Sketch Tuesday—June

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Made it to another awesome sketch Tuesday at 111 minna gallery this month. Started things off right, by snagging this great Jay Howell piece.

Jay working on the piece I bought, I couldn't be happier with it.

great artwork from local preschoolers.

casey gray, new show coming to white walls.

Raquel's take away for the night was this guy from Annie Galvin.

Met this couple visiting SF from Perth, who are moving to Vancouver next week. Check out their magazine RELATIVE.

He was very happy to get a Mike Giant original while in town.

Jason Vivona, Jay Howell colab. Was awesome

bought this zine from Mildred, lots of detail

Ended the night talking to this guy in the red and Fabian Molina, the artist that drew him. Great night.

Drop off film, check Benny Gold and Jay Howell

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Had to drop off some film downtown, and since I was down there I checked out the new Benny Gold flagship store and Jay Howell's solo show at A440 Gallery

I rode by the Benny Gold store on their opening day a couple weeks back and regretted not stopping in. Not knowing much about Benny Gold, I looked him up and found out he is graphic designer who turned his brand into an internationally known apparel company and now he's opened this store as his hub, with his design studio up stairs.

A lot of attention to detail in everything he makes, which is why I bought this awesome wallet, to replace the one below.upgrade.his dog was cool too.Then checked out Jay Howell's show, Alligator Fuck House

I like his work because it's fun

Across the hall I found a collection of photo's. The famous brown sisters by Nicholas Nixon. Bummed the whole series wasn't there.Idris Khan layered every "brown sister's" photo though.Always been a fan of Khan's work. Really nice seeing it huge.

I thought these photo's were cool too. Don't remember who shot them unfortunately.

in pulse: Design and Industry exhibition

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Headed over to SF State tonight to catch "ingenuity at it's best", at the annual design and industry exhibition. Excited to see some of the best student designs including a slew of projects from Brian Szykowny. Pictures to come. Here's the address, see ya there.

Wednesday
6:00pm–10:00pm
Jack Adams Hall 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 94132

Follow Me movie SF premiere at MissionWorkshop

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Baraka meets down hill mountain biking. Slow pans, epic scenery and hucking the gnar. Follow Me is a new DH film shot in high-def with big name riders. Shown Saturday night by SF Dirt Lab at MissionWorkshop. SF DIRTLAB is a dirt rider organization that brings events to the City in efforts to pump the local MTB scene. MissionWorkshop is a San Francisco bicycle bag company making high-volume low-footprint back packs. Overall a fun event, a $10 entry got you free food and movie and $3 more got you tasty dark beer from Oakland (forgot the brewery, any help?). Here is your taste of bootleged still shots of follow me.

Hunters Point Shipyard Artists

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Painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, ceramics, fiberarts, jewelry, and much more. 19th annual spring open studio and sale. This was an interesting event. I rolled out on the bicycle and found my self in the greater hunters point area. Found was a large collection of artists and fabricators "doing". Some "doing", in my point of view, better than others. This is a small group of photos I took on tour. May I add, that in nearly every studio there was a cheese platter, baked goods, and wine? Score.

Hot Glass, Cold Beer

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Photos from "Hot Glass, Cold Beer". Every first Saturday of the month Public Glass puts on this really fun event. Roll up to the front table pick out a hand blown vessel of your choice for $25 and enjoy complimentary beer and wine! There are mind blowing glass demos accompanied by live music that goes on from 6-10. I am coming early next time. Beer is good, glass blowing is awesome! Featured artist of the month at Public Glass is Randy Strong.

Sketch Tuesday Photos

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Photo's from April 20th Sketch Tuesday @Minna. I finally made it down to a sketch Tueday last night, and got to drink beer while I watched a bunch of talented artists sell quality work for killer bargain prices. Met a ton of nice people, walked away with some artwork and had fantastic time. pretty busy guy. Didn't walk away with a Jay Howell piece last night, but I hope to soon. Jay Howell portrait by Ferris Plock Really good prices.

Walked away proud owner of this deer by Justin Lovato and the Burger and a Hot Dog from Ferris Plock. Seriously one of the best nights I've had in SF.