Posts Tagged ‘Aaron Rose’

SATURDAY (Aug 21): Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion @ The Brick Building

Friday, August 20th, 2010

The group of artistic individuals who make up the Bagavagabonds join forces with a mighty group of creative cohorts, including marketing master friend Jessica Chong and K-Swiss, for a night good causes full of art, music, film and partying as Filter Magazine presents the Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion!

Proceeds from art sales benefit Aaron Rose’s youth-oriented Make Something!! workshops across the country.

From JC:

“DREAM a little dream or a lot?  You’re invited! It’s a $10 donation at the door, but drinks are free all night and you will be able to purchase original artwork for $50 or less.  The proceeds from the artwork will benefit Make Something!!

FILTER Magazine Presents…Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion
8/21, 7pm – 1am @ The Brick Building
8870 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA

Live performances by:
Voxhaul Broadcast, We Barbarians, Lord Huron, aka Freak Hawk, New Kingdom, Risers, The Drakes & more
DJ sets by Just MATTER and Hatbox

Lots of original art for sale for $50 bucks or less with proceeds benefiting Make Something!! (http://www.makesomethingschool.com/news/)

-Ping Pong Lounge and Art Installation from K-Swiss
-Knockaround Sunglasses presents the dream photo booth shot by Colin Young-Wolff
-Insight Garage Artists Spotlight
-Live and Free screen-printing from the BV crew
-Original Films in the “5 for 50” screening room
-Dream Confessional – you’re secret is safe with us
-“Night Terror” - you’ll see
-The Zzzz Room with never-before-songs by Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Cold War Kids, Here We Go Magic, We Barbarians and plenty more

$10 (donation). All ages. Free Drinks. Bring Cash for Art!!!
Endless thanks to our friends and partners at FILTER, Insight, K-Swiss, Jarritos, PBR, Knockaround, Scion

RSVP: sirfrancisdrake@bagavagabonds.com

Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion
Saturday, August 21st, 7pm–1am
The Brick Building
8870 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232

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Beautiful Losers on TV!

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The inspiring little art documentary I was lucky enough to edit, Beautiful Losers starring Barry McGee (TWIST), Ed Templeton, Geoff McFetridge, Margaret Kilgallen, Harmony Korine, Stephen Powers (ESPO), Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Thomas Campbell, Mike Mills and Shepard Fairey among others, premiered on the Sundance Channel last night as our film begins it’s weekly run through the month of August.

Click here for more from Sundance Channel.

Beautiful Losers air dates:

Monday, August 9 8:00 PM
Tuesday, August 10 2:45 AM
Tuesday, August 17 6:20 PM
Wednesday, August 18 5:20 AM
Wednesday, August 25 11:30 AM
Sunday, August 29 2:15 PM

Good lookin’ out awesome lover of pinstripes Jenn Yoo!

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THURSDAY (Aug 5): Sister Corita Art Silkscreen Mash-Up & Film Screening @ Levi’s Workshop SF

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Sister Corita Kent’s inspirational spirit continues to thrive through creative art making events curated by the Corita Art Center and in small part due to the short film we made about Corita, Become a Microscope: 90 Statements on Sister Corita (film excerpt below featuring Money Mark’s new school “ABC’s” song and Max Erdenberger’s awesome animation. You can also take an extended look at the Nowness.com).

This Thursday the bay area is invited to be a part of both as the Levi’s Workshop in San Francisco’s Mission district hosts the Corita Art Silkscreen Mash-Up as well as the Sister Corita Film Program featuring our film, directed by Aaron Rose and edited by yours truly, along with 60’s era films Sister Corita: Mary’s Day by Baylis Glascock and Survival With Style by Cal Bernstein, Alex Singer and Haskell Wexler.

Director Aaron Rose and the Corita Center’s Sasha Carrera will be in attendance during both events.

RSVP to the Corita Art Silkscreen Mash-Up here…

and RSVP to the Sister Corita Film Program here.

Corita Art Silkscreen Mash-Up
Thursday, August 5th, 3-7pm
Levi’s Workshop
580 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110

Sister Corita Film Program
Thursday, August 5th, 8-11pm
Levi’s Workshop
580 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110

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Make Something!! with Aaron Rose and Friends in NYC

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Our close collaborator, inspiring curator and dear friend Aaron Rose relaunches his dream art and design school in New York City this July and August with the return of the Make Something!! workshops. Originally spawned from a joint venture between our film Beautiful Losers and the generous contributions of Nike Sportswear, this latest incarnation of the D.I.Y. workshops aimed at teens features world renowned artists (Os Gemeos, Todd James, Ari Marcopoulos and Jeff Canham amongst others) as well as creatives from Converse, Nike and Brand Jordan working with students to create in a variety of mediums in Lower Manhattan.

The workshops culminate with a celebration of the students’ artwork created during the classes with a parade at the world famous Rucker Park in conjunction with the World Basketball Festival Celebration Event in August.

Register and sign up for the month long workshop events here or here. Class schedule, teachers, details and more can be found at Makesomethingschool.com as well as from head teacher Aaron Rose below.

Alsoclick here to see the film series of the inaugural Make Something!! workshops featuring KAWS, Ed Templeton, Money Mark, Mike Mills and more (including me!)

Make Something!!
July 12 through August 17, 2010
Manhattan, NY

From A. Rose:

“Not sure if everyone knows, but for the last three years we’ve been doing D.I.Y. creativity workshops for teens under the banner of Make Something!! This summer we’re partnering with Nike, Jordan and Converse to open a five-week long “pop-up” school house in NYC filled with amazing classes taught by fantastic artists, designers, musicians and all around champs in their fields. I thought I’d put the word out as I’m pretty excited about it.

Just as a teaser we’re offering classes like this: Documentary photo with Ari Marcopoulos, puppet-making with Todd James, sign-painting with Jeff Canham, Costume design with Cassette Playa, a mural workshop with Os Gemeos…plus shoe and garment design with Nike/Converse/Jordan designers and many, many more!

Check out our website for info and dates as they develop.

http://www.makesomethingschool.com

Classes are filling up quick, but if anyone is New York-based and has kids who want to attend (ages 13-18), email us at <info@makesomethingschool.com> and we’ll try to fit them in.

All the best for an inspiring Summer!!”

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A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauds @ Rock the Bells This Summer!

Monday, June 14th, 2010

As I briefly take a step back this month from editing our documentary on A Tribe Called Quest to once again hook up with Money Mark, Aaron Rose and our Beautiful Losers crew on a project for IFC and Levi’s (more info soon!), ATCQ used their time last week to announce that they’ll once again be joining a stacked lineup of hip-hop all-stars at this summer’s Rock the Bells 2010!

Strictly performing cuts from 1993’s classic “Midnight Marauders“, the Questers will also be sharing the stage with Snoop Dogg doing “Doggystyle” in it’s entirety, Wu-Tang Clan re-entering “Enter the 36 Chambers“, along with performances by Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick, DJ Premier paying tribute to Gang Starr and the late great Guru, as well as an exclusive performance from the ever elusive Lauryn Hill and much, much more.

With a lineup like that, Rock the Bells 2010 will be rocking one of the greatest summer shows in the history of hip-hop!

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Friday (June 11): The LA Collection @ Space 15 Twenty

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Our lovely and talented friend Ingrid Allen and her sister-in-arms Elisa Saether come together with a hand from Aaron Rose to present you with their latest painted works in the LA Collection at Hollywood’s Space 15 Twenty. In addition, Ingrid and Elisa host drawing workshops every Sunday in June from 12-4.

From the Space 15 Twenty:

The LA Collection is a series of limited edition split 7-inches representing L.A. acts released by IAMSOUND records. Painters and native Angelinos Ingrid Allen & Elisa Saether have collaborated to capture scenes of a dreamlike, yet classic Los Angeles for the record covers. All the text is hand painted by Aaron Rose. Works from this series will on display at Space 15 Twenty gallery from June 17 – July 4, 2010. Ingrid and Elisa will both be present on Thursday and Friday evenings from 4-8pm painting The LA Collection band members in real life. In addition, Ingrid and Elisa will be hosting a live drawing workshop every Sunday from 12-4pm.”

Ingrid Allen & Elisa Saether-The LA Collection
Opening reception: Friday, June 11th, 7-10pm
Space 15 Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028

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Sister Corita is the Nowness

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Early last year we followed up our documentary Beautiful Losers with a short film just as inspiring and heartfelt about Sister Corita Kent-a revolutionary nun who shared her unique vision of creating art with her friends and students in 1960’s Los Angeles. During a time when the Catholic church was none to pleased with these new and off-beat ideas, Sister Corita excelled. The film, titled Become a Microscope-90 Statements on Sister Corita, was created in association with the Corita Art Center in honor of what would have been Sister Corita’s 90th birthday.

An excerpt from the film is now available to view on the Nowness by clicking here or any image below.

Crafted by most of our Beautiful Losers crew, the film was deftly directed by Aaron Rose; produced by do-it-all-man Jon Barlow; features a hauntingly beautiful original score by Money Mark and Becky Stark; great graphic design by our great pal Keith Scharwath; stellar sonics by sound designer extraordinaire Eddie Kim; Corita’s work come to life through a small After Effects army including Alex Dervin, Max Erdenberger, Miguel Bautista and a ton of other skilled individuals; and edited by yours truly-me (Lenny Mesina).

Graphic design created by Keith Scharwath. See more of Keith’s “90 statements” here.

The film’s “ABC” sequence visualized by Max Erdenberger featuring the music of Money Mark and Becky Stark.

Corita’s art also received the After Effects treatment courtesy of Alex Dervin, Miguel Bautista and many, many more.

We were also very fortunate to have access to an archive of material made about Sister Corita including films by Haskell Wexler, Baylis Glascock, Cal Bernstein and Alex Singer.

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FRIDAY (June 4): Los Feliz Art Walk Featuring Sister Corita’s Rebel Nuns & Aaron Rose

Friday, June 4th, 2010

So sorry for the super late posts today people of the internets. Hope you get out and enjoy your second summertime weekend!

Los Feliz Art Walk featuring Sister Corita’s Rebel Nuns interviewed by Aaron Rose.

From A. Rose:

“Join us for a fascinating panel discussion about artist, educator, and “rebel nun” Sister Corita! Hear from Corita’s students and former sisters who defied the Cardinal, renounced their vows, and redefined themselves as an independent ecumenical community – dedicated to those radical ideals of
peace and justice! This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the independent Immaculate Heart community.”

Los Feliz Art Walk featuring Rebel Nuns
Friday, June 4th, 7:30pm
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA

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The Creative Life of Barry McGee

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

The very first time I saw a Barry McGee drawing of a sad, anguished face on a wall in the streets of San Francisco in the early 90’s, it was the first time I began to look at “street art” as my art. At the time Barry (aka TWIST) and his wife at the time, the late great Margaret Kilgallen, were tearing up SF with murals, signs, stickers and tags, large scale pieces and beautifully detailed line work the likes of which had previously not been seen in the streets. The art, which could easily be seen walking or riding the bus, completely blew my mind and would help usher in a new format for a different type of artist to showcase their talents.

Fast forward to over ten years later, when in the summer of 2007 Aaron Rose gave me the opportunity of a lifetime: edit the film Beautiful Losers. The documentary, which featured Barry and Margaret and many other artists I appreciated and looked up to (Shepard Fairey, Steve Powers, Geoff McFetridge, Ed Templeton, and more), was an absolute dream job come true. I can proudly say we made a film that captured the spirit of creativity and inspiration I saw on those San Francisco streets that had a profound effect on me so many years ago.

Now the notoriously camera shy Barry is back in front of the lens as he describes his process and latest retrospective for the SF MOMA’s 75th anniversary show filmed by The Creative Lives crew.

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THURSDAY (March 25): Aaron Rose Curates Simulacrum at Monster Children

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

In Australia? Then head to the Monster Children Gallery in Darlinghurst to pay a visit to our good friend Aaron Rose as he curates Simulacrum a collection of artist editions, posters and prints created by his good friends. Among the all star lineup of artists are: Thomas Campbell, FAILE, Steven Harrington, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Geoff McFetridge, Raymond Pettibon, Terry Richardson, Alexis Ross, Keith Scharwath, Sister Corita, Jesse Spears, Ed Templeton, Tobin Yelland and many more.

Simulacrum
Opening reception: Thursday, March 25th, 6pm-?

20 Burton St. Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
Show runs from March 25 through April 17, 2010

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From another friend, graphic designer and Beautiful Losers poster creator Keith Scharwath:

“I made this edition of 20 prints for Aaron Rose’s Simulacrum show that is happening next week in Sydney, Australia at the famous Monster Children gallery. I’m making a few of the prints available for purchase. Skull Print: $40 + $5 shipping in the USA.”

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