JOYENGINE: cause sharing is cool

ARTCRANK Minneapolis 2009 looked super rad.  The Tran/Josh x Celeste/Lifter twatter left us a bit jealous.  But, we’ve got a feelin’ the Colorado posse’s gonna hold shit down too.  On that note – we just wrapped our posters with our man Ray at Good Thoughts on the press – and damn… tasty work, Ray.  Here’s a preview of PROPER TRANSPORTATION by cypher13 starring Mike Moore, Miria Moore, Maya Moore, and Maya Moore’s dolly.  Saturday the 11th is gonna be poppin’!!! We’re just happy to have been invited to play.  Thanks ARTCRANK.

3/4 of the Moore Family in transit.

“We’re not going to settle for what the world is, we’re going to strive for what it might be.” — Barack Obama.  And on thing that definitely will be – is one helluva frikin’ awesome art exhibition at Andenken Gallery (2990 Larimer Street) running Monday August 25 though Thursday August 28th.

The Manifest Hope Gallery exhibition celebrates arts pivotal role in creating cultural momentum and shines a spotlight on artists across the nation who use their voices to amplify and motivate the Obama campaign.  The gallery exhibition highlights 5 central themes of the progressive grass-roots movement: Hope, Change, Progress, Unity, and Patriotism.

While we’re super-stoked that this event is coming to Denver’s very own Andenken, we’re even more stoked to be participating in it and representing Colorado’s progressive art front alongside Scot Lefavor, Evan Hecox,  Josh Holland and Shannon Bonatakis, Mike Moore of tres birds, and Rick Griffith of Matter Studio.  The list of participating artists for the show is unbelievable, we’re truly honored and humbled to be involved.  Mark your calendars.  You don’t wanna miss this one!!!

The latest list of contributing artists includes:
Aaron Martin // Adrian Sanchez // Alexis McKenzie // Amy Martin // Amy Rice // Andy Howell // Alex Pardee // Cathie Bleck // Casey Ryder // Chanel Kennebrew // Chris Pastras // Chris Yates // Cydney Payton // Dan Monick // Date Farmers // David Choe // David Lanham // Deroy Peraza // Diederick Kraaijeveld // Eddie // Elizabeth Rosen // Emek // Evan Hecox // Frank Chimero // Franke // Gary Baseman // HVW8 // Irene Hardwicke Olivieri // Jason Alberto // Justin Alberto Garcia // Jason Giglio // Jeff Zimmerman // Jesselisa Moretti // Jude Buffum // Julie Adler // Justin Bua // Kate Luscher //Kay Tuttle // Keith Negley // Kofie // Leontine Greenberg // Lisa Anne Auerbach // Lisa Congdon // Lukas Ketner // MAC //Max Ginsburg // Maya Hayuk // Mear One // Mel Kadel // Melanie Reim // Morning Breath // Munk One // Nick Dewar // Pete Yahnke // Philip John Lumbang // Ray Noland aka CRO // Rebecca Berdel // Retna // Rick Griffith // Ron English // Ron Keas // Sam Flores // Sarah Hoskins // Scot Lefavor // Shannon Bonatakis and Josh Holland // Shepard Fairey // Cypher13 // Todd Lockwood // Tom Slaughter // Mike Moore (Tres Birds) // Van Taylor Monroe // Zara Gonzalez // Zina Saunders // Zoltron // Aaron Axelrod // Thomas Brodhal // Ginger Che // Catia Chien // Christopher Cox // Grotesk // Damon Locks // Zach McDonald // Tres Birds // Adrian Tucker // Arellano Harvath // Antar Dayal // Vincent Comparetto

A chunk of the JE crew headed down to Denver last night to kick it with our homey, John Damiano, and check out his “flagship” Burton show room. The space was collaboratively designed by John and Tres Birds, our buddy Mike Moore’s architecture and design firm (featured earlier this week). The building is stunning, the interior leaves you in awe. We all took the tour and just hung out checking out Burton’s ‘07 gear and gettin’ the lo-down from John. There’s so much that could be said about John’s space that it’s diffcult to find the words, so I’ll just let the photos do the talking.

Mike Moore, one of my personal heros, stopped by the shop yesterday to discuss making some mods to his firms website (tresbirds.com). Mike and his wife Stacy just had their second daugther, Maya, a couple of weeks ago (CONGRATULATIONS!), and subsequently Mike’s been dug in at home helping out. Mike broke out yesterday to hit the boulder skatepark (kinda frkikin’ nutz since it’s like 15 degrees in Boulder and theres piles of snow everywhere), but he needed to get his skate on. Mike is an architect, designer, and general contractor and owns Tres Birds Workshop. Mr. Moore is in my opinion one of the leading creative thinkers in Boulder, CO and leading the charge amongst next generation creatives worldwide. He’s recently had the opportunity to showcase his talent and skills on a global scale. After meeting John Damiano approximately 1 year ago, another dear and admired friend of the JE crew and Territorial Manager for Burton Snowboards, John and Mike decided to collaborate on John’s latest idea for a “flagshp” Burton showroom in Denver (pics coming soon).

Working closely and collaboratively, Tres Birds and Damiano, Inc. killed it, and John’s new showroom has not only raised the bar for Burton as a brand, but become the global model for what a Burton showroom should be. One thing led to another and Mike and Tres Birds are now building Burton’s flagship retail store in the heart of Chicago’s Goldcoast downtown shopping district. Between the completion of Damiano’s Denver showroom and the inception of the Chicago project Tres Birds has worked on other projects for Burton in both California and Tokyo.

We” be headin’ down to Denver tomorrow to have dinner with John (Eva, Lucian and myself), on a bit of an inspirational tour. We’ll be takin’ pics, so stay tuned and be prepared to be blown away. Jealousy is most likely the emotion you’ll be experiencing upon seeing pics of the space. It’s hard not to set foot in the John’s Denver showroom and not imagine how radical the creative process must’ve been during the design/build phase. Upon moving beyond that mindset all one can really do is envision what it must feel like each and every day to work and create in such an amazing and inspiring space.

We tip our hats to Mike Moore, the Tres Birds crew, and John Damiano on creating what is perhaps the most inspirational space in Colorado.

A couple pics of some Moore’s earlier projects are posted below.

tresbirds.com