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Last week (March 3-7) Los Angelenos were treated to Manifest Equality, the massive group art show in support of equal rights awareness. Throughout the week the gallery was open to the public where the works of over 200 artists were on view, Aaron Rose taught a Make Something!! DIY workshop, musical performances by Ben Lee, Seawolf and Modest Mouse and more rocked the opening and closing night parties where stirring speeches were delivered by activists such as Cleve Jones and actors Marissa Tomei and Heather Graham among others.

Click here or on photos to view entire Manifest Equality set on Flickr.

Barry McGee

Robbie Conal

Shepard Fairey

Aaron Rose

Curtis Kulig

Trey Speegle

Jesse Spears in the Make Something!! workshop room

Also…read more on Yosi Sergant’s Manifest Equality brainchild from our Gelatobaby friend Alissa Walker in her article for Fast Company.

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MANIFESTEQUALITY, one of the biggest and most important contemporary art shows to come to Los Angeles in recent memory, holds it’s closing night party tonight in Hollywood. The massive show, which features works from over 200 artists in the name of equal rights, held it’s opening night’s party on Wednesday (coverage to come) and is worth checking out and supporting. That is, of course, if you enjoy art and supporting other human beings.

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Lovers of art and equal rights have plenty to be excited about this week as the massive art show/equal rights event MANIFESTEQUALITY opens this Wednesday and continues through this weekend in Hollywood (*complete schedule of events listed below). Featuring a lineup of artists and friends who’ve donated their time and creativity to championing equal rights for all including Aaron Rose, Barry McGee, Cali Dewitt, Carlos Ramos, Chris Johanson, Clare Rojas, Friends With You, Gary Baseman, Jesse Spears, Keith Scharwath, Luke Cheuh, Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Tim Biskup and many, many more.

See full lineup of artists here and check some of their work here on the MANIFESTEQUALITY blog.

Also…a Busy-Being pop up shop with curated artist made goods will be on hand with a porton of the proceeds going to support for the cause.

But first, more from the Manifesters:

“The MANIFESTEQUALITY Gallery, issues an inspiring, visual call-to-action, with hundreds of artists motivating public energy toward true reform on a local, state and national level.

MANIFESTEQUALITY will be open to the public, Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 through Sunday, March 7th, 2010 between the hours of 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM with extended hours Friday - Sunday.”

• March 3, Wednesday

10am - 6pm      Gallery Open to the Public
8pm - 1am        Opening Night Party:

Musical Guest:  Uh Huh Her, Fitz & the Tantrums, and more
DJ Sets by: Tim Biskup, Chris Holmes, and Booby Trap

• March 4, Thursday

10am - 6pm       Gallery open to the public

• March 5, Friday

11am - 10pm     Gallery open to the public

• March 6, Saturday

10am - 6pm       Gallery open to the public
11am - 5pm       Make Something School with Aaron Rose
8pm - 1am         Closing Night Party

Musical Guests: Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse, Sam Sparrow,
DJ Sets by: Crystal Method and Kelly Cole

• March 7, Sunday

10am - 5pm       Gallery open to the public

photo by Elisabeth Scooter Fried

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Mike C and the Hit+Run homies whip out the live screenprinting while Soundlessons provide the beats for the 5th annual J Dilla tribute, Still Shining. Proceeds from the event go to the J Dilla Foundation which helps “fund inner-city music programs, and provide scholarships to students attending schools that have progressive music curricula.”

Also…Dilla, aka Jay Dee aka James Yancy, who’s beloved for his exceptionally creative beat making and production skills plays an important and poignant role in the Tribe Called Quest doc I’ve been editing with Mike Rapaport. Much more to come on Dilla soon…

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The art from tonight’s Upper Playground and Quentin Tarantino’s Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds art benefit for Haiti’s earthquake victims has been released and can be viewed in it’s entirety at Upper Playground’s website and in person at their downtown LA gallery. Details of the show’s extremely limited print run and show info can be found here.

*All proceeds donated to the American Red Cross to help victims of the Haiti Earthquake.

Here’s a look at 4 of the 13 prints that will be available tonight:

David Choe

Estevan Oriol

Alex Pardee

Grotesk

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REMINDER: The deadline to submit your art for March’s massive MANIFESTEQUALITY group show in Los Angeles is this Friday the 19th. Make something and good luck!

For more info click here.

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Quentin Tarantino’s Nazi scalping masterpiece Inglorious Basterds gets the Upper Playground art treatment at their downtown Los Angeles gallery for the Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds benefit for Haiti’s earthquake victims. Limited edition prints inspired by the film will be on display and for sale and consist of original art by David Choe, Sam Flores, Estevan Oriol, Alex Pardee, Grotesk, Jeremy Fish, Patrick Martinez, Dora Drimalas, Munk One, N8 Van Dyke, Rene Alamanza, Morning Breath and Skinner Davis.

*All proceeds donated to the American Red Cross to help victims of the Haiti Earthquake.

From the Upper Playgrounders:

“Each print will be numbered and signed by Quentin Tarantino. Only (6) of each amount will be made. The prints can be viewed at www.upperplayground.com beginning on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.”

Read or click flyers below for more details.

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ATTENTION CREATIVE ARTISTIC TYPES: Just one more week left to have your artwork considered to be shown alongside a virtual who’s who of contemporary artists in Los Angeles MANIFESTEQUALITY show in March! Among the many talented and inspired artists joining the cause for equal rights are Aaron Rose, Barry McGee, Cali Dewitt, Carlos Ramos, Chris Johanson, Clare Rojas, Friends With You, Gary Baseman, Jesse Spears, Keith Scharwath, Luke Cheuh, Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Tim Biskup and many, many more.

See the entire list of artists here and check out some of their work here on the MANIFESTEQUALITY blog.

From the Manifest Equalizers:

“Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum, and this is your chance to get involved.  The MANIFESTEQUALITY Gallery invites you to join artists from across the nation who are using their voices and talents to amplify and motivate the grass roots movement to fight for full & unrestricted equal rights for all Americans.

Submission is simple and quick. Just click here to submit images of your original artwork. You can submit any kind of visual art: painting, illustration, sculpture, collage— 2D or 3D. MANIFESTEQUALITY will be accepting submissions from Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 through 11:59 a.m. PST on February 19, 2010.

Our amazing panel of JUDGES will select up to thirty works of art from among those submitting to the art contest. FIVE First Prize Winners pieces will be shown along side some of today’s most respected contemporary artists, onsite, at the MANIFESTEQUALITY Gallery in Los Angeles, which will run from Wednesday, March 3rd to Sunday, March 7th, 2010.

TEN Second Prize Winners will be selected by our judges and displayed along with the FIVE First Prize Winners in the MANIFESTEQUALITY Online Gallery.

The MANIFESTEQUALITY Online Contest will center on six themes: EQUALITY, JUSTICE, RESPECT, UNITY, CIVIL RIGHTS, and LOVE. Artworks on any one, or all of these themes, will be considered for inclusion.”

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My good pal Moral is a passionate promoter of good causes as well as an equally passionate party thrower, so it should come as no surprise that the two should meet for the silent art auction benefit For the Love of Haiti at downtown’s Studio Morke. Items up for bidding include the art of Patrick Hoelck, Samuel Bayer and the Clayton Brothers among others, as well as massages, meals and wine tastings.

100% of the evenings proceeds go to the relief efforts of Doctors Without Borders.

Click here or the image below for a preview of the items up for auction.

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Beautiful Losers graphic/poster designer and my good buddy Keith Scharwath is now also a good art director as he guest art directs the upcoming Neighborhoods issue of GOOD magazine. In his new do-gooder role he’s looking for a few good contributors and that’s where you good creative types come in. Get in while the gettings good!

From Keith’s Carwash (obvs cover deadline has passed but content submissions ongoing through Feb 15!):

“Are you an artist or a photographer? We’ve opened up the issue to the greater creative web community through Society6 for visual artists, and Pictory for photographers. What this means in a nutshell is if you are interested in having your art in (or on the cover) of the magazine, you can participate on these sites and your art may be chosen.

The Society6 deadline is end of day tomorrow – Feb. 9th. Click here for more information about participating on Society6.

The Pictory deadline is Feb. 15th. Click here for more info about submitting a photo to Pictory.”

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