People in the Boston area, check out this event about Women of Color addressing Media Justice and building sustainable creative spaces outside of the mainstream:
Click here or the image above for website and registration info. It’s FREE!!
“This conference would address the concepts of Women of Color using current media
tools to build websites, blogs, podcasts, etc to address issues that
are essentially “blacked” out of mainstream/corporate media.
The conference would delve deeper into the idea of sacred space and the
benefits/problems with exclusiveness. Is it seperatism if WOC build
spaces that offer full visibility?
Does sacred space allow room for the “Hidden Transcript” to grow?
What is the Hidden Transcript?
Finally, is the idea or reality of sacred space merely a modern day
underground railroad for mainstream visibility for the issues of media
justice, literacy and consumption as these topics relate to women of
color? “
How ILL is this dude?!? Oil paint:
Kehinde Wiley’s trademark fuses the modern day African American man with traditional portraiture to deliver a strong message of class, beauty and power in his subjects.
As a visual artist, my foundation and passion is in fine arts. PAINTING!! Over the years, the rapid advancements in our world’s technology has often made me despair of the future of fine arts. It felt like fine arts was fading into the background the way news print was losing out. With the high processing internet age, it seemed like everybody wanted immediate turn around time in production and everything was becoming digitized. With graphic design and commercial art on demand, who has time to wait several weeks (or months) for a painting when a logo can take a few hours? As we’ve learned from artists like Shepard Fairey, PROLIFIC & ready to MASS PRODUCE have been key elements in his commercial success. Even artists who want to freelance to get by need to know Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. For a while, I resisted the world of digital art. I didn’t want to drop the brush for the mouse. I wanted to put fine arts on the map. Now, I’m learning to embrace it rather than reject it because I know it is an inevitable part of the evolving art world. I’m also learning how to utilize digital art as a powerful tool for the things I DO want to do. Overall, I’m glad I came across Kehinde Wiley. He is a reminder that fine arts is still very much alive and possibilities are never ruled out. He even did a collaboration with PUMA recently. So no matter what you are pursuing, and even if the world feels like it is changing in a direction against you—don’t stop. Go harder. Push forward with greater force until YOU are changing the world in the direction of your vision.
Click for Kehinde Wiley’s Website HERE.
(Thanks to Ferb for putting me on).
This thing is so easy even a caveman can do it!
Homie Claud shared this with me today. Make your own font from your handwriting in seconds. Good times:
MAKE YOUR OWN FONT HERE
Last night I went to the BODEGA PUMP 20 LAUNCH Party and it was awesome.
One of my homies, Marv, worked on designing this shoe. It’s funny having friends who design shoes and apparel then their shit comes out and I’m like, “YOU’RE FAMOUS!! ON HIS FEET! AND HER BREAST!” Like when celebrity faces hit billboards except kinda not really.
The party had a cool military theme going on, with the movie PREDATOR projected on the wall. Then I was reminded of my California days with good old governor Arnold.
How can anyone take this man seriously after this:
and this:
Based on historical patterns, it appears that the American people love voting for politicians based on religion, facial symmetry and muscles, maaaang!
Visit Bodega Here.
