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THE URBAN ARTIST / HUSTLER’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

By 1:AM | Published: December 19, 2009

We wanted to do a “12 days ’til Christmas” countdown… but we got really busy with the “Tabi Tabi Po” closing reception, eBay workshop, the Stage Two Consulting holiday party, and the opening of “Circle of Life”.  What a week!  Now, we are 6 days til Christmas and we know that a lot of you waited last minute to do your holiday shopping.  So, we compiled a list of presents that you can purchase all at 1:AM.  We present to you…with our stamp of approval…

THE URBAN ARTIST / HUSTLER’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE


1.  Montana Hardcore Guacamole Green: A great color to add freshness to any art piece  – $6.00

Montana Hardcore Guacamole Green

2. Black books:  Get graff writers and artists to add some funk in his/her life by always carrying a sketch book for them to hit up.  This is a must have for all urban artists, aspiring and established, and graffiti appreciators   – $13.00 & up

Blackbooks (sketch books)

3. Gingko Press’ El Mac / Retna book: Simply put, this is SIIIICCCKKKK.  Shows off their amazing collection of work – $19.95

El Mac / Retna Allianza by Upper Playground

4. 94 Turquesa: A poppin’ color and a favorite for everyone who comes by – $6.00

Montana 94 Turquesa

5. Sento book: Learn letter styles from the OG from New York – $25.00

Sento by On the Run

6. Steel Tip Krink Markers: Ink that will go on any surface, won’t tear like the mop tops – $12.00

Steel tip KRINKs

7. New Skool Onesies: Make sure the kids look as dope as their parents – $23.99

Nate1's New Skool

8. Blackbook Sessions: Need inspiration for pieces? This will open their mind to new techniques and styles – $22.95

Blackbook Sessions #03 by Stylefile

9. KidRobot Fatcap: Channel that inner child in everyone and start a collection of designer vinyl toys.

KidRobot's Fatcaps

10.  CLASSES! CLASSES! CLASSES! CLASSES!:  Give the gift that keeps on giving.  Urban art classes a perfect way to tap into anyone’s creative side.

Stenciling with Roman: An easy to learn step by step process to creating and applying a stencil – $50.00

Art of Graffiti with Nate1: A great introduction to the Art of Graffiti from an old skool writer with a New Skool style – $40.00

Toy Modification with Lily Black: The many diverse techniques of toy fabrication/modification are made incredibly simple in this class – $70.00

Sign up here.

Finish your holiday shopping with us!  Gift certificates available, too!

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EBAY COMING OUT TO PLAY

By 1:AM | Published: December 16, 2009

So, how cool is this?  Your boss wants to throw the most memorable and freshest holiday party.  He/she wants to step away from those “The Office” inspired get togethers.  What do they do?  They come to 1:AM gallery.

We got an email from a gentleman named Shailesh from eBay’s User Experience design team.  He wanted to have his team, which consists of 25 people, learn more about graffiti.  Instead of taking his team to a, yawn, white elephant brunch, he wanted them to get down with the funk.  So, 1:AM responded by creating a customized graffiti workshop for them, that included history of graffiti, a mural walk tour, painting on the wall, and stenciling t-shirts.  Here are some pictures from the day:

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Listening to Nate1 and Roman talk about graffiti

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Of course defenestration is part of the mural walk!

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Shailesh getting down!

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Special treat for the eBay-ers, Mike "Bam" Tyau on site to drop some knowledge

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Wall crazy!

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Stenciling!

When they were told that they were allowed to paint on the wall, they just went for it and didn’t look back.  You can see the excitement in everyone’s eyes, so the teachers, Nate1 and Roman, stepped back and let them just go at it.  People painted hearts, Maneki Neko (good luck beckoning cats), Iron Maiden, Bart Simpson, letters and more.  The eBay-ers were such naturals at the wall.

Nate1 and Roman did a fantastic job teaching the eBay crew about graffiti.  We also had a special cameo appearance by Mike “Bam”.  The eBay-ers were lucky that they had all three of these guys dropping their knowledge on them.  We were grateful that Shailesh approached us to do this at 1:AM.  One of our goals as an urban and street gallery is to educate people about graffiti and dispel some of the negativity that surrounds this art form.   After the workshop was completed, I heard “Today was a good day” by Ice Cube playing in my head.  Indeed it was, a good day for the team from eBay and the crew at 1:AM.

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eBay crew represent!

For more pictures, visit our flickr account.

If you are interested in our classes or group workshops, please email gina@1AMSF.com or visit www.1AMSF.com/classes/

Special thanks to Gina and Rocio for making this day happen!!!

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Twick-isimo

By 1:AM | Published: September 30, 2009

I wanted to share with you an email we received from a woman who loves the fact that Twick, our Letter Style and Mural Production class teacher and one of the writers from the Golden Age of Graffiti, has painted on 24th and Capp St in the Mission. Read below:

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Hi Twick,

Just a note to let you know I finally got a really good slide of your beautiful Lady Xoc mural at 24th and Capp, and we are using it in our mural slide show as a very fine example of innovative use of spray can. Thanks again for giving our community such an inspiring mural, people LOVE it!

Patricia

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This an awesome email for Twick to receive about his work.  If you haven’t seen it, here are some pix… but I do advise you that it is so much more inspiring in person (especially since there were cars parked in front of the wall when I took this).

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BUSY MONTH @ 1:AM!

By 1:AM | Published: September 17, 2009

Okay guys, I was looking at our scheduling for this month and man, we’ve got a lot of events going on.  I need to list them out so I can wrap my head around it! (All are located at 1:AM gallery unless otherwise noted)

Saturday, 9/19/09 from 4 – 6pm: Lily’s FREE Toy Modification Demonstration


Friday, 9/25/09 from 7:30 – 10:00pm : SHOPWARS!!! hosted with Delicious Drips

Click here for more information about Shopwars.


Saturday, 9/26/09 from 11am – 3pm (even though it goes through 6…we’ll play it by ear): 1:AM has a booth at Expo for Independent Arts at Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse

Click here to learn more about the Expo.


Thursday, 10/08/09 from 6:30 – 9:00pm : “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Can Film Festival” with Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle

Saturday, 10/10/09 from 11am – 5pm: Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle Finals @ deFremery Park

Click here to get more battle info.


Saturday, 10/17/09 from ???? : Public opening of “Wonderland” (Even though Roman and Robert are going to start working on the mural a week before opening…if you are in the ‘loin, make sure you say hey!)

For more information about Wonderland, click here.

Then, CLASSES throughout September and October!!!: Stencil, Toy Modification, the Art of Graffiti, Mural Production…

If you are interested, holla at gina@1amsf.com or sign up here.

Phew!  I am tired already and I feel that I am missing something…  Hope to see some of you at these events!


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Stenciling with Roman

By 1:AM | Published: September 4, 2009

Blogpost by: Anna

I have never considered myself artistic or any good with art tools.  Dan and Roman encouraged me to take a class and to my surprise, I LOVED IT.  The vibe was awesome.  Roman was enthusiastic about what he was teaching and the other students were fun.  Mai is the creator of http://fashioni.sf and she wanted to learn how to stencil on fabric.  Susie was reppin’ Independent Arts and Media, getting ready for their festival in Golden Gate Park Sept. 26th.   Dania and Dara just wanted to customize their environment.

Nothing but praise to our teacher, Roman.  He taught us how to make our creative ideas come to life.  Everyone ended the class on a good note and after hard work with the x-acto knives, we were finally able to  see what he was talking about.

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New flyers for classes!

By 1:AM | Published: August 12, 2009

Look at the fresh flyer Roman, the gallery’s art director and also our stencil teacher, created for our Fall art classes.  That’s what’s up.

You interested in classes?  Holla at gina@1amsf.com or sign up here.

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Class is now in session!

By 1:AM | Published: July 3, 2009

1AM SF gallery is not only a a space selling art but also a place where people can be inspired and taught to grow creatively.  We kicked off the summer with Twick’s Letter Styles and Mural Production and Nate1′s Art of Graffiti Sketching Letters.  Here are some photos capturing the good times had by the teachers and the students.  That’s what’s up.

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Twick demonstrating...

Practice makes...Permanent.

Practice makes...Permanent.

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"Swine Flew"...those kids are witty.

"Swine Flew"...those kids are witty.

For more information about these classes, along with Roman’s Stencil Design and Application and Lily’s Toy Modification, visit

www.toyjunkiesf.com

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