by The Editors on April 7, 2011
Aside from being the originator of the Lien air, many credit Neil Blender with creating the entire skater-as-artist ethos. We don’t disagree. And tonight those in Southern California can get an up-close and personal view of exactly how this happened as the Vans Thalia Surf Shop hosts a show of some of Neil’s classic work as well as the new Vans signature clothing line he designed for surfer Joel Tudor.
The Neil Blender for Vans show opens tonight (April 7, 2011) at 6 PM. The Vans Thalia Surf Shop is located at 915 South Coast Highway, in Laguna Beach, California.
by The Editors on April 7, 2011
by The Editors on March 16, 2011
This Saturday, March 19, 2011 the Los Angeles based HVW8 Gallery will host a book release party (and art show) celebrating the publication of The Art of Mark McKee, published by Random House.
The Art of Marc McKee marks the first installment of the Seen Unknown series edited by Winston Tseng, art director for Enjoi Skateboards. Tseng has worked with some of today’s most genre-defying visual artists and designers whose work extends well beyond skateboard culture. . . With Seen Unknown, Tseng unifies the diverse range of work by some of his favorite artists, putting it all in once place for readers to enjoy.
For more on Mark McKee checkout his interview with Chris Nieratko on ESPN/Action. Marc’s book signing runs from 7:30 to 8:30 PM.
HVW8 Art & Design Gallery is located at 661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles, California 90036
[Link: HVW8 via ESPN]
by The Editors on March 11, 2011
by The Editors on March 2, 2011
Laguna Beach, Calfironia’s 210 AR4T Space is hosting an artist reception for their show Futureland on Saturday night, March 5, 2011.
The show features a collection of posters from the future by some of action sports’ finest working graphic designers.
Their art works for FUTURELAND are provocative, witty, sarcastic, and just plain fun to look at. They’ll get your brain moving in new directions. Which, when we look at it in focus, is what makes them so perfectly suited for their day time talent – keeping the world awake.
Featured designers include Michael Jager, Sherwin Yumul, Greg Stenson, Jay Floyd, Blake Gantz, Thomas Bradley, Ryan Davis, Brian Nally, Shoam Thomas, Jeff Bartel, Peter Stow, Carl E. Smith, Patrick Carrie, John Antoski, and Corey Smith.
The artist reception begins Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 6 PM. 210 AR4T Space is located at 210 North Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, California. Follow the jump for more details. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on February 24, 2011
On Friday night (February 25, 2011) Bend, Oregon’s Division Street Skatepark Project will hold their third annual PUSH Art Auction at the Old Boomtown Building. It a great evening for art, skateboarding, and inbibing refreshing beverages from the Deschutes Brewery (if you know what we mean).
PUSH features custom skate deck art from over 50 local, regional, and national artists, such as Aaron James Draplin, Kellie Talbot, Quincy Quigg, Wes Youssi, Jesse Lockwood and Dana MacKenzie. . . The PUSH Art Auction is a family friendly event and will feature complementary food and beverages from Deschutes Brewery, Typhoon, Parilla Grill, and Whole Foods. This year’s event will also feature a raffle including a complete skateboard complements of The Skateboard Store, a complete longboard complements of The Longboard Store, a Nitro snowboard, along with other swag from Blood Wizard, Shnar Skateboards, and The Company Skateboards, just to name a few!
The evening begins at 6 PM and roll till 10 PM. The Old Boomtown Building is located at 910 NW Harriman St., Bend, Oregon. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on February 21, 2011
Portland, Oregon’s newest indoor concrete skateboarding/art gallery facility Commonwealth of Skateboarding will be celebrating it’s grand opening on Saturday, February 26, 2011 beginning at 3 PM.
The afternoon/evening event will feature a photography show by Jon Humphries, Garric Ray, and Bryce Kanights along with “grinding, spracking, music, friends, beverages,” and “good ol’ conversation.” As they say:
We built this park with our own damn hands so that we and our friends and all Portland skateboarders would have somewhere to go when it was too hot, too cold, too we–didn’t feel like driving to a park or spot. . . Without your contributions this place won’t last too long. . . We are for quality over quantity and creative a kind of community here–so membership has it’s privileges, and doing a drop-in definitely isn’t the cheapest method. . . But we’re down if you’re down.
Memberships in the park are $750 for a year, $80 a month, or $9 for a two hour drop-in. And helmets are not required (if you sign the waiver.
The Commonwealth of Skateboarding is located at 1425 SE 20th Ave. (at Hawthorne), in Portlandia. For more info, click the link.
Or check Skatedaily.net for the entire behind the scenes story.
[Link: The Commonwealth of Skateboarding]
by The Editors on February 21, 2011
We missed the Installation 7 opening (and the free drinks fro Scion) on Saturday night (February 19, 2011), but don’t let that stop you from checking out art from Cheryl Dunn, Cody Hudson & Jared Eberhardt, and others because the show runs until March 12, 2011 at the Scion Installation LA, 3521 Helms Ave. Culver City, California.
[Link: Scion AV via Club Mumble]
by The Editors on February 9, 2011
She’s got an amazing voice and tickles the ivories like few women can, but we’ve never actually enjoyed looking at Lady Gaga. That may have changed with Terry Richardson photos of the Lady for Purple Magazine. Who knew that all she needed to look reasonably normal was a Supreme deck and some shades. Click the link for the rest.
[Link: Global Grind]
by The Editors on February 3, 2011
Legendary photographer Leroy Grannis, 93, has died. He was reportedly with his family in Hermosa Beach, California at the time.
In his years as a photographer Grannis delivered some of the most timeless surf (and skateboarding) images from a era when everything was fresh and new. He captured it all and lived well.
According to Surfine.com:
Grannis’ first published photos appeared in Reef Magazine in 1960. Other photographers were shooting from the water, but they were forced to return to land to reload. Grannis developed a rubber-lined box that enabled him to change film in the lineup. He spent the decade between California and Hawaii, capturing the best surfers in the world riding the best surf. He helped start Surfing Illustrated in 1962 and contributed to every other major surf publication of the time. By 1964, he worked exclusively with International Surfing, and it eventually dropped the “International” tag.
We are honored to have shared the ocean with him on many mornings. We think of the days we’d see him knee-paddle by on the outside, first south then north, making us believe that it was possible to enjoy the surf forever. We thank him for all he gave and the images he saved. Our thoughts are with his family. Rest in peace.
[Link: OCWeekly]
