Archive for December, 2008

Jeremy Fish Studio Visit

Friday, December 19th, 2008

WOW! John Trippe of Fecal Face visited Jeremy Fish in his studio a few weeks ago while he was preparing for his show at FIFTY24SF titled Ghosts of the Barbary Coast. I was blown away when I checked out the interview and I had to share it with you all. The work for the current show looks amazing!! If you’re in the bay area during the next 10 days you have to go experience this.

See more radness here.

forward collective at mosaic

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

join us at the mosaic christmas bazaar/swap-o-rama TODAY, December 13th from 4pm-8pm. mosaic is located at 5619 Airport Blvd 78751. click here to learn more details about the event and their amazing community.

In the spirit of spending less money, encouraging reusing, reducing, and recyling, and supporting local artists, Mosaic will be hosting a holiday swap-o-rama/bazaar!

we will be bringing a ton of stuff to swap and we will have a booth set up selling our tote bags, tee’s for adults and kids, onesies, baby hats, and accessories made from these vintage fabric yo-yo’s, all at dicounted prices!! everything from $2-$20. so come on by and say hello.

Our Etsy Store

Monday, December 8th, 2008

We recently created an Etsy store and we are super excited about it. We don’t have much up yet but will start adding more items very soon. Just a couple of days after we created the shop our Laser Fox tee was featured in this blog. Fun!!

Our URL is www.forwardcollective.etsy.com or you can always click on the link provided in the “Store” section of this blog.

Art Shows Tonight in Austin

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Have we mentioned our good friend Matthew Briar Bonifacio Rodriguez before? He’s an artist. He is in a traveling group show that is opening in Austin tonight at Super Alright Creative Studio. The show is called Way Down In New Orleans, and is curated by Aubrey Edwards. The show starts at 7pm, click here for more details.

This travelling exhibition opened in the nation’s capital of Washington DC on the third anniversary of Katrina, and it has now come to the capital city of Texas.Way Down in New Orleans unites an array of New Orleans-based artists with artists nationwide, five artists hailing from Austin…

Also…

Since you will already be in East Austin be sure to swing by the East End Craft Gallery art opening tonight featuring the collections of Melanie Sallis & Susan Page. The show starts at 6pm. We recently stocked the gallery with a number of tees and accessories so check them out!

East End Craft Gallery
1101 Navasota St. (corner of E.11th & Navasota)
Austin, Texas 78702

GIVE LESS FRUITCAKE, BUY MORE ART (art show)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

I was pleased to find out that two of the most creative people I’ve ever been able to know and work with are in an art show this friday at T and P Fine Art Gallery in Philadelphia. I guess it’s a big deal because these two guys were such a big part of the genius behind Paul frank Industries for about 16 years combined. Working at a place like PF for that long could burn some out – you work all day creating all kinds of special amazing-ness and at the end of the day you sign somebody else’s name on your work – but not these two. They have both moved on to bigger and better things, like this art show, and also:

  • Benjamin Soto is now art directing a top secret Disney project that I cannot talk about (mostly because I don’t know what the project is).

Flyer artwork by Benjamin Soto

Friday December 5th, 7pm
T & P Fine Art
1143 South 9th St., Philadelphia, PA. 19147
www.myspace.com/tandpfineart
email jon@tandpfineart.com

Lombardi/Screamer December 4th in Austin

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Hello gang, this Thursday night don’t miss the grand Christmas Expo Group Art Show at Gallery Lombardi from 7pm-10pm. Go and pick up some great artwork at discounted prices (once the work is purchased it goes home with the buyer). I have a couple pieces in the show that may look a little familiar.

Rice and Beans Personified

Reginald Skateboard

The exhibit runs through January 4th.

Also Thursday night is the release of Three (which I am also in). What is Three you ask? Here is Mason of The Screamer Company to explain it:

MASON – “The Screamer Company invites you to celebrate the launch of our newest publication – THREE. Come to our office First Thursday, December 4th, 6 – 10 PM to pick up your copy. Orf Brewing will be sponsoring the party and we’ll have live music and art for your enjoyment.”

And here I though three was just a number between two and four.