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Markus Cuff: Torso Book Release and Signing


Markus Cuff: Torso
Book Release & Signing Party

Thursday, November 20th, 7-10pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com

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Torso is an amazing collection of work spanning 16 years, that documents the burgeoning tattoo phenomenon across the United States and Pacific Islands; these photographs are slick and darkly addictive…reflecting artistic expression that links to both personal and social identity, the telling of stories on the skin, of being and belonging.

Included are stunning examples of work by respected tattoo artists such as Mike Rubendall, Jill Bonny, Khalil Rintye, John The Dutchman, Horiyoshi III, Carlos Torres, Matt Breckerich, Clark North, Aaron Coleman, Horitaka, Steve Looney, Ron Earhart, Nate Bunuelos, Edwin Shaffer, George Campisi and Denny Besnard.

Torso
Markus Cuff
Hardcover 120 pages
2014 KMW Studio
8.8″ x 12″
Shipping Weight: 2 Lbs.
$75–Click here to buy now!

Markus Cuff – artist, photographer, musician, thinker, social documentarian, nature lover and Jungian.He is perhaps the most highly respected and visible photographer in the tattoo world; regularly contributing to Tattoo Magazine, Tattoo Flash, and producer of many magazine specials. He was the single largest contributor to the Rolling Stone book Tattoo Nation maybe because of his access to Rock’s royalty. Markus was the original drummer for Emmylou Harris and the cult band The Textones.

Only books purchased here will qualify for signing.
Reserve your signed copy today!
Contact the book store for purchase information.
(323)663-0122 or sales@soapplant.com.

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McGrath Muniz + Berke Opening @ La Luz de Jesus

Images from the opening reception of  Patrick V. McGrath Muñiz’s “Sacro Consumo” and Shaun Berke’s “Sacrosant”  at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. 11/7/14.

 

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Studio visit: Shaun Berke “Sacrosanct”


Shaun Berke’s “Sacrosant” opens at La Luz de Jesus Gallery tonight, November 7 along with Patrick V. McGrath Muñiz’s “Sacro Consumo”.  These photos were taken in his studio while the show was in process.

The concept of Shaun’s show is an “exploration between being a simple hominid and the principals that we impose on ourselves.” The body of work is very much like an exploration as Berke figures out how best to convey these ideas.

On the shelf books open to painterly pieces by Rembrandt and others gives Shaun compositional study. Literature helps to inspire and self-written motivational reminders keep him on track.

Shaun paints in his Pasadena apartment turned studio, by the north facing window in the dining room due to the consistency of the natural light. In one of the bedrooms, Shaun has setup a workshop with a drafting table which he uses for drawing, and numerous tools which he uses for framing. Some of his frames are found and pieces are created in sizes especially for the frames.

Shaun lives with his cat Otka who likes to hang out when he paints and is also quite good at opening kitchen cabinets!


 


 

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11/8-9: Designer Con 2014 Events Schedule


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Designer Con 2014 Events!


Designer Con

November 8-9, 2014
Show Hours
Saturday 9 am – 6 pm

Sunday 10 am – 5 pm

Location
Pasadena Convention Center – Exhibit Hall
300 East Green Street

Pasadena, CA 91101

Parking

Paid parking is available at the Pasadena Convention Center and several surrounding parking lots including Paseo Colorado directly across from the convention center.


 
Designer Con is an annual art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys anddesigner goods with urban, underground and pop art! DCon is over 70,000 sq. ft. and features over 300 vendors, art & custom shows, live demonstrations, and much more! The show coordinators, Ayleen Gaspar & Ben Goretsky, strive to provide a fun, safe, comfortable environment for fans, artists, and vendors to meet. Join us in November at the Pasadena Convention Center for a weekend of fun, toys, and art!
To see the full list of participating artists and vendors, click here
To see previous event press click here
To see Designer Con 2013 highlights – photos, etc. click here

Saturday
10 am – 11 am
Starting With A Bang Through Crowdfunding
With Franco Te (co-founder of Tee No Evil) and Francis Te (designer and co-founder of Tee No Evil). Learn how to present your passion project through crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and IndiGogo. The panelists will discuss what it takes to make your project successful from beginning to end. This includes making the video, getting publicity and shipping your final product. (Stage)11 am – 12 pm Action Figure Customizing: Art, Invention and Obsession
With Jeremy Sung of Spy Monkey Creations. (Stage)

12 pm – 1 pm Developing Creator Owned Properties with Goddard Film Group
Roger Lay Jr. and Eric Carnagey of Goddard Film Group discuss the return of Skeleton Warriors and Captain Power. (Stage)

12 pm – 1 pm Signing – Chris Ryniak & Amanda Spayd (Circus Posterus 700)

1 pm – 2 pm Depression In The Arts: A Character Study
Join Las Vegas-based artists Juan Muniz & Ryan Brunty as they talk about the impact depression has on their artwork and the industry as a whole. With mental health in the headlines, it’s an apt time to speak about on an oft-not talked about issue. Moderated by Las Vegas Arts Commissioner & Zappos.com Art Curator, Brian “Paco” Alvarez. (Stage)

1 pm – 2 pm Signing – Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters (Circus Posterus 700)

2 pm – 2:30 pm World’s Biggest Blindbox Time with Toy Break
Bring a blindboxed figure (any blindbox!) and join the Toy Break crew as they try to set the record for more blindboxes opened at the same time! (Stage)

2 pm – 3 pm Signing – Shing Yin khor & Tim Lee (Circus Posterus 700)

3 pm – 4 pm Reynolds / Smooth-On Demonstration
Join Brooke Wheeler for a demonstration with Smooth-On mold making and casting products. (Stage)

3 pm – 4 pm Instinct Toys Exclusive Crayon Mucky release (Circus Posterus 700)

4 pm – 5 pm Custom Resin Figures: Art or Theft?
A dialogue between artists, collectors and the art toy community
Jeff Rawson (Galacticjerkbags.com), The Sucklord (Suckadelic), David Healey (Healeymade), Scott Wilkowski (Waxbean Studios), Peter Goral (Killer Bootlegs), Dov Kelemer (DKE Toys) and Sean Sanford (Galacticjerkbags.com)

Perhaps you’ve seen that hot pink stormtrooper toy with the suspiciously large crotch, or those crystal clear casts of iconic toys with gnarled bone white skeletons inside. Have you wondered why someone would make a sparkly snow white esque witch and then replaced her hands with additional heads, like some sort of human Hydra? You may not even care that Frankenstein and Boba Fett would never co-exist, but a figure of the two combined sounds like a killer idea to you. Sound like you? Great, then come to this panel. A discussion of the merits and demerits of using pre-existing figure parts to make new creations as well as a look at where the scene began and where it may go. (Stage)

4 pm – 5 pm Signing – Stan Manoukian & Brandan Styles (Circus Posterus 700)

All Day DKE Toys 6th Annual Graveyard & Garage Sale
Come shop in this lot of missing box, broken piece, smudged, fudged, no arms, vinyl and designer toys all at Crazy Eddie discount prices – proceeds go to many local charities. Also visit the DKE Garage Sale with all kinds of action figures, new and loose from Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Power Rangers and more. Dig through books, magazines, posters and other fun knick-knacks. Who knows what you will find! (DKE Toys 1230 )

All Day Comic Bricks Lego Art Show
An art show showcasing LEGO built Vignettes, mosaics, and sculptors of Comic Book Covers. (STUDS 1210)


Sunday

11 am – 12 pm Reynolds / Smooth-On Demonstration
Join Brooke Wheeler for a demonstration with Smooth-On mold making and casting products. (Stage)

11 am – 12 pm Signing – Stan Manoukian & Brandan Styles (Circus Posterus 700)

12 pm – 1 pm Glyos – Building A Universe with Onell Design
Join Matt Doughty, one of the creators of the Glyos System, for discussion and Q&A on building an independent toy brand. (Stage)

12 pm – 1 pm Signing – Chris Ryniak & Amanda Spayd (Circus Posterus 700)

1 pm – 2 pm STUDS Presents: LEGO As An Art Medium
Join Brandon Griffith and Tommy Williamson as they discuss the elevation of simple building blocks to high art. (Stage)

1 pm – 2 pm Stranger Factory Open Submission Portfolio Review (Circus Posterus 700)

2 pm – 3 pm State Of The Designer Toy Industry
Join Ben Goretsky of 3DRetro for a discussion on the state of the designer toy industry today. (Stage)

3 pm – 4 pm Signing – Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters (Circus Posterus 700)

4 pm – 5 pm Signing – Shing Yin khor & Tim Lee (Circus Posterus 700)

All Day DKE Toys 6th Annual Graveyard & Garage Sale
Come shop in this lot of missing box, broken piece, smudged, fudged, no arms, vinyl and designer toys all at Crazy Eddie discount prices – proceeds go to many local charities. Also visit the DKE Garage Sale with all kinds of action figures, new and loose from Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Power Rangers and more. Dig through books, magazines, posters and other fun knick-knacks. Who knows what you will find! DKE Toys 1230

All Day Comic Bricks Lego Art Show
An art show showcasing LEGO built Vignettes, mosaics, and sculptors of Comic Book Covers.

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San Diego Artists at Designer Con 2014


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San Diego artists at Designer Con in Pasadena, November 8 & 9

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www.designercon.com

November 8-9, 2014
Show Hours
Saturday 9 am – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 5 pm

Location
Pasadena Convention Center – Exhibit Hall
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

Parking
Paid parking is available at the Pasadena Convention Center and several surrounding parking lots including Paseo Colorado directly across from the convention center (parking map).

Hotel
We are proud to announce that we have partnered with the Hilton Pasadena, as the official Designer Con 2014 hotel!
168 South Los Robles Avenue (two blocks from the convention center)
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 577-1000


Designer Con is an annual art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer goods with urban, underground and pop art! DCon is over 70,000 sq. ft. and features over 300 vendors, art & custom shows, live demonstrations, and much more! The show coordinators, Ayleen Gaspar & Ben Goretsky, strive to provide a fun, safe, comfortable environment for fans, artists, and vendors to meet. Join us in November at the Pasadena Convention Center for a weekend of fun, toys, and art!

Several artists from San Diego are participating – here are some quotes and images from a few of the artists. Media: please contact me for more images, interview opportunities, event background, and media credentials if you would like to come out for the event!

To see the full list of participating artists and vendors, click here
To see previous event press click here
To see Designer Con 2013 highlights – photos, etc. click here


 

San Diego Designer Con Participation List:

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Stephen Budko
Tara Magboo – Magboo
Jordan Gorence – Armpit Lazers
Matt Spangler – Robots by Matt Q. Spangler
Chika Sasaki – GUNNZO
Paul Copeland – Paulkaiju
GMONIK
Tania Kelvin – Interspecies Planet

Steve Budko 
This coming DCon will be my third, and it’s been really interesting watching it grow as much as it has in just the past three years. I first participated in 2012, and in fact that was my first art con ever. I picked a good one. I had a table for the first time at WonderCon in Anaheim this past April. Although it was a great experience, it just didn’t have the intimate DIY vibe and sense of like-minded camaraderie that you get at DCon. Living in San Diego, I try to make it up to LA at least once a month, so the trip to Pasadena for DCon each fall is just par for the course. However, if DCon were anywhere farther away, I’d still definitely make it a point to participate. sbudko.com

Tara Magboo – Magboo
I have been exhibiting my Adorable Mayhem line for the past five years. The biggest venue that I sell at is Comic Con International which I have been selling at for five years now. I have received recognition as a featured independent artist at Comic Con through prominent news websites which include Fusion.net and Mental_Floss. I have sold my work through other comic conventions such as the Alternative Press Expo and Wondercon. In addition, I have, in addition, exhibited at craft venues such as San Diego Mini Maker Fair and the Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Craft Sale. Although I make jewelry, felt sculptures, and small paintings I felt my work was appropriate for the comic convention circuit because all the work that I make has a comic book/cartoon aesthetic. All my work is based on cute and funny yet oddly dark animal characters that I designed. I then fabricate all the resulting work by hand in San Diego whether it be metalwork or wool felting. I feel that Designer Con is a particularly good fit because it is a show that focuses on product inspired by comics or cartoons and that is exactly what I do! magboocandyandjewelry.com

Jordan Gorence – Armpit Lazers
I feel that it is important to go out to Pasadena because the LA area and Designer Con are very diverse in the type of art designers are making and the type of art people are looking for. For me it is just as important to get my artwork out to different people, as being able to see what other artists are putting out there and creating. The inspiration I find from artists helps me develop my individuality as an artist, plus it is awesome to be able to meet the artists behind the works. I have only been doing conventions for about a year and this coming Designer Con will be my 4th convention so far. armpitlazers.com

Matt Spangler – Robots by Matt Q. Spangler
Hands down, this is one of my favorite events of the year. I have never done a show where the vendors are treated so well (food when you arrive!) and have such a relaxed atmosphere. Typically show setup is chaotic and never well organized, this is the opposite. Also, the venue and quality of people that attend is exactly the demographic you would hope to have at all events! store.mattspangler.com

GMONIK
I will be showing with my fellow artists in my art collective here in San Diego, which is called Basura Social. The other artists I am showing with are Chikle, Optimus Volts, EZ Rock, and Puffer the Blowfish. We will be featuring some original art pieces, sculpture pieces, toys, and clothing. I feel Designer Con is important because it will give us a chance to meet with likeminded artists and art fans that will not only inspire our art, but push us out of our comfort zones and try new things. My art collective is trying to expand our reach outside of San Diego, and this was the perfect opportunity to do so. I have participated in the Comic Con art show and have been thinking about attending artist alley for 2015. For the past two years I have participated in Comic Con themed art shows during the convention. GMONIK.com

Interspecies Planet (by Kurathena Studios)
Tania Kelvin, Founder/Creator/Artist/Author
At Designer Con I will be featuring hand-created figurines, illustration prints, books, probably a coloring book, and other merchandise based on my characters. I’m attaching a couple of them in hand-drawn pencil illustration form. I also am offering commissioned custom figurines. I feel it’s important to travel to Pasadena for Designer Con since I really love that convention and it’s the right place for me and my art. I am especially enthusiastic that it’s a unique, intimate, and energetic convention, which showcases very talented independent artists/designers and has mostly 3D/sculptural art, which is my forte (my collection started as ceramic sculptures). This will be my first time showing my art and being a vendor at Designer Con. It’s a great place to start as a vendor, being that it’s not as huge as San Diego Comic Con. Another artist/vendor told me about Designer Con last year, so I checked it out and spent all weekend there talking to a lot of friendly vendors and doing research. The various types of art, merchandise, talent and imagination of the artists is incredible!

The weekend of October 17-19, I will be having my Interspecies Planet debut in the Artist Alley at San Diego Comic Fest. It’s a small, mellow, intimate convention that I attended for the first time last year and loved it. I felt the panels were awesome, featuring great topics, were close-up, and I learned a lot. As far as conventions/art shows/etc. go…I’m starting at Comic Fest, then Designer Con in November, and will take it from there. I will also be showcasing and selling my variety of work online…which is in development.  facebook.com/InterspeciesPlanet

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Click Mort Best Love Art Treasures Signing!


The World’s Best Loved Art Treasures
Book Release & Signing Party for Click Mort


 

Wednesday, October 8, 7-9pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Soap Plant / Wacko
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com


Elephant, rhino, and crocodile-headed birds. Dog and cat-headed adolescents. Domestic bliss embodied by rabbit-headed parents and a baby carrot, taking her first steps. Such is the whimsical oeuvre of artist Click Mort, whose remixed nostalgia figurines have made their way into the collections of Mark Ryden, Long Gone John, and director James Gunn, who supplied the foreword to The World’s Best Loved Art Treasures by Click Mort. This tiny, hardbound collection features 88 full-color pages of sculptures that may have once adorned your mother’s mantle piece, but have been transformed into true surrealist masterpieces via scalpel and epoxy. Pick up a copy of Click’s first book and goad him into regaling you with tales of his history as a musician (with The Cramps), stories about his favorite art forgers, and maybe even an anecdote or two about what inspired the art in these pages. Click will be signing alone, but some very special guests have promised to turn up and congratulate him. There will be ample opportunity for Q&A throughout the book signing with the author.

“I hope you enjoy what you see in this book. please look closely at the photos. If you do, thy will make you laugh. If you look closer, they will make you feel. And if you look closer still, they will break your heart.” – from the foreword by James Gunn

The World’s Best Loved Art Treasures
by Click Mort
6.25″ x 6.25″ Hardcover
88 pages, full color
2014 La Luz de Jesus Press / Last Gasp Books
$18.95

“Click Mort creates ‘recapitated figures’ using the parts of different, pre-existing ceramic figurines to create quirky new hybrid statues. Often imbued with narrative humor, the seamless figures also hold a sense of nostalgia as most of the figures source parts from past eras. ” – Hi-Fructose Magazine

Reserve your signed copy today!
Contact the book store for purchase information.
(323)663-0122 or sales@soapplant.com.

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Photos: Second Annual Coaster Show Install

 


The install and preview of La Luz de Jesus and LA Beer Week’s 2nd Annual Coaster Show, shot between September 2- September 4, 2014. A phenomenal show featuring over 1050 pieces, running from September 5- September 28. The show was put together by gallery director Matt Kennedy with LA Beer Week’s Brandon Bradford, mapped out by Billy Shire, and hung by interns and La Luz de Jesus staff. Also showing, Harold Fox “On the Fringe of the Mundane” Click here for show preview!

Photos by Lee Joseph

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Sean Stepanoff’s Folk Art Poke at Silver Lake


As part of La Luz de Jesus’ five-person Laluzapalooza Jury Winners show, Sean Stepanoff’s first featured exhibition at the gallery, “Entitled Hair Cut”, is inspired by the colorful folk art of African barber shop signs and the local “culture” of his Silver Lake neighborhood. Stepanoff , a skilled animator, has a sharp, clean and dark psychedelic style, and is the creator of the large format, beautifully printed compilation art zine “Gristle” featuring contributors such as David Choe, Camille Rose Garcia, Tara McPherson and others, as well as publishing limited digest size publications such as “Freaks and Geeks” and “Eyesore” which contain his instantly identifiable drawings. Stepanoff provided the complete character design for Eminem’s ‘The Slim Shady Show’ & served as designer for a video project of Erykah Badu.

I paid a visit to Stepanoff’s Silver Lake home while he was working on the show in his living-room / art studio surrounded by records and art, snapped some photos and asked about his show.

Stepanoff, also a Wacko / La Luz de Jesus employee who creates in-store graphics for the shop, was guided to the concept for his show by La Luz de Jesus Gallery director Matt Kennedy.

I did a sign at Wacko for these African barbershop signs which are brought in by guy in full African garb, sold to the shop, displayed and resold to the public.

Inspired by Stepanoff’s graphic, Kennedy came up with an idea for a show, featuring “privileged hipsters” on African barbershop signs. Stepanoff took the concept of “hipsterdom” and rolled with it.

The African barbershop signs are created  in what Stepanoff calls a “naive style, which has a charm.” Stepanoff wanted to keep that charm; appropriating the concept by keeping it simple and displaying common trends. “In Africa they’ll do a Two Pac sign or an Obama cut” sates Stepanoff.

Stepanoff’s show is as local as you can get, featuring La Luz de Jesus neighboring Siver Lake icons like the Happy / Sad foot sign (a sign for a podiatrist’s office on Sunset which is a Silver Lake landmark; a rotating cartoon foot, smiling on one side and frowning, holding a crutch on the other. Some “hipsters’ belive that whichever side the sign is on when you pass by, will determine what kind of day you will have), Intelligentsia Coffee, Black Flag tattoos (displayed by people who weren’t even born when the band broke up), sacred geometry, headbands, etc.

“I’m trying to make it look specifically LA, not trying to make it look San Francisco or New York – though I’d love to go city by city, Portland, Seattle! I’d like to do Hall and Oats, looking at each other with their haircuts.

Stepanoff paints on found local wood, sourced from neighborhood streets and alleyways. Using acrylic paint on very porous uneven board presents a challenge to Stepanoff

“sometimes it’s so bumpy that you have to go over several times but it adds a lot of character and after I’ve painted, I age it; I take it outside and slide corners on the concrete, then bring it inside, put it on the hardwood floor face down, stand on it and slide it around. I want them to look just like the ones we sell, which have been outside of the barber shop exposed to the elements.”

Wacko / La Luz de Jesus owner Billy Shire suggested he run them over with a car.

At this time, Stepanoff has sold all but one of the pieces and his show will be up through August 31 along with José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros’ “Profanity Pop” and works by the other four group show jury winners Allison ‘Hueman’ Torneros, JINX, Katherine Brannock and Frank Forte. Pick up that last piece before someone else does! Click here to check out his show as well as all the others!

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Tiki Oasis 14 Art Show and Car Show!


PrintTiki Oasis 5th Annual Art Show
Beyond Squaresville

Man… dig those crazy brushstrokes!
Free Admission – Open to the Public!
All original artwork is for sale!deadhead-logo

Exhibition Dates:
Friday Aug 15th –
Sunday Aug 17th
10:00AM – 5:00PM Daily

Artist Reception: Meet the Tiki Oasis Artist
and the Winner of the Miss Tiki Oasis Contest
and enjoy live music by The Amanda’s
Art show art reception cocktails by
DeadHead Rum

Date: Saturday Aug 16th
Hours: 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Grand Hanalei Ballroom Foyer, Crowne Plaza
2270 Hotel Cir N, San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 297-1101

Featured Artists

Atomikitty
Big Toe
Christine Benjamin
Dawn Frasier “Sophista-tiki”
David Krys
Derek Yaniger
Doug DoRr
Doug Horne
Eddy Crosby
El Gato Gomez
Eric October
Erin Joy
Harry Decker
Jodi Mass
Ken “little lost tiki” Ruzic
Michael Fleming (Tweedlebop)
Michael Grider
Michael Uhlenkott
Mike Mass
Noir Nouar
Norm Daniels
REESENIK
Robert Jimenez
Ryan Hungerford
Sandra Fremgen
SHAG
Susana Andrea
Tiki King
Tiki Tony
Woody Miller

TikiOasisCarShow2013Tiki Oasis 6th Annual Car Show!

Co-Sponsored by Goodguys and Muneca Cigars
Free admission – Open to the Public!Dig it, Daddy-O!

Tiki Oasis Car Show!
All you squares Beware!

Kraze, koo-koo kustoms!
Frenched tail lights! Metal flake, Jake!
Like, slammed and chopped, Pops!

car_show_14Traditional Rods!
Beatnik V-Double-U’s, Claude!
Kool Caddies, Daddy!

Euro Sports cars, too!
Anti-Establishment, Kent!
Bitchin’ Camaro!

Don’t miss this scene, Gene!
Or live in Shameful Regret!
T.O. Car Show, Joe!

Blow your top on the coolest and craziest collection of vintage chariots featuring….
1953 Chevy Coupe Kustom – 1955 Chevy Wagon Kustom – 1936 Ford 3 Window Coupe – 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air Kustom – 1954 Ford Customline – 1963 Ford Galaxie Convertible – 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe – 1962 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – 1960 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe – 1958 Ford Ranchero – 1956 Oldsmosbile 98 – 1961 Ford Econoline Truck – 1941 Chevy – 1927 Roadster – 1962 Chevrolet Impala – 1963 Chevrolet C-10 Longbed Pickup – 1960’s Studebaker – 1964 Spit Window Tiki Themed VW Bus – Deadhead Rum’s 1958 travel trailer and Tiki bar – 1965 Split window 21 window VW Bus – 1966 Ford Econoline Van – 1960 Manx Style Beatnik Special Dune Buggy – 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396 Convertible AND MORE!

Saturday August 16th – Sunday August 17th
Hours: 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Location: Parking Lot, Crowne Plaza
Live music featuring The Kilaueas and The Boss Fink
Live Music 10:00AM & 2:00PM
On Sunday the Car Show will also feature Food Trucks

View video of previous Tiki Oasis Car Shows here!

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Tiki Oasis 14 “Beat Tiki” – Event Overview!

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DIG TIKI OASIS the BIGGEST TIKI WEEKENDER on the PLANET!  Tiki Oasis 2014: “Beat-Tiki”
A Gathering of the Urban Beachcomber – Bohemian Underground

Thursday August 14 – Sunday, August 15-17 – San Diego
www.tikioasis.com

Please join us at the biggest Tiki Weekender!

Tiki Oasis’ “Beat-Tiki” weekender offers a unique pairing of the Beatnik and Tiki ethos. Like the Beat Generation of legend and lore, today’s Tiki aficionados are drawn to primitivism and thirst to reconnect with the primal past, celebrating it in a modern context. Spend a carefree weekend in an urban oasis amidst fellow barefoot bohemians, reveling in the kind of art, music, literature and mixology that is sure to flip your lid!

Symposiums and Special Events…
Tiki Oasis is offering over 30 Symposiums this year – so you can dig the most in mixology, dance, architecture, music, poetry, tiki history, beat workshop for kids, the historical significance of the Beats, international tiki trailblazing, lingerie, tiki crafts, pin-up hair and make-up and a whole score of book signings! Special events include the Miss Tiki Oasis Pageant, Cigar and Rum Pairing Lounge, Tiki Oasis Beauty Bungalow and Glamour Pin-Up Packages! Click for detailed symposium information

Tiki Oasis 14: “Beat Tiki” entertainment includes…

on the main stage:
The Standells, LOVE Revisited, Kate Flannery and Scot Robinson’s The Lampshades, King Kukulele, El Vez, Ixtahuele (Sweden), Davie Allan and The Arrows, The Unclaimed, The Satin Chaps, The Kilaueas, The Devil-Ettes, The Martini Kings, Tiki Joe’s Ocean, The Loons, The Cocksmen, Jason Lee and the RIP-Tides, Phast n’ Bulbous, Hang Ten Hangmen and more! Click for detailed entertainment information  and click here if you would like to download a digital Tiki Oasis 14 music sampler

DJs for the weekend include:
Howie Pyro, Mike & Anja Stax, Tanoa “Somoa Boy”, Domenic Priore, Switched on Audrey, Skipper Josh, Lee Joseph, Norm Cabrera, Phast Phreddie, Barbara Blaze, Nuria Alsina, Axel, Astro 138, Jon Burchard, Duke Weiss, Jeff BigTikiDude and Kristena, Wesley Tanenbaum, Patrick Robinson, Andrew Sandoval, Strike The Kitsch Niche AND the crew of LuxuriaMusic.com. Click for detailed DJ information

Marketplace Information
Tiki Oasis is the crossroads of the Tiki world. Craftsmen, artists, tinkerers, and traders haul their wares to the Oasis creating an Exotica emporium unmatched throughout the world. Many vendors create limited edition items specifically for Tiki Oasis weekend shoppers. Over 100 vendors will be selling their wares at Tiki Oasis 2014. Click for marketplace information

Tiki Oasis 2014 Art Show “Beyond Squaresville”…
Our 5th annual art show features over 20 top Tiki artists from around the globe. All original artwork is for sale. Click for more information and to view a few of the pieces!

artist include:
Shag, Atomikitty, Big Toe, Christine Benjamin, Dawn Frasier “Sophista-tiki”
David Krys, Derek Yaniger, Doug DoRr, Doug Horne, Eddy Crosby, Eric October
Erin Joy, Harry Decker, Ken “little lost tiki” Ruzic, Michael Fleming (Tweedlebop)
Michael Grider, Michael Uhlenkott, MP, Mulder142, Noir Nouar, Norm Daniels
REESENIK, Robert Jimenez, Ryan Hungerford, Sandra Fremgen, Susana Andrea “Vestige Photography”, Tiki King, Tiki Tony, Woody Miller –

Burlesque Show – Midnight at Tiki Oasis!
Check out a cavalcade of burlesque stars in a special Midnight Show. Join us in the in the Lagoon Room and enjoy the best of the best in burlesque! You will quiver and shake all night long to the twist-au-go-go-dance party with DJ Howie Pyro spinning hot vintage vinyl that will keep the dance floor going all night long! Click for detailed burlesque show information

Tiki Oasis 6th Annual Car Show
Two days of vintage and specialty cars, plus vendor marketplace, tiki carver village, Dj’s spinning, the Beauty Bungalow, and on Sunday only… FOOD TRUCKS! The car show will feature live music from The Kilaueas (Germany) and Boss Fink (SOCA). Stop by Saturday at 4pm to meet Miss Tiki Oasis 2014!! Click for detailed car show information

Sunday night at Tiki Oasis is a… Post-Beatnik Garage Rock Bash!
Co-headlined by original 1960s bands:
The Standells (“Dirty Water”, “Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White”)
LOVE Revisited (“Alone Again Or”, “Seven And Seven Is”)
Supported by locals The Loons (featuring Mike Stax from Ugly Things magazine)
A limited amount of tickets will be avalible at the door – see ticket information

Tiki Oasis 2014 “Beat Tiki” Sponsors
Tiki Club Liquors, Steady Clothing, Steadfast Pomade, Ballast Point, Zacapa Rum, The Beat Museum, BevMo!, Galliano, DeadHead Rum, Blue Chair Bay Rum, The Shag Store, Mount Gay Rum, San Diego Spirits Festival, PinUp Girl Clothing, The Walt Disney Family Museum, Goodguys, Voodoo Hemp Room Rum, Vampire Wine, Monster Energy/Peace Tea, Suavecito Pomade, Suavecita, Denizen Rum, Pin Up America Magazine, Angostura Rum and Bitters, Privateer Rum, Lost Spirits, Owney’s Original New York Rum, Madame Madeline, Forbidden Island, Cat Eye Club, Appleton Estate Rum, Dr. Rubin’s Pomade, Temptress Fashion, A Pin Up’s Closet, The Real McCoy, Papa’s Pilar Rum, Muneca Cigars, Penny Blue XO Mauritian, Rhum Clement Select Barrel, Stiletto Pin Up Cosmetics

Tickets & Hotels links for Tiki Oasis
www.tikioasis.com

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