May 10-May 15th Royal T Art Cafe in Los Angeles will have a Earthquake charity art auction featuring art by The Clayton Brothers, Ken Tanaka's friend and neighbor James Jean, the very handsome Remi February, Mari Araki, Friedia Niimura, Edwin Ushiro and many others.
This is a benefit for Build Change, which builds EArthquake proof housing in developing countries.
Bidding starts on May 10th and ends with a party on May 15th.
I will have two pieces in the show. If you are interested in bidding, it may be possible to make satellite bids. Please contact info@cafemode.com for more information.
Jacob the Polar Bear is Acrylic Ink on Rives BFK print paper and is about 21x28.5 Read more about it here.
Hesitant Descender is Mixed Media collage and is 9 x 11 REad more about it by clicking here.
If you are in the Los Angeles area, I hope you can stop by. Here is the complete info on the event.
ELEMENTAL PRODUCTIONS + ROYAL/T present
AFTERSHOCK LA : a benefit for BUILD CHANGE
Join us for a night of art, music and dancing and party to help developing countries
build earthquake-resistant houses. All proceeds and 50% of art auction sales
go to BUILD CHANGE.
BUILD CHANGE is an international, non-profit organization that designs earthquake-resistant houses
in developing countries and trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to
build them.
www.buildchange.org
ART EXHIBIT & AUCTION NIGHT
organized by CAFEMODE
curated by Kio Griffith
with curatorial assistance by Judith Kyvik + Bill Farroux
• FEATURING 92 ARTISTS AND OVER 100 WORKS OF ART
• AFTERSHOCK LA EVENT PARTY & AUCTION FINALE:
MAY 15, 2010 (Saturday) from 7:30pm-11:30pm
• ART PREVIEW & BIDDING STARTS:
MAY 10-14, 2010 (Monday thru Friday) from 10am to 6pm
SELECTED WORKS BY:
LISA ADAMS | DEREK ALBECK | DOUGLAS ALVAREZ | FUMIKO AMANO | JACKI APPLE | MICHAEL ARATA | DANIELA ARBIZZI | MARI ARAKI | MATTIA BIAGI | AIROM BLEICHER | CLAYTON BROTHERS | ELLEN BURR | KIME BUZZELLI | RYAN CALLIS | NATHAN CARTWRIGHT | FREDDI CERASOLI | TOFER CHIN | L. CROSKEY | DAVID DE BOER | TIMOI DE LEON | JUSTIN DIAMOND | ANNA DUSI | SHIGENORI EBATA | DOUG EISENSTARK | AMIR FALLAH | EVAH FAN | BILL FARROUX | REMI FEBRUARY | RONI FELDMAN | PJ FIDLER | KATERI FORBES | AARON FREEMAN | CLARK GOOLSBY | PHYLLIS GREEN | JAMES GRIFFITH | KIO GRIFFITH | THOMAS HAN | PHIL HAYES | SALOMON HUERTA | ASKA IIDA | ICHIRO IRIE | RICH JACOBS | JAMES JEAN | NISEY JORDAN | AUDREY KAWASAKI | YUMIKO KAYUKAWA | KEITH KNIGHT | STEPHAN KOLSANOFF | JUDITH KYVIK | KELLY LEBWITH | SUJI LEE | DANIEL LIM | TIFFANY LIN | TIFFANY LIU | CARL LOZADA | SAMANTHA MAGOWAN | JASON MANLEY | KAORU MANSOUR | JON MEASURES | GABI MENDOZA | SONIK MERCURY | JEFFREY MOHR | EDITH MONDRAGON | BRENDAN MONROE | MISATO NAGARE | ALAN NAKAGAWA | AYA NIIBO | FRIEDIA NIIMURA | PAM NOBUTO | JAYME ODGERS | AMY OLIVER | KENTON PARKER | AVE PILDAS | PLASTICGOD | POEL | MARY ANNA POMONIS | MAX PRESNEILL | RETNA | ANNA RODRIGUEZ | DON SCHMIDT | SHARKTOOF | AMY SHAWLEY | RICCARDO SPINOTTI | BILLY SPRAGUE | MARY SPRING | STEVE SUEOKA | MISATO SUZUKI | AGNES SZUMSKI | KAZU TABU | KEN TANAKA | MAYUMI TANAKA | FROHAWK TWO-FEATHERS | DOLORES UDAVE | EDWIN USHIRO | MARINA VALENTINA | PETER WATKINSON | VICTOR WILDE | NORTON WISDOM | IAN ETHAN VLOKE-WURTH | OVOL VELLUM VLOKE-WURTH | GREG YERMAKOV
(Artwork will be on view at Royal/T during the preview week from 10:00a.m.- 6:00p.m. or by special arrangement. Select artwork can be viewed online beginning May 10, 2010.)
ADMISSION - AFTERSHOCK LA EVENT:
$20 per person presale, available at http://aftershockla.eventbrite.com/
$25 per person at the door, cash only
INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION: delicious snacks, artist designed tote bag, unlimited photobooth pictures & drink ticket good for one GINGER SOJU LEMONADE TREMBLER
*Ages 21+, ID Required
AFTERSHOCK LA EVENT DETAILS:
• Music by DJ KING WO
• ROSALBA & THE ZAHIRA BELLY DANCERS @ www.rosalbabellydance.com
-Belly dancing show & lessons
• THE URBAN CRAFT CENTER @ www.urbancraftcenter.com
-Free crafting area
-Crafting supplies & kits for sale
• EARTHQUAKE MEDIA ROOM
-Earthquake media presentation
-Earthquake safety tips & supplies
• GAME TABLES
-Jenga, Legos, cards & more
for more information about AFTERSHOCK LA
please visit www.aftershockla.com
about ROYAL/T
Royal/T is a playful collision of spaces: café/shop/art space presented in stunning fusion. An eclectic mix of retail and contemporary art reimagined in the surrounds of LA's first Japanese-style cosplay café.
www.royal-t.org
about ELEMENTAL PRODUCTIONS
Elemental Productions is a production company dedicated to ethnographic documentaries focusing on the relationship between culture, psychology and personal experience in Indonesia and the United States.
www.elementalproductions.org
about CAFEMODE
CAFEMODE creates art and music exhibitions in alternative spaces. If you're interested in finding more about CAFEMODE, please contact Kio Griffith at info@cafemode.com
or call 424-785-0303.
www.cafemode.com