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Locust Projects, Announces Collabo

niki — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:48:23 +0000

MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019

Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.

These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.

Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan

As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit’s twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.

The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects’ 2,700 square foot space in Miami’s Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.

About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects’ 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.

About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters’ recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters’ work has been included in the international traveling exhibition “Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;” the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L’Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.

This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.

For further information contact: Monica de Miguel

305.576.8570

locustprojects {at} yahoo(.)com

Enue, Askew, Tatiana Suarez Jaes Video

niki — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:47:16 +0000

In June 2010, Jaes invited a handful of his friends to paint a school yard in New York. Amongst those were Enue and (Askew One) myself, both of the Ironlak Team and also Miami born/Brooklyn based artist Tatiana Suarez who we met out at Primary Flight last year. This is a video I shot a cut of the mural collaboration that ensued.

The music is Daru Jones ft. Kissy Asplund “So Good”.

ENUE x TATIANA SUAREZ x ASKEW x JAES from Askew One on Vimeo.

Click here for original link

Area Grandmother Comes Forward As ‘Banksy’

niki — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:45:02 +0000

Life on The Onion states: at a London press conference an an 89 year-old grandmother confessed to being the infamous Bansky-the british street artist that is internationally known.

Primary Flight Wins Miami NewTimes Best Of

niki — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:41:17 +0000

Primary Flight was awarded Best Public Art in Miami 2010

Miami NewTimes writes: “Every year, some of the best street painters in the world converge for Art Basel week. Since 2006, a guy named Books IIII has corralled the talent, mediums, and paint for a creative explosion called Primary Flight.”…

Lady Aiko : Primary Flight : Fountainhead Residency

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:18:20 +0000

Aiko came and stayed a couple days with our fam over at the Fountainhead Residency. She had some time to bang out this new purple mural. We love her. Check out the Original post here.

Photos by Martha Cooper and Aiko.

Street Art Panel Discussion at MOCA, N. Miami

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:36:42 +0000

TIME FOR DESIGN
“Urban Beautification through Street Art”
Panel discussion with Wynwood developer Tony Goldman, and artists Brandon Opalka,
Space, Cruz, and Books Bishof, Founder of Primary Flight.
May 19, 2010 / 7 pm / MOCA, North Miami

Hope to see you there!

Ironlak Team USA & ASKEW Video

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:25:49 +0000

ironlakfilms — February 03, 2010 — Ewok, Jaes, Augor, Pose and Enue from the American Ironlak Team join forces with Askew at Primary Flight as a part of Art Basel 2009 in Miami.

Video by KC Ortiz and We Are Supervision.

wearesupervision.blogspot.com
ironlak.com

Getting Up On T’s: El Mac & Retna

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:38:37 +0000

: El Mac & Retna | Primary Flight T-Shirts from Upper Playground

Upper Playground recently released some of Mac & Retna’s work with Primary Flight on a couple of t-shirts. There are two designs available: “La Reina de la Tribus” from Primary Flight 2007, and “Young Scribe” from Primary Flight 2008. Get ‘em while they’re hot. And don’t forget about the Alianza and the Montana Artist Series cans, previously covered here.

UPDATE: Tee’s are all 50% off right now until 1/31, and for every purchase
during the promotion, we’re sending a t-shirt to Haiti.

Biscayne Times Chronicles the Wynwood Mural Scene

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:00:21 +0000

Biscayne Times writer Anne Tschida takes you deep into the heart of Wynwood to explain how Miami got to be the graffiti and street mecca that it is today. The article gives credit where credit is due, explaining how Primary Flight paved the way for unbridled creativity to take over the Design District. The article interviews BOOKSIIII, HOX, Lynn Yohana Howard, and Tony Goldman. Recommended reading.

Juxtapoz Names PF in ’09 Top Moments

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:26:00 +0000

Our dear friends at Juxtapoz Magazine have named Primary Flight #36 in their Top 100 Moments of 2009. Check it out here, and be sure to check out the rest of the list. We gotta say it was a good year.