Custom Painted Adidas Auction Sat. 10/31 San Francisco

Shoebiz SF x Adidas x Living Word Project
Don't Sweat the Technique: Kicks & Cans

Graffiti writers from this past year's battles will paint 20 pairs of Adidas Shelltoes and Stan-Smith kicks for an auction to help youth in Oakland and orphans in Africa. Shoebiz will donate all proceeds to: YouthSpeaks.org & YouthAgainstPoverty.com

Participating Artists in Custom Painted Shoe Auction

Hawai'i:
Estria :: Eukarezt :: Katch :: Bam

Chicago:
Chucho :: Melon :: Rome Won :: Tsel :: Like DC5 :: Gloe

New York:
Cekis :: Queen Andrea :: Cern :: Wane

California:
Max Ehrman Eon75 :: Vogue :: Vyal One :: Twick :: Chez

12noon - 6:00PM

Shoe Biz + Adidas Concept Shop
1420 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

More info and photos of the shoes here: www.shoebizsf.com

Queen Andrea AOK, of New York City

Katch, of Hawai'i

Chucho DC5, of Chicago

Tsel, of Chicago

Eukarezt, of Hawai'i

Max Erhman Eon75, of Florida

Gloe, of Chicago

Rome Won, of Chicago

Chez, of the Bay Area

SHOEBIZ x Adidas is a proud sponsor of the 2009 National Finals in Oakland, CA. Prizes for winners and shirts were provided for all contestants.

Four Separate Graffiti Art Shows in San Francisco 9/11

This is almost unbelievable! San Francisco will enjoy 4 unique graffiti-ish art shows for the month of September. All have their opening night on Friday, 9/11/09.
Come through and make the rounds.

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Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle, Montana Colors & 1:AM SF Gallery Present:
"Don't Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spray Can" art show
www.1amsf.com
www.estriabatle.com

An unprecedented (in the Bay Area) group show featuring some of the nation's best urban artists
California: Neon, Bounce, Chez, Vogue, Eon 75, Germz, Vyal, Refa, 357, Ceyba
Chicago: Rome Won, Tsel, Chucho, Melon, Debl, Like
Hawai'i: Katch, Estria, Eukarezt, Ckaweeks, Prime, Bam
New York: Wane One, Doves, Cern, Queen Andrea, Cekis

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., SF, CA 94127



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Sub DF/Tony Curanaj shows off his legendary oil painting skills in SF.
johnpence.com

John Pence Gallery
750 Post Street
SF, CA 94109
opening reception 9/11, 6-8pm
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6pm, Sat 10-5 pm



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Trust Your Struggle
"The Black Art Show"

These are my homies, please come support. After party at Nickies BBQ on Haight.

Borish, Cece, Erin Yoshi, Bounce, Tres, Scott La Rockwell, Shaun Burner
d-structuresf.com

D-Structure
520 Haight St
SF, CA 94117
opening reception 9/11, 8-11pm
Hours: Wed-Sat 11-3pm



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Ricardo Richey & Robin Twomey

Richey is a style master supreme of SF and Twomey is an amazing photographer.

The Luggage Store
1007 Market Street, near 6th St.
SF, CA 94103
opening reception 9/11, 6-8pm
show runs through 10/18

Cekis of Chile

Cekis is a very humble guy. He doesn't toot his own horn at all, and is very approachable.

Santiago, Chile 1998. Cekis opened a graffiti store called Otra Vida. It moved twice, but with business partner, Grin, it found a permanent location, and significantly helped make the mural/graffiti movement larger. Larger as in one of the graffiti capitals of South America. Otra Vida gave young writers access to books and styles they could not find in their country. It became a gathering place for writers; an important role for an art form that depends on oral storytelling.

He was one of the 1st generation of writers of Chile. He bombed hard and painted many large-scale murals, earning him the respect as one of THE kings of Chile. He had a huge impact on the succeeding generation of writers. During Cekis' painting career he has seen Chile shift from a dictatorship with very few murals to a democracy with entire neighborhoods painted. Some would say Cekis helped shift the social consciousness of Santiago to accepting murals as part of the culture.

Since moving to NYC in '04 Cekis has been focusing on his career as an artist, without a care for becoming a king. Pretty humble for a guy who impacted an entire nation of writers.

Visit his art website ymicrew.com and see more of his work at flickr.com/photos/cekis

Check out Cekis' artwork in our EIGB-MTN art show at 1:AM SF Gallery.

Opening reception Friday, 9/11, 7-10pm.
Show runs until October 9.

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089

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“I chose to do mural art as my way of communication because the intention of my work has always been to interact in an active way with my environment and community. Looking for places (walls) where people can feel united, represented or relate to each other and therefore establish free dialogues between art and life”.