Toycrusher’s new site…

T.C. has a new blog at toycrusher.blogspot.com. Theres some cool links, upcoming events, videos and you get to see the latest creations from the man himself. If you haven’t seen it, check out the OB’s interview with T.C. earlier this year.
-eb5k

Horror Artist Contest- HorrorBid.com

I received a bit of info last week about a contest thats going on at the website www.horrorbid.com. The contest is amongst artists who enjoy creating the dark side of art. The creations can be monsters, horror movies, ghosts, ghouls, aliens….ya get the idea. The contest end in mid September and the winner will be featured on there website for all to enjoy. All ya need to do is email them your pics for entry, they add them on myspace, people vote on them, and hopefully ya win some free exposure to the masses! CHeck out all the details and submit your good by visiting there website here. ALSO, vote for your favorite pieces by visiting www.myspace.com/horrorbid. Submit, Vote, Do!

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Sarah Kay @ Three Layers 08/23

Just saw this posted up on Urban Jacksonville. Artist Sarah Kay (as well as several other artists)will be featuring some of her work up at Three Layers in Springfield this upcomming weekend. I was curious to find out more about her work so I swung on by her Flickr page to see what shes all about. Her work reminds me of a Dr. Seus book or something. Its really colurful and fun. Would look really cool in a childs story book or as some art work for a kids bedroom. Good stuff! Check her out here on Flickr.

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Just Tired…

Hello folks. Its been a long weeked for Mr.Gray here. I have a lot of goodys to post up but, I am at work right now. Havent quit the day job yet. I will post up some news later on tonight. I have some really good anouncements to make…just trying to type this now and not get busted at my job! Stay tuned!-B.G.

For the Record

Back near the end of May I posted up some info that I found out about from the 05/19 Times Union. The article was about two local graffiti artists, Joshua Howard and Mark Dell that got busted by the cops for tagging or about to tag a building. The artice made Mark and Josh seem like they couldnt give a damn and even showed the cops pics of other places they tagged via there digital camera. Well, Mark had a chance to add a comment about what REALLY went down that night. Heres what Mark had to say to set the record straight!

Hey man, Just to set the record straight this is not how it went down at all. My name is Mark and i was the one arrested for this, no consent was ever given for any camera, we hadn’t even touched the wall yet, and we never admitted to anything. As for the pics, there was illegal, legal walls, and every other writers work on there. These police here in jax are clueless, they arrested us on straight speculation and all charges were dropped. Not before they drug me and my boy through the mud and made this more of a deal than it ever was.

The key thing here is the charges were dropped. If they were truly doing something wrong and really damaged all sorts of property( as the article stated) then why would the cops just let them go? Probally because they didnt have anything on them! Im not saying tagging up other peoples property is ok by any means but, whatever Mark and Josh did obviously it was on vacant property and did not cause any property damange in any way. I know I have dablled from time to time in some tags myself and there are some I probally should not have done, but, I am trying to be a good boy lately..LOL. Does anyone know Mark and Josh??? Would be cool to see what kind of work they do…whether legal…or not. Heee Heeee Heeee!! Check out the original post I had up here if your interested in finding out more about what was reported by the Times Union and JSO.

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Moronic

Spencer Taylor, age 20, Was arrested back on 07/27 for dressing up as the Joker from the recent Batman movie and walking into a movie theatre up in Michigan where he was caught trying to steal one of the movie posters from the lobby. I would imagine you could probally buy one of the movie posters at any Walmart or Target store by now for about 6.00. Now he is hit up with a fine of 685.00 and has to do 16 hours of community service. This atempt at being one of the coolest bad guys-FAILED. Read all the details about how the police foiled the “Jokers” plans without the aid of Batman.

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Fresh & New from Chad

Chad Landenberger is cranking out some really fresh illustative work and posting up the pics over at his blog, Eyes Wide Awake. The show at TSI got bumped around quite a bit thanks to the D.A.R.T. bull crap and Chad has been sitting around waiting to put up some work he did for the show. I stopped by his blog today to see what hes been up to and he has updated his blog with a lot of fresh new work including the skull pictured above and his awesome zombie illustrations he did for The Monster Show. The skull illustration was intended to be in the TSI show back on 08/08. Hopefully Chad can have it and several other new works hes come up with at the new show location at FUEL this Friday!!! Would be really cool! Check out Chads blog to see what hes been cooking.

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NEXT - Art & Design Showcase 09/20

The hype has just begun. The show is being put together by none other than Mr. Brian Gray, with a lot of help from all my fellow artists ofcourse. Flyer designed by Chad Landenberger comming soon! Show will be currated by Megan Cosby, Brian Gray, Ed Dansart, and Shea Slemmer. The gallery is ready, the beer will be cold, and the DJ will be rockin. Here is a sneek peek of the artist line up thus far-

Scott Allen, Matthew Abercrombie, John Arvin, Grace Bio, Patrick Carter, Laura Childs, Megan Cosby, Toy Crusher, Squid Dust, Overstreet Ducasse, Edmund Dansart “Edbot5000″, Erin Dennis, Shane Douberly, Brian Gray, James Greene, Ashley Hazen, Josh Hoye, Larry Jones, Karen Kurycki, Chad Landenberger, Yvonne Lozano, Franklin Matthews, Nicole Middleton, Martin Moore, Mandi Outlaw, Levi Ratliff, Tim Kilroy Lenoir, Grant Thornton, Sean Tucker, Alexis, and  Logan Zawacki

Prepare Thy Self

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Partisan the Sea

Partisan the Sea is a political poster show featuring some of Jacksonvilles frehsh, hip, and hard working designers and artists. The show is the brainstorm between Joey Marchy and Levi Ratliff to come up with a one of kind poster show that lets the artist speak there mind on any political subject matter. Now the show is still a ways away but, I know I have begun working on some ideas for the show so, I decided to start spreading the word about it. The show will take place on  09/26 for the opening and on 10/1 at The Churchwell Lofts downtown. Check out the artist line up so far and stop by the official website for the show to get a lot more detailed info about the show!

Jefferson Rall * Levi “Tron” Ratliff * Kendrick Kidd  * Travis Schmeisser * Varick Rosete * Tim Lenior * Karen Knievel * Julius Santiago (Bulius) * Chad Landenburger * Patrick Carter * Edmund Dansart * Sean Tucker * Brian Gray * Tonya Lee * Clay Doran * Rocky Segarra * Mike Barhnhardt * John Foust * Caroline Chen * Kenski * Half and Half Designs

 

Here is the official web site for Partisan the Sea, Check it!

 

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Sooooo close….

Levi Ratliff from www.urbanartwarfare.com had made a really sick piece for the Second Anual Monster Show. The only problem you say? He didnt make the deadline for the show. Check out the pic of the piece on a larger scale to check out the details of this one of a kind silk screen print, just click it. Very fresh indeed. Would have been great for Le Monster Show!

www.urbanartwarfare.com

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Important TSI show update…

I just got this bulletin from Joe Van Dyke regarding the 8/15 TSI art show:

” yep, TSI still needs a few weeks before they can reopen.The show is still on, we are just moving everything to Fuel on Park St in 5pts, and also using Raglands nextdoor to display more art. please spread the word as much as possible about the move this upcoming week, the show is Friday night starting at 6pm.”

Check in with Joe if you have any additional questions and spread the word about the new arrangements.

-eb5k

Monster Show Pics!

Kudos to Squiddust for putting on another great Monster Show! Art walk was jumpin’! Tons of people. and a great vibe all around!

-eb5k

Ed is so damn quick with the posting he beat me to it this morning..LOL. Brian here! The monster show was a really good time like Ed said. I was surfing the net and also came across another photo set of the show provided by Varick Rosete. Click here to check out the sweet skate deck he did up for the show. Check out his pics of the Monster Show on his Flickr page here!!! I also added a pic here at the bottom that me and my 3yr old did. He did about 99% of all the painting, i just drew some eyes and a mouth on his “Ghost” for the show. Ya best keep and eye on my boy, Jeremy Gray…his work is uber-fresh..LOL!!! Relly great to see so many folks turn up for this one of kind show! Rock on people!

Monster Show Pics from V.Rosete

-Brian G

 

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Tim Kilroy Lenoir - FRESH THREADS

A while back I posted up about the contest that the store Metropark had going on to design a shirt with the Shepard Fairey OBEY concept in mind. The winner of that contest is our very own Tim Kilroy Lenoir who created the winning design. His shirt is finally on sale now at Metropark stores or just visit Metroparkusa.com to check it out!

Tims Shirt at Metropark! Brush is Mightier than the Sword

Tims Myspace Page

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