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Its BLUE BABY...

I had to give my friend Blue an official SBG Shout-Out after seeing him over the weekend at a friend's birthday party...

(btw Feliz Cumpleanos Nicole & T!)

Blue is a talented young man from Brooklyn, N.Y. out and about in the city taking photos of the world and leaving his mark as a Hip Hop artist as well.

You can catch him on the following tips...

For Music:

http://www.myspace.com/blue

For Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/blue 

For Photography:

http://www.modelmayhem.com/urbanoverdose

For The Urban Overdose TV Show:
http://www.youtube.com/urbanoverdose

(photo by BLUE of one of my best home-slices Corinne)

BLUE QUOTES: "I am a Hip-Hop Artist...I have to say that...because its "Deeper Than Rap" .... I love the culture...and I started doing photography because of that...capturing the Urban lifestyle."

Call to Artists:Mellow Nights

Mellow Massage Therapy Center in the East Falls section of Philadelphia is looking for artists for their bi-monthly event, Mellow Nights.  Mellow Nights will combine fine art, live music, and massage therapy as a fundraiser for various charitable organizations that support the same artistic endeavors. The first event will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009.

The chosen artist will have their original artwork featured on the evening of the affair in a “gallery-opening style” event. Artwork will then be required to hang in the lobby and treatment rooms at Mellow Massage Therapy Center for a time period of 2 months.  

All pieces will be made available to clients for purchase. Whatever pieces are not sold must be picked up at the end of this 2 month period.

 We are looking for art that inspires and/or compliments a relaxing atmosphere.  Pieces should be of any medium, however they must be easily hung on a wall. Free standing sculptures will not qualify.

For submission, please provide a link to your electronic portfolio / website. You may also submit 5 samples of your work via e-mail attachment to info@mellowmassage.com. Please note, though only 5 pieces are required as submission for consideration, more may be needed for the exhibit dependent upon the size or the artwork.

You will be notified via email if we choose to display your art.  The deadline for submission is Monday, September 7, 2009. All submissions not chosen for the upcoming event will be considered for subsequent months.

Please send questions to Vanessa Hazzard-Tillman at vanessa@mellowmassage.com.

If You're Interested, This is Interesting.

Aerosol Obsession

Recently I find myself obsessing over the art of graffiti.  OBSESSING.  I've been painting murals for a long time, but a graffiti mural seems like a whole different world to me.  So I continue to obsess. I read books. I travel w/ digi in tow to capture new murals and tags. I study fonts. I buy cans of paint and face masks from the hardware store, without any knowledge on what to do with these things.  Im obsessing.  

So, upon hanging out with a good friend, I recently let my secret out.  

Me: "yo, so Im really interested in Grafitti..I'm thinking of getting into it."

Blogzworth:"What?! Do you even have a tag?"

Me: "Hmm...didn't get that far yet."

Blogzworth: "hmm, ok"

Me: *I put on shades and strike my best "B-Girl stance"*

Blogzworth: *shakes his head*

So I've decided to get my ish together and make something happen.  I may not be as famous as Lady Pink or have folks coming from afar to photograph my work, but at least Ill get to try a new medium....and venture into a different world. Updates to Come.