MAKE SOMETHING!! is a series of community and youth-oriented creative workshops produced in conjunction with the release of the Beautiful Losers film. These workshops are taking place in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The work created in each location will form a continually evolving exhibition, which will be open to the public to view.
The SF workshops are happening at VASF (1485 Haight St) starting this Sat, Aug 16th through Sun, Sept 21st and will be hosted by the following artists: Thomas Campbell, Tommy Guerrero, Clare Rojas, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Alex Kopps, Jeff Canham, Kylea Borges, and Jessie Spears. [Read more]
The Beautiful Losers documentary film makes its US theatrical debut at the IFC Theater in New York City this Fri, Aug 8. The following week the movie lands in San Francisco with a one night special screening on Sat, Aug 16 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (which hosted the touring art exhibit in 2004). Get your tix here.
The film celebrates the DIY (do-it-yourself) spirit of a loose-knit group of like-minded outsiders emerged from the underground youth subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop and graffiti in the ’90s. This group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Featuring Shepard Fairey, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Thomas Campbell, Mike Mills, Ed Templeton, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine, Ed Templeton, Stephen Powers, Geoff McFetridge Joe Jackson and new original music by Money Mark.
