JOYENGINE: cause sharing is cool

Saturday was a big art day. We kicked it off with White Space 2 in partnership with BMoCA and Design Within Reach (find out more). A live painting art event at DWR. Our boy Markham “Shitty Kitten” Maes was ready to paint up a storm and did just that. The other artist participants included Pattie Lee Becker, Christopher Cox, Paul Kraus, Amanda Marie and Jenna Wilson. The art line up coupled with beats and vibes from DJ Segue made for a super fresh environment.

We gotta hand it to all the artists involved that put their shit on the line for everyone to see. Big Ups to our bro Chris Cox and Sherbert’s Jenna Wilson who to our knowledge don’t really paint (at least not traditionally) all that much - way to step up and crush it.

Ryan Batch of White Spacez and DWR handled shit to say the least. Nice Ryan. On two occassions throughout the night Ryan ceased the arty chaos, got everyone to shut the fuck up, and laid down the law… it went something like this - OK people, you all dig on this live art stuff, so SUPPORT IT. Make a donation at the door, buy some cocktails, buy some art for god sake - at least bid on it and help drive up the price, do something to support this scene. Ryan also made a point of repeatedly introducing the artists by name to really drive home their socio-cultural significance and get ‘em some name recognition.

Putting all bias aside (which is tough) we, well I, gotta make one last note: SHITTY KITTEN is nasty good and owned the room. Atta boy Markham!