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Sanrio’s 50th Aniversary: Small Gift Miami

Admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:07:15 +0000

Celebrate Sanrio’s 50th Aniversary!

Sanrio is having a nationwide celebration including two super fun events in Los Angeles and Miami, plus a mobile pop-up shop tour travelling across the country!

Small Gift Miami:
December 2-5, 2010
Event Location: 173 NW 23rd Street, Miami, FL 33127
Small Gift Miami pops-up in the heart of Art Basel, the world-renowned art festival and
celebration of creativity!

Check out new art installations and classic Sanrio products through the years, play games, win
prizes, get inked with a real Sanrio tattoo, visit the pop-up shop and sweet stop, meet Sanrio
characters, and more!

For more information, visit the official website http://www.sanrio.com/smallgift/miami

Contemporary Designer Wood Toys

Admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:45:25 +0000

We Heart Wood: April 8th – May 6th 2010

Munky King Presents “We Heart Wood”, a custom Jibibuts show! The Noferin artist duo has invited more than 30 contemporary designers and artists to reinvent the Jibibuts into their vision.

Participating artists include:

64 Colors: BARTLETT & FUJI

Doktor A: DOKTOR A’S

Lola: ENDANGERED PANDA

Travis Lampe: FACTORY MAN

APAK: PINK MUSHROOM CABIN WITH RESIDENT – POCO

Dan May: SWEET & SOUR

TADO: THE WUUJUBBA TRIBE #3

Munky King
7308 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA

Living Between Worlds Art Show

Admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:49:36 +0000

Gallery 1988 presents Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters collaborative show “Living Between Worlds”. The exhibition will feature new sculpture and paintings on canvas, wood and found objects. The pair will also pre-release an exclusive toy and print from their art brand, Circus Posterus.

Gallery 1988
April 2nd-April 23rd
7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323.937.7088

Bukubuku: Über Cute Show

Admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:27:57 +0000

Talented Spanish illustrator Bukubuku, will showcase her work at RIVET, Designer Toy & Art Gallery from February 6th – 28th. The Über Cute Show opening will be February 6th, 7-10pm.

Bukubuku’s Flickr
http://hellobukubuku.wordpress.com

http://rivetart.com

1200 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43201

Audrey Kawasaki’s Solo Art Show

Admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:08:59 +0000

Audrey Kawasaki, a Japanese-American artist, is presenting her first solo art show titled “Hajimari—A Prelude” at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in NY. The show will be open from December 12, 2009 through January 9, 2010 and will feature Kawasaki’s wood paintings inspired in Art Nouveau and Japanese Manga comics.

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com
Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Helena Garcia’s Solo Art Show

Admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:29:11 +0000

Helena Garcia’s beautiful retro and pop illustrations will be showcased this month at PinkGhost Gallery in Hollywood, FL. The opening will be Saturday, December 12, 2009.

The show comes hand in hand with the release of Helena’s Artist Chubby Book, which is a 250 page Hardcover book that includes 10 artist designed postcards, 100 lined pages and 150 sketch pages.

Buy Helena Garcia Chubby Book at PinkGhost

Helena Garcia’s Website

Multiversal Art Show

Admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:50:48 +0000

This weekend the Multiversal Art Show at Art Basel Miami, will bring together artist and designers ( Beast Brothers, Buff Monster, Jon Burgerman, Nreazon, and Terribly Odd among others) to showcase the best in contemporary toy design, illustration & graffiti.

Dec 3rd – Dec 6th.

Location: American Legion Building located at 6445 NE 7th Ave in the Miami Modern District.

http://www.multiversalgroupshow.com

BloodSweatVector Exhibition

Admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:07 +0000

BlodSweatVector will have it first exhibition with more than 40 artworks created entirely by 24 BSV members. The show will be held on November 12th at West Berlin Gallery in Berlin (Brunnenstr. 56, 13359). And will run from November 12th – December 12th.

More info…

Nicoletta Ceccoli: Babes in Toyland

Admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:56:21 +0000

The beautiful work of Nicoletta Ceccoli “Babes in Toyland” will be displayed at the Copro Gallery in Santa Monica California from November 7 to November 27, 2009.

“Babes in Toyland” takes the viewer to a land where classic fairy tales meet 16th Century Flemish paintings, a place where Snow White and Alice in Wonderland-like doll-girls and their toys live amongst a magical forest of lollipops and candy.

To see some of Ceccoli’s work you can visit her website at www.nicolettaceccoli.com

Hello Kitty Art Show!

Admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:53 +0000

Three Apples is an exhibition celebrating Hello Kitty! Contemporary artists and Hello Kitty fans including Gary Baseman, Ron English, Buff Monster, Camilla d’Errico, Luke Chueh, Deph and Yosuke Ueno are just a few of the 80+ amazing artists that have interpreted their vision of Hello Kitty in one-of-a kind pieces on display.

October 23 – November 15, 2009
Royal/T Café/Shop/Art Space, Los Angeles, CA.

More info…