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Artists, designers, creatives, it’s that time of year… Plastisol 2 by Indy Ink is comin’ up.  This is pretty much THE t-shirt design contest, if that’s your thing.  It’s one of ours, and we’re gettin’ in on it. Stay tuned to Indy Ink for more info.  Entries are due by August 1, yo!

Local talents, Max Kaufman and Mike Gallegos will be showing new works entitled, Niche Living, next Friday, March 7th at Indy Ink. According to Max, “The show is themed around the idea of cities being pushed to the brink of extinction, and existing only in tiny little pockets of subsistence, like fungus or tiny plants. Almost how post Ice-Age giant beasts reduced in size to their modern stature. The cities live almost as parasites, infecting the beasts of this new land.” Awesome! You can see some previews of Max and Mike’s new works here.

Mike Graves just sent over some sneak peeks of his work for tonight. Lookin’ good! We’ll be out for sure. Can’t wait to see what Jive has cookin’! Check out the show tonight, 7 - 11 at Indy Ink.

The best battle since the Thrilla in Manila… Jive and Graves will duke it out at INDY INK on February 1st. We’ve all been waiting for this one. We spoke to Graves today, and he’s pretty much foaming at the mouth. Jive best bring his A-game. We heard “Madd” Mike’s been bangin’ heavy in the gym and barely made weight??? Mark your calendars.

Sydney Fox Photography will be showing be at INDY INKY on Friday, January 4th at 7pm.  Check it out!

Mark you calendars casue there’s some shit goin’ down… Mike Graves latest show opens on October 24th. And one week later, for first Friday on Colfax NewSpeak (INDY INK’s latest venture - retail & tattoos) opens with the DF crew (Emit, Cycle, Keith Jive, East, D. Ross - Scribe, Jason Brunson, Quisp, and Vogues) + more of Mike Graves and a bit of Jher 451 proudly presenting “Die Famous” on November 2nd. Hot shit goin’ down.

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Our friends at The Fabric Lab, The Plastic Chapel, and INDY INK down in Denver have come together and assumed the shape of one super awesome creative monster. They’ve aligned and are using their collective creative powers to collaborate on a number of ultra-fresh events. You can peep all the details below.

SPECIAL NOTE: STEEZ, a solo exhibition at The Fabric Lab by Kelsey Beatrix Dalton oughtta be really rad. Snap! homegirl can paint, yo! Lefavor, get with it kid..

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Rafa Jenn’s show “Pin-ups” is coming this friday at Joyengine and even though Mr. Scot Lefavor has given us a sneak peek to some of Rafa’s work, it is up to YOU to come see the rest of what he has in store for us. His drawings are super sick, not to mention the killer opening that we will be holding at the shop in his honor. If you aren’t able to make it to Boulder on Friday, there’s some pretty other dope shit going on like “Belly Full” at Indy Ink in Denver. A group show featuring artists like Lifter Baron, Huth, Mike Graves, Kris Fry, Alex Meyer, Dave Palmer, and Chris Cox, the show will featrue a lot of artists, a ton of new art, and should be tons of fun. So why not try to make both?

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IKON will battle HACK on July 6th at INDYINK. If you dig on gritty street inspired work this shit is the real deal. IKON/HACK holds down the Denver street scene and represents - 4real. Check it out cuz it’s gonna be DOPE.

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As promised earlier in the week, we would collect as many photos as we could to show everyone how fun & fantastic the Glorification event was. I did some fixing and searching through all of my pics. Some were totally jacked but still needed to be used for their representational value and others were reshot. As I had mentioned before, I was in the Guerilla Fashion show, so I couldn’t take any shots at the INDY INK show or Ikon’s work. I will cruise back by later on and grab some fresh flicks of the pieces on display. Take a look at what I’ve collected so far and make sure to stay tuned for the Ikon vs Hack show pics.

Plastic Chapel | Ryan Riss | INDY INK | The Fabric Lab

Well, almost. It’s actually here this Saturday. The show begins at 9PM at Bender’s Tavern on 13th & Grant in Denver. Included in the festivities are tons of music, live painting, screen printing by INDY INK and horse carriages full of art by artists from all over the area. It’s a must see event for the local art/ music/ drinks lover.

Music by: The Postman, DJ Deft & DJ Soup
Video work by: AVJ Gabe & Sucka VJ.
Live Painting by: Magnet Mafia
Live Screen Printing by: INDY INK
Saturday, July 14th 9PM
Bender’s Tavern on 13th & Grant in Denver

Illegal Fun | Magnet Mafia | INDY INK

As expected the event was awesome, and as always some did better than others. The new Plastic Chapel shop looks rad. Ryan Riss did his thing and kept people’s eyes at attention. The INDY INK show was super sick too. Hack lit shit up with his goodie graphic aerosol style. I didn’t get much of a chance to stay and check it out in detail because I was in the “Guerilla Fashion Show” and my reinforcements were no where to be found. But rest assure I will peek my head in some time this week to say whats up to the homies and get some flicks of the work. There was a “DIY” event at Capsule Gallery that I didn’t get much of a chance to peep for the same reason. Being in a fashion show is hard work. When we got back to The Fabric Lab for the final fashion show, I was ready for action. And sure enough action was there to meet me. The fashion show went super well and people seemed to be stoked. All of the artwork in The Fabric Lab was super good as well. I was surprised by some of the work I saw. Artists work I had never seen before and styles to amaze even the most particular patrons of art. I’m sure all of this would all hold more weight if I had pictures to back it all up, but I don’t. Not right now anyway. They all got fucked up so I’m gonna go to the spots and collect images of work and spaces that all of this went down at. So until then, just use your imaginations or even stop in and check it out for yourself. Sooner than later you’ll see all the magic come to fruition, right here on the JE blog. Stay tuned, same Joyengine time, same Joyengine channel for more excitement, pictures and greater explanatations of things you wish you did over the weekend.
Plastic Chapel | Ryan Riss | INDY INK | The Fabric Lab