Just in from Sticky and Taylor Reeve: they’re long-time friends but first-time collaborators with two original pieces coming Friday. Sticky raided his high school scrapbooks for material: “I found some good stuff, stuff I haven’t seen for years. in high school they make you mimic other paintings — stuff I would never do today. One of them is like a Salvador Dali but in my style. On the back it said B plus.” He used this raw material with wheatpaste, markers, acrylic, ballpoint pen and pencil to embellish a vampy green Taylor character (acrylic and paint pens) she painted just for him. The other half of the swap (the other piece in the collab) is a vampire that Sticky painted currently in Taylor’s hands. “We’ve barely talked about our art at all,” says Sticky…which makes it even more interesting!! Both pieces are about 2 feet by 2 feet…come Friday to see!

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned TONIGHT! at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Shem Roose and Torrey Herbenar-Cook.

Ray Barbee
Government Camp, Mt. Hood, Oregon, 2004

Photo: Shem Roose
Art: Torrey Herbenar-Cook & Miss Anne’s class

24”x24” Photo and paint on fine art paper, hands on cardboard traced and colored with pen by students at Palisades pre-school age four.

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“I believe that music can open an entire universe to anyone that wants to learn it. Save the Music is great in that they are dedicated to keeping music education in schools, and encouraging kids to try something that maybe they didn’t know they could do or excel at; by providing the instruments and materials needed.” –Shem Roose, May 23, 2011.

“I want children to grow up to be insane creative adults. I want more art… more art… more art… I guess I am selfish that way. Save the Music. Save Art.” –Torrey Cook, June 10, 2011.

ABOUT SHEM: Vermont-based photographer Shem Roose came up in the progression-fueled early 90′s era of snowboarding. Roose’s photo career began while working for Burton Snowboards, and quickly evolved to include shooting the sport’s best riders and traveling extensively as Transworld Snowboarding’s Photo Editor and later as a staff photographer for Vans.

Roose has since expanded his range of subjects and clients beyond a strict action sports sports focus to include work for the NBA, Maverik Lacrosse, Parlee bicycles, and Cabot cheese.

Relocated back in the Green Mountain State, where you’ll find him snowboarding in the winter, road biking in the summer, and parenting his son and daughter year around, Roose’s appetite for strong, story-telling image creation continues to be his main drive.   www.shemroose.com

ABOUT TORREY: “With a resume that includes gallery director / owner of AR4T in Laguna Beach, founder of Artists Republic for Tomorrow, board member of JLA Project, wife and mother, San Juan Capistrano-based Torrey Herbenar-Cook is a busy woman. ‘AR4T has been open for a full year now in Laguna, [the] I AM SNOWBOARDING art tour continues to travel with Burton Snowboards, and Mammoth Mountain’s ART PARK is hands down one of the coolest (and biggest) interactive art projects around,’ she says.” – 944 magazine, June 2011.

QUESTIONS WITH SHEM:

Please talk a little bit about Ray and about the day you shot these photos. The day I shot this photo was the first time I hung out with Ray in person. He was in Government Camp/Mt. Hood, Oregon at High Cascade on behalf of Fender guitars giving lessons to any of the kids/campers that wanted to learn how to play; and I was there shooting photos with the Vans team. We had talked on the phone a few times before, because he made a 30 second loop for my old website. We were introduced through a mutual friend who plays music with Ray from time to time. After we finished shooting photos, Ray needed a ride to the airport and I was headed to Portland to meet up with a friend; so I gave him a ride. The drive to the airport gave us a chance to talk more and get to know each other better. It was a great conversation ranging in topics from playing music with Mike Watt to religion and faith.

This is the second time you have donated a photo to a charity / collaborative project that I’ve been working on. Thank you!! What are your thoughts on the collaborative process? I enjoy the collaborative process when the person I’m working with helps me look at things differently. Working with Scott Lenhardt on the Jeff Anderson/I Am… piece was great because Scott had the freedom to do what he wanted after we talked about Jeff and a few ideas we had. Once the piece was finished, I was completely surprised with the image/idea that he executed. It was totally different and better than anything I had imagined.  I enjoy the anticipation of what will be created through the collaboration.

What kind of animal(s) would you and your family be? would you play musical instruments? or just sing?  I joke with my kids that I would like to be a falcon-fox….just a hybrid spirit animal that I made up one day. I also love the ocean, so maybe a sea turtle.  My daughter loves dogs. She’d probably want to be a poodle. My son is a bit of a banshee… he’s great at making messes. He could be a tasmanian devil. My wife is very funny, intelligent, but also a smart ass… she’d be a great hyena. I try to play acoustic guitar, and my kids like to sing once in a while….my wife could be our manager/roadie if I sit still and focus enough to learn a bunch of songs.

What (if any) changes would you like to see in the American public school system? I’d like to see public schools offer multiple teaching styles to all students. Everyone has a different way of learning and should be taught in a way that will benefit them the most. I just watched a movie called Journey into Dyslexia, and it really opened my eyes to how unfair the traditional system can be to kids of all ages that cannot read or process information in the same way that you or I might be able to. There is another movie that I plan on watching called Race to Nowhere, which is a documentary on how the education system in America needs to be re-invented.

TORREY: “I’ve known Shem since we were both at Transworld together in the mid 90’s – I’ve always been a fan of his photography and I always remembered Shem as such a down to earth person… fun to work with. I’ve been fortunate to have Shem’s work in several shows I’ve put together over the past few years, but having a four year old daughter, I really wanted to be more a part of this show and I felt that Shem was the perfect person to force my art styles on.

Ray’s photo is so happy and full of such good energy. I originally wanted to add some happy little trees and animals, like Bob Ross. In the end I decided to try and mimic Ray’s infectious smile with some simple color block work. My husband Brian helped me build a frame, but it wasn’t complete.

On my desk is an art project I did with Levi in 2009. I traced both of our hands and cut them out, we colored them and I pasted them to a cardboard base to make them stand up. To me they look like happy little trees.

The day the photo was taken of Ray he was in Oregon giving free guitar lessons to kids. And the nature of this whole project is to try and support our children and provide them with every opportunity to reach their dreams. All of a sudden I knew what was missing!!

The next day I asked Levi’s preschool lead Miss Carrie to have the whole class trace their hands and color them. Each one of the kids made a set of hands, and they did them really well!! I could tell they were totally into the project by the way they took time to completely fill in the hands and use different colors. From those cutouts I made the hand forest… our future artists, musicians, scientists, engineers, politicians, technicians….” Torrey Herbenar-Cook

Shem and Torrey’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we are introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Lindsey Byrnes and Clint Peterson.

Matt Hensley
Flogging Molly, Coachella 2011

Photo: Lindsey Byrnes
Art: Clint Peterson

24”x24” Photo and Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas.

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“Hats of to VH1 and Billabong for stepping up and putting together an awesome event in the name of the music. Everyone is touched by music and bringing it to the kids where it all starts. Thanks for letting me be Involved, see you on the 15th.” Clint Peterson, June 8, 2011.

“Save the Music is not only good it’s necessary.” Lindsey Byrnes, June 9, 2011.

ABOUT LINDSEY: Lindsey Byrnes is a Los Angeles based photographer. Lindsey became obsessed with the ability to literally stop and record moments in time with the push of a button many years ago. The obsession grew and now along with documenting life of those around her she also creates moments in which to freeze. In between assignments Lindsey is concentrating on a photo series using the power of new media for a gallery showing in 2012. LindseyByrnes.com

photo by T.Q.

ABOUT CLINT: Clint Peterson Hails from the Snow Heartland of the Midwest, having hobbies like skateboarding drawing sculpture and printmaking and Wood burning since the age of 10 his desires and skills would eventually lead him west. Currently living in Los Angeles and continuing to be inspired by the things that brought him here he balances professional skateboarding Art and intercity volunteer work. He has found a unique niche to cultivate his passions and for this he is very thankful. Clint’s work has shown in Paris, London, New York and Japan he is a proud member of the Stereo sound agency and the W.E.S.C. superlative conspiracy.

ABOUT THE LB/CP PARTNERSHIP: “We had already picked the Robyn photo for Brian to use in collaboration, but when I saw this photo from Lindsey I knew I had to have it. I still want to have it in my house right now as we speak… Once again, I threw out a few names as suggestions for an artist partner and once again it was immediate that she wanted to work with Clint.” –Torrey Cook, show curator

LINDSEY & CLINT ON MATT HENSLEY: “There’s something about Matt Hensley that is just fucking cool. Undeniably original. When I was at Coachella I saw Matt’s wife on the side of the stage, I ran up the back of the stage to say hello and I saw the way he looked with the crowd at his feet. He looked like he was born to be there.” –Lindsey

“I thought the photo was amazing, growing up skateboarding with H street videos Hensley was our god, the style he brought to us was and still is unparalleled. When I got that photo I just hung it on my wall for a few weeks. I messed around with some Ideas but went with some flying fish exploding out of the accordion. I thought about doing some Elephants, but the fish seemed to work better. I carved the print out of Linolum and Printed it in Black on Newspaper. I enjoyed the Colab process, its something I don’t do enough.” –Clint

Lindsey and Clint’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Jesse Fulton and Brooke Reidt.

Alice
Crystal Castles

Lollapalooza, Chicago, 2009

Photo: Jesse Fulton
Art: Brooke Reidt

24”x24” Photo and mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas.

“I watch more VH1 than the average human being. Mostly VH1 classic these days but that’s how me and my roommate pass our time. My favorite of course being 120 mins showing the best in old alternative music. I’m excited Billabong chose to save the music this year because i know music saved my life. I relate everything in life to music. I can hear a song and tell you a story at any second.

Music saved my life when I was going through my really dark period. It was both positive and negative but the positive won the war. I enjoy nothing more than documenting these experiences with my friends & creating life memories. I think it’s great that VH1 created the save the music program and that it’s helped the kids in school find passions that they might of not known they had.” Jesse Fulton, May 26, 2011.

“Music shouldn’t be a privilege. I think it’s important to preserve the arts, It’s a core to any culture. Introducing children children to music and any form of art at an early age is key, but it’s essential to include it in the public education system so the opportunity to cultivate creativity can continue.” Brooke Reidt, June 8, 2011

ABOUT JESSE: http://jessefulton.blogspot.com/

ABOUT BROOKE: Brooke Reidt is an artist who lives and paints in Los Angeles. Her medium moves around as much as her residence has but one thing that is consistent is the obsessive quality in her work. Paintings living right on top of one another, She shapes each piece into individual relationships, beginning a bit whimsical and evolving towards a perpetual labor of love. Letting go of these labors and loves she has shared her work in exhibitions internationally including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Paris, Australia and Indonesia.

Brooke received her BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She has collaborated on commercial projects with companies such as Volcom, Element Skateboards, K2, Billabong, ROXY, Kill City, Nylon Magazine, FOX Network, Stereo Skateboards, Playboy Magazine, Tom’s Shoes and Vestalife. These collaborations have promoted her colorful conceptions but working with NGO’s claims her heart. She champions children and the environment and has invested work to benefit UNICEF, United Nations Department of Public Information, MPALA Community Trust, Elemental Awareness, Project Luz, Keep a Breast, Invisible Children, Mercy House, Surfrider’s foundation, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Los Angeles Children’s Hospital.

Brooke is currently expanding her exploration through color and scale, creating more complexity and depth in her relationships with each canvas but ultimately she would love to pair the scale of her projects to the scale of help in healing something larger than herself. She validates creating through the contributions the conclusion can make. www.brookereidt.com

Photo Story.

“In the summer of 2009 I spent it traveling and documenting the reuintied original line up of Jane’s Addiction featuring Eric Avery. The last show of the tour was their return to Lollapalooza in Chicago. I took a amtrak train cross country with my sister to document and enjoy the three day music festival. The band that kicked off the weekend was Crystal Castles around five pm on a foggy, rainy Chicago day. Crystal Castles is one of my favorite bands and I feel that Alice has that it feeling to her. She’s a punk rocker and was charging and diving into the crowd. The microphone couldnt reach the fans so she started screaming the words right back at them. A Crystal Castles live show is a experience in it’s self. Watching the band play and interact with it’s fans is one of my favorite life enjoyments. This photo mean’s a lot to me as it brings back memories of the begining of something great.” –Jesse Fulton

Being Involved

I’m honored to be involved in the show as I grew up in the surf industry and lot’s of my friends will be there to enjoy this with me. In 2008 I went to a festival in the hills of Santa Barbara called lighting in a bottle. This weekend forever changed my life. Two weeks later I was at the Billabong design show with friends watching a young MGMT play a amazing set. All these things lead to me changing my career and chasing my passion. This event with my past history has a real deep meaning for me. Something that I truely believe in and look forward to every year. I can’t wait for the night and the dance party. –Jesse Fulton

BROOKE:

Can you tell me about DFH since you’ve been involved before? It’s nice to see such a huge community extend itself beyond self purpose. This event goes by in a blink but I think it really makes an impact for the NPO chosen each year as well as expands awareness of very important causes. It’s an honor to participate.

Does music influence your art? how? Not only is it an inspiration, it  keeps me company while I paint. I don’t think I would be able to sit and paint for multiple sleepless days without the existence of coffee and music.

What’s your favorite music these days and has it changed since you were younger? It’s too expansive to list, it’s expanded since an early age but I still listen to Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Fugazi and JDilla on a regular.

Jesse and Brooke’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Lindsey Byrnes and Brian Anderson.

Robyn
Coachella, 2011

Photo: Lindsey Byrnes
Art: Brian Anderson

24”x24” Photo and paint on fine art paper

ABOUT LINDSEY: Lindsey Byrnes is a Los Angeles based photographer. Lindsey became obsessed with the ability to literally stop and record moments in time with the push of a button many years ago. The obsession grew and now along with documenting life of those around her she also creates moments in which to freeze. In between assignments Lindsey is concentrating on a photo series using the power of new media for a gallery showing in 2012. LindseyByrnes.com

photo by T.Q.

ABOUT BRIAN: Brian Anderson has come a long way from shoveling snow out of his family’s Connecticut driveway so he could set-up a launch ramp. Aided by one of the most unmistakable and organic styles in all of skateboarding, Brian began his career with a seminal part in Toy Machine’s Welcome to Hell (1996), and proceeded to win Thrasher’s Skater of the Year honor just a few years later in 1999. Whether having some of the most game-changing tricks down San Francisco’s Hubba Hideout under his belt, or being one of the few people capable of ending a part off with a good-looking Varial Flip, Brian continues to stand as one of skateboarding’s most elite.

photo: Jon Humphries

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP: “Lindsey was the first person I called to be a part of this collaborative process. I’ve been best friends with Lindsey since High School, and for more than a few years now she’s been capturing the most amazing portraits of different musicians. Lindsey has a gift for candid studio and live moments and I knew I wanted to have her on board with this project. Lindsey worked at High Speed productions (Thrasher / Juxtapoz / Slap magazines) for nine or ten years and has some amazing friendships from her years in San Francisco. I knew there could be endless natural and amazing photo / art partnerships with her. I had a few ideas and threw out some name suggestions but the person she wanted to work with was Brian Anderson. She was pretty insistent about that actually…” Torrey Cook, show curator.

LINDSEY ABOUT BRIAN: “On a friendship level I love and adore Brian. I remember one particular walk that Brian and I took together years and years ago when there was a moment I knew we’d be friends forever. So on a friendship level I love and adore him and then Brian as an artist … I mean his work is just so amazing. Neither of these guys (Brian or Clint) are just showing art because they just happen to have a platform of  skateboarding. They are TRULY visual artists.

“I will get really mushy. The idea that we are working together in this way that I’m presenting them with a photo and I get to see what I shot inspires them what to do? It’s like a dream come true to get to inspire two artists that I really love their work. They’re working on a canvas that I created so it  was kind of an emotional experience for me when I saw the final project.”

Lindsey and Brian’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Anastasia Pantsios and Peter Stow.

“Music inspires all of us so anyway to help introduce kids to music is huge. This could help inspire them to do things they didn’t think were possible.” Peter Stow, June 9, 2011.

Gwen Stefani

Photo: Anastasia Pantsios
Art: Peter Stow

24”x24” Photo and Digital output on gallery wrapped canvas.

ABOUT ANASTASIA: Anastasia Pantsios is a Cleveland-based writer and photographer who has covered pop music, the arts and politics. Her photos have appeared in such magazines as Rolling Stone, the Village Voice the New York Times, on record covers and in numerous books. She was a contributing editor to the Billboard Encyclopedia of Record Producers (1999). She was associate editor of the alternative newsweekly Cleveland Free Times from September, 2003-July, 2008, where she covered subjects ranging from the Religious Right in Ohio to election reform to the local music scene. She has a master’s degree in technical theater and scene design from Case Western Reserve University and is member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Cleveland.

ABOUT PETER: A graphic designer by trade, Peter Stow uses this medium not just to make a living but to make art. He takes images and imagines them in new ways, pulling from different styles and textures to create a final piece, a graphic collage. His attention to detail and eye for iconic images drives him along with a love for photography, which he pursues in his spare time.

Interview with Peter Stow:

What were your inspirations for the gwen piece and any special techniques? I went to Tokyo last year for the first time so that has been influencing my art more then anything. I used the Ukiyo-e “floating world” or Japanese wood block style printing as a big inspiration. Also knowing Gwen Stefani is influenced by the “Harajuku Girls” style of fashion and she has donated heavily towards the Japan Relief effort so I felt it was appropriate to have a Japanese theme for my piece.

What do you think about collabs? This is the second time I have been involved with a collab so I am a big fan of them. I think its a great way to see how other artist will interpret a project similar to what you are working on, then to see how different the styles and techniques can be very inspirational.

What do you think about the DFH event? It brings fashion, music and art all together to raise money for a good cause, can’t ask for much more.

If you were an animal what animal would you be? I am a lone wolf…

Anastasia and Peter’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Bree Kristel Clarke and Robert “Sticky” Shaw.

Ozzy Osbourne
Staples Center, Los Angeles, Dec 8, 2007

Photo: Bree Kristel Clarke
Art: Robert Sticky Shaw

24”x24” Photo and Acrylic on fine art paper

“Working in the music business has affected my life in an incredible way, all children should have an equal opportunity to explore career paths that aren’t the usual one’s offered as a choice in school. Vh1′s Save the Music Foundation gives children a chance to see outside the box, and explore their creativity in various outlets that wouldn’t otherwise be possible, the only way forward is to invest in the next generation.” – Bree Kristel Clarke

“The reason I was so excited to be assigned to the ozzy photo was because my close friend Bree was the photographer and I really admire her work. I think Save The Music is an amazing foundation because music education provides an outlet for young kids searching for their creative voice. Growing up I struggled with the standard school structure due my dyslexia, that was until I found art and music. Finally I was able to express myself and people would listen. Without music and the arts, we would be silencing so many people who use these forms to speak as well as holding back potentially famous musicians we look up. Besides, we wouldn’t want all of our children turning into jocks, now would we?” – Robert “Sticky” Shaw

ABOUT BREE:
For a decade, Bree Kristel Clarke (BKC) has captured the various faces of the music industry as a “rock-tographer”, documenting some of the most iconic artists of our time: AC/DC, Dave Navarro, Perry Farrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Radiohead to name a few. An Aussie native and transplant to Los Angeles, BKC has already had her fair share of reality TV, being featured on shows: VH1′s “The Shot;” MTV’s “Buzzin” while on tour with Shwayze; Gene Simmons’ “Family Jewels,” and Vh1′s “Daisy of Love. ”E” Entertainment featured BKC on set of her record-breaking Suicide Girls for PETA naked ad campaign.

BKC got her start by shooting directly for artists and labels while under the mentorship of ex-manager for the Police, Miles Copeland. This led to documentary photography touring on the road on Warped Tour in addition to others for the last 6 years. She specializes in capturing/fusing a subject’s personality with persona, catching them in unique, personal moments meanwhile injecting her own playfulness or sensitivity, depending on what the project calls for. However the endeavors that are most meaningful to her are ones that hit close to home such as shooting the first-ever World Peace Music Awards in Bali, capturing stars such as Steve-O au naturel, and being able to travel all over the world to execute a job for which she has an incredible passion and love.

ABOUT STICKY: Robert ‘Sticky’ Shaw was born and raised in Newport Beach, Ca. Having struggled with learning disabilities growing up, in high school he turned to art as an escape from the traditional school structure. He thrived on the creative freedom he was finally allowed and has made art the most important aspect of his life ever since. However, if you ask his friends to define him, not all of them know him as Sticky the Artist. To many others he is All-Access Sticky, going from one gig to the next and mingling with the biggest musicians of the moment.  Still to others he is Sticky the Snowboarder, constantly out of town at some amazing mountain like Mammoth, Whistler, or Breckenridge. He’s always on some fantastic adventure to who-knows-where but art and his family will always bring him home.

Collaborating with Sticky

I first met Sticky on the Vans Warped Tour 6 years ago. This project was the first time we’ve collaborated and I love that even with the prince of darkness the portrait has a very fun side to it, which is what I admire in Sticky’s art. It’s playful and another world, and I’ll enter it again should he ask me.

Bree and Sticky’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership is Chris Brunkhart and Chantal deFelice.

Matt Donahue
Prague, the Czech Republic, circa 1996

Photo: Chris Brunkhart
Art: Chantal deFelice

24”x24” Photo and Mixed Media on wood

“Programs like VH1′s Save the Music are so crucial these days for the emotional health of our children, which directly impacts the stability and happiness of our society as a whole. It is so motivating to participate in events like Design for Humanity and know that you are contributing to a cause that is literally rescuing people from a life without art.” – Chantal deFelice, May 25, 2011.

ABOUT CHRIS: Chris Brunkhart has been photographing for over 25 years. He started his career at a newspaper in Chicago and eventually found his home in Portland, Oregon. Around 1991 he became involved with snowboarding in its infancy. Eventually becoming a senior photographer for Snowboarder and Transworld magazines, he shot with Craig Kelly, Jamie Lynn, Terje Haakonsen, Matt Donahue, along with a host of others from around the world. He has seen 6 continents, finding the beauty not only in the mountains, but in the people he has met, the cities he has visited and the cultures he has encountered. He was one of the founders of The Movement Snowboards and Frequency magazine. In 1996 Chris published The Creedle Chronicles with Volcom, and 3 years later released the cult snowboard movie, “The Walrus Dreams.” In 2010 Chris self-published his second book, “How Many Dreams in the Dark?” and traveled with it on a world-wide book and art tour. Now Chris continues to shoot photographers and work on his art at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.

ABOUT CHANTAL: I was born on a goat farm in Oregon, but now live and work as an independent artist in Southern California, having graduated from Laguna College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration in 2004. Since then, I have found myself increasingly seeking inspiration from older urban landscapes and the nostalgic storytelling that their visible decay represents. My current projects begin as ink drawings on paper and color paintings on wood, from which I make prints mounted on wood either as art pieces or as paper and wood earrings and necklaces. Using primarily salvaged scrap wood, I also build small scale telephone poles for my retail jewelry displays, as well as wooden box frames, and larger stands to display my work at craft shows and art events. Making pieces that integrate these three-dimensional woodworking aspects with the illustrations is my next focus, initially for inclusion into shows at AR4T in Laguna Beach and The Flock Shop in Los Angeles this summer. Chantaldefelice.com

“I am so honored to have been invited by AR4T to work on a piece like this- with the talents of such a renowned and experienced, yet humble and accessible, photographer as my starting point of creation. Thank you so much to Chris Brunkhart for capturing this moment in time and for trusting me to elaborate on it.” –Chantal deFelice, May 25, 2011

Chris and Chantal’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.

Every day this week we will be introducing one of the partnerships of photographer / artist who have teamed up to donate an original collaborative artwork to benefit VH1′s Save The Music foundation. Art will be auctioned at Billabong’s annual Design For Humanity event – music, fashion show and art auction, with ticket sales going to Save The Music. To purchase tickets to attend, please visit http://us.designforhumanity.com/

Today’s partnership, Janette Beckman and Carl E Smith, features Janette’s powerful image of classical pianist Alpin Hong.

Alpin Hong

Photo: Janette Beckman
Art: Carl E. Smith

24”x24” Photo and Collage on satin finish fine art paper

Photo taken in Janette’s studio in NYC 2009 for Alpin Hong/Concert Artists Guild.

“Music is so important for kids -I have watched my god children Webb (first song she learned, age 8, was Bob Marley’s Redemption)  and Wray who are at public school in NYC  grow through their love of music of all kinds from Blues to Classical and Rock n Roll – they play in the school jazz band – music is a huge part of their lives – and so it should be for all kids.” – Janette Beckman, June 6, 2011.

“On VH1 Save the music, I love it. What an amazing project. Music is universally important and necessary in our civilization. I am a supporter of any progressive program that seeks to increase music awareness, education, and  accessibility.” – Carl E. Smith, May 13, 2011.

ABOUT JANETTE: Londoner Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands from The Clash to Boy George as well as 3 Police album covers. Moving to New York in 1982, she documented the pioneers of the Hip Hop scene, shooting early photographs of the likes of LL Cool J, Run DMC, Salt’n'Pepa and Grandmaster Flash. Her powerful portraits celebrating music and style are collected in ‘Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude, 1977-1982′ PowerHouse Books 2005 and ‘The Breaks, Stylin and Profilin 1982-1990″ PowerHouse Books 2007.

Beckman’s portraits of celebrities, musicians, sports personalities and other folk are published in magazines around the world.  Clients include:  People, Interview,  Glamour, Esquire, Rolling Stone,   London Sunday Times.  The Telegraph, The Observer, Warner Brothers Music, Universal Music, Sony, Doc Marten, Converse, Kangol etc. Her photographs have recently been exhibited at:  Morrison Hotel Gallery NYC, Paul Smith London, Tower RecordsTokyo, Collette Paris, Blender Gallery Sydney, Project Space LA , Rockarchive & Proud Gallery London. Janette lives and works in New York City.

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photo: Gudrun Georges

ABOUT CARL: Carl E. Smith is a California based artist and graphic designer. His recent work mostly includes collages that convey the beauty, excitement, ruin and rebirth of iconic elements from our everyday lives. Using symbols, colors, and space, Smith created explosive images that seem to question his existence and its place somewhere between archetypical fantasy and truth. Carl was born and raised in the artist colony of Laguna Beach, California. From 1997 to 2004 Smith lived and worked in Prague, Czech Republic. He has shown in small and large scale shows internationally since 1998 and currently setting up a fine art and graphic design studio in Laguna Beach where he resides with his wife Simona and son Sean. CarlESmithArt.com

When looking for images to fit the show to benefit Save The Music, show curator Torrey Cook came across a striking image of Alpin Hong and could not get it from her mind. The images Torrey had been looking for were images that she knew would strike a cord by reminding us of the music of our youth – punk, pop, metal. But then came the photo of Alpin – a classical artist living in the vastly different world of classical music.

Immediately the image draws you in, and pretty quickly you realize why. It is not just the drop dead gorgeous composition, but something emanating from Alpin through the page, something else…

All musicians alive today must credit their roots to a classical start. It’s where we came from. And sometimes when listing to popular music today – techno, hip-hop, punk rock… it’s hard to understand that connection. But Janette’s image of Alpin breaks it down so simply. A wild purple tie matched with a stripped down naked piano. A power emanating from Alpin’s eyes and fingers that is on the verge of unleashing all hell. Janette bared Alpin to the world and together they show us all what classical music can look like and IS – passionate, convicted, primal and refined, punk rock, metal, pop.

Immediately, Carl was the perfect fit – his art walks the same line. Refined, deliberate, futuristic, historic, sexy and edgy. The Sounds, The Clash, Beethoven. The photographer/artist match? Magic.

ABOUT ALPIN: “Rooted in extensive classical training and a background in skateboarding, snowboarding, martial arts, and videogames, Mr. Hong is a creative force unmatched in his youthful vivacity and boundless energy. His astonishing ability to connect to people of all ages, experiences, and backgrounds distinguishes him and shapes his evolving performance style.  The Ocala Star-Banner has called Mr. Hong “Classical for the iPod generation.”

Janette and Carl’s collaborative piece will be up for auction at the annual Billabong Design For Humanity event on June 15, 2011. This is a one of a kind piece, and is a piece of history. All proceeds benefit VH1’s Save The Music program.

Buy tickets to Design For Humanity at:  http://us.designforhumanity.com/

AR4T would like to thank Art on Giclee for their support in printing for this project.