December 31st, 2009
Giselle
as most of you have noticed thegoodshoppe.etsy.com hasn’t been updated in a while. i will have new items in the shop for the month of january and all items will be available to purchase with FREE shipping for the entire month!
since the end of october, i have been a proud vendor at the new HOPE famers market on the eastside. for those of you who live in or around austin you can visit my booth every sunday at the HOPE famers market. i will have vintage clothing and foot ware for men, women, and kids along with home decor at fantabulous prices!
the HOPE farmers market is open every sunday from 11am-3pm. this is no ordinary market. empower yoga offers free classes at 11am and 1pm . bring your own mug and pay $1 for coffee provided by cafe mundi.
taken from the HOPE famers market website–
The Sunday HOPE Farmers Market is a weekly community gathering space where local farmers, artisans, community groups, families, and urban consumers can find fresh foods, community programs, artistic creations, agricultural education and wellness workshops. This unique weekly gathering space will be a platform to introduce local artists and Austin residents to surrounding area farms, healthy lifestyle companies, education in the arts and local community volunteer programs.
HOPE Farmers Market is Located on the corner of E. 5th & Waller Street in the downtown area, the unique Pine Street Station is a convenient
and comfortable Sunday gathering space for artists & residents to connect with friends, fresh foods & local merchants and learn more about community programs Austin has to offer.
please check hopecampaign.org to see more amazingness from HOPE .
Tags: cafe mundi, East Austin, empower yoga, etsy, HOPE, HOPE farmers market, thegoodshoppe, vintage
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December 31st, 2009
Giselle
hi everyone! in the coming days we will have a new online store set up here with new tshirts for your buying and wearing pleasure. please check back with us soon. and i mean soon!
Tags: Austin, big cartel, Forward Collective, laser, new merchandise, new store, online store, t shirts, tx
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December 4th, 2009
Kevin
I will be showing some art in 2 venues this weekend. Tonight from 6 to 10pm is the opening of Mexic-Arte Museum’s Mix N Mash show which I made a super new and fun piece for. Tickets are $25 and my buddies James Huizar, Randy Muniz, and Tony Diaz will also have pieces in this show. Nothing but 12×12 inch panels here. For a full list of the artists and all the details click here.
Here is the piece I made for the Mix N Mash show. Click here to view the process shots.
Tomorrow the Maranda Pleasant Gallery will be holding their annual 12×12 box show with every piece priced at $100 . Some of the proceeds will go to Explore Austin. There is no cover for this exhibit and you can even go before the madness from 10am to 6pm to do some early purchasing. The party is from 6pm to 10pm. A few friends will be showing work here as well including: Jeremy Burks, Will Bryant, and Zach McDonald. Apparently 25 pieces have already sold! So go, go, GOOOO!
Stay warm this weekend err’body.
Tags: 12x12, Art, artists, Austin, Gallery, James Huizar, jeremy burks, kevin munoz, maranda pleasant, Mexic-Arte, museum, Painting, panel, Randy Muniz, texas, tony diaz, will bryant, Zach McDonald
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November 13th, 2009
Kevin
Have you heard of HOPE? They’re awesome. They help other people EVERYWHERE! We (mostly Giselle because she’s AWESOME) have been tabling the new HOPE farmers market here in East Austin recently. It’s pretty awesome. Andi, who runs HOPE, asked me to be the very first artist to make a poster for their poster series. I agreed and started sketching ideas right away.
I liked a few of the ideas but I LOVED good ol’ Mon holding a flower, so I chose to develop that one further. This is the drawing I did on vellum.
I scanned that in and colored it up and the rest is my story.
Come by the farmers market this sunday from 11am to 3pm to say hello and maybe get a poster.
Tags: Art, Austin, Drawing, East Austin, farmers market, flower, Helping Other People Everywhere, HOPE, kevin munoz, mon, monster, poster, texas
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October 30th, 2009
Kevin
Tomorrow is Halloween. This is very exciting news. It’s especially exciting news to my 3.5 year old daughter who is dressing up as Starlite, the magical flying horse, from the Rainbow Brite books she loves so much. She’s been talking for months about dressing up as Starlite and tomorrow her wish comes true.
Almost immediately after she decided she would dress up as Starlite she started telling Giselle that she could dress up as Lala Orange and that I should be Buddy Blue. These are 2 of the other characters in the Rainbow Brite books that she loves so much. They are part of the Colored Kids gang. Sounds pretty controversial, right? It’s pretty innocent, I think. Here is what the Colored Kids look like, with Lala and Buddy circled.
Last year for halloween I looked like I was ready to hit up the gay clubs and this year shouldn’t be any different. Giselle will probably look very beautiful, as usual.
She’s going to love me for posting that.
Oh one last thing, tomorrow night at Domy Books I will be showing a couple drawings for their annual Monster Show. Daily Juice will be there providing delicious potent punches. Mmmmmm. You should make it a point to stop by to see all the spooky monsters that will be on the walls. Here is what my drawings will look like tomorrow night, though they should have less-to-no grass behind them.
Tags: Art, Austin, buddy blue, costume, domy books, Drawing, gouache, graphite, halloween, kevin munoz, lala orange, laser jog, Laser Mon, laser monster, monster, monster show 4, pencil, starlite, texas
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October 23rd, 2009
Kevin
My buddy Randy Muñiz, who I’ve written about before, asked me if I wanted to make a skull for a mural project that he, and his friend James, are putting together at the Mexic-arte museum. I said, “sure” and then I drew this.
I was pleased with this drawing and proceeded to Ink it up and make it clean, but it was losing all it’s magic. I’ve mentioned before that I am a fan of pencil sketches over the finished black lined drawings. There is something so honest about pencil drawings. So, what I did was just blow up my sketch to 3 feet and painted right over the black and white copy. Here is what that looks like.
Here is a picture of my daughter standing next to Bigote Brown.
Bigote Brown will be wheatpasted on the side of the museum next to the skulls of 6 other artists. Come out to the Viva La Vida Fest, celebrating dia de los muertos, tomorrow in Downtown Austin to check it all out.
Tags: Art, Artist, Austin, bigote brown, copy, Drawing, Forward Collective, kevin munoz, Mexic-Arte, Mustached Dude, Randy Muniz, sketch, texas, viva la vida fest, wheatpaste, xerox
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October 17th, 2009
Kevin
I was invited to be a part of The Sex and Death show over at the The Fifth Gallery in downtown Austin. The opening was last night but the work will be up until November 13th when there will be a closing reception.
My favorite piece in the show was by none other than my good buddy, Jeremy Burks. He is what they call “mad talented.”
Here is the drawing I did for the show.
you can view more photos from the opening night and other fabulous art submissions here. Big thank you to John Gomi and the rest of The Fifth Gallery.
Tags: Art, Art Show, Austin, death and sex, Drawing, fifth gallery, gomi, grim reaper, jeremy burks, kevin munoz, sexless, texas
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September 30th, 2009
Kevin
If you missed the show this past Friday, Republic of Austin has a good little recap, with photos, right here. It was a great turnout. Thanks to everyone who came out!
Here is a picture I was able to find of the pieces I made for the show.
BIG thanks to Maseman, The Screamer Company, Chris Apollo Lynn, and, again, to everybody that came out.
Tags: Art, Art Show, chris apollo lynn, kevin munoz, Maseman, Repulic of austin, The Screamer Company, United States Art Authority
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September 12th, 2009
Giselle
i finally gave myself the chance to make some new things!!
jumbo dinosaur crayons. recycled glass tile earrings and hairpins. yo-yo hair clips and rings. colored google eye earrings and hairpins with cutie cute lash lines. and feather hair pins.
whew. these should be up on our etsy very,very soon!!
Tags: crayons, dinosaurs, feathers, Forward Collective, google eyes, hair clips, hair pins, recycled glass tile, rings, yo-yo's earrings
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September 11th, 2009
Kevin
My buddy Maseman was kind enough to include me into a group show that he and the rest of The Screamer Company are putting together. The show is titled Conversation Piece and will take place on Friday, September 25th from 6-10 pm at The United States Art Authority . Here is the official poster.
I saw some of the other pieces that will be in the show today when I dropped off my pieces and, boy, are they good!
It was so much fun getting some pieces together for this show. Here are some sneak peeks of the work I did.
I hope to see you on the 25th!
Tags: Art, art exhibit, Art Show, Austin, Austin Texas, conversation piece, Forward Collective, Friday Art, kevin munoz, Maseman, Reginald, texas, The Screamer Company, United States Art Authority
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