This is the kind of weekend so packed full of great events it makes you wish you could defy the laws of time and space and be in two places at once. In particular, two incredible art openings at Subtext Gallery and Double Break make your Friday like a choose your own adventure book where you win no matter which page you flip to.
Subtext Gallery in Little Italy opens Homeroom, a group show guest curated by Christina Conway. She asked each of the participating artists to take an original artwork from their childhood and recreate it. An art table with drawing supplies will be in the courtyard area where you can design a postcard to take home or to mail to your favorite artist in the show. Gallery doors are open Friday from 6-10pm with Chubby’s food truck serving grub until 8pm.
Over in Banker’s Hill, Double Break is hosting Double Breaks - a seriously stacked group show featuring the likes of Mark Mulroney and skateboarding legends Neil Blender and Ed Templeton (!!!). Curated by co-owner Louis M. Schmidt and LA-based artist Jay Howell, Double Breaks features a wide range of work from comics to fine art and a whole lot in between. Doors are open from 6-10pm with an after party next door at Tin Can Alehouse with bands hand-picked by artist Sean Stout. Personally, this show kind of gives me the chills.
Both shows run until December 11th, 2011. For gallery hours visit Subtext Gallery and Double Break.
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Art in order of appearance: "Wanderer" by Audrey Kawasaki, "Just Booze" by Mark Mulroney.
Posted By angella | 11/9/2011 | 10:54 PM | View Comments (1)
When Sezio was looking for a unique business card during our launch year of 2008, our web designer Justin Skeesuck took me down to Quality Letterpress on Mission Gorge road. We spent a couple hours digging through vintage type that owner Tim Butler had collected over the years. Since that initial visit we've returned frequently, having Tim print our clothing hang tags, membership kits, coasters, and whatever else we could think of. Local film maker Shaun Boyte recently profiled Tim Butler taking an in depth look into his craft and character.
Check out Shaun's first profile featuring designer Cody Small.
Posted By zack | 11/4/2011 | 5:48 PM | Add a Comment
We're less than a month away from Four Day Weekend so we wanted to drop you a mix featuring all 12 performing bands. You're sure to find a few new favorites among this diverse lineup. Stream the mix below or on our Bandcamp, and make sure you grab your tickets early before the weekend sells out!
A four-night pass for $30 can be purchased here. Individual tickets ($10 a piece) can be found here.
Posted By zack | 10/17/2011 | 6:48 PM | Add a Comment
San Diego based designer and fine artist Joshua Krause has been tinkering with a new series of work derived from old airplane logos. The final products will be screen printed on glass and paper, and then hung in a solo show next Wednesday at Habitat House along side more traditional work. Browse Krause's site here, and be sure to swing by Habitat between 6-10pm on the 19th.
Posted By zack | 10/9/2011 | 4:41 PM | Add a Comment
This weekend there are three opportunities to see art, make art and hear art with an opening, a photo safari and a live reading.
Friday night, the freshly opened Double Break gallery and store is premiering Horror Days, an exhibition featuring works by Rhode Island-based artist James Quigley, aka GUNSHO. The ongoing series Demonology is a collection of illustrated prints described as a “modern interpretation of demons classified in the occult text known as the Goetia”. Spooky. The opening is this Friday 6-10pm.
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Saturday afternoon, the artists behind The Far East, a locally-based lit and visual arts journal are taking their first photo safari out to East County. Travelling by trolley, the group is meeting up cameras in hand with adventure in mind at the Arnele Stop on the Orange Line, 2pm. Most San Diego natives know East County by the lifted trucks, its unbearably hot summers and freakish charm. Yogurt Mill anyone?
If you can’t make it there’s still time to contribute, as the journal has extended the submission deadline for original poetry, non-fiction and visual art inspired by “the places, people and oddities that shape East County” til the end of the year. Submit online at sosayweallonline.com. For meet up info, contact Mindy Solis at mindydsolis@gmail.com.
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Double Break is located at 1821 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Green Scene Gallery is located at 3956 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104
---- Angella d'Avignon