Monthly Archives: November 2009

BEING NEIGHBORLY WITH CAMER1

Camer1, aka Cameron Moberg, has the toughest and the most fulfilling job. He is the youth pastor at City Crossroads, a high-impact non-profit organization that serves as a community center for the multi-ethnic youth and low-income families in the South of Market neighborhood. Here is a blurb from their website: “Drug abuse, alcoholism, homelessness, over-crowded [...]

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DO YOU KNOW CARLOS ALMEIDA?

Carlos Fortino Almeida has been painting for the past 11 years.  He describes his work as a mixed-media “surrealistic assemblage”.  He uses anything lying around as long as it is permanent or can become permanent.  He wants to make his lasting imprint on the world and creates his pieces to survive long after he is [...]

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EN VOGUE

Coming off of  his win in Estria’s Invitational Graffiti Battle, Vogue is showcasing his latest work in our anniversary show “Eternal Sleep”.  He was being very hard on himself and felt that his piece was not up to his standards.  We disagree.  At first, you look at his painting and think that it looks like [...]

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ETERNAL SLEEP ARTIST: LAWRENCE YANG

We met Lawrence a year and half ago.  He came out with us one night because we shared a mutual friend.  The evening was hazy… we hit up Gallery 1988, Poleng Lounge (or at least somewhere near there or was it Madrone?) and a couple of other places.  He gave us a mini book that [...]

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