TakeOver coming soon!...April 21st
Ex Marty's Liquors (aka Paint Pens Pop Up Gallery!!)
193 Harvard Ave, Allston MA 02134
“Paint Pens in Purses†is an all-female urban art series. Since the jump off in the summer Shayna Yasuhara, founder and Boston-based illustration artist, has become absolutely obsessed with the on-going quest to find cream of the crop artists and bring them to you. Paint Pens is not about selling art to put over your couch instead it is about seeking out art you will remember…stuff that will give you strange dreams at night.
In August ‘08 the concept became a reality with the first “Paint Pens in Purses†show at Via Matta, home to F.A.M.E, a monthly fashion, art & music monthly event. Here we featured the artwork of Nineta, Lichiban, Morgan Thomas, Kim Harris, Heather McGrath, illy L, and Shayna Shenanigans. Free apps & cocktails provided by Via Matta, music by Ms Thang, resident DJ for a successful monthly hiphop, house & reggae night at Goodlife in downtown Boston.
For the second show in the fall “Paint Pens in Purses†teamed up with LAB Boston and co-owners Todd MacLeod & Kim Harris. LAB is a collaborative space for artists, streetwear aficionados, record collectors and vinyl toy fans. For this show we invited artists Ali Horeanopoulos, Ashley B. Clark, Genie B., Silver Oris, Shayna Shenanigans and tofusquirrel to showcase their various forms of artwork. Music by DJ D-Lux and DJ Kares, a well-known Boston breaks DJ.
As an added bonus to the second show we added a live-art portion in which Kim Harris, Shayna Shenanigans and tofusquirrel combined forces to paint LAB’s 25ft window storefront. After approximately six hours, a massive amount of paint and the help of Nicholas Dimancescu to film this live-art feat we not only created a head-turning display but also two youtube videos that will be filed under “favorites†forever.
An important element behind the success of the series is the huge generosity of local companies and major sponsors. Scion, Sharpie, 42Below Vodka and The Weekly Dig, to name a few, loaded us up with free goodies to drink, eat, wear, draw on, draw with, read and dance around to.
For the winter we are taking the series to Middlesex Lounge (Cambridge, MA) on Thursday, December 11th with new artists; including photography from Molly David and Rich Millionaire, illustrations by Ali Jersey, paintings by Christine Newsham and mixed media work from MyKim Dang. Also for the first time we will be incorporating film work by Agnieszka Woznicka, who teaches at Rhode Island School of Design, and who has shown her amazing short film/ stop animation work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
For more info on the series or to become a sponsor email:
[email protected].
