent on July 17 at 3pm open to the public and free of charge.
Opening reception on July 1 from 6-9pm.

This is the Paul Frank art contest and one of our friends is involved in it. The artist is Xavier Lopez Jr. and his artwork is amazing. Please vote for him by clicking here!

Support your local art scene!

Attention artists of all types. Artifakt is now accepting new work from any person. We have shows coming up in Tacoma and Seattle. Furthermore, we have some exciting theme shows coming up and we want to book these special events well in advance. We want artists of all types and all mediums. The only requirement is that your artwork MUST be exceptional. If you, or someone you know, are interested please send links of work or jpeg samples to ripley@artifaktart.org for a review process. The best way to get ahold of us is via email so send us your work!

Thanks–

Artifakt

Jeremy Gregory is going to be “locked up” Hollywood style…that’s right, he is going behind bars at the “Stars for a Cure” Tacoma Executive Lock-up on June 17, 2010, at CI Shenanigans, to help Jerry’s Kids and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. To be released on good behavior he has to raise $2,000 in bail and he needs your help!

All you have to do is click below to make a secure, online donation before June 17th. Your donation will help more than 700 families living in the South Sound. The MDA provides important services to families affected by neuromuscular diseases. Please help provide flu shots, a free clinic, a summer camp, support group, medical equipment, and hope for a cure by helping him make his $2,000 bail by June 17, 2010! Jeremy can’t wait to add you to his list of contributors.

Thanks in advance for your help.

If the link below does not work, please cut and paste the address below into the address bar of your Internet browser.
https://www.joinmda.org/2010tacoma/batteryjuicer/

This should be interesting and fun. I have been talking to some of the artists involved and they are really excited about how this is going to turn out…

This Thursday night come on out for April’s Open Floor event, W3AVE. We will be hosting a live collaborative art session featuring 18 talented artists working in the Seattle area. This event is organized by S3A which is a group that promotes events and artists in the alternative art scene here in our very own city. For Thursday’s event, the artists will each show up with a half completed 12″x16″ canvas, then work to complete each others’ pieces while the audience watches. With so many great artists, Open Floor is going to be wild. I will be there, front row, watching the paint fly! Did I mention that DJ EMC and Acid Unicorn will be providing some excellent tunes for the artists to work with? It’s all happening here, Thursday at 7 p and is FREE to everyone! WOW!

The artist line-up includes: Ego, Stacey Rozich, Augie Pagan, Weirdo, Solace, John Osgood, Kevin “Sensei23” Sullivan, Zach Bohnenkamp, CASH, Ninjagrl, 179, Joe Vollan, Mat Savage, PaperMarbleS, Jeremy Gregory, Justin Hillgrove, Mike Capp & Mike Gardner.

Open Floor presents W3AVE, Thursday, April 29
Henry Auditorium 7-9pm
FREE

EvoFest III is coming to EVO on May 1st!!

DJ Soulrane on the ones and twos, Urban art featuring graffiti art by Charms Won, Vivian Hsu Photography, Pubs & Dkoy… Art prints available at the event!

B-boy/b-girl 1vs1 Footwork/Power/All Sytles Battles (Trophies and $$$ for the winners).

Exhibitions: Naj (Fraggle Rock) Seattle VS. Cricket (Extra Credit) San Fran

Check out photos and videos from the last couple years! Click here!