On April 18th our good friend and homie Ceazs Hernandez helped organize an art/design/jewelry exhibit on the rooftop of the 1010 Wilshire. With free entry and free beer/wine, it got pretty crackin' and the vibe was right.
Artists Ray McCray (one of my favorite LA Jazz-related artists, with the immaculate Miles And Monk In The Sky [...]
This is s really cool line of designs by Birmingham, UK-based designer Rob Ricketts. I don't have too much info on him or the designs, but I'll share what is on the site where I found the work.
“Program Your 808"
• 4 poster series
• 2011
A series of informative posters detailing how some of the most notable [...]
Mat Miller is a Oxford, United Kingdom based designer/illustrator whose I just recently came across. I was immediately a fan. Information on him was scare, besides an artist statement that appeared on multiple sites. Some of his pieces, like his Streaming Eye entry into the Creative Review Illustration Annual, have a nice write up behind the [...]
James Jean is a Taiwanese-born mixed media artist currently residing in Los Angeles. Along with illustrations and oil paintings, Jean had published SIX books of his works and won 18 design awards since 2000. He also has a line of jewelry in his Drip Simple Series. His body of work, and the various mediums used [...]
"When I was at high school, I met some guys who were breakdancing and listening to hip hop and I started to hanging around with them , one day they said „let’s go paint some wall”. We went to buy some sprays and we went painting… We just did a really huge mess… I tried [...]
This is an interview with a friend of mine that I met about 4-5 years ago in printmaking class at Los Angeles City College. Rolen was astounding everyone in the art department, faculty, teachers and students alike. Being in printmaking with him, I was able to see his ideas transform and grow from sketches through [...]
This was a quick interview EYE ONE of the Seeking Heaven crew was kind enough to bless us with for J.U.i.C.E.'s (Justice By Uniting In Creative Energy) 1st-ever 'zine. I really wanted to make this happen due to the fact that Eye was the creator, publisher, driving force behind LA's own indelible 'zine Lost, so [...]
Felicia Khong Presents: "For The Love Of Music", her new line of paintings.
Felicia is an amazing painter, a graphic designer, a singer, a dancer, a pianist, a drummer, a photographer and videographer. She is a member of the 4-sister girl-group Jazmin, which recently gained nation-wide exposure appearing on MTV’s Top Pop Group as one of [...]
David Stone Martin – LP Covers And Artwork
Worldwide, David Stone Martin is one of the most heavily collected Jazz artists, even though he wasn't a musician. Along with Burt Goldblatt, Martin was a pioneer of LP cover design. He started his prolific career in 1944, when his friend Mary Lou Williams convinced [...]
