HUE Mural Festival

HOUSTON URBAN EXPERIENCE (HUE) MURAL FESTIVALInspired by Houston First Houston, Texas Saturday, October 17 - Saturday, October 24, 2015 huemuralfestival.com  

WHAT: Artists from around the world to add unique design to Houston's cityscape during week-long festival. Houston First presents the city’s first annual Houston Urban Experience (HUE) Mural Festival, celebrating Houston’s diverse arts community. The festival, which will take place October 17- 24, 2015, will feature 90 artists from around the world, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Spain, transforming Houston’s cityscape from concrete to color.     Artists will have approximately 170 hours to create their designs using various forms of tools, techniques and styles of mural art including graffiti, muralism, paint brush work, airbrush, roller brush, wheat paste and stencil. Once complete, the murals will cover 25 walls throughout downtown, including EADO, East End and Washington Avenue Arts Districts, totaling approximately 20,000 square feet of wall space within a 17-mile roundtrip around the city.   Over half the artists include Local Artists.  The world-class lineup includes PEZ (Bogata, Colombia), FPLO (Brazil), NEUZZ (Mexico City, Mexico), MINA HAMADA & ZOSEN (Barcelona, Spain), COPE2 (New York, NY), RISK (Los Angeles, CA), INDIE184 (New York, NY), REAL TRES (Monterrey, Mexico), LONDON POLICE (UK) and CECILIA BEAVEN (Mexico, City).   Produced and co-curated by GONZO247. Co-curators include local artists, Dandee Warhol of War'Hous; Black Cassidy & Scott Tarbox of Ground Control.  

WHEN: Saturday, October 17- Saturday, October 24, 2015  

WHERE: Murals will be located throughout Houston’s EADO, EAST END & Washington Avenue Arts Districts Click on the interactive event map for a self-guided tour of murals.    

SPECIAL EVENTS: Events will kick-off Saturday morning October 17, 2015. Event calendar will include an Opening Ceremony, Kick-off Celebration Artist Reception and Art Display at the JW Marriott, a Mural Completion Ceremony and various open houses, street art tours and pop ups at select mural sites.   

ABOUT HOUSTON FIRST Houston First Corporation operates the city's finest convention and arts facilities to position Houston as a world-class destination. In 2014, Houston First and the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau aligned their operations to provide a single clear voice for Houston. Houston First owns the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel and manages more than 10 city-owned buildings, plazas and parking facilities. Properties include the George R. Brown Convention Center, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Wortham Center and Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. For more information, log on to HoustonFirst.com and VisitHouston.com  

Wooden Walls Mural Project

On October 17th the Parlor Gallery and Sea Change AP will present an art exhibit and reception celebrating the completion of the Wooden Walls Mural Project at the Asbury Park Boardwalk. In addition to bringing attention to the murals existing at the Asbury Park's historic Carousel, Casino, and Steam Plant buildings, accompanying works by artists that participated in the 2015 mural project will be on display and available for purchase. Many participating artists as well as curators will be in attendance for a Q&A. The reception will take place from 5 PM 9PM at the Carousel Building, located at 700 Ocean Ave in Asbury Park, NJ. The event is free and open to the public.

The Wooden Walls Mural Project is a collaborative effort to bring public art to Asbury Park in an effort to enrich and add beauty to the community. By creating a conversation with local, national, and international artists Sea Change draws attention to the creative spirit that is fundamental to Asbury Park. Organizers recognize the town as a community that embraces creative endeavors and is appreciative of public art, and seek to promote the town's reputation to this end. The local, national, and international artists selected were co-curated by area residents Jenn Hampton of Parlor Gallery and John Herguth of Madison Marquette. Artists were chosen based on their organic connection to Asbury Park as well as their outstanding use of colors, ideas, techniques and media. Each artist is unique in their statement, imagery and technique, thus giving the viewer a well rounded selection of contemporary public art.

Participating artists include Tina Schwarz, Gilf!, Pork Chop, Harif Guzman, Hellbent, Shane Garron, Indie 184, Logan Hicks, Joe Iurato, Jose Mertz, and Pau Quintanajornet. Artists painted works of their own independent vision over the summer of 2015 at the Asbury Park Boardwalk.

Visit Seachangeap.com for further information artists, murals, and this event.

The music collective Asbury Underground will present live music throughout Asbury Park during the day, with a specially curated selection of acts at Arcade Radio in coordination with Sea Change AP. Arcade Radio is located in the Grand Arcade by Convention Hall at 1300 Ocean Avenue. Further information about Asbury Underground can be found at AsburyUnderground.com.

At the exhibition's conclusion at 9 PM, a free after party will begin at the Paramount TheatreMezzanine room at 1300 Ocean Avenue, located a short walk from the Carousel building. The after party event is a free 60's and 70s Soul themed dance featuring DJs DJ Foggy Notion and DJ Mike Longo, among others.

For more information about the works that will be available for purchase from this special exhibition, please get in touch with us at info@parlor-gallery.com

New York Comic Con 2015

INDIE'S very first comic book INDIE DESTROYS will be premiering be this Thursday, October 8 at New York Comic Con. Pre-Orders are now available here. Meet the creative team behind the comic book and get your autographed copy by writer Carlos Espada, artist Rolo Ledesma and INDIE at Booth 102.

Also available for purchase will be Kweenz Destroy clothing, including limited edition INDIE DESTROYS T-Shirts and small artworks.

Special attendance by COPE 2 creating live art and exclusive merchandise for sale.

New York Comic Con October 8-11, 2015 Javits Center 11th Avenue (Between West 39th and 40th Streets) New York, NY 10018 Show hours: Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10am - 7pm Sunday - 10am - 5pm

Corrosively Bright @ CASS Contemporary

I will have several paintings, including "Never 2 Late" pictured above, featured in the group show "Corrosively Bright" at CASS Contemporary.Show opens Friday September 18, 2015 at 7pm, exhibition runs through October 18.

Contemporary Art Space & Studio 2722 South MacDill Ave Tampa, FL 33629 813-839-7135 @casscontemporary

New Mural: LOVE IS PARADISE

LOVE IS PARADISE, site specific mural, 30 x 12 feet, mixed media on wood, 2015.

"Love one another with all of your hearts and do not fear, do not hold back. For the more you give, the more returns to you." - Dr. Brian Weiss

These words inspired the creation of my recently commissioned mural for the Wooden Walls Project, part of @SeaChangeap, right around the corner from the historic Carousel House on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, New Jersey. I had so much fun painting there over the weekend right in front of the beach. Thanks to the wonderful ladies of Parlor Gallery for representing me, the fantastic staff of Madison Asbury who also organized the project and the lovely community of Asbury Park.