LA VS WAR

We are pleased to announce that we will be curating the
Graffiti and Stencil Garden section of the historic "LA VS WAR"
event taking place April 10-13th, 2008.

We will have live artists painting anti-war and pro-peace themed
murals, pieces, and stencils.

Featured artists include:
Vyal, Mear One, Unification Theory, Asylm, Ekundayo, Cyte, Ween,
Werc, Sherm, Man One, Eyons, and others...

Here's all the info..

LA vs. WAR
April 10-13 2008
12 noon to 11pm

LA vs WAR
at The Firehouse
710 S. Santa Fe Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90021
Downtown LA
LA vs WAR schedule:
Thursday, April 10, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday, April 11, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 13, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

YO presents 4 days of Art and Activism Against the War.

LA vs WAR highlights the travesty of a senseless war now going into its 6th year, giving LA artists a platform to exercise their freedom of speech. Hundreds of artists representing our diverse communities unite in delivering a universal message of peace and understanding, and offering resistance and opposition to the US government's war policies.
LA vs WAR highlights:

- Yo! What Happened to Peace?: posters on display from the international touring peace poster exhibition; live anti-war poster screen-printing demos

- Hit+Run: live t-shirt printing featuring custom artwork from the Hit+Run artist network

- Mark of the Beast: display of corporate-jammed logo spoofs

- Crewest Graffiti & Stencil Art Garden: graffiti artist network doing live graffiti and stencil painting

- Center for the Study of Political Graphics: anti-war themed display from America's premier political poster archives

- Artwork Exhibition: handmade creations by independent local artists

- Universal Peace Altar: a memorial to lives lost in the war created by Ofelia Esparza and Shrine

- Peace in Iraq Photo Project by Azul 213: audience participation photo project to promote peace

- Dublab.com: music selections created by DJs from the web radio collective

- Lost Film Fest hosted by VJ Scott Beibin: film and video celebration of culture jamming and illegal art

- Light installations and projections: interactive entertainment provided by Todd Lazer

AND MORE...

All ages are welcome and admission is free.

LA VS WAR!

Gateway Project San Diego...

Congrats to COI/Crewest artists Werc and Crol along with famed chicano muralist
Victor Ochoa for landing a nice gig that will help preserve cultural identity in San Diego's rapidly expanding Downtown development.

Although the road to creating large scale murals of this magnitude are not always
easy to navigate, we think that they are well worth the effort for artists, communities, developers, and the city in general.

This is a great example of how art can be a catalyst in transforming a potentially devisive project and turn it into a prideful and inviting collaboration among artists, developers and the community. When the right artists are chosen for the job miracles can happen.

Here are some photos of the beginning stages. As the mural develops over the next month or so, we'll continue to update it through completion.

If you're in San Diego feel free to drop by and check out the progress in person:
Gateway Project @ 16th and Logan

For more on Crol and Werc go to their collabo site...
Crol vs Werc Dot Com

Tony Silver (RIP)

Tony was an amazing guy. Not only did he document one of the greatest Hip Hop films of all time, "Style Wars", but was so down to earth and a genuine nice guy. I'm sorry that we were never able to put the "Style Wars" event that we had conceived of together a few years back, it would have been awesome. Hopefully we will be able to pay homage to one of the men who opened our eyes to the movement that so many of us thrive from now.

Tony - you will be truly missed.
Man One/Crewest


MARE139 (qouted from www.12ozprophet.com):
We lost a beloved friend this weekend and
respectfully mourn with his family and the thousands of kids, artists
and fans who took inspiration from his classic film Style Wars. Ive
been friend of his for many years and have had a special attachment to
him as a person who had a great depth of intellect in all areas of his
life. As a mentor and friend I have known him for his appreciation for
the art of life and the life of art in others, that is why he made
Style Wars and Facing the Audience a film about Marshall Arisman. Many
of you know that I have sought to extend the legacy of his work online
with the website, a labor of love I have been doing since the beginning
of the internet, it was this collaboration between him, Henry and
myself that help bring more people to know and support the film. It is
this collaboration that will continue on as the website goes into its
next phase, realizing the enormous effect of his work on the global
graffiti community. I will keep you all posted on what is to come next
and where to leave your condolences, for now you may leave them at http://www.myspace.com/stylewars. Thank you Tony, and thank you Lisa Silver for caring for our friend.

Just Loungin...opening nite!

Click here for more pics!
Originally uploaded by The Crewest Man

These are some of the pieces created during our March opening of Just Loungin' last Saturday night.

More of a series of events rather than an exhibition, there was live art by Unification Theory (Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, Man One, Overton Loyd) and guests Vyal, Favianna Rodriguez and live printing by the Yo! What Happened to Peace? crew.

Andrew Hanson rocked some live sewing. Yeah we said live sewing! Never thought that could be cool, but check out his stuff.

Some of these pieces are still available at an incredible $50 each.

Join us Thursday, March 13 during the Downtown Artwalk and then again Saturday nite, on the 15th, for The Label Lab.

Hit us up for any info..
info@crewest.com

Spray Painting Car Commercial

We got this little vid from the homies over at Montana Colors in Italy.
The Euro car brand, OPEL, chose BUE to customize it for the car
commercial then it was auctioned off for charity.

Pretty cool.




More info and photos:
Bue vs Opel