Upper Playground

THE BIG PAYBACK, Juxtapoz Magazine’s 15th Anniversary Art Auction is now live and you can bid on pieces online at CharityBuzz.com.

On November 14th, from 7 PM to 11 PM, all of the pieces that are a part of the auction will be on display at the Factory Place Arts Complex. To attend this must see show with works from over... 140 artists including Matthew Barney, Swoon and WK Interact, please RSVP to RSVP@SASTUDIOSGLOBAL.COM.

Proceeds from “The Big Payback” auction will support the goal of purchasing five homes and employing local Detroit contractors, electricians, plumbers, and carpenters to perform the renovations. Selected artists will also be invited to participate in the remodeling.

The event aims to raise the consciousness of both the problems of people disenfranchised by the nation’s economic crisis, as well as encourage a sense of community in the art world and inspire people to effect positive social change in their own communities.

FACTORY PLACE ARTS COMPLEX
1330 Factory Place, Bldg A
Los Angeles, CA 90013
7 PM to 11 PM
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Upper Playground and Fifty24LA Gallery Present “Brave Souls Illuminate”

A Collection of New Works by Maria “Toofly” Castillo

Maria “Toofly” Castillo is a painter and illustrator from New York. Growing up in Queens, Toofly immersed herself in graffiti culture and developed her own hands styles and unique “around t...he way girl” characters.


“Brave Souls Illuminate” is a re-mix of new, and existing works that showcase Toofly's growth as young woman drawing and writing on the walls to mature well respected fine artist, designer, and visual arts producer.


Her existing works takes you on a journey of a self proclaimed, "around the way girl" using hard and fluid lines, handstyles, and self confidence to declare a spot in NYC's graffiti subculture dominated by men, and fierce attitude.


Her new works re-introduce the shades of grey that originally helped her pull in the raw emotions she grew up with, and surfaces new and improved. As she travels to reconnect time and space, the new pieces not only feel and look more mature, yet bring you back to the core of her spirit: "A brave being who looks to shine bright unapologetic from the inside out!"


”Brave Souls Illuminate” features new works and an installation on display at FIFTY24LA Gallery from November 11 – January 4, 2009.


About Toofly

Toofly is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts where she applied her artistic skills to illustration and graphic design coursework. Her signature “around the way girl” character is instantly recognizable from print to public street art projects. She and her partner Alice Mizrachi founded Younity, a female urban arts collective, in which they produce art exhibitions, books and mentorship art programs for young women in the arts. Toofly’s art and design work have appeared in books, video and magazines including Graffiti Women, Burning New York, Current TV, MTV Tr3, Trace, Mass Appeal, Juxtapoz, URB and Honey.

http://www.tooflynyc.com
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