Jimmy DiMarcellis aka Porous Walker & Jerry Ilkenhons

Opening Reception:
Friday March 12th
7pm to 11pm

Lower Haters Gallery
597 Haight Street @Steiner
San Francisco, CA 94117

A few selections from the upcoming show this Friday.

Monday night dinner with Matt Irving, Jessie Van Roechoudt, Allister Lee, and Sandro Grison.

Speaking of…

By: Porous Walker

Isaac McKay-Randozzi brings us 6 pages of, “Take Two, Stacks Re-dux” with Michael Leon via SLAP Skateboard Magazine.

Yes, the Solitary Arts is stoked on Michael Leon!
- Yong-Ki

Allister Lee is having a solo opening reception scheduled for Saturday, March 13,2010 at STUSSY in San Francisco from 8-11PM.

In addition, he’s a part of the inaugural group opening at Guerrero Gallery, also in San Francisco this Saturday, March 6, 2010.

Congratulations to FLY Skateshop and GIFT Skateboards in Shanghai, China! View their entire video above, “It’s A Wrap”, clocking-in at a bit over 42 minutes.

Allister was asked to work in Shanghai for 3 months in which he worked on various projects such as creating titles for the video, “It’s A Wrap” as well as the 10th Anniversary logo and decks for GIFT Skateboards.

I miss Shanghai… good people and best skate trip overseas, ever.

Fitted Hawaii (Rene Matthyssen) and APB Skate Shop (Chad Hiyakumoto), worked together with the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry and created a “packet of goods” (a hat, a t-shirt and two different decks) in support of our brother, Kenny Brimer.

You can check-out the Shota Kubo (yes, Shota, son of Shogo) video, filmed by Kenny, when you click on the image below and scroll to bottom of the page.



T-shirt sleeve graphic.

March 3, 2010
Today I started radiation treatment. It was easy. Now I just
need to watch myself and make sure I don’t get sick. They
will be keeping an eye on me and on the 10th, I get one more
dose. That will be it for the radiation part of this and then
I’ll start chemo again. Just wanted to let you guys know what
was going on. Talk to you soon.

- Kenny

Our friend, Allister Lee is coming to town from Toronto this week and will take part in the, “Inaugural Group Show” at Guerrero Gallery (Andres Guerrero), as well as a solo happening at a varied location later next week, in San Francisco.

Saturday, March 6, 2010
7:00pm-11:00pm

Guerrero Gallery
2700 19th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Writer, photographer, and friend, Travis Jensen is having an opening reception at DWNTWN skate shop in honor of his time invested towards the art of photography.

Check out Geoffs friend’s site, Single Ape!

I’ve spent time HERE ↓ – YKC

Geoff McFetridge is a Part Of It for the Library Foundation Of Los Angeles

“I WISH I WAS A BOOK”

Founded in 2007 by Christopher Sleboda and Kathleen Burns, Part of It works with artists to create products for causes they are passionate about. Sales from products benefit charities chosen by the artists.

Part of It stems from our belief that artists (and conscientious consumers) can make a positive difference in the world by supporting causes close to their heart. Expressions of protest, simple declarations, moving graphics that encourage conversation and dialogue—there are many ways to enter into and encourage civic discourse. We believe activism can be fun, personal, beautiful and engaging; we can all play a part in making a better world for ourselves, for our communities, and for future generations.

Juice Design invited their friend, Don Pendleton to paint the first indoor mural in their spacious studio here in San Francisco. Needless to say, Don nailed it, effortlessly.

I’m a big fan of Don, both as an artist and for simply being a rad person. Thus, I made two consecutive trips to visit him and the Juice crew before his flight back home to Ohio.
Safe travels and hope to see you soon, Don…

Mahalo to, Andrew, Matt, Brett, and Chris at Juice for their hospitality, as always.

Coffee break…
Front: Don Pendleton, Isaac McKay-Randozzi and Matt Irving
Back: Kyle Field and Roger Mihalko
[o] Yong-Ki (click image above for additional photos)

Andrew Paynter generously shared photographs of Don painting the mural.

[o] Andrew Paynter

[o] Andrew Paynter

A close-up detail shot of Don’s mural… [o] Yong-Ki



[o] Yong-Ki

We also went to visit Porous Walker and Ferris Plock, as part of the larger group show, Bro Palace shortly after visiting Juice.

Porous Walker and Don Pendleton

Check who is in this show at Park Life in San Francisco (until March 29th) for complete art installation.

Our friends, Porous Walker and Ferris Plock are in a group show with Jay Howell, Deth P Sun, and Skinner on Friday, Feb 26th (7-10).

PARK LIFE
220 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94118

Todd Shimabuku (IN4MATION) and Steve Van Doren were talking about our friend, Kenny Brimer in the past few weeks and this was what they were brewing-up for Kenny at Bondi. Amazing…

For more photos and writing from Todd, visit him at highsnobiety.com

Steve Van Doren

Steve Caballero and Steve Van Doren

Bucky Lasek

Kenny sent this drawing he did today, from the City of Hope…

Kenny went through a PICC procedure today. Sounds gnarly as it’s inserted from the arm, through the shoulder and down to the heart, all through a vein. A bit on the squeamish side of things with this video below but a necessary step Kenny is going through in preparation for his bone marrow transplant coming up in a few weeks.

Goods and additional exclusive product from Michael Leon and the Solitary Arts at Igloo Store in San Diego.