The October installment of the downtown art walk was extra spicy. A swarm of people ran out of the gallery on Spring and 4th coughing because someone let off a mist of pepper spray inside. By chance, we discovered who the culprits were after overhearing them talk about it on the street – they were a couple that painted their faces like day of the dead skulls. Once our throats stopped stinging from the mace residue, we walked down to where the pop-up galleries usually are at 4th and main, but unfortunately due to the city raising permit costs, they weren’t going on. With all that drama out of the way, it was great to to see Vannesa Bonet’s hippo performance again – especially since I discovered through her friends that she was also behind the waiting room installation at The Brewery. I guess it was all a bit too fitting that the art walk closest to Halloween was haunted.
band performing at The Mezz bar
Girls selling Sugar Skulls
crowd
mechanical bull ride at the art walk
Live Wu-Tang painting
Dulce Cerritos painting live at The Mezz bar
Ghostbuster nikes
This Painting is by Zeus Xavierr Thomas. He told me that he served in the military during the first tour of the current war and when they’d do their patrols every now and again women wearing burkas would uncover their faces for a second. So in a way, they were flashers.
Alice Awakening by Amanda Sage @ DIALECT
Rice Baby by Blamo! @ DIALECT
Heart Is Where The Home Is by Shira Loa @ DIALECT. Shira told me about her awesome studio space in downtown and that all of her pieces are hand hammered.
All of the plaques for Shira Loa’s art at DIALECT were laser cut onto brass by one of the gallery’s owners – so cool!
Pacheka by Christian Blaxner
Painting by Amy Yung @ BLUECANVAS. The clouds in the piece were pieces of stuffed fabric which were glued to the canvas.
Cut out by Charles Clary
Detail of cut out by Charles Clary
Painting by Perin Mahler @ BLUECANVAS
Nathan Ota @ BLUECANVAS
Digital art by Michael Oswald @ BLUECANVAS
Illustration by Eric Chiang @ BLUECANVAS
Oshidashi by Charles Hu @ BLUECANVAS
THE HIPPOS!!! [Vanessa Bonet on LEFT]
Man-One and U1 toys teamed up to produced these unique resin editions
Robert Rauschenberg-like sculptures int he gallery above The Last bookstore
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MAIN PHOTO OF LIVE TATTOOING BY JOHNNY QUINTANA [INK SHOP] @ BLUECANVASS
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DOWNTOWN ART WALK: http://downtownartwalk.org/
BLUECANVAS: http://www.bluecanvas.com/
DIALECT: http://www.downtowndialect.com/
CHARLES CLARY: http://percusiveart.blogspot.com/
AMY YUNG: http://amyyung.com/
SHIRA LOA: http://www.shiraloa.com/
MICHAEL OSWALD: http://www.bymichaelo.com/
DULCE CERRITOS: http://www.wix.com/artsonistwoman/artsonistwoman
ERIC CHIANG: http://artofcire.blogspot.com/
CREWEST GALLERY: http://www.crewest.com/
U1 TOYS: http://www.u1toyarts.com/
NATHAN OTA: http://www.nathanota.com/
CHRISTIAN BLAXNER: http://www.cristianblanxer.com/
PERIN MAHLER: http://www.perinmahler.com/
INK SHOP: http://www.inkshoptattoo.com/
AMANDA SAGE: http://amandasage.com/
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