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L.A. BARRIO ROOTS STREET ART FEST

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Crewest is excited to be teaming up with the "LA Barrio Street Art Festival" 
September 19th - 21st, 2014.



The LA Barrio Roots Street Art Festival is a FREE community event taking place at the:
Bell Community Center located at 6250 Pine Avenue, Bell, CA 90201, USA. 

Featuring live urban art mural painting by: 


Special exhibitions: 

- Chaz Bojorquez Retrospective: featuring select new works as well as archive photos of his journey as a groundbreaking LA artist.

- Transborder Graphic: a group show featuring works by over 20 Mexican and Mexican-American
artists including Jesse Hernandez, Fabian Debora, Humo, Ernesto Yerena, Maria Abigail Sandoval, and others.


Free Workshops:

-Musical Production
-Artistic Photography
-Drawing 
-Community Muralism
-Calligraphy
-Stencil

**LA Barrio Roots Street Art Fest is being presented by the Consulate General of Mexico, Mexico’s Secretary of External Relations, Institutos de Mexicanos en el Exterior, State Senator Ricardo Lara and the 33rd Senate District, the City of Bell, and HABITAJES Centro de Estudios y Acciones sobre el Espacio Público.


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EL VELORIO @ PLAZA DE LA RAZA

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We highly recommend this Dia de los Muertos event presented and curated by our good friend Antonio Pelayo. See you Saturday night!

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 El Velorio 2013 Participating Artists:
Adelbert Leynes, Alex Garcia, Alfie Numeric, Ameneh Zahedi, Antonio Pelayo, Asylm, Brandon Blain Schwebs, Carol Friend, Celerina Pelayo, Chavez Marie, David Flury, Defer, Delsy Sandoval, Denovo Dee, dfrnt, Diana Munoz, Dulce Lola, Edward De La Torre, Erica Cisne, Erica Friend, Eyeone, Freddy Negrete, Gennaro Garcia, Jaime “Germs” Zacarias, Gino Espinosa, Gladis Alejandre, Gregg Stone, Ignacio Rodriguez, Isaac Pelayo, J-Open, Javier Martinez, Jennifer Korsen, Jeo Villegas, Jesse Hinostroza, jessica pons, Joe Torres, John Anthony Tuason, John Paul Thorton, Johnnie Dominguez, Johnny Quintana, Johnny Quintanilla, Jose Zuniga , Julian Mendoza, Lauren Terese , Lekit, Lily Aanchez, Lisa Love Mendoza, Man One, Marcos Dorado, Matt Hurtado, Matteo Saucedo, Melisa Fairweather, Melissa Victoria Nebrida, Melly Trochez, Michael Ulrich, Miguel Felipe, Monica Russo, Nikko Hurtado, Noemi Duran, Oscar Magallanes, Oscar Ortiz, Pablo Damas, Paul Martinez, Paul Torres, Ralph Silerio, Ron Antonio, Sal Coria, Scott Kiche, Sergio "Doc" Rueda , Tania Zatikian, Uninanti, Walther Obando, Wendy Rivas, Zoro Rodriguez and more...

El Velorio benefits the LA’s only multidisciplinary community arts venue dedicated to serving the Eastside neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Plaza De la Raza.

The event is open to the public. 
Tickets may be purchased online at:
www.elvelorio.com 
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Please LIKE and SHARE the fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/ElVelorio   

END OF THE WORLD!

The Crewest Man ·


Please join our good friend Chaz Bojorquez on Friday, December 21, 2012, 6 PM - 2 AM, at Plaza De La Raza, Boathouse Gallery for his END OF THE WORLD exhibit!


Smogtown presents a solo exhibition titled “END OF THE WORLD” featuring new works by Los Angeles esteemed artist, Chaz Bojorquez.  

Opening reception accompanied with entertainment program is Friday, December 21, 2012, 6 PM - 2 AM, at Plaza De La Raza, Boathouse Gallery, 3540 Mission Road, Los Angeles, 90031.  Exhibition runs through January 31, 2013.

The Mayan calendar has just completed a full cycle of 5,125 years as of December 21st, 2012
predicted as an apocalypse ‘End of the World’ of humanity, glorified by movies, rushed occult writers, bloggers and New Age visionaries foreseeing all manner of monumental change, from dooms day to a new age of enlightenment.  

To celebrate this singularly monumental moment in time, the evening includes a special ceremonial Mayan dance performed by Danza Xipitotec, live music by Youth Mariachi Plaza de la Raza, Very Be Careful and DJ Beeside.

We'll be there supporting a long time Crewest friend and LA Godfather of graffiti.
Hope you can make it to!

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"KUYA" FEAUTURING WORKS BY RELIC

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Crewest is very proud to announce RELIC, a modern classic in LA Graffiti, will be showing brand new artwork in our Front Room Gallery.  Please join us on August 4, 2012 from 7-10pm for the opening reception of "Kuya".  You do not want to miss this show. 

More info to follow...

Questions?  Email us at info@crewest.com


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$MALL CHANGE FEATURING PROBLAK

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$MALL CHANGE: A Solo Exhibit by Problak
Crewest (Front Room Gallery) opens  July 7, 2012, 7-10pm


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Boston-based artist, Rob "Problak" Gibbs, will also make his debut exhibit in Crewest's Front Room Gallery on Saturday, July, 7th, 2012, from 7-10pm. His new body of work, Small Change celebrates the artist's first solo show in Los Angeles.

When asked what inspired his new works, Problak explains:
"The phrase, 'a little goes a long way', inspired this body of work. I think the average person can easily overlook how change can quickly accumulate. When change comes together, it's value and power matches it's weight in a variety of ways--especially in our consumer culture. This collection showcases some change I've earned over time. I wanted to remix the value of what we accumulate and probably overlook everyday. Please enjoy the "EP" to my upcoming show. I hope you get to walk away with a small change in your point of view. Grow on flow on."--Problak

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About Rob "Problak" Gibbs
Rob “Problak” Gibbs grew up in Roxbury, MA venturing between Lenox St. apartments and Orchard Park projects. From a young age, he had a vision of beautifying the ghettos of Boston with graffiti art—an art form that is frequently over looked, under valued and misunderstood. The concept that a picture is worth an infinite amount of words inspired Rob and provided him with the opportunity to take ownership of one of our culture’s modern hieroglyphics: graffiti. He developed a vision of beautifying Boston purely by instinct, experiencing his “calling” as a young man, a child of the HipHop golden age.

The need to place social consciousness in HipHop culture is a driving force behind Problak’s creativity. His work impels the viewer to allow imagination to become a playground for testing boundaries and breaking rules. Rob is a painter, muralist and graffiti artist who was one of six urban teens to co-found the non-profit youth development organization, Artists For Humanity (AFH) in 1991. Through this innovative non-profit organization, he has been blessed with a career in the arts that has spanned decades and has been able to work as a mentor to young people in the creative process. As AFH’s Paint Studio Director, Rob applies his experiences as an academic scholarship winner, an Americorps Fellow and a Prudential Youth Leadership Fellow, to overseeing the art studios, leading the painting instruction, and serving as a key team member in AFH’s efforts to expand into neighboring communities, sharing the proven youth development model of arts and entrepreneurship training.

Problak has demonstrated a continued commitment to passing on the tools, techniques and traditions he has learned to the next generation of artists, serving as both mentor and inspiration to countless young people through his work as a co-founder and studio manager at Artists for Humanity. Rob has conducted arts/youth mentoring workshops for Girls, Inc., The Boston Foundation, Boston Housing Authority, and Youth Build, Washington, DC. Gibbs is a recipient of a number of awards, including The Goodnight Initiative’s Civic Artist Award, and The Mass Industry Committee’s 2006 Graffiti Artist of the Year award. He has also served as a guest lecturer, teaching one-day sessions on graffiti art and culture to students in Northeastern University’s Foundations of Black Culture: HipHop course.

With an extensive repertoire in several media, Problak’s work has challenged both the viewer and himself the artist, to see and celebrate graffiti’s evolution for over 15 years. His work as a solo artist and as a member of Boston’s A.L.A crew, has been seen across the world, in exhibitions such as All City Evolution, at the Fourth Wall Gallery in Boston, MA, and The Sharpie Show at Crewest in Los Angeles, CA.

Follow Problak:
Facebook.com/pro.blak
Tweet: @ProblaK
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MARKA27 NEO-INDIGENOUS: VIDEO + SNEAK PEEK

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All you need to know about MARKA27 and his new exhibition NEO-INDIGENOUS


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Marka27: Neo Indigenous
Exhibit opens July 7, 2012
Crewest Gallery
110 Winston St.
LA, CA 90013
www.Crewest.com

*Artist Marka27 will be in attendance.

More info:
info@crewest.com

SINERLANDIA

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Available artwork slideshow below or click to Flickr:



Crewest is very proud to announce Siner will be debuting his first ever solo exhibit "Sinerlandia" on April 7th, 2012 at Crewest Gallery.

The exhibit will feature original artwork which proudly echoes the Los Angeles cultural landscape and street aesthetic.

For this show, Siner exhibits both the beauty of the tag, lettering style, and character involvement which is the basis for Los Angeles graffiti. He takes the viewer on a journey through the streets of South Central Los Angeles with art based on L.A. street culture.  While both forms of art exist on the streets, whether in the form of graffiti art on the wall or in the form of everyday street life of the Angelino, Siner is allowing the viewer to take an up close look into LA’s vivid cultural heritage as he sees it.

Born and raised in Los Angeles California, Siner has become one of the most influential writers on the L.A. scene and is best known for his intricate letter structure and free form flow. In the mid 1980’s Siner and his brother Sane started writing and founded the infamous LTS (Last To Survive) crew. He was heavily influenced by L.A. street culture and the Chicano muralists. Using Aztec, Mayan, and Mexican pop culture imagery, Siner reflects what it is like to have a sense of pride in one’s self and a respect for one’s cultural heritage.

Sinerlandia opens Saturday, April 7, 2012 and will be on view through April 29, 2012.  Opening Reception from 7 to 10 pm with live beats by DJ Phyz Ed and refreshments provided by Roaring Lion and Jarritos. Sinerlandia will be open during the Downtown Artwalk on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 7 to 10pm.



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GRAFFITI ON 10S

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Graffiti on 10s by Crewest
(Graffiti on 10s, a photo by Crewest on Flickr.)
Broadway Night Out + Yakin Works + 360Magazine in association with Crewest present:

Graffiti on 10s: The Artwalk Afterparty

With live painting by: ELSE
Live body art by: HYDRA and TUNA

Loft 560
560 S. Main St., #10s
(@6th Street)
DTLA!

Thursday Feb.9th
9pm

Open bar from 9-10pm
sponsored by Asahi

RSVP: Broadwaynightout@gmail.com

See you there!
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GREGG STONE - THE AVENUES

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Recently sold work:

"THE AVENUES" by Gregg Stone
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Gregg Stone resides in southern Orange County with a longstanding artistic career in watercolor, gouache, ink, and airbrush. 
 After graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a bachelor's degree in fine arts (BFA) in 1978, Stone became a successful freelance illustrator
His current work in mixed-media paintings blend cultural and architectural treasures along the byways of border region
Hispanic communities into painterly narratives of everyday street life.
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or contact us at:
art@crewestgallery.com

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