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Gleaner Project: Tuesday August. 24, 2010

The Gleaner Project, brought to you by Ms. Jen, Bob and Dixie Lake, will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 in San Francisco at: 900 Tennessee St, #16.

"you are invited to come to an exclusive preview pick & purchase party of allllll the amazing gleaned goods i've collected from my summer state wide travels! there is some killer women's & men's vintage clothing & vintage homewares, mid century modern goods, & just plain rad things your home might need that i'd like to let you get first shopping dibs on before i stock the gleaner project etsy shop! please invite your friends & come out -- there will be bevvies & treats available while you take a gander. some photo shots from our travels will be on slide show too! we'd love to see you regardless if you need any amazing vintage items or not, so stop on by & say hi to us!"

- ms. jen

http://www.sproutstudio.net
http://www.sproutstudio.etsy.com
http://www.thegleanerproject.etsy.com
http://www.sproutgirl74.blogspot.com

Email: sproutstudio@mac.com for questions about the Gleaner Project and let Ms. Jen know how many cookies to bake for your visit.

A Dedication... Issue #4 Contrast Magazine

Contrast Magazine just released their issue #4. Inside, a full page dedication along with a back-cover tribute in Kenny's memory...

If you're in Hawaii, please attend the Friday, August 20th event at KA.

Click on image for full size.

Courtesy of The Skate Nazi.

Ray Barbee

Thanks to Todd Francis for sending the Ray Barbee, Element Tribute decks. Sean Cliver remixed the original ragdoll graphic for this release in Ray's honor a few months back. Two shapes in two different colors. The blue one is sure to be ridden soon, personally...

A few months ago, Kenny had requested The Skateboard Mag with Ray Barbee on the cover while he was at the City Of Hope Cancer Center. Ray sent him a care package with a signed copy of the mag, a nice collection of Ray's photographic prints and the kindest letter for Kenny. It uplifted his spirits greatly... Huge fan of Ray Barbee on the board, musically and as our friend. Ray's tribute board and this cover of The Skateboard Mag makes perfect sense to me, and even more... Mahalo, man.

Tommy Guerrero, Natas Kaupas and Levi's Workshop

Tommy Guerrero performed at the Levi's Workshop on Saturday night, August 14, 2010 in the Mission district of San Francisco. The performance celebrated the launch of Tommy's collaboration with Natas Kaupas, entitled SF/LA, which used text-based designs and printed posters to compare California's two great cities.

[o] above courtesy of Levi's Workshop. Mahalo to Sarah LaRosa.
[o] above by Yong-Ki

De-stalling in Seattle with Geoff McFetridge

Photographer, friend and ambassador of the Solitary Arts, Andrew Paynter, along with Geoff McFetridge and myself flew-into Seattle over this past weekend to de-stall Geoff's 3-year installation at the Seattle Art Museums Olympic Sculture Park. It took Geoff months of preparation and 10 days with a full staff to prepare for the initial opening on March 29, 2008. The de-stalling came down within 5 hours with little pain and lots of time to spare in Seattle. Geoff's Pottok wallpaper on the opposing length of the wall on the other-hand, probably took the remainder of the day. Sad to see this come down but it did stay-up for 3 years instead of the initially proposed annual rotation. Mahalo.

All I could think about once Geoff's installation of bent-plywood posters came-down, were the formation of ridable transitions laying about. I was jonesing to skate...

Ferris Plock at the Shooting Gallery Sat. August 14, 2010

Ferris Plock has a solo opening at San Francisco's Shooting Gallery on Saturday, August 14, 2010. 7-11PM.

The Shooting Gallery 839 Larkin Street, San Francisco.

For Kenny and Lillie, A Benefit on Friday, August 20th, 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii

Today is August, 11, 2010

Happy Birthday, Kenny. We Miss You, Man.

Summer Drawing Show Photos

Over the 4th of July holiday... at a lake in Chicago, drawing for the Summer Drawing Show that took place on August 5, 2010 at the Family Back Room Gallery in Los Angeles.

- Geoff

Jonathan Swartz @ Patagonia Cardiff-By-The-Sea

Jonathan Swartz at Patagonia Cardiff-By-The-Sea sent this gift-box today.

Patagonia tote by Geoff McFetridge, a framed photo print of Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Chuck Treece, and Matt Rodriguez from the Stereo 15th Anniversary opening, here at the studio (2007), a disc full of live music from the Mattson 2, and a truly thoughtful note. Mahalo Jonathan...