Estria and his team have been traveling from NY to Honolulu to LA finding graffiti artists who reign supreme. Now, they’re bringing Estria Graffiti Battle home to Oakland for the finals where the champions from all over the country meet at last to see who truly can be named king or queen. The finals is this Saturday, October 8th from 11 – 6pm. Before the big throwdown, there are more awesome events to add to your social calendar.

EVENTS:

The Estria Foundation Art Show at SMSHBX Opening Night
DATE: Friday, 10/7/11
LOCATION: Smshbx 18th and Telegraph, Oakland
TIME: 6-8pm
COST: Free

Pecha Kucha “Women Creating Public Art”
DATE: Friday, 10/7/11
LOCATION: Oaksterdam University, 1600 Broadway Oakland
TIME: 8-10pm
COST: $10
21+ only

5th Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle (in partnership with Life is Living Festival)
DATE: Saturday, 10/8/11
LOCATION: DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St. Oakland
TIME: 11-6pm
COST: Free

What a great week in graffiti! Still jones-ing for more? Don’t forget that “Fast Forward“, a group exhibition that captures the progressive evolution of spray can art, is still on view at 1AM through October 30th.

See ya there!

Vogue’s exhibition brings glimpses of his life to the viewer using only spray cans.

Nothing lasts forever, so make sure to get up close and personal before its gone.  If you’d like to view the purchase the remaining artwork, please visit us at store1amsf.com.

NEW ADDITION, just to make the night even tastier, Sataysfied and MaliNumNum, two food carts known for their Indonesian Satay and Filipino / Asian Fusion treats, will be on hand to let you get your grub on!

This is a free event so don’t miss out!

Dirty Hands Trailer

Beat Street “Battlecry”

See you tomorrow!

Thursday September 30th, 6:00 – 9:30PM

THE CAN FILM FESTIVAL @ 1:AM Gallery- Opening Event for Estria’s “Come to Conquer” Graffiti Series

Featuring Dirty Hands, the Art and Life of David Choe and Beat Street.

There will be a special Skpe Q&A sesh with Dirty Hands filmmaker, Harry Kim. Get your questions ready and ask him what inspired him to do a documentary on the oh-so-talented, interesting-to-say-the-least David Choe.

Free Admission

Friday October 1st, 7:00 – 10:00PM

PECHA KUCHA @ Oaksterdam University (1600 Broadway Oakland, CA) -  Another kick off event for Estria’s “Come to Conquer” Graffiti Series

Pecha Kucha is a presentation format where speakers show 20 images, each for 20 seconds.  Estria has chosen the controversial topic of “Graffiti versus Street Art”.  The presenters include Estria, 1:AM Gallery, 808 Urban, Trust Your Struggle, Nicole Martinez and more!  The event is hosted by Weyland Southon of Hard Knock Radio and Jason Mateo.  DJ Sake One will be also on hand spinning the wheels of steel.

$10 donation at the door includes 2 drink tickets

21+ over, limited to 150 people

Sunday October 3rd, 11:00AM – 5:00PM

ESTRIA INVITATIONAL GRAFFITI BATTLE @ deFremery Park (1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA) – Who will reign king or queen this year?

20 of California’s most talented graffiti artists will compete in a live painting battle.  The contestants are Vogue TDK, the 2009 defending champion, Katch, Vyal One, Exra, Kier, King 157, Dime, Siloette, Prime 808, Lango, Wand, Jher… and more!  Always admired their work on the street?  Now is your chance to see them in action up close and personal.

The winner will be chosen by an esteemed panel of judges that include: Per One FX, Nate1 MPC, Crayone TWS, and Estria TOP.

Free Family Event

Friday, October 8th, 4:00 – 8:00PM: 6th Street Art Walk

1:AM Gallery is part of “2 Blocks of Art” organized by Urban Solutions

In conjunction with the Central Market Arts Festival (September 24 – October 17, 2010), the “2 Blocks of Art” art walk will take place on Friday, October 8th from 4-8 pm. Fifteen local artists will exhibit in galleries, public spaces, and businesses along Sixth Street between Market and Howard. Restaurants, bars, and nightclubs along the way are offering discounted food and drink specials during the event.

A map of featured artists and locations will be coming soon. You can also visit www.centralmarketarts.org or call 415.553.4433 x115 for more information.

Saturday October 16th, 5:30 – 8:00PM:

“The Classics” Closing Reception @ 1:AM Gallery

We got some special treats for you to close this awesome throwback exhibition.  Auction, fundraiser, graffiti legends and so much more!  Special guest speaker, Spie, will break it down on what Bay Area graffiti is all about.  Be ready for him to drop some knowledge on ya… He usually gives presentations at schools, universities and even the De Young Museum!

Free Family Event

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The 4th Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle
and “Come to Conquer” Graffiti Series
Features the West Coast’s Top Graffiti Artists in One Day Competition

September 13, 2010 (OAKLAND, CA) - Graffiti living legend Estria Miyashiro presents the 4th Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle (EIGB), a nationwide urban art competition that honors and advances creativity in the Hip Hop arts. The battle will be held on Sunday October 3, 2010, from 11am-5pm, at DeFremery Park (aka Little Bobby Hutton Park), on 16th and Adeline St. in West Oakland, CA. The event will feature 20 of the West Coast’s top graffiti artists competing for the title of the nation’s best of the best. Within the six hour span of the festival, 8’ x 10’ foot murals will be created by each artist, and judged by respected writers Crayone-TWS, Nate1-MPC, and Estria. Leading up to the day of the battle a series of events under the theme “Come To Conquer”, will include The Can Film Festival, Pecha Kucha Night Oaksterdam: Graffiti vs Street Art, and the launch of a nationwide art show Rough Sketch, (details below).

“We are committed to keeping the battle a long standing tradition in the arts community. Not only do we want to promote visual art as a positive alternative for youth, but we want to promote change within the art form itself. By showcasing different styles from around the country we’re also promoting gender, sexual, racial and class equality in Hip Hop and the visual arts”, says Estria Miyashiro (EIGB founder).

EIGB has also partnered with the Life Is Living Festival (www.lifeisliving.org) for the 4th year, promoting a healthy, and sustainable lifestyle in under-served communities. The festival includes a concert, dance contest, skate park, youth poetry, and more. It is expected to draw over 5,000 youth, families, and community members.

Submissions for artists to compete in this year’s battle are still being considered, contact: estriabattle@gmail.com.

Come to Conquer Graffiti Series 2010 Event Schedule:

9/30 Thurs – The Can Film Festival
6PM: FREE
1:AM Gallery, 1000 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Featured Films - Dirty Hands (including Q & A with Director Harry Kim), and Beat Street.

10/1 Fri - Pecha Kucha Night Oaksterdam: Graffiti Verses Street Art
7PM: $10 donation at the door includes 2 drink tickets, 21+ over
Oaksterdam, 1600 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Featuring presentations by: Estria, 1:AM SF, Dream TDK (non mural work), 808 Urban, Trust Your Struggle, Angry Woebot, and Nicole Martinez on their history and perspective on graffiti and street art.

10/2 Sat – Rough Sketch Opening Reception for National Art Show
6PM-12AM: FREE
Pueblo Nuevo Gallery, 1828 San Pablo Ave #1, Berkeley, CA 94702
Featuring many artists from past Estria Invitational Graffiti Battles
Show runs Oct. 1-24

10/3 Sun - 4th Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle at Life Is Living Festival 11AM-5PM: FREE
DeFremery Park (aka Little Bobby Hutton Park), 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Featuring 20 of the top graffiti artists in the West Coast
Activities include: Sketch book battle for youth, t-shirt stencil workshop, Graffiti Photo Booth, artists signing

10/3 Sun - EIGB Official After Party
9PM: FREE
Liege Spirits Lounge, 481 9th Street Oakland, CA 94607

Social networking links to connect with: www.facebook.com/EstriaInvitationalGraffitiBattle
www.twitter.com/estriabattle
*twitter mentions use: #estriabattle

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*All media, photographers, and videographers must be registered by Friday, September 24, to receive a press badge for the events. Please contact catherine@papalodown.com for your confirmation.

download EIGB flyer here:
front: http://www.flickr.com/photos/estria_murals/4951861119/
back: http://www.flickr.com/photos/estria_murals/4952452570/

About Estria: Estria Miyashiro is an influential leader of San Francisco’s “Golden Age” of graffiti. He began spray painting in Hawai’i in 1984 and has since painted hundreds of murals worldwide, pioneered a variety of painting techniques, and is one of the originators of the stencil tip. Estria also teaches graffiti classes, and lectures at universities on graffiti´s social and political impact, and is the co-founder of the annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle, founded in 2007. Estria also co-founded Visual Element, a free mural workshop to empower youth through art. www.estria.com

About Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle: The Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle is a national, traveling, one-day, urban art competition that honors and advances creativity in the Hip Hop arts. The Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle encourages participants to find new ways of communicating social issues through graffiti and Hip Hop culture. www.estriabattle.com

Event Sponsors: Hard Knock Radio (KPFA FM), MTN Spray Paints, 1:AM Gallery, Pueblo Nuevo Gallery, Oaksterdam,  and Samurai Graphix.

Press Coordinator:
Catherine Judge
catherine@papalodown.com
415-412-4674

Sponsorship Contact:
Paloma Belara
paloma@papalodown.com
415-992-1428

Volunteer Contact:
Kim Ganade-Torres
estriabattle@gmail.com
415-341-7047

Peep the killer line-up:

Crayone

Cuba

Dare WCF

Estria

Furyone

Ink

Kasper WCF

Kaytwo WCF

King 157

Koper

Krash

Mike Bam

Myk

Nate1 MPC

Pengo

Phresh

Picasso TWS

Raevyn

Refaone

Rize TMF

Robz

Sno

Spie One

Twick

UB40

Verb

Vogue

Zest KGB

And as a special guest, Jim Prigoff, photographer for Spray Can  Art (which has sold more than 200,000 copies to date!), Graffiti LA, Graffiti NY and more, will be sharing his vast photography collection that captured the beginnings of graffiti in the Bay Area.

Say what?  That’s right, all these cats from back in the day, are rewinding and sharing with you The Classics.

The Classics opens tonight at 7pm.  Don’t sleep!

"Spray Can Art" by Robz

"Master Piece Creators Yall!" by Nate1

And now his back. And we mean, back in a BIG way. Check out his work for Graphic Attack!:

"Flower Death" by Cern

"Diosa Rosada" by Cern

CERN’S BIO:

Cern began writing graffiti in the early 90’s.  Diverse in his scope, he has created numerous collaborative murals with the YMI crew and artists around the world; and he has also exhibited canvas and watercolor works in galleries in New York City and beyond.  Cern has been included in books such as Burning New York and Graffiti World.

Be here for the opening of Graphic Attack! this Friday, May 7th from 6-10pm!

With approximately 2000+ people in attendance, Estria, Bam and the gang did a good job putting the event together.  We were lucky enough to be placed right by where Vogue and Katch were painting.  To have front row seats, watch these guys for 4 hours and see their vision unfold was awesome.  Armed with the word “Grow” and their imagination, here are pictures of the winning pieces:

1ST PLACE WINNER – Vogue

He killed it during the battle and our “Ode to the Spray Can” exhibition (sold every one of his canvases and he has gained fans for life).  He has become one of our favorite artists.  His street style is dope, his canvases are sick, and he is one chill cat.  OG representin’ all day.  We can’t wait to see what he has in stored for us in our anniversary show “Eternal Sleep“.

2ND PLACE WINNER – Katch

Katch is nasty… in a good way. Heralding from Hawaii, he brought some of the natural island flava with him when he battled.  We have one more of his pieces left (pictured below…he sold all of his other ones) from the “Ode to the Spray Can” show.  If you or you know someone who is interested, hit us up at info@1AMSF.com.

For more pictures of the battle, visit our flickr.

Check out Vogue’s latest works this Friday, October 16th at our “Eternal Sleep”  show!

]]> http://1amsf.com/2009/10/13/the-winner-circle/feed/ 0 http://1amsf.com/2009/10/09/bombin-talkin-stylin/ http://1amsf.com/2009/10/09/bombin-talkin-stylin/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:22:26 +0000 1:AM http://1amsf.com/?p=1350 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 ended the night with “Style Wars”.  Here are pictures from the event:

The audience

The panel (L-R) Erin Yoshi, Kev Epps, Dr. Susie Lundy, Estria, Jeff Chang

Dan, Josue, and Rios choppin it up

Q&A with Estria and Jeff Chang

Doves givin' love to the kids in SOMA

Many thanks to Jeff Chang, Dr. Susie Lundy, Kev Epps, Erin Yoshi, Estria, Doves, Adobo Hobo and Brazilian Bites!

1. Dr. Susie Lundy:

A graffiti historian, b-girl, deejay, educator, and muralist.

2. Erin Yoshi:

A painter, photographer, muralist and rider with the Trust Your Struggle Collective.  Her artwork is a reflection of the struggle within our neighborhoods, communities, the paradigms of social justice and youth empowerment.

www.erinyoshi.com

3. Kevin Epps:

Creator of the documentary “Straight Outta Hunter’s Point”, which won local and national acclaim, and established him as a leader in digital, independent film and new media.  A boardmember of San Francisco Black Film Festival, and have have partnered with governmental and corporate entities such as: Golden Gate National Parks, Yahoo, Google, Discovery Channel, Boys and Girls Club, City of Richmond, Current TV, and other well known organizations.

http://blackalcatraz.com/

4.  Estria:

He has served the community through his non-profit cultural work for over 28 years.  Estria’s life work has been to build and advance community through mural projects.  He is the co-founder of Estria’s Invitational Graffiti Battle.

www.estria.com

MODERATOR: Jeff Chang

Author of Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop.  The book garnered many honors, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award.  In 2007, he interviewed Barrack Obama for the cover of Vibe.

www.cantstopwontstop.com

STREET FOOD VENDORS: Adobo Hobo (serving chicken and vegetable adobo) and Brazilian Bites (specializing in moqueca)

The Can Film Festival starts at 5:30pm… If you can’t make it that early, make sure that you don’t miss the panel discussion at 7:30pm!