Hey IC . I'm Back! Happy Belate Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
I hope you had a fun Black Friday because mine was just well...BLACK!
It rained while I was at work, I found out I have to move from my new place, and I'm not going
to be going to Florida for work at Seaworld. Ugh.. The Devil's startin' up mess again!
Well I heard one of my fave Christmas tunes at the Park. It was a cover of WHAM!'s " Last Christmas". I loved the song when I was kid! My sis was a big WHAM! head back in the 80's.
So I did an illustration/speed paint inspired by the song. Check out the youtube link above and listen to the song and look at the pic. To be honest it is a bit true for me. As much as the I love Christmas , I often feel sad about not having a relationship. I would give my heart and only have it turned away and it's been like that since I was young. So related to this song especially with current events in my life after my Mother's Passing. So Enjoy..
Next Open Session Saturdays: Nov 28th. Featured performers & Live Art + Open Mic/Turntables/Canvas/Space/Minds/etc...
$1-$5 (Sliding Scale Donation) No one turned away for lack of funds. *All proceeds from the event will go to the Bay Area Bayanihan for Typhoon Disaster Relief... More info at:
All pieces will be on sale for under $100 and a large portion, or all in some cases, will be donated to the Typhoon Disaster Relief fund for each piece sold.
What up IC nation! Wonderland has been an amazing project and experience to work on! It's been a great pleasure working with my teammates Jonathan Fung, Eric Otto, and Monika Jones on this powerful art installation! Wonderland as well as DTRH has been making major waves in the media. I did the initial concept for the proposal which is the above image. It was great being apart of the production design. Everyone did a terrific job and took the audience into the eyes of the victims of Human Trafficking. Please come see the show on it's last week! Here's the info:
“Down The Rabbit Hole”, (YWAM building) - 357 Ellis Street
M-F, 11-3pm, call Katie at 415.885.6543 for an appointment; Sat, 11-3 pm
Also Mad Thanks to all the organizations that supported this installation and this show:
Down the Rabbit Hole Partners
http://www.becausejusticematters.org
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org
http://www.sagesf.org
http://www.sfsafehouse.org
Special Thanks
Alf Pollard
City Impact
Colin Day Photography
Community Benefit District
Fern Silva
Fight Club
Katie Greenawalt
Lance Fung
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
San Francisco Grant for the Arts
Santa Clara University, College of Arts & Sciences, Dean's Grant
Tim Svoboda
Youth With A Mission (YWAM)
Thanks for stopping by and please check out our exhibit and all the fantastic works
in Wonderland! Please continue to fight the horrible crime of Human Trafficking!
Please help support the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America by entering a $3 raffle to win any of 5 EA video games on Oct 24th. Show starts at 6 and the raffle will be held at 9:30.
Pound for Pound is an art showcase themed around Manny Pacquiao and other Filipino athletes. DAT:AA (myself and Timothy G.) has 2 pieces that will be on display and for sale. The event was put together by an awesome artist Alfie Numeric as well as Beatrock holding down his space in Long Beach. If you are in the area hit it up! Photos of the actual pieces will be up soon.
By now all of you should know whats up on the 2nd and 4th saturday of the month. Going down in Vallejo. I'll be at this one live painting.
That's right! Next week Saturday marks the 3rd OSS! We have Paulie Think and Spends Quality doing live performances and as always IC will be live painting during the whole thing! Come down between 6PM-10PM and get on the Open Mic and share your song, poem, rap or whatever you got inside! Or bring a canvas or paper and paint, sketch or draw with Vallejo's own Individual Collective. Tell your friends!
The Individual Collective Gallery is in the heart of Downtown Vallejo at 419 Georgia St. We're open during the Vallejo Farmers Market and welcome interested artists to join us during our meetings/sessions every Tuesday @8PM. Hit up individual.collective@gmail.com or 411@individualcollective.com for more info. PEACE!
hey all a few of us are meeting up at the studio at 4:30pm this saturday, the 11th, for this event my friend karlson is helping out with/apart of . we already have a booth confirmed, now all i need are a few artist to come through. we're allowed to sell, paint, display, hang out, and partake in the festivities- the usual. if you decide to sell anything you can keep whatever profits you make or to donate a percentage of it to the "green" cause, it's up to you and no worries on what you decide to do. just let me know if you're down. i dunno how many our booth will accommodate but i'm sure we have room for a few more people...
here are the folks who are confirmed to go so far:
ant
jess [me]
virg
albert [?]
please let me know if you are willing to come along by responding to this post OR mail me: jessicavrobles@hotmail.com
Hey IC... here's your update from tonight's meeting:
EVENTS THIS MONTH!!!!
PAPER CHASE SESSION - THIS THURSDAY JUNE 4TH @ IC Gallery 419 Georgia St Ste 30 Vallejo
Paper Chase Session... Be there at 6PM - ??? Invite your friends, as anyone can get in the next show. Make sure you bring some PAPER!!!! I'll be there @ 7PM but you don't need me to get started :)
PISTA NA SAYON - THIS SATURDAY JUNE 6TH @ The Vallejo Waterfront
Pista Na Sayon.... I don't have a lot of details for this event.. we're likely to have a tent and a table to display stuff... we'll be doing live art.
THE HIGHEST LOWS CLOSING - SATURDAY JUNE 13TH @ IC Gallery 419 Georgia St Ste 30 Vallejo
The closing show for The Highest Lows. Musical Guests TBA 6PM-10PM. Promo this so we can have this show go out with a bang!
PAPER CHASE - SATURDAY JUNE 20TH @ IC Gallery 419 Georgia St Ste 30 Vallejo
Check the blog post for all info + Digital version of the flyer. If there's any questions, feel free to ask me. We're making a giant collage with all submissions and IC members get to do nicer pieces in another section of the gallery. Submissions due June 16th
NAPA FUNDRAISER - SATURDAY JUNE 27TH @ Brown Street Gallery Napa
Check your old e-mails from me about this event. We have people locked in, but hit up Shwin and we may be able to slide you in .Basically show up and draw for an hour.. then your piece gets auctioned off... hit up Shwin for details... Benefits disabled artists. Flyer coming in soon. Supplies will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own stuff. shifts are from 6-7, 7-8, 8:30-9:30
BARONGS OF OUR FATHERS - SUNDAY JUNE 28TH
A show honoring all fathers. Do a piece around that theme, and we'll also be doing some live art. Not sure about the location. Nico has all the details. If you're down for this, make sure he has your name.
Saw this last week and thought I'd share with everyone. It's an art tutorial that was originally made for digital artists, but it really does apply to just about everything. It's a long read, but there's really good descriptions about light, value and color. Here's the link:
"Paper Chase" will feature sketch drawings from any and all artists of any age and any skill level. So if you or anyone you know ever wanted to be in an Individual Collective show, nows your chance! All works are to be done in ink, pencil, or marker. MUST BE ON PAPER!!! The community wall is dedicated to all artists wanting to participate. Drawings will be arranged by IC in a GIGANTIC collage! This wall will be a pre-planned collaborative piece, with interaction and attention to composition and space. Call for artists is open throughout the show and requires no registration. SHOW OPENS ON JUNE 20TH!
medium requirements:
* ink/pencil/marker on paper.. (no thicker than standard posterboard)
size: do any combination of the following
* unlimited pages @ post it size 3"x3" or lower * 20 pages @ letter 8.5"x11", * 10 @ newsprint pad 24"x36"
please coordinate with IC for works that exceed the paper limitations.
deadline:
You can give your submission to an IC representative, drop them off at the gallery Tuesday nights 8PM-10PM or mail them in to:
Individual Collective Attn: Paper Chase 419 Georgia St Ste 30 Vallejo CA 94590
all drawings must be submitted before 6.16.09 all late submissions will be added to the community wall. submissions be available for pick-up 1 week after the show closes unless otherwise arranged.
It doesn't matter if you're a professional artist or if you've never drawn a day in your life, if you put something down on paper, it gets in! It's as easy as that!!! Pass it on!!!
HUGE THANKS to everyone that braved the heat and attended The Highest Lows this Saturday!
It was truly one of the best produced shows we've ever presented. In case you missed it, The Highest Lows will hang until June 13th 2009. On that day we'll have another big closing party, so make sure to come through and celebrate with us!
NOW FOR SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT!!!
CALLING FOR ANY AND ALL ARTISTS FOR IC's NEXT SHOW:
---PAPER CHASE---
"Paper Chase" will feature sketch drawings from any and all artists of any age and any skill level. So if you or anyone you know ever wanted to be in an Individual Collective show, nows your chance! All works are to be done in ink, pencil, or marker. MUST BE ON PAPER!!! The community wall is dedicated to all artists wanting to participate. Drawings will be arranged by IC in a GIGANTIC collage! This wall will be a pre-planned collaborative piece, with interaction and attention to composition and space. Call for artists is open throughout the show and requires no registration. SHOW OPENS ON JUNE 20TH!
medium requirements:
* ink/pencil/marker on paper.. (no thicker than standard posterboard)
size: do any combination of the following
* unlimited pages @ post it size 3"x3" or lower * 20 pages @ letter 8.5"x11", * 10 @ newsprint pad 24"x36"
please coordinate with IC for works that exceed the paper limitations.
deadline:
all drawings must be submitted before 6.16.09 all late submissions will be added to the community wall.
It doesn't matter if you're a professional artist or if you've never drawn a day in your life, if you put something down on paper, it gets in! It's as easy as that!!! Pass it on!!!
IC Blows it up for the 2nd straight year, this time as the featuring artists! The idea was to do a huge gumball machine holding prize capsules of all of our characters at the intersection of Georgia and Santa Clara... Other than a bus illegally driving through the top of the piece (WTF Paddle!) the event was a home run and gave us yet another chance to show Vallejo what kind of talent exists right here! Great job to all IC members and be sure to check out our flickr to see more detail shots!
Also, If anyone else has pics, send em to nick@individualcollective.com so we can share them with the world! Thanks!
SO A COUPLE DAYS AGO I POSTED A BLOG ABOUT SOMEONE PUTTING UP A HUGE STICKER OR WHEATPASTE IN OUR GALLERY. NOBODY IN INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIVE KNEW WHO IT WAS AND IT REMAINED A MYSTERY UNTIL TODAY. BUT UNTIL I GET TO THAT LET ME START OFF MY SAYING IT WAS MY BAD ON BLASTING IT ONLINE WITHOUT MORE DETAILS, SO HERE IS HOW THE STORY GOES...
THURSDAY: CRIS EDWARDS WALKS IN THE STUDIO AND A HUGE PASTEUP IS AGAINST THE CEILING AND MASS TEXTS AND TWITTERS EVERYONE IN IC. EVERYONE IS SHOCKED AND AMAZED AT WHAT HAPPENED AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO IT IS. PEOPLE START PUTTING THE BLAME ON PEOPLE.
FRIDAY: ANOTHER HUGE PASTEUP IS ON THE GALLERY WALL AS WELL AS 'UNDERGROUND COLLECTIVE' NEXT TO 'INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIVE' AND CHARACTERS EYES WHITED OUT AND REPLACED WITH SWIRLY EYES ON THE COLLABORATIVE WALL. RAW-UL TWITTERS THERE IS ANOTHER ONE AND EVERYONE STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHO DID IT.
SATURDAY: IC ROCK THE COWBELLS EVENT. AFTER A LONG NIGHT, AND WHEN THE GALLERY CLEARS ALL BUT IC MEMBERS, ICUC IS REVEALED.
NOW BEFORE I TELL YOU WHO IT IS, LET ME ADD THE DETAIL I SHOULD HAVE IN THE LAST POST. THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE PASTE UPS HAD TO BE A KEYHOLDER OF THE IC GALLERY. THE IC GALLERY WAS NOT BROKEN INTO. IT WAS NOT PUT UP MYSTERIOUSLY DURING AN EVENT OR OPEN HOURS. YEA, THE PIECES CLEARLY MOCKED ALL OF IC'S CHARACTERS BUT IT WAS CLEARLY A JOKE AND WOULD NOT BE TAKEN ANY FURTHER BY VANDALIZING OR DESTROYING ANYONE ELSE'S ARTWORK.
WITH ALL THAT SAID, LET ME TELL YOU WHO THESE PRANKSTERS ARE.....TIMOTHY G (OF IC AND DAT:AA), CRIS EDWARDS (OF IC), AND.....MYSELF (OF IC, DAT:AA, AND S&B). YES I PLAYED A PART OF IT AS ONE OF THE ARTISTS AND HELPERS. CRIS AND TIM CAME UP WITH THE IDEA A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON, TOLD ME TO WAKE UP BECAUSE THEY HAD A 'SECRET MISSION' THEY WANTED ME TO BE A PART OF. I KNEW ALOT OF THE IC CHARACTERS SO I HELPED IN MOCKING THEM UP AS WELL. OUR INTENTIONS WERE NOT BAD, BUT JUST TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE IN IC CAN COME UP WITH A SUCCESSFUL AND AMAZING COLLABORATION. WE DID NOT START THIS ICUC PROJECT TO BE SELECTIVE AND LEAVE OUT ANYONE, BUT WHERE WOULD THE MYSTERY AND FUN BE WITHOUT THE GAME OF 'GUESS WHO'. WELL THE MYSTERY DRAGGED ON LONG ENOUGH AND THERE GOES YOUR ANSWER. ICUC IS TIM, CRIS, AND MYSELF. THE IC CREW GAVE US PROPS FOR PULLING OFF SUCH A STUNT AS WELL AS THE ART BUT WITH A BIG MYSTERY AND SECRET TO THE CREW LET TO BLAMING I DID NOT WANT TO HAPPEN AS WELL AS SUSPICION OF OUR GALLERY BEING UNSAFE. SO TO EVERYONE, ICUC IS NOT OUT THERE TO VANDALIZE YOUR ART BEING HELD IN THE GALLERY. YOUR ART PIECES ARE AS SAFE AS ANY OTHER ART GALLERY OUT THERE. THE MOCKS ON THE COLLABORATIVE WALL WERE TWEAKED WITH BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE PAINTED OVER THE NEXT DAY ANYWAYS. EVERYONE IN IC IS VERY RESPONSIBLE AND VERY PROFESSIONAL WITH OUR GALLERY, BUT...WE STILL ARE HUMAN AND LIKE TO HAVE FUN TOO. I CAN HONESTLY TRUST EVERYONE IN IC WITH ANYTHING. I GUESS THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO SAY EXCEPT THIS IS ANOTHER PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIVE. PEACE.
so i get back to vallejo, from san francisco and when i plug in my dead cellphone and turn it on, i get HELLLA texts about someone putting a big ass sticker in our gallery. i get to the gallery, and a bunch of Individual Collective are starting up at it talking and thinking who did it. it is a big ass wheatpaste of drawings of IC characters being mocked, all with swirl eyes. i want to know who did it!!!
IC members Shwin, Brandon (Uncle Chang) Robinson, RAW-UL, MYNT, and Dyno Thank DJ Rod Rock for being our in-house DJ by painting a mural in his house! Check out more photos here.
Spotlight Against Diabetes, put together by Circle K International, took place at SF State this past Friday. Me, Shwin, Ant, and Tim Guitarte (the new addition to Individual Collective who took his first dive into live painting at events) all worked on a mural while Christy took care of the merchandise table and captured the photos. It was an event for a good cause and awareness and i was glad to be a part of it.
In the end, we celebrated with some Sushi on Geary (where the sushi spots are 4 per block)
thanks to everyone that made it out to our Open Mic Open Canvas night! We have a very talented and eclectic group of individuals in this city.. it was an awesome jam full of spur of the moments, freestyles, free writing, freestyle painting, freestyle instrument playing, free (fill in the blank) ________________.
title: "The Highest Lows: A Lowbrow Tribute to Fine Art" date: May 16th 2009 - closing TBD location: 419 Georgia st., Suite # 30 Vallejo, Ca 94590
Costs: TBD
Event Details:
This Gallery Showcase is taking Classical or Academy style Fine Art and mashing it up with it's Popular opposite Lowbrow Art.
The artists in the show will create art using the classical techniques and style of Fine Art (High) with the focused subject matter of the pieces being Lowbrow (low). ( Fine Art style : Figure Drawing, Still Life, Land Scape,portraiture, photography etc. with subject matter often found in Lowbrow: Spray cans, Gothic, Hip-hop, pop surrealism, Punk, Urban Landscapes, youth etc.) For Examples see the Artist Banksy. There will be a brainstorming session for all artists involved in show.
Signups close this Sunday (March 29th).. contact any IC member for more details.
much love to everyone that came and showed love!!! on behalf of IC i want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for showing support. hopefully all of you enjoyed the art, music, the chill vibes...
please join us for our usual open studio nights on tuesday. we hold our usual meetings to inform IC members and newcomers about all our opportunities. All are welcome, musicians, artists, designers, anyone.. Keep an eye out for all our future events. Keep the arts alive!
Individual Collective is a group artists of all mediums based in Vallejo California. This blog is the place where you can find the latest art, photos, plans, and documented events of your favorite bay area art group... us, of course!
In the spirit of keeping things fresh, we'd like to invite any and everyone to contribute, whether you meet with us on a regular basis or not. So if you've got something you'd like to share such as a drawing, painting, photograph, or art related event, electronic mail me at nick@individualcollective.com and I'll add you to the author list... Happy posting!
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