fullerton has heart

By brianprince | Published: 1 September 2010

if you were planning to come to PÄS for the artwalk this friday, plan again. we’ll be closed and loving fullerton with All the Arts for All the Kids. they’re planning to have the giant hearts on display this thursday at the farmer’s market (9/2) and installed specifically around downtown on friday for the Art Walk (9/3). come join us at the Fullerton Museum Center to celebrate the hearts!

we’ve been waiting for this day since may.

All the Hearts for All the Kids unites joyful creativity and supportive community involvement to help keep arts education programs alive in the Fullerton School District.

Unique giant hearts will be on display throughout Fullerton from September 3rd through October 30th. These spectacular hearts will be available for purchase either online (www.allthearts.org) or in a live auction at the annual “Pins, Pots and Possibilities” Auction on October 30, 2010.

progress on jon st. amant's heart

paul nelson in progress

katherine england hauling around hearts

This project is sponsored by the R.C. Baker Foundation, St. Paul’s Academy of the Performing Arts, and the Rotary Club of Fullerton. Featured artists include: Kaleeka Bond, Bobbi Boyd, Katherine England, Rebecca Faubion, Jesse Gaona, Kevin Holden, Marsha Judd, Don Lagerberg, Jose Lozano, Denise Marshall, Steve Metzger, Paul Nelson, Carolin Peters, Kay K Robinson, Jonathan St. Amant, Laurel Sternberg, and Brian Torres.

Jesse Gaona's front side of heart

All proceeds will be used to help support the “All the Arts for All the Kids” program and the elementary instrumental music program. Each year, in partnership with the Fullerton school District, the All the Arts for All the Kids Foundation provides funding for literally thousands “All the Arts for All the Kids” lessons in art, music, dance and theatre. These lessons reach every kindergarten through sixth grade child at the seventeen schools with innovative curriculum-based experiences conducted by professional artists and credentialed instructors. The Foundation also makes sure that lessons and an instrument are available without cost to every fifth and sixth grade child who yearns to become a budding young musician.

For more information, please call 714.447.7484 or visit their website at www.allthearts.org

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oh, and just because PÄS will be closed it doesn’t mean Hands Across Harbor will pause… wherever you are in downtown fullerton at 7:30p on friday 9/3, walk outside and hold a stranger’s hand. just tell them you’re in love with fullerton. HANDS ACROSS HARBOR (like on facebook).  we’ll be at the Fullerton Museum if you want to link up…

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projects around the shop

By brianprince | Published: 31 August 2010

since there is no exhibit to prepare for in september and as i contemplate our one-year anniversary coming this october, i thought i’d throw up some projects that have happened around the shop this past year. just for fun.

starting with the shop itself…




and signage…

in between the gallery openings, workshops and design work for primate design, we’ve managed to have fun creating and building things around the shop.


with the help of a few brother’s and some tecate, we erected this “ladder” shelf to be eventually used for product. it’s now housing supplies for workshops and other personal do-dads.




somewhere in the middle of our journey, we had to get a new roof…

some metal painting…


socks!

the a-frame out front…

and the famous Jesse Gaona mural in the bathroom…


and the inspirational parking stalls…




and there you have it. a few projects in the down time of the good olé project art school…

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PÄS workshop with Alex Jackson

By brianprince | Published: 23 August 2010


the saga continues… Alex Jackson’s letterpress classes happen every month if you’re interested in checking one out. for August, it was more of a printmaking class—kinda, as both students used photo polymer plates so they could use their own design on their calling cards as opposed to the old school type-setting. it was a fun saturday afternoon getting our hands dirty with ink…

after mixing red and blue, they got this rich brown which looks really nice on the Crane Lettra paper.

i also used my little L-press to do some deep relief debossing on the side:

photo credits: if it is a nice photo, it was taken by Maria. otherwise it was shot from my cellphone.
you can also follow her new blog: http://mariareneedesign.wordpress.com/

Diana also took the class: http://dianawlee.com/

if you’re interested in taking Alex Jackson’s next Letterpress class, you can register ://here.

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a pictogram that makes you go hmmm…

By brianprince | Published: 18 August 2010
Low Tire Pressure pictogram

if you see this light up on your dash, what do you do?

after reading the article here, i understand what this pictogram represents. but what i don’t understand is why the dot in the exclamation mark is off centered…

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downtown fullerton art walk – no.6

By brianprince | Published: 11 August 2010


The CAVE reception was held during the sixth month anniversary of the downtown fullerton art walk. we had such a great response to the art that was produced in the workshops over the summer. i think the kids did an awesome job and were able to break down a barrier most galleries assumingly build. displaying kids work can be presented in a way where it is made important and is empowering. i believe that is what The CAVE accomplished. have a look into the night of the opening reception…




















The CAVE was a hit. everything from the interactive activities to the art to the ditto snap souvenier.
thanks to all who made the night a memorable one:
DittoSnaps Photo Booth: always the life of the party.
Frati Gelato Cart: proceeds from gelato sold went to support project art school.
Becky Holt: improvisation on noah’s lyrics. priceless.

and an extra special thanks to all the kids of the summer workshops at project art school. you made it happen!

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the kids of PÄS (project art school)

By brianprince | Published: 5 August 2010

what an awesome summer. we finished up all summer kid workshops last week and we had a blast. we made great connections with the kids this summer and are looking forward to a future full of fun art sessions. take a look into what happened this summer (pictures below) and come out tomorrow night (at PÄS Gallery) to see it all on display in “The CAVE.”


















all kids classes this summer taught by Kristy were super fun and expressive. projects completed were cityscape paintings, “falling back” perspective drawing, cave painting with oil pastel, eric carle-inspired paint-collage, and story-telling. she also did a one-day class with pam keller and the kids of our sister city Morelia, Mexico with an illusion project.

below is this month’s front cover of the Fullerton Observer.

tomorrow night is the big night!

During the First Friday Downtown Fullerton Art Walk (8/6/2010) you have a chance to come out and see all the work created this summer!

The CAVE is an exhibit from the kids of project art school. it’s about allowing ourselves to be a child, or for some of us, a child again. All kids desire to have a cave to play in, a tree to climb, or a fort to build. The Cave represents childhood or, mankind, at earliest — when we had nothing but the earth and our imagination — when plastic and technology weren’t the norm — when your mom made you go out to play. Welcome to The CAVE.

in addition to the kids art work, come enjoy

the DittoSnaps Photo Booth!

Beck Holt Live!


and the Frati Gelato Cart!

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very very indescribable…

By brianprince | Published: 2 August 2010

on saturday, july 24th, we had the honor of hosting the launch party for Rick Tamashiro’s vision — VeryTotemo! — an art collaborative that brought out the biggest crowd PÄS has ever seen. and it wasn’t even a first friday art walk! it was a unique show with many aspects to the evening. from a process wall of sketched concepts to local artist designed t-shirts to internationally photographed imagery to a photo booth to the Tako Yaki fried octopus balls!

The Japanese word “totemo” means “very”. Put together, the thought of “very, very” is to describe something that you can feel but not fully describe by mere words. Every idea can evolve and would possibly be described differently by different people, depending on their experience. In a perfect execution, collaboration, creativity, and social justice mix beautifully to where, depending on which aspect your focus is on, you’d describe it differently. that’s VeryTotemo! enjoy the photos below:





















photo credits: Hiron Ju.
keep up with VeryTotemo! on Twitter… http://twitter.com/verytotemo

buy VeryTotemo! art… http://www.verytotemo.com

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Very Totemo! launch party…

By admin | Published: 22 July 2010
this saturday, we’re hosting the launch of VeryTotemo! an idea company that soaks up creativity, art, and social justice, and rings it out into a form of retail. come join us from 7–11p on Saturday July 24th!
o n  e x h i b i t i o n :
Harajuku Bridge
Photographer Ingrid Joy and VeryTotemo! travel to Tokyo to capture Lolita, Decora, Cosplay, and other fashion subcultures that meet every weekend on the bridge next to Harajuku Station. Over 25 photos on display.
VeryTotemo! Wearable Art
The first crop of T-shirts from designer Alice Yi and also artist Sherlan Abesamis, along with in-progress drawings of upcoming characters by Sherlan Abesamis and Michael Chun.
Takoyakitanota
Food truck craze upstart Takoyakitanota will be away from it’s usual LA haunts for the VeryTotemo! party, making it their first appearance in North Orange County and serving up what no other truck in California does- Osaka style takoyaki!
Follow them on Twitter- @takoyakitanota
What is VeryTotemo! all about?
VeryTotemo! is about collaborating with photographers, artists, designers, and other media creatives to create retail ideas that also serve social justice endeavors.
Have some fun listening to Jpop, Jrock, Jhip-hop, and Jpunk. And get your takoyaki jones satisfied!
RSVP on Facebook.
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summer block party indie craft show

By brianprince | Published: 15 July 2010

it was a beautiful warm (no, hot) day in santa ana on july 10th, my birthday, 2010 and i piled my little family of four into the minivan for a trip down the 57. we landed at the fiesta marketplace and ate lunch at the first sight of food — ¡Café Azteca! …

… where we satisfied our tummies with some authentic tacos and flautas. and watched Deutschland take third in the world cup.

across the way was OC Handmade Brigade’s Summer Block Party Indie Craft Show that our friends at the Head Shop told us about. it was great visiting. and shopping. and discovering Brunch! magazine. i walked away with a ‘going downtown fullerton’ t-shirt (even though we were in santa ana. thanks virginia), a Brunch! magazine (thanks brian) and few buttons from our friend, empiricalfiction (thanks christie). oh, and i got a portrait drawn by my favorite charactertureerrrr drawererrr… (thanks jesse).

we walked around a bit and shopped and also met some new friends.

adam of the poster list. he designs some really cool shiz.

for further linkage to the beforementioned and beforebeforementioned, see the following:
The Head Shop.
Brunch! magazine.
Empiricalfiction.
Hibbleton.
OC Handmade Brigade.
The Poster List.

happy birthday to me.

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Hibbleton and Weavver in July

By brianprince | Published: 14 July 2010

i’d like to take some time out to post a few pics from neighboring galleries. these are from the july shows at Hibbleton and Weavver:

The T-Shirt Show


Above Middle: my H1N1 t-shirt design


Above: my short poem t-shirt, Teenager


Above: a t-shirt that i bought! isn’t it fresh?

and…

Weavver hosted the art work of Matt Salhus: One of One:

and there you have it. come to fullerton and enjoy art…

sources:
Hibbleton.
Weavver.

just in…
a not so positive. but not necessarily a bashing article in the OC Weekly that came out today on the T-Shirt Show. Apparently Dave Barton, the art columnist, wanted to see more ‘against the grain,’ ‘punk-minded’ t-shirts with a more focused theme than just a call for t-shirts show. i believe the curators ideals had to do with Art for the Masses. i’m not sure it could have been curated any better because of the simple fact that they’re t-shirts. individual expressions of the artists who made them – worn by people who agree with the statement. i might not have worn all the t-shirts in the show, but i don’t discredit the show. i actually bought one from Ryan Ward that seems very passive (“Surfer on a blue shirt, repeated until it looks like he’s being wiped out by his own image…” -Barton) and it suits my tastes. anyhow, praise or malevolence, my shirt was the poster child for the article and fortunately Barton spoke good things about it:

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downtown fullerton art walk no.5 – beautiful…

By admin | Published: 12 July 2010

the opening reception for Beau Les Filles fell on the fifth-ever downtown fullerton artwalk. the celebration of women hit like rain on a daisy’s pedal. it was beautiful. chills like gospel music. filling the stems of the participants. photography by Ingrid Joy with art by VeryTotemo! answering far east mysteries. Artemis Nolasco capturing episodes of life on watercolor-stained wood. June22 kept the soil turning with red vinyl. Abeni girls kept the clouds parted. so the sun could clear clouded minds. bringing awareness. questions. and fascination towards something we never think twice about. while DittoSnaps documented the night giving free souvenirs.

clearly a night celebrating women as subject, as artist, as human. empowering all to Be You.















now for the plugs:

VeryTotemo! will have it’s launch party here on Saturday July 24th! come enjoy the Harajuku Bridge exhibit (Ingrid Joy photography), Art from Alice Yi, Sherlan Abesamis and Michael Chun plus, the Takoyakianota truck will be here!

Ingrid Joy Studio – day job.

Artemis Nolasco – all style.

X is the Weapon – June22.

Abeni – girl prayed for.

DittoSnaps – photobooth.

Downtown Fullerton Art Walk – first fridays.

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SOLFUL — summer program in fullerton

By brianprince | Published: 8 July 2010

we are jazzed to be a part of the SOLFUL program happening right now in a few Fullerton neighborhoods! kristy and i, as well as many many awesome people from epic, are having fun in the Richman Community. we are involved with the arts/education. i love working with kids on an ongoing basis because i learn so much from every kid. and from every experience…

in the Richman Community, we are learning about the 7 continents. most of the facts we’re learning are even new to me. bonus!

Summer of Love Fullerton (SOLFUL) is taking place in three neighborhoods in fullerton [Garnet Community (Placentia Ave. & Garnet Ln.), Maple Community (Lemon Ave. & Valencia Ave.), and Richman Community (Valencia Ave. & Highland Ave.)] where california budget cuts have forced the closure of summer school and given thousands of children nowhere to go. for 7 weeks (june 22nd – august 6th, 2010) we seek the welfare of the city and it’s people by engaging the children of fullerton through exciting and fun programs centered in art, sports and education.

the program is made possible by tons of volunteers, Fullerton ACT and Fullerton Collaborative.

this is another way PÄS | project art school is fulfilling it’s mission: Do Art. View Art. Love People.

image source: www.flickr.com/photos/fullertonact

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