red sea tattoo: August 2011

its no secret how most artist that live in the state of kansas feel lately....... nor is it a secret about our fine cities economic state..... and to top it all off this heat sure doesnt help anyones mood either.... so with a big fat middle finger to these circumstances i offer this..... GET RAD -THE BEST SKATEBOARD SHOW IN THE MIDWEST....im so stoked for this show.... i have seen this idea grow from a few slow days of pushing around our skateboards in front of the red sea/notes and noises compound.. to over 60 boards and almost 50 artist involved......even with all the late nights and the lists of things not to forget (o wait wheres that list of stuff i was going to write on this) this has been such an amazing experience for me.. ... many questions have come up in my head like......what is this show rooted in....why has this idea so easily sold itself to all involved who have given so much time, money and stress to be apart of it......why has this seemed to go so smoothly....why have people been so eager to give up there free time to do a bunch of work putting this show together....... i dont know the answers to many of these questions .... but i do know these things.... i know some really talented people (though most will tell you they are not) every board in this show is amazing, separate, and different and believe it or not, there are no turds.... even if it was last minute every artist gave 110% on this event and it truely shows .... i have never talked to so many happy artist.... the past week has been like christmas with everyone coming in with their boards and almost eager to show them off... this is not like the people i know... or at least i didnt think it was....artist being happy with what they produce is a rare occasion ... no one came in with there head down this is what i love about this show... ....another thing i have learned is that people i know have big hearts... i asked friends from all over the country to not only spend money on making a board but spend money shipping me there boards.. one of my best friends Dallis Willard spent more in shipping than what he asked for his board just to see i would get the board in time.... now thats love....not only do we have some of wichitas leading artist in the show but a ton of local artist you have probably never heard of (because they dont consider themselves artist) ... we also have artist from hawaii, colorado, california, oregon, and texas in the show... we wanted to invite 3 kinds of people....1.artist that had nothing to do with skateboarding 2. artist that use to or still do skate 3. people that use to or do skate that have nothing to do with art... not only do i feel like everyones board is a home run , it was cool to see old skateboard friends dust off there creative spirit and far exceed my expectations.... things fell into place for this show better than what we could have ever planned ... one thing that has been on my plate the past year is -the less i try to make things happen the better they end up....this show has been a great lesson in delegation .... everyone that has helped with this art show has given there all to make this one of the best art shows in the history of this city .... the art is killer and we also have some fun suprises in store... BUT ALAS if art isnt supported by the community the artist will leave... if art shows arent supported by the local community sadly to say they will not continue.... what kind of wichita do you want....no one that helped put this show together has made a dime on it.... we took a 20$ entry for each board and every single cent of this has gone back into this show.... every dollar sold (minus a small credit card fee,they gotta get theres so bring cash) goes directly to the artist selling the board.... artist are working hard for your enjoyment please support them and their journey to make you feel just a little bit better in your day to day life.... for as fun as it is to look at a board at a show i assure you its even better to see that board hanging on your wall......also a word about our sponsors... if you like this show please think about supporting our sponsors they made it possible.....and if they arent around or dont continue to be around what would this skateboard show be..... they are:

NOTES AND NOISES RECORD SHOPPE
LADY LUCK SALON
BIG MENTION
ENDLESS RIDE SKATE SHOP
RED SEA TATTOO

i would also like to mention some people that helped a ton with this show:

HEATHER EDEN: did our music,figured out our water situation and helped guide the show with her past experience and just all around helped keep things in the right direction
SHAILA MAYBERRY: was not only always offering to help but took on the thankless task of trying to get every artist title card info together... she had a crap job for sure and did an amazing job at it...
KNOLLAS PIZZA @ 13TH AND WEST: always so giving and supportive of community events....
MR CHRISTOPHER CANARY TRENARY: what can i say about chris ... if he wasnt around this show would not have happened..... not only has he busted out so much artwork for this show with ease he has guided this show into not only an art show but something that will be a hole lot of fun for everyone....always positive even when im barking tons of reminders at him i would not have attempted helping with this show had it not been for him being a part of it he is not only a hard worker but a great friend please support NOTES AND NOISES
EMILY HEADLEY: sooo much fire behind this one.... blanketing the town with flyers... if you saw a flyer odds are emily put it there....she not only did her work for the show but took time off her job to help me with my work for the show ... she kept it all together and truely is my better half...please support her at LADY LUCK SALON
MICHELLE WHISMAN and MARTA MCKIM: running crazy errands for us and doing a ton of unfun stuff...please support them at LADY LUCK SALON
CHANDRA DICKSON: for putting together ict fest and letting us advertise there....
IAN STEWART: holy lord this guys had it bad to... any piece of paper you saw with GET RAD anything on it he made it happen.... o ian can you add this or change this and can you get me this stuff tomorrow ... never complaining always just making it happen! also designed one of our flyers please support BIG MENTION
WWW.AQUACONNECTIONS.COM: gave us an unbelievable deal on some refreshing beverages!
MITCH AND MARK WALKER AT THE GO AWAY: i would have killed me if i was them....hung this show in over 100 degree weather... they take great pride in making awesome art look even more awesome ... they put alot of heart into hanging this show and would not settle for second best....and were very patient with me having no clue what i was doing... please support THE GO AWAY GARAGE
BRANDON SHIMANEK: i dont want to let this cat out of the bag just yet.... come to the show you will find out... so stoked on this....
HEATH LEFFEL: for making awesome artwork for one of our flyers! please support him at HELLBOMB TATTOO
MATT HEADLEY: honestly i didnt do much but put together the artist that i enjoyed looking at their work... they didnt let me down.... o and bark reminders at people and generally annoyed the hell out of everyone... please support me anyway at RED SEA TATTOO
EVERYONE ELSE THAT HELPED ADVERTISE AND HELPED SUPPORT US ALL A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU!!

red sea tattoo

Friday, August 12, 2011

GET RAD: ROUND 2

Friday, August 5, 2011

an ear full of GET RAD

Thursday, August 4, 2011

official lists... in no particular order....

mr christopher strikes again..