Come join us and Art Renegade member artist Juan Muniz for his show Primrose Path in conjunction with Luke Chueh. 20 FREE signed and number prints available at the show for the first 20 people in line. Prints valued at $250!
Preview Thursday Feb 3rd and opening Friday Feb 4th – 6:00pm until 9:30pm
Self Immolation of buddhist monk Thic Quang Duc, Vietnam, 1963
Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway has taken some of the most historically famous black and white photos and brought them to new life in color. What started out as business restoring old photographs has garnered her quite a bit of attention as her historical photos went viral across the web.
The colorization of these iconic pics has stirred a bit of debate, much like the colorization of classic films did a few years back. There’s no question that the results are amazing to see though. Click on the pics for a larger view.
There's No Way Like The American Way, Louisville flood, 1937
We’re a little late getting this out, but if you happen to have something ready to go, or just happen to work fast, you might wanna get in on this. NECTAR is a newly minted fine art magazine which explores a single theme in each issue. The upcoming issue is titled “Evidence of Home, unfolding a sense of belonging that we know, find, and make for ourselves”, and the magazine is searching for alternative definitions of how artists see home.
If you or someone you now are interested, please visit http://nectarnectar.com/ or they can email this address, nectarmagazine@gmail.com. Any medium is accepted and encouraged, including writing. The deadline is February 1.
Artists to perform at Cabaret Jazz in the Smith Center include Clint Holmes, Branford Marsalis, Suzanne Vega, Andrea Marcovicci, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Cabaret Jazz tickets go on sale January 27
LAS VEGAS ― Overlooking Symphony Park, the beautiful club called Cabaret Jazz will spotlight some of the world’s most gifted jazz artists and cabaret entertainers at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts beginning March 2012. Cabaret Jazz will showcase legendary names in entertainment and music history, including three-time Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year Clint Holmes, SFJAZZ Collective, three-time Grammy® winner and saxophonist Branford Marsalis, and cabaret vocalists Barbara Cook and Andrea Marcovicci. Tickets will go on sale beginning January 27, 2012, at 10 a.m.
Patrons can purchase individual tickets for all shows at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts by calling (702) 982-7805 or by visiting www.thesmithcenter.com. Tickets for most shows in Cabaret Jazz start at $35.
“Cabaret Jazz is the perfect place for local music lovers to enjoy collaborations and performances by our generation’s greatest musicians and entertainers,” said Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center. “Outfitted with a unique ambience, exceptional food and an unbelievable artist line-up, it is the complete dining and club experience.”
Upon its opening in March, Cabaret Jazz will host a number of artists and entertainers. The addition of performances is ongoing and tickets are available to the public upon schedule confirmation. This is unlike other performances scheduled at The Smith Center, which are presented to the public season by season.
“Cabaret Jazz is a distinctly different venue than others at The Smith Center,” Martin said, noting that it will operate similar to popular live jazz and cabaret clubs that can be found in New York City or Chicago. “It’s an easygoing yet elegant club that will pay homage to the spirit of America’s music and will embody the spirit of Las Vegas.”
In addition, the club will offer a full-fledged food and beverage menu, complete with signature cocktails and a casual dining menu that will include everything from bourbon glazed short ribs to Baton Rouge style gumbo, as well as a list of lite bites.
Built with sophistication and elegance, the 258-seat Cabaret Jazz provides a truly unique and cool experience for music lovers to embrace.
Taking center stage in the stunning, two-story Cabaret Jazz inside the Boman Pavilion, the performance lineup will highlight the following entertainers:
The Smith Center will be the cultural center for Las Vegas – a place that will educate, entertain and excite the citizens of our great community. Located in downtown’s 61-acre urban development, Symphony Park, The Smith Center broke ground in May of 2009 with a ceremonial carillon bell casting and ringing. In February 2010, it celebrated its “Topping Out” with the raising of 50 tons of steel. The Smith Center will open in March 2012. For more information about The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, please visit www.thesmithcenter.com.
The latest debacle downtown involves a tagger known only as “TIM” who has defaced a graffiti art mural in the Arts District done by graff legend MEAR ONE. The Las Vegas downtown art community at large has taken offense to the action, and Facebook is buzzing with the outrage.
The mural as it appeared in March 2011…. 
and the mural post roller bomb treatment… (real creative there Tim)
Murals of this scale are generally left alone by other artists and taggers – not to be confused with true graffiti artists – out of respect for the piece, the artist, or his territory. Aside from beautifying a gritty cityscape, one of the things that makes commissioned graffiti murals acceptable to the authorities is the fact that they generally deter bombing by taggers, considered by artists and the masses alike as nothing but unwanted defacement by gangs, graff crews, and teenage wanna-bes. Whether or not this going over is a dis against MEAR or some kind of backlash against the city or the Arts District remains to be seen. Anyone with info about this underhanded deed is urged to report it, if only to us.
We’ll keep our ear to the ground and keep you posted as we learn further details. In the meantime, how do you feel about graffiti in the downtown Arts District? Leave your comments below, or on our Facebook page…
New Book Release and Art Exhibit by Arabella ProfferArt Renegades member artist Arabella Proffer announces the release of her book “The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa: The Art of Arabella Proffer”, coming out this December thru Cooperative Press. It will be available on Amazon.com, various indie bookstores and art galleries, but you can pre-order your own copy here. These will be shipping the 2nd week of December.
This hard cover book has over 40 portraits created between 2000 and 2011, their stories, family trees, map, crests and more.
Arabella’s next solo show “Ephemeral Antidotes” will be held at Articulated Gallery in San Francisco, where she will be in attendance for the reception.
This is a collection of paintings exploring the medical superstitions and practices of centuries past. Continuing in the tradition of imaginary portraits with fictional narratives, these are a little more surreal and different than her usual works, and are a reaction to her ordeal with cancer last year. Done in oil on linen, each painting is accompanied by a biography highlighting both the fascinating and horrifying aspects of old medicine. You can view the full press release here.
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7th, 2012 from 8pm-10pm
@ 1681 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 551-1036
www.ArabellaProffer.com or www.ArtyFartyBlog.com
VIDEO: Artists paint utility boxes for graffiti ZAP program
Success Stories - via Joseph Watson Collection
LAS VEGAS — Clark County Parks and Recreation has come up with a way to support local artists, beautify the Las Vegas valley, and fight crime. It’s called the Zap program and it uses items you see every day on the side of the road.
Artist Zak Ostrowski has put more than 50 hours into his art, using a public utility box near Maryland Parkway and Twain.
“A lot of the people who lived in the area who talked to me were just real proud of their area now. It gives people a reason to be proud of where you’re from,” he said.
Ostrowski has now painted five utility boxes as part of Zap program. Patrick Gaffey with Parks and Rec came up with the idea in 2005 as a way to beautify the valley and fight crime.
“We just keep trying to find the money, but we just want to keep moving around the valley and putting them in different neighborhoods,” said Gaffey.
“According to Gaffey, plain, beige boxes are ripe for vandalism, but even the vandals respect nicely painted, artistic boxes. That means less graffiti on your streets. The boxes also support the local arts community, which is one reason the Metro Arts Council and Clark County pay the artists for their work.
“I see Zap as a gateway for public art to incorporate and engage in the community. That’s the exciting part,” said Patty Dominguez with the Metro Arts Council.
Artists and organizers say community support is off the charts, leading to a more open, engaged neighborhood. As long as they have the money, the Metro Arts Council and Clark County will continue to Zap graffiti all over the valley.
If you want to learn how to be an artist or how to bring Zap to your local utility boxes, you can contact the Clark County Parks and Recreation Department.
VIA 8 News Now
But for nearly a decade, much of this artwork has been done illicitly.
City ordinances make it illegal to create murals on the vast majority of private properties. Officials estimate that more than 300 murals have been painted over in the last several years, a fact that has frustrated artists as well as property owners who commission the murals.
“The mural capital of the world is no more,” said the artist Saber, who had a mural covered up by a city-contracted graffiti work crew earlier this year. “They buff beautiful pieces, harass property owners and threaten us like we are in street gangs.”
Responding to protests of artists like Saber as well as some celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Travis Barker, the Los Angeles City Council for the first time agreed this month to draft a new ordinance that would allow some murals.
Until now, city laws have equated murals with commercial signs, the legacy of lawsuits brought by billboard companies trying to preserve their right to place ads on businesses’ walls. The city views any mural on private property as commercial signage even if it’s purely artistic in nature.
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VIA L.A. to draw a finer line on murals as art, not ads – latimes.com.
This is it peeps – Tonight is the first First Friday since the event was taken over by the execs from Zappos and the ninth anniversary event. Several changes have been put in place for this one, most notably the change in hours. Tonights festivities run from 6pm to midnight – an extra two hours to take it all in. A good move in our book, as First Friday and the arts in general seem to be sprawling throughout downtown, not just the Arts District. Expect this to continue!
Parking has expanded as well. You can park for FREE at the City of Las Vegas parking garage (LVB and Stewart), the Stratosphere Hotel, and the Clark County Government Center – shuttles run to the Arts District stops all night. The El Cortez is now charging $5 for parking and is a shuttle stop as well. There is is also parking by donation at Opportunity Village on Main Street just north of Charleston.
We also recommend the FREE limited parking around Blackbird Studios and Commerce Street Studios at Commerce and Wyoming, also a free shuttle stop to the rest of First Friday.
Expect more food and drink vendors and a small armada of gourmet food trucks the likes of FUKU Burger.
Visit http://www.firstfriday-lasvegas.com/ for more info!
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