Art Roundup: June 11, 2010 to June 17, 2010

Weekly roundup of the best art shows and art related events in and around the Lawrence/Kansas City area.

SATURDAY JUNE 12

• 35th Anniversary Street P’Arty & Open House
Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, June 12, 10am-2pm
From the organizers: Live music by Mammoth Life, 1,000,000 Light Years, Drakkar Sauna and Cloud Dog. Food vendors from Wheat State Pizza, Local Burger, Bambinos and Green Violin Italian Ice! Spontaneous entertainment, including a flying circus, Asteroid Head, the Art Center Dancers, and Ric Averill’s actors from Honk! Family art activities around the center such as a paint sling shot, play with clay, raku firing by Bracker’s, preschool activities, and much more!

• 22nd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, June 12, 5:30-7pm
Hear from the juror that picked the eight new works that are in downtown Lawrence and take a walking tour of the sculptures.

• 10th Annual West 18th Street Fashion Show
West 18th Street in Kansas City (116 W 18th Street in Kansas City, MO)
Saturday, June 12, 8-10pm
From the organizers: As our anniversary event, we are planning a more elaborate, over-the-top affair than ever! The show will feature eighteen collections from a select group of local and national designers.
westeighteenthstreet.com
See the full Rathaus article for this show

• Right Between The Ears
Liberty Hall (803 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, June 12, 8pm
See funny performers in a radio sketch comedy produced by Kansas Public Radio in Lawrence and broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the country. Dress rehearsal starts at 8pm followed by the live radio performance.
www.rightbetweentheears.org

TUESDAY JUNE 15
• Graffiti Art
Lawrence Public Library (707 Vermont Street in Lawrence, KS)
Tuesday, June 15, 1:30pm
From the organizers: Artists from the Kansas City Hip Hop Academy will be here to teach you the art of graffiti. You’ll get plenty of practice with the spray paint! Open to 7-12 graders, free, on the west lawn.

THURSDAY JUNE 17

by Sarah Gross

• Sarah Gross Exhibition
Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, KS)
Tuesday, June 15, 1:30pm
From the organizers: Sarah Gross, 2009-10 Ceramics Artist-in-Residence teaches Handbuilding and Sculpture, First Time Potter, and Advanced Ceramics. She received a BA in Studio Art from Carleton College and an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design. Sarah has exhibited nationally and has taught classes and workshops throughout New England. She makes functional pottery as well as ceramic sculpture.
www.sarahgrossceramics.com

posted by: Scott Stewart

Read: Street Art New York

With Banksy recently making TIME‘s 2010 Most Influential People, everyone knows that street art is a big deal. But street artists and longtime fans must now face the ever-present and ironic cultural dilemma, where can an underground movement go once it’s no longer underground? Searching through the good, the bad, the originators and the impostors can become overwhelming with increased popularity, especially if you’re new to the scene. Steven P. Harrington and Jamie Rojo, authors of Brooklyn Street Art and founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com, provide newcomers and street art buffs with a vibrant look at the urban art revolution happening on the streets of New York today in their new book  Street Art New York.

New York is a street art Mecca, boasting a vast outdoor gallery which encompasses walls, fences, sidewalks, and just about any other available surface. Featured in this dynamic collection are approximately 200 images of works by exciting newcomers and “old masters,” including New Yorkers Swoon, Judith Supine, Dan Witz, Skewville, and WK Interact, LA’s Shepard Fairey, Brazil’s Os Gemeos, Denmark’s Armsrock, France’s Space Invader, C215, and Mr. Brainwash, Germany’s Herakut, and London’s Nick Walker and the infamous Banksy. Quotes from the artists provide fresh insights into the cultural history and impact of this art form. Their observations show how older artists are providing inspiration to a younger generation and reveal how the establishment is taking notice of street art’s appeal as the advertising world, and visual culture in general, cull ideas from these images. A foreword by Carolina A. Miranda, author of the blog C-Monster.net, rounds out this compelling portrait of the state of urban art in one of its most important and supportive communities.

With Street Art New York, Harrington and Rojo provide a comprehensive guide to street art for both longtime fans and those new to the art form. The pages are filled with large, color images collected off the beaten path since 2001. Which lets you know, these guys aren’t just jumping on the newly popular street art wagon, they’re the real deal.

176 pages with 200 color illustrations
Hardcover
7 ¾ in. x 9 ½ in
Prestel

Swoon

by: Brent Carter and Tricia Rock

Watch: Claudio Ethos, Casa Das Caldeiras

Claudio Ethos, a Brazilian graffiti artist, was commissioned to paint a large mural inside Casa Das Caldeiras in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project was funded by the non-governmental organization EXPERIMENTA.

The film features 30 hours of footage time lapsed into 15 minutes which was played during the opening for the mural.

Filmed, written and edited: Jared Levy
Producer: Nathalie Stahelin
Additional help: Lucas Do Prado Coelho

See more of Ethos’ work here

posted by: Brent Carter

Artist Shout Out: Escif

Escif lives and works in Valencia, Spain.

Londoners look out for him in April when he opens a show at the new Pictures On Walls space.

Read an interview with Escif here and see more of his work here

posted by: Harold Johns III

Street Art: Specter Mocks The Gentrification of Brooklyn

Specter‘s latest project, a series of hand painted billboards to coincide with “The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks” show at MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts), took two months to create and can be seen throughout Brooklyn. (source: Wooster Collective)