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Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Toronto Hearts Japan Fundraiser
Magic Pony & Narwhal Art Projects Present: Toronto Hearts Japan
Narwhal Art Projects, Invisible-Friends and friends are excited to host Toronto Hearts Japan, a fundraiser for our far-away loves.
Our hearts have been broken by news of devastated towns and people separated from their homes and families, and we want to help. This event lets all of us who feel a special connection to Japan lend a hand in our own way. All proceeds will be donated to The Red Cross and to helping rebuild the Birdo Flugas Artist Centre and Community in Shiogama.
Toronto Hearts Japan is an exhibition, silent auction, and two (count them!) parties at the beloved Gladstone Hotel (with DJ Paul E. Lopes and DJ Jun). Featuring works from local to international artists (and other surprises too), everybody can find a way to offer our hearts to Japan and help them soldier on.
» RSVP to the Facebook Event page
Silent Art Exhibition from:
Thurs March 31 - Tues April 5, 2011
Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor
12-5pm daily
OPENING RECEPTION
GLADSTONE HOTEL, Second Floor
Friday April 1st
7-10pm
$20 suggested admission (includes raffle ticket)
*Special one night only auction and raffle with art gifts and surprises*
With DJ Paul E. Lopes (Bump N' Hustle)
& DJ Jun (Cr8apes.com, Invisible-Friends.com)
CLOSING RECEPTION
Tuesday April 5th 6-8pm
Winners of our silent art auction will be announced!
Treeson Fundraising Project by Bubi Au Yeung & Crazy Label
Treeson creator Bubi Au Yeung has put together a sale to help benefit Japan. All proceeds will be donated- there's a really great, specially designed poster and various Treeson items from Crazy Label up for grabs. See more information here.
Giant Robot's 'Water Works' to benefit Japan
GR2's 'Waterworks' opens this weekend, with a host of wonderful artists contributing pieces.
Details & Press Release:
Water Works at GR2 - A benefit for UNICEF and child victims of the earthquake in Japan
March 19 - April 13, 2011
Reception: Saturday, March 19, 6:30 - 10:00 p.m.
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276 The U.S. Fund for UNICEF (USF) is raising funds to help children in Japan impacted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. This is an unusual decision, as Japan is a donor to UNICEF, not a recipient of its assistance. However, due to the unprecedented nature of the epic disaster and its impact on children, resources are going to be critical in helping provide for the very unique needs of children. These may include health, development, and protection and other needs that may have been compromised or disrupted in the wake of the catastrophe. Giant Robot is proud to join the effort, and have asked many of our talented friends to create water-themed art to raise funds to support the efforts of UNICEF.
In addition to raising money by selling artwork, Giant Robot will be donating the following to UNICEF:
1. Proceeds from the sale of water bottles featuring labels created by artists and signed by celebrities.
2. Fifty percent of proceeds from Giant Robot’s small restaurant, gr/eats, on Saturday, March 19.
3. A percentage of all sales at Giant Robot, GR2, and GRSF during the weekend of March 18-20.
4. Raffles for donated merchandise including designer- and artist-signed items, GR gear, horseback rides, and other items.
5. Cash donations accepted for UNICEF.
Contributors include the following:
Andrice Arp Gary Baseman Chris Bettig Bigfoot Jude Buffum Chris Buzelli Louise Chen David Choe Luke Chueh Jesse Fillingham Renee French Ayako Fujitani Matt Furie Rodney Greenblat Katherine Guillen Joe Hahn Clement Hanami David Horvath Mari Inukai James Jean kozyndan Jesse LeDoux Lisa Ling Barry McGee Ryan McGinness Jeff McMillan Junko Mizuno Megan Mullally Gary Musgrave Mark Nagata Saelee Oh Bryan Lee O'Malley Nathan Ota Mu Pan Albert Reyes Jay Ryan Rob Sato Ryan Jacob Smith Deth P. Sun Jillian Tamaki Katsuya Terada Edwin Ushiro Esther Pearl Watson Daniel Wu Yoskay Yamamoto Kohei Yamashita This event is made possible by the generous help of Intertrend Communications, the most innovative, digitally savvy Asian marketing agency in the country. In addition, Intertrend has pledged to match the first $10,000 raised by proceeds and donations through Giant Robot.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an online equivalent.
The opening reception featuring many of the artists will take place from 6:30 - 10:00 on Saturday, March 19. For more information about the fund raiser, GR2, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:
Q Pop Shop 'Help Japan'
Happening this Friday, March 18th at Q Pop Shop and also online.
Details & Press Release below:
As you all know, a terrible tragedy has hit Japan. The amount of loss and damage is still not known but the casualties are now in the thousands...and believed to be in the ten thousands!!!
This is a terrible reminder that disaster can strike at any minute and it's at times like these that we need to know that people would come to our aid and help us in our darkest hour.
Q Pop is now accepting donations of artwork for this cause. ...We will be selling work online as well as hosting a benefit auction to raise funds for victims of this crisis. We are asking all our talented friends to please donate anything you might have..sketches..full pieces..old stuff..or new....anything you think might be able to raise some money for these people. Timing is important and we'll need to get artwork for this as soon as possible. If you can send scans or digital files first that would also help so that we can put work online immediately for sale.I know a lot of you are busy with your own lives...but please take a little time to do something that may help people survive.
ALL proceeds will go to select local hospitals, shelters, and relief groups in all affected areas in Japan. Donate with 100% confidence your money will go to where it's supposed to and not get tied up somewhere.
You can email me at : chris@qpopshop.com or call the shop at 213-687-7767...with questions or donations..
our shipping address is :
Q POP
128 Astronaut E S Onizuka st
Los Angeles Ca 90012
works will be sold online at : www.qpopshop.com
go to the store and find HELP JAPAN
Silent Auction will be held Fri March 18 from 7PM-11PM
TUNE IN TOKYO spinning some tunes
live music from Dig Jelly doing an acoustic set
Stephanie Yanez and guitarist Po Lo
refreshments will be available
$5 donation per person requested at the door (all will go to charity)
some participating artist:
Junko Mizuno
Don Shank(Pixar)
Scott Morse(Pixar)
Stef Choi
Frank Gibson and Becky Dreistadt
Chris Battle( Power Puff Girls, Samurai Jack)
Kris Pearn(Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)
Jack Hsu(Spiderman 2)
Carey Yost( Power Puff Girls, Ren and Stimpy, Samurai Jack)
Lou Romano( The Incredibles, Up, Ratatouille)
Mari Inukai
Kent Williams
Yoskay Yamamoto
Asami Ando
Chris Reccardi(Ren and Stimpy, Power Puff Girls, Samurai Jack,)
Lynne Naylor-Reccardi(Ren and Stimpy, Samurai Jack,)
Elizabeth Ito
Hideyuki Tanaka( Super Milk-chan creator)
Luca Tieri
Naoshi
Denise Nagi Koyama
Casey Alexander(Spongebob)
Kali Fontecchio
Alex Kirwan
Leticia Lacy
Michelle Romo
I Heart Guts
Martin Hsu
Jeff Ranjo(Surf's Up, Meet the Robinsons)
Steve Anderson(Winnie the Pooh, Meet the Robinson's)
Santino Loscano(Adventure Time, Ricky Gervais show)
Irene Yuen
Drake Brodahl
Desi Moore
Oliver Akuin
Tohru Patrick Awa
Sandra
Valeri Durham
Carolyn Suzuki
Joseph Holt
Shawnee Holt
Ciro Nieli (Teen Titans, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!)
Dan Krall( Samurai Jack, Chowder, Power Puff Girls)
If you can't make it to the auction or event or don't wish to purchase anything...please donate anything to a charity that is helping out. There are many out there so be careful when doing so to make sure your money goes to the people that need it.
Sweet Streets LA & Japan LA '#Pray for Japan' Art Show & Fundraiser
See all the details in this great LA Weekly article. Opens
Saturday, March 19 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
100% Benefiting the efforts of the American Red Cross and Japanese Red Cross currently in Japan.
Facebook Event details
Ginko Papers Wishlist
I have a huge weakness for Japanese stationary. I try to cut back- but the minute I see another fantastic pop-out birthday card or stationary set adorned with darling characters, I just can't resist. Ginko papers has such a wonderful selection that I could barely click through their site fast enough... their card selection alone is drool-worthy. What's better than checking the mail and finding a card that is THIS cute? To top it off, they also have stickers, erasers, bags, notepads and hair clips... this is going to be a looooong wishlist!
Audrey Kawasaki Updates
The gorgeous work of Audrey Kawasaki will be exhibited in Japan for the first time this weekend. Her show at Space Yui will feature 9 new pieces. Read a great interview and see some preview pictures on the Arrested Motion blog.
Additionally, she is releasing a beautiful new print, 'My dishonest heart' this Saturday, May 9th. All the details of the release can be found here.
Takashi Murakami's "Inochi"
If you were lucky enough to see Takashi Murakami's travelling ©Murakami show, you probably saw a few versions of his robot boy, Inochi. Aside from some humorous videos featuring Inochi as he umm... heads into adolescence... there were some life size figurines as well.
Inochi is now a toy being produced by Medicom, and while production of the coveted limited edition figures has been delayed, Murakami's "Inochi" opened earlier this month in Japan. He gave a talk about his Inochi character over the weekend, and the Inochi figurines will be on display at the Kaikai Kiki Gallery until Thursday.
Murakami fun fact : aside from being an amazing world renowned artist, he is also a DJ! Every Sunday night since 2002, Murakami has been a DJ on a Tokyo radio station. You can download podcasts of the sessions here!
Etsy : Cotton Blue
I've had a crafting itch lately- I haven't had much time to make much of anything by hand since I've been so busy getting the Bored Inc. Spring / Summer line finished (it should be done and in the shop this week *i hope*).
I was looking at all the fabric, trim, and zakka items in the Cotton Blue Etsy shop and now I want to craft more than ever!
Why is Japanese fabric always so amazing and inspiring!?
PCP Updates
I got an email update from PCP (Heisuke Kitazawa) and I am SO excited to hear that he has an upcoming solo show at GR2 in Los Angeles! I have been a huge fan of PCP for quite some time now, and his shows are always amazing to see! This show, entitled "and... it rained all day" opens April 18th.
PCP also has a solo show right now through March 27th in Osaka Japan at the Pict Gallery. He also has a new book, "the candle jumped over the spoon" in collaboration with the band Her Space Holiday, plus new prints and a re-stock of posters- see those items in his webstore!
PCP Website
Toco-co Patches @ Super Buzzy
I am fairly certain that patches don't get any cuter than the selection of Japanese Toco-co patches over at Super Buzzy.
Super Buzzy is too awesome. Not only did Meomi design their site, but they have the most amazing selection of Japanese fabrics & notions!
Chinatsu Ban : "Eating an Elephant One Mouthful at a Time"
I'm sorry for the lack of posting. I moved this weekend! I'm back to work now, and my first post for the week is about my favorite artist, Chinatsu Ban!
Chinatsu Ban has a solo show at the Parco Factory in Tokyo until February 9th. The show is entitled "Eating an Elephant One Mouthful at a Time"
There's not a ton of images from the show that I can find online (which, annoyingly, always seems to be the case with any of her exhibits). The work has changed a lot from her early days, and I wish I could see larger pictures of it.
While researching this show, I was able to find Chinatsu Ban's personal blog, which is filled with beautiful pieces that I haven't seen before. It's in Japanese, and Google Translate definitely isn't doing a very good job translating it for me so I can't decipher much. I'm content to click through the images :)
Here's the press release from KaiKai Kiki about Chinatsu Ban's latest show:
Adorable elephants dressed curiously in underpants. Butterflies, birds, girls and enigmatic twins. Anthropomorphic apples and ice cream cones … In her vivid paintings and drawings, Chinatsu Ban presents us with a multicolored world where the beloved motifs of children and young girls are transformed into mystical characters.
Cute but slightly unnerving, these unique creatures fuse organically with delicately rendered color surfaces, increasing in number like dividing cells. Always at play, they change shape freely, mutating into plant life and other forms.
The most prominent of these recurring characters is the elephant, a presence that, to Ban, brings with it a sense of peace, like a guardian angel. On the other hand are darker elements, like twins and monsters, beings which convey a sense of anxiety. Though her work seems at first glance to possess a fairy tale like quality, beneath the surface of Ban’s pictures is an ever present dread, born from her understanding of the mortality of living things.
The recent birth of Ban’s child, an event which allowed her to experience first-hand the stirrings of new life, has also brought about a change in her work. More decorative, more refined, her new compositions contain scenes of child-birth and the forms of parent and child, among their many images. Within them is the emergence of a world-view that can only be described as a celebration of the cycles of life. Clearly for Ban, there is an effortless link between the creative process and the day to day.
Born in Aichi Prefecture, 1973.
After participating in a series of group exhibitions that began with 2001’s "Yokai Festival" (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo), Ban held a solo show at the Tomio Koyama Gallery and the Marianne Boesky Gallery in NY. Her giant parent-and-child elephant sculptures, exhibited in New York’s Central park in 2005, were the subject of much discussion. With this solo exhibition, comprised of paintings and drawings that include 6 new large scale works, we hope you get a chance to experience the warm embrace of Chinatsu Ban’s world.
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