The Painters "Quality Control" Art Show

I'll be participating in the a huge art and media show coming up in August at Painters gallery and restaurant on Long Island. I'll be premiering my latest short film "How to Draw in Six Easy Steps" which includes some of my artwork as well. The last Painters show was pretty awesome and this time around the show should be bigger so it should be a good time. My buddies Ancient Tongue will be performing and FRESH will be projecting some of the films outside as well.

San Francisco Culture

While attending Adobe's Education Leaders Bootcamp this week I had an opportunity to spend a few hours checking out the city's art and music scene and it blew me away. The city has always had an enormous amount of creative elements but the amount of cutting edge art and music has grown a great deal in the last year. I'm a huge fan of SF based graffiti and art magazine Juxtapoz so it's not too surprising that the graffiti scene has grown in town but there are also a growing number of local shops and mags like Kid Robot and Giant Robot (which are totally unrelated) reflect the art scene. In addition to graffiti art the city has a huge number of fine art galleries for both contemporary and classic art and photography.

In the music scene there are some great small venues around town which showcase local performers and Haight Street also has Amoeba Records, the largest independently owned music shop in the world where a music fan can get lost for hours. The SF Gate has a great online guide to all the shows going on if you're in town and it seems like you never have to travel too far for some cool music. The biggest regret I have is that I didn't have more time to explore the art and music so next year I'll be coming in early with my sketchbook.

Well, you gotta have faith

I just recently worked with some old friends (Speedway Films) on a music video shoot and realized that I graduated from SVA with my BFA in photography 10 years ago. I was going through some of my film archives and I've been scanning in some of my pre-digital photography. Here's a clip of a contact sheet from 10 years ago of Limp Bizkit and right before they blew up and became big. I remember telling friends that I photographed them and no one could believe the name of the group. It also has a shot of Fred's setlist and of Clutch who was opening for them at the time. It brings me back...

Fresh Graffiti Art and Photography Show

The Fresh graffiti art and photography show at Painters in Bellport, NY was pretty cool last week. It was huge and there were a ton of people there. It was fun showing a film, it's been a while!