Sunday, February 23, 2014

FINE LINES






The Walter Gropius Master Artist

The Huntington Museum of Art looks forward to welcoming Don Pendleton as a Walter Gropius Master Artist. An exhibit titledParis Signs Presents: Fine Lines: The Artwork of Don Pendleton goes on view at HMA March 8 and continues through June 1, 2014. The artist will speak about his work on April 10, 2014, at 7 p.m. Admission to the April 10 presentation is free. Refreshments will be served.

Don Pendleton will return to HMA for a skateboard demonstration event at 2 p.m. May 17, 2014. Don Pendleton is also presenting a three-day workshop at HMA titled
Fine Lines: The Art of Skateboard Graphics, which will take place from April 11-April 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. To register or for workshop fee information, call (304) 529-2701. As skateboards have made their way from the streets into some of the largest museums in the world, the Huntington Museum of Art explores this cultural phenomenon and the fine line between commercial art and fine art with Pendleton's three-day workshop. During the workshop, Pendleton says participants will immerse themselves in the history of skateboard graphics, culture and design and also create their own original piece on a skateboard deck. The workshop will encourage participants to focus on the fundamentals of solid design on the most basic level, using sketchbooks and pens/pencils to explore the ideas of space, balance, contrast, shape and typography.


Sunday, February 2, 2014

ROOTS




Its been a long cold winter. Shit is def not over yet. We got one day of 60 degree weather and decided to take it to the streets. We ended up at a couple warm up spots. But finished up with some games of skate and a session at Harris Riverfront Park. This place was a mess.


Alot of people were roaming around down there. All different kinds. Bikers, skateboarders, bums, college students, families, hipsters, and of course online encounters trying to get a fix.


Most of the kids that were carrying around a skateboard were doing just that. Sitting on the three stair smoking cigs and enjoying the freedom that comes with being away from parental supervision.
Why were they not skateboarding?
Why did'nt they join in on a game of skate?
Maybe they were just trying to score some candy.


We were among the few to stay and enjoy what the riverfront had to offer.
Even if it were just for a day, it brought me back to when I was younger and skated 2 miles all the way to downtown just to skate with the older guys that all met up at the spot. Seems like its the last resort at bottom of the city so no one would bother us. Being that young I am surprised I was able to just chill and learn a new trick or two.


Eventually this will be a mecca of adolescent teens trying to find something to skate. Once the park is built it'll turn into a huge deal. But for now it's still like it was when I first started skateboarding. Dingy, dirty, smelly, rough, and weird. I almost would like it to stay this way. But everything changes and everything goes through its phases.

Ryan Stapleton
manual pop out
(andrew with the ifilm)

So we will enjoy it while it lasts. Enjoy the fact that we are just a percentage of people who like places like this.