FIRST AMENDMENT GALLERY
1000 HOWARD STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
415.861.5089
TUES-SAT 12PM-6:30PM, SUN 12PM-5PM
CLOSED MONDAY
Last night, 1:AM gallery hosted Estria’s “Can Film Festival”, one of his events leading up to his Invitational Graffiti Battle tomorrow at deFremery Park, Oakland. We kicked off the night with “Bomb It!”, grabbed food from Adobo Hobo and Brazilian Bites, discussed intellectually about graffiti’s impact on society, talked about underground vs. mainstream, and then [...]
The Can Film Festival is tonight at 1:AM Gallery. In between the showing of “Style Wars” and “Bomb It!”, there will be an open discussion panel talking about keeping graffiti real and how graffiti influences social changes. The panel consists of the following five people who are experts in the urban arts:
Ruben Aguirre Jr. was visiting from Chicago this past week and he passed by 1:AM gallery yesterday. Since they were just visitors to the Bay, I asked him and his friend what they thought. They said that the weather here was crazy and that they loved Oakland because it was warm. That of course was [...]
This past Sunday (we are closed on Sundays and Mondays), team 1:AM headed up to Sonoma to visit one of our biggest supporters, Jeff. Our first and only stop was Gundlach Bundschu winery. From their chardonnay to the merlot to the pinot noir, their wine was delicious. Our absolute favorite was the Gewurtztraminer 2008.
1:AM gallery is part of the project titled “Wonderland”. This project is curated by Lance Fung, who is “dedicated to the ideas of collaboration, community and social engagement as a means of bringing the highest level of contemporary art to audiences from all walks of life”. Lance is our kind of guy. Check out the [...]
Marcial Cruz’s style has strong influences from chicano gangs, lowrider culture and tattoo art. He started developing his unique style 14 years ago when he started bombing in Phoenix, Arizona. Marcial currently works at a local San Francisco tattoo shop and you can find him in the recent published booksof Bay Area Graffiti and Mission [...]
Estria’s Invitational Graffiti Battle is next week on Saturday October 10th! And 1:AM gallery is going to be there. Our booth will be hosting the book signing of Graffiti New York and Graffiti LA with James Prigoff and Steve Grody. James Prigoff started his quest of documenting aerosol art, aka graffiti, back in the ’70s. [...]
Shopwars 2009 was a fun time. The participants, some who have never customized toys and watched Lily Black’s toy demo endlessly, really impressed everyone with their creativity and their unselfishness with time to do this for a good cause. Project Open Hand was ecstatic and excited to get their meals of love message out. It [...]
In addition to “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan”, 1:AM gallery and Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle bring you a night of films, thoughtful discussions, and street food. On October 8th, from 5:30 – 9:30pm, we will be showing “Bomb It!” and “Style Wars”. In between the two films we will be conducting a [...]
