“Laluzapalooza” at La Luz de Jesus
No theme! Eye-popping! Mind-blowing! Over 100 pieces of art! It’s that time again–Laluzapalooza is back at La Luz de Jesus. Now in its in 28th year, the annual juried show brings together gallery artists, commercial illustrators, graphic designers, tattooists, scenics, students, street taggers, and animators for an explosion of contemporary art and one of the…
Preview: “Laluzapalooza” Opens March 7 at La Luz de Jesus
It’s back! The biggest, boldest explosion of Pop Surrealism, conceptual narrative, Low Brow, contemporary grotesque, post-Industrial romanticism, Mid-Century graphic, and just about every other contemporary genre explodes over the walls at La Luz de Jesus’ 28th annual juried show. There’s no theme, just some freshest and most relevant artists working today, drawn from over…
Animal Style: A Conversation with JAW Cooper
JAW Cooper doesn’t know this, but she often wakes me up. She gets me out of bed. You see, I have very troubled sleep and most mornings my eyes open before the alarm sounds. In those drowsy moments, when my body isn’t quite motivated to propel itself off the mattress yet, I end up…
Charity Case: “Art with a Heart” & “Print Isn’t Dead” at WWA Gallery
Let’s face it, we humans are contrary folk. We will cut each other off in traffic without even signaling. We will berate underpaid, blameless supermarket cashiers for not opening more registers, even if there are only two people ahead of us. We will bump into each other while walking and texting, then scowl at…