I'm still recovering from the amazing trip I got to go on courtesy of Imeem and Gallery Lombardi. This experience started in the late afternoon over at Gallery Lombardi where Nate was gracious enough to let me paint with some of Texas's finest graffiti writers from all over. Rachel scored an excellent wall parallel to the gallery in the parking lot of the space. It was good to catch up and meet new Texans who are excellent in art and humble as all hell. Got to relax a little bit Friday night in preperation for all of the festivities that is to come on Saturday evening.

Saturday evening's festivities started a little later than Friday night (thank goodness because the sun was blazing all day!), complete with an outdoor DJ set up and the Pieced Together doors opening to early gallery goers right at 7pm sharp. I started my painting at 730pm right as the sun was setting so that it would be a little more comfortable for myself and the crowd that gathered around to watch. The painting was a lot of fun and I didn't want to disappoint so I did the best I could before it got real dark keeping in mind that there were so many amazing artists around me the whole time. The experience was surreal and all the people there were very supportive of what i was doing. They even clapped when I got done! That's definitely a first.

I can't thank the staff at Gallery Lombardi enough for their hospitality, Nate Nordstrom for taking care of everything I needed for the whole weekend and the people of Austin for making my trip one of the best so far this year!

Thank you Imeem.com and Gallery Lombardi!

Sincerely

Revise CMW

I've posted some of the actual pieces in the show. omg!!
this is a sweet looking show.
all are welcome,
artists reception: Sat. June 7th 7-10pm
the show and gallery is open at noon on Sat.

I'm really diggin it as I hang it right now.
rachel

Drumroll....

Rachel says:
"Won Kim is the winner, we think that he is aka Revise!! coming out of Chicago!... We had some very strong entries, big shout outs to Jaber, Video, Amo, and the all the others that made it fricken hard to choose. Evok your work is dope we are honored you entered -but Canadians were ineligible, we'll change that rule if we do this again. The mixtures of letters, characters and styles was a treat for our eyes. It's great to know the true aerosol heads are out there doing their thing. Won Kim has a great pallet rocking a bright look. We liked the variation in his lines, with the thick and thin details. The flourishes and details did not distract from the strong composition, the overall shape on the wall looked great. I think he's got the experience & style make a great piece live. His work is developed, his style is fresh and he really puts time into his pieces. Jaber you were #2 and we want you to come back to Austin real bad."

Sloke says:
"That is dope, it's really clean, he's got can control."

check these rad sites out: http://www.revisecmw.com http://www.jaberwashere.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke/

thanks for entering, thanks for making rad aerosol art.
Gallery Lombardi

The submission period has ended. Gallery Lombardi will be deciding the winner and you will know soon. Please keep an eye on your imeem mail and your emails.

Thank you for all of your submissions.

Open Call For Graffiti Art! Enter today to be part of Pieced Together The All Texas Graffiti Art Show at Gallery Lombardi in Austin Texas on June 7th, 2008.

One Lucky Winner Gets:
Airline ticket to Austin, cost up to $500, A rainbow selection of Spanish Montana Paints, a Custom Built 8' x 8' Panel, The Option to Sell the Piece in the gallery free breakfast tacos and a clean couch to sleep on An Autographed "Saber: Mad Society" Book = $250 cash value + getting fame = priceless

The Judges are:
Pieced Together is juried by Rachel Koper and Nathan Nordstrom aka Sloke One, ATX. We will notify the winner via email by May 3rd.

All submissions* will be scored in the following areas:
1. clean lines/ can control
2. originality ingeniuty of placement
3. great fades
4. hot color (letters, characters, stencils, all styles welcome) 5. complexity (details and layers are more important than size) 6. is it primarily aerosol? this is an aerosol show.

*size and what they were painted on doesn't matter, a mixed media element may be a small part of it. You must in the USA and over 18 years old to be are eligible, the DEADLINE to enter is May 1st, 2008.

How to Enter (it's free):
1.Make sure you can get off work for the weekend of June 7th.
2.make a user account at http://imeem.com 3.0 title & upload your best masterpiece as a jpg, 1-3 views of 1 piece or
3.1 title & upload your best masterpieces as a movie (up to 5 min) 4.then join our group http://piecedtogether.imeem.com 5.then upload your pictures to the group page, 6.you did it, now the jury can see your sweet art.
7.May 3rd the winner will be annoucced via email and the website.

More FAQs and official things are here:
http://http://piecedtogether.imeem.com/forums/lDC3G9CP/jzieR6Fj/rules_and_regulations/

hi grumpy at 3am...

why would you enter?
1. Free Spanish Montana Paint
2. Meet artists, publishers, & curators from all over
3. Visit Austin for fun weekend (couch surfing assistance provided by Rachel)
4. Get press, show off in front of living people & cameras
5. Meet girls, djs, b-boys, sign black books, get free tacos
6. Create a great painting and then sell it to an art collector
7. Gallery Lombardi sells finished art to the public, we don't commission murals.
8. the surface will be an 8' x 8' panel, nice and square, it will be outdoors for ventalation
It will be well lit, near the djs and entirely video recorded.
9.Gallery Lombardi has worked to develop the successes of street artists since 2000.
Using the 4 elements as curatorial guidelines, we've hosted artists like Saber, Neckface, Retna,
Revok, David Choe, Blek La Rat, Bill Daniel, Michael Sieben, Matthew Rodriguez, Labrona,
Other and many more internationally known, celebrated and paid artists.
10.please only enter if you really want to come here and be nice, no meanies.