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The first ever photo exhibit for Gordon Ross Photography is dated for Saturday,September 12th and I can assure you that with all the time and planning going into this event, it will knock your fluffy little socks off.

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» News — December 31, 1969

Coming up this Friday at Ayden Gallery,
 
Gropp's Gambil, Secrets from the Garden.

Guest curated by artist, Jennifer Chernecki.

This will be the first show I am attending after my summer travel hiatus. I hope to see you there!
wallfarmers is throwing down some sponsorship for the Louisville CYPHER SERIES 1+2 with artist, SEAMOnster and a massive amount of live music, art, prizes and general goodness.
If you're in Kentucky Aug 15th or 21st, definitely check our these shows. SEAMO will be there doing some live painting and have some wallfarmers stickers to give you
Art Whino and Fabric8 host another mental Heavy Hitterz show coming up this weekend in Maryland.

A shit ton of amazing artists including a few wallfarmers. If you're on that coast, don't miss this show!



Also from Fabric8 this weekend, a grand opening for the new galleries at their San Francisco location.

TWO massive group shows featuring new work from over 30 artists!

Canadian art Killer, Chris Brett, is preparing for a busy weekend in August. Check out group show, Animal Nature @ Instinct Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa  AND @ Push Studio in SF with group show, Passive-Aggressive (art exhibito).

Both shows are on August 1st and 1,546 miles apart. Good luck being in both places at once!

(p.s. hey Chris, I'm borrowing your twitter image...)

Don't miss Vancouver artist, Ben Tour, in his first solo show:

Crash and Burn

Tonight at the Thinkspace Gallery in LA, CA.::

Stella Im Hultberg,

Catherine Brooks

Hannah Stouffer

Opening Reception: Fri, July 10th, 7-11PM

* All the artists will be in attendance at the opening reception


Coming up at The Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary art,

Eine - The A – Z of Change

Opening Reception: Thursday July 9 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Bay area photographer/skater/daddy-O, Isaac McKay-Randozzi, has a board release party this Saturday (June 27th), presented by Stereo, DLXSF and Adidas.

Well done, Isaac!

Check out more of his work here...

Right on... check out CA BOOMINVASION ...brought to you by the good folks at Thingkspace!

"...combines the best of modern design, furnishings, artwork, design panel discussions and architecture tours into three action-packed days." 

This sounds so awesome!  I would be happy to have a guest post if anyone wants to cover this! (info(at)wallfarmers.ca)
Lots of shows coming up this weekend all over the place.. Seattle (Max Kauffman and a team of artists at the Halogen Gallery), Victoria (Gillian Brooks hanging at the Whitebird Lounge) and Vancouver (Peter Taylor at El Kartel and Jeff Denomme at Wallflowers).


The nice folks at Nahcotta are setting up for The Enormous Tiny Art show over at the Living Room, this Friday.

Check their site or the Upcoming Shows section for more details.
Next show up at the Ayden Gallery in Vancouver,
The Nym Nums.

Friday May 22nd. Check upcoming shows for more details.


Great things are happening on East Hastings in Vancouver, BC. It's not too often that I get to say that so it is with massive excitement that I get to display this poster for the Hastings Community Garden Rejuvenation Mural.

Massive murals by local and international artists...you may recognize a few names.

Sunday May 17th..noon to 6pm... more info

Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

hosts another fine evening of hot diverse art. On the same night as 'Get Rich Quick', enjoy a solo exhibition by Thais Beltrame.

 "When All The Stars Are Gone"

Coming up this weekend on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery, It's Yours, Take It!

A collection of local and international artists donate their work for a civilized one-free-for-all.

Stop complaining about not having any art and get down to the VAG this Saturday at 1pm!

Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
compiles a show with some of the most influential voices of the contemporary art world.

An opportunity to view the collections of the collectors will be on Thursday May 7th at 7pm (through to May 28th).


Seriously, if you go to this show, take photos (if allowed) and don't drink too much because you are going to want to remember this one!

::Thinkspace Gallery Presents::

…Away From The Things Of Man

Featuring new works and an installation from Kathleen Lolley.

Project Room and Fresh Faces Wall info in the Thinkspace bank.

Coming up this weekend in Victoria, BC at the Deluge Contemporary Art Gallery...

Those fantastic cats at El Kartel have another show this weekend and guess who's in it? Yep..yours truly. ... me and 99 other artists are in a show called 100 Amigos.

100 Amigos opens April 4th at 9pmTonight is shaping up to be pretty stellar as things start off with another brilliant exhibit at the Ayden Gallery.
Artists LANI MAEGLIN IMRE, LAUREN JAVOR, JORDAN QUINN and SAMANTHA DICKIE, live performances, music and free admission. 

Open tonight from 7 to 11.

Canvas Lounge, Burberry and Inside E! Magazine present an evening of music, art and the launch of Burberry's newest fragrance, THE BEAT.

Music by REDEYE EMPIRE.
Doors open at 10:30

Vancouver artists Phresha and EAR ONE are among a group of artists doing a show with FRESH COAST Entertainment and Steady Rockin' Productions. Can't Stop Won't Stop is being held on Monday, March 30th at The Modern (Vancouver, BC)
More info...

Max Kauffman is getting ready for his first solo show, 'Ghosts of Industry' over at the Push Gallery in Asheville, NC.

'The work flirts with chaos and the crumbling of civilization along the way…it just might get worse before it gets better.'

..check Media/Event section for more info.




New shows announced at Think Space Gallery in LA. Featuring Matthew Feyld and one of my favorites, David MacDowell.


San Francisco artist lost an eye in a 2005 car accident and wants to replace it with a webcam. sweet!






Heads up from Angelique at Charm School about delights & goings on.


Check out the nice little bio on Natalia and gallery write up that Angelique sent our way.

Andrew Hosner of Thinkspace Gallery sent over an amazing write-up on their upcoming show:

'FROM THE STREETS OF BROOKLYN'

Exhibition begins this Friday, January 9th at the Thinkspace Gallery in LA.

Check out UPCOMING SHOWS and
ANDREW'S WRITE-UP for more details....

IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING TOMORROW-
WHAT WOULD IT BE?

There is currently an online, silent auction underway, for several really kind NO. 1 prints that is said to be the last time they will be available for purchase.

'If You Could' is the self initiated project of London design studio HudsonBec.

The Auction will end at 2pm GMT on Friday 19th December.
Go check out these graphically stunning works and get to bidding!        

(image courtesy of ifyoucould.co.uk::flickr image)

It's going to be another crazy weekend over here on the west coast.   

I know it's only Tuesday but if your week goes by as fast as mine does, then you'll need to plan ahead.

If you're as south as LA, CA, plan to stop by Thinkspace Gallery for Mostly Memory, featuring exhibits from ARMSROCK & ELBOW-TOE.
Also, in their Project Room: "Life Sentence" featuring Jon Todd.

 


Ayden Gallery in Vancouver is throwing down another rocker with the likes of
Jesse Reno, Peter Taylor, The Dark, VIRUS, Dan Ness, Ryan Bodiroga, Wendy Sexsmith, Taka Sudo and Edison Rojas.

Live music with DJ Vinny the Squid
Free admission : Artists in attendance
Exhibition closes on Monday, January 12th

Doors open at 7PM


If you're in Victoria, BC...get out of the rain and celebrate the bowels of the Christmas Spirit with

Concyse Skate Co/Incite Screenprinting at their show:
CHAMPIONS OF HELL X-MAS ART SHOW
Lots of live music and featuring origional art from:
The Cult of the Underground Comic Book.


Doors open at 7PM.
Bands at 8PM

The delights of Camilla d'Errico will be featured at El Kartel with new art prints, clothes and accessories.

A lot of the clothes made for this show are limited edition and made specifically for this event.

This is a one night only show so don't be late and don't not go!

Doors open at 9pm.

Have I missed anything? If you have any info on upcoming shows...let us know!
In April this year ballsy graffiti artist and social messenger, Banksy, hit a wall on Newman St. London, UK, directly under the CCTV security camera that he was mocking.  Noted to be his largest and most audacious piece of work yet. Recently Joshua March, Chairman of the Facebook Developer Garage in London, ruined my day by announcing that their council has decided to get rid of this piece. So if they have not painted over it yet, get over there to enjoy the irony while you can.
Hey...welcome to w a l l f a r m e r s ( d o t ) c a !!!! Here's the deal, wallfarmers(dot)ca is a new website launching off of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, the World. We feature emerging, mid-career and established artists who kill it. And by 'kill it', we mean understand the meaning of urban/contemporary/real art in all aspects while maintaining their underground edge. On a daily basis, there are so many artists pushed forward through graffiti, skate art, comics and pop culture, we'd like to get them all in once place like some video / paint brush / camera/ spray can, wet dream.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS..... to any artists (it'd be great if you were Canadian) who would qualify their art as 'urban', 'street', 'graffiti', 'comic' or 'edgy' in nature. Please send some photos of your work, with a little intro about yourself and contact information to submissions@wallfamers.ca ..when sending photos, please check the file size and try to keep them small. You are also welcome to direct me to a website containing your work.