Monday December 22, 2008 5:22
Saturday January 17, 2009, 8-10pm
Element Lounge, 1028 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA
Group art show featuring tattoo artists and graffiti artists.
Friday October 10, 2008 12:47
deFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607
The Living Word Project, Samurai Graphix, and Hard Knock Radio Presents the 2nd Annual Estria Invitational Living Word Graffiti Battle
A part of the 10-day Living Word Festival Curated by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
16 highly talented and revered Graffiti Artists in live painting battle. Artists are determined and selected by Estria, a Bay Area Graffiti Legend.
Confirmed Artists:
Click here to see the work of all the artists.
Also Featuring:
Free outdoor performance by Mos Def, Los Rakas, and DJ Leidis
Bamboo Architecture
Scraper Bike exhibition
Lecture demonstration Against Eco-Apartheid, including Van Jones of Ella Baker Center
Skateboard Demonstration presented by Hood Games at the Grand Opening of the first Skate Park in West Oakland
About the Living Word Festival
The Living Word Festival is an annual community gathering of artists, educators, presenters and performers focusing on literary performance and literacy education. Founded by Youth Speaks and the Living Word Project, under the direction of Marc Bamuthi Joseph, the Living Word Festival is committed to exploring new modes of literary performance, and to engaging and supporting artists who are breaking the boundaries of hip-hop theater and spoken word theater.
About Samurai Graphix
Samurai Graphix is a custom screen print shop in San Leandro, CA run by Estria. Estria began spray painting in Hawaii in 1984 and has since painted hundreds of murals. As an influential leader of the Golden Age of graffiti (1980s) in San Francisco, he pioneered painting techniques of characters and scenes. He is one of the originators of the stencil tip, used by graffiti writers to create thin airbrush-like lines. Estria co-founded Visual Element, the free mural workshop at the EastSide Arts Alliance that develops youth into the voice of the people.
Tuesday July 8, 2008 11:40
461 9th St, Oakland, CA 94607 at Broadway 510.663.4400
Featuring: Estria, Sundance, Vogue, Aware and others
Monday June 2, 2008 1:20
