Friday, July 22, 2011

SHG Youth workshops this weekend - July 22 & 23


July 22, 29 (every friday)
HOURS: 4PM to 9PM
HNDP empowers students with necessary skills to host a successful music event/concert at the end of our 8 week program. With instructor guidance, HNDP students will learn: artist and venue booking, stage management, audio engineering as well as the fundamentals of marketing and promotion.



Vyal is back this week...

AEROSOL ART
July 23, 30 (saturday)
HOURS: 10AM to 1PM
FREE for ages 12 to 18 // $10 for Adults
Learn various techniques with using spray paint to create works of art. You’ll be using low and high pressure spray paint.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Special screening of PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 8pm




Self Help Graphics & Art would like to invite our Los Angeles Comunidad to a fundraising event for Save Ethnic Studies and a screening of PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 8pm.

Precious Knowledge is the gripping, current-headlines account of Tucson High School students and teachers forming the front line of an epic civil rights battle to save their Mexican American Studies classes.

To view the trailer for Precious Knowledge please click on the following link. http://vimeo.com/15062646

For more information on the struggle to preserve Ethnic Studies in Tucson please visit 
http://www.SaveEthnicStudi​es.org/

For more information on Precious Knowledge please visit
http://www.dosvatos.com/

We encourage you to also support the LALIFF LA Premier - more info at
http://lpbporg.ning.com/pr​ofiles/blogs/lpb-showcase-​at-the-15th

SELF HELP GRAPHICS & ART
1300 East First Street, Boyle Heights,CA 90033
www.selfhelpgraphics.com
323.881.6444

We encourage you to take the Metro Goldine and exit at the Pico/Aliso stop.

Free Street Parking alongside Anderson and Utah Streets.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

DIY Silk Screening with Dewey Tafoya, Saturday, July 16


DIY Silkscreening with Dewey Tafoya
JULY 16(Sat.)
10AM to 2PM
$20 per person
RSVP: workshops@selfhelpgraphics.com

Attendees are required to bring two transparency copies of an original black and white image, no bigger than 8 1/2" X 11". Limited number of screens available for purchase. Bring paper and a blank t-shirt or 2 to print your work of art on!

Aerosol Art Workshop with Defer this Saturday, July 16

AEROSOL ART
July 16, 23, 30 (saturday)
HOURS: 10AM to 1PM
FREE for ages 12 to 18 // $10 for Adults
Learn various techniques with using spray paint to create works of art. You’ll be using low and high pressure spray paint.

July 16: Guest Instructor - DEFER

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The STENCIL MAKING WORKSHOP is back!!




Saturday, July 9, 2011 (10am - 1pm) with Xoch of the Ovarian Psychos-Cycles  


Learn to create stencils and apply them to various surfaces, so bring your bike, skateboard, t-shirt, helmet or anything you want your hand-cut custom made design spray painted on.


FREE for ages 12 - 18
Adults $10

Friday, July 1, 2011

Our 2010-2011 Print Collection is available online at ETSY


Our 2010-2011 Print Collection is now available via our Etsy Store, but please feel free to make an appointment with us and visit our print room and check out the rest of the SHG Print Inventory.


AEROSOL ART WORKSHOP with SAND.ONE

AEROSOL ART
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (saturday)
HOURS: 10AM to 1PM
FREE for ages 12 to 18 // $10 for Adults
Learn various techniques with using spray paint to create works of art. You’ll be using low and high pressure spray paint.

July 2nd: Guest Instructor - SAND.ONE

July 9th & 16: Guest Instructor - DEFER

SOY ARTISTA summer youth workshops



Photography • Stencil Making
Teatro & Poetry • Linocut
Screen-Printing • Indie Publishing

6 Workshops designed for you empowerment through art.

S.O.Y. Artista Program (Summer of Youth Artist Program) is a six-week summer free of charge art-training workshop for local youths ages 14 to 18. S.O.Y. Artista serves high school students with a critical need for summer programming while providing positive and alternative models for creativity in an environment that is nurturing and reflective of their lives and culture. 

Free of charge (ages 14 - 18) | No prior experience needed | All materials provided

WORKSHOPS  ART INSTRUCTORS
1.Photography:  Rudy Rude
July 13 to 15 (11am to 2pm)



2.Stencil Making: Andi Xoch (Ovarian Psychos)
July 20 to 22 (11am to 2pm)



3.Teatro & Poetry: Marisol Torres (Las Ramonas)
July 27 to 29 (11am to 2pm)



4.Linocut:  Miyo Hernandez
August 3 to 5 (11am to 2pm)



5.Screenprinting: Reggie Coleman (DAN/CAP)
August 10 to 12 (11am to 2pm)



6.Indie Publishing: Felicia Montes (Mujeres de Maiz)
August 17 to 19 (11am to 2pm)



The SOY Artista workshop series will provide complimentary art mediums that once completed, each student can walk away with the knowledge and skills to create 5 unique artworks packaged into a one of a kind package (zine, CD, chapbook). This is intended to empower youth with various forms of communicating their messages in a way that is easily reproduced and distributed.

For more info please contact:
Joel Garcia
joel.garcia@selfhelpgraphics.com
323.881.6444


Self Help Graphics & Art's Summer of Youth (S.O.Y.) Artista Program is sponsored in part by Bank of America Foundation, California Community Foundation, California Wellness Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles, The Walt Disney Company, and Union Pacific Foundation.

The 14th ANNUAL FARCE OF JULY at SHG

Xican@ Records & Film in collaboration with
American Indian Movement Los Angeles
and
United Indian Peoples
present
THE 14th ANNUAL FARCE OF JULY
Monday, JULY 4th
3pm

at
Self Help Graphics *NEW LOCATION*
1300 E. First Street
(Corner of Anderson, between Mission & Boyle)
East Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CalifAztlan 90033
**METRO Gold Line Stop: Pico/Aliso**

A festival benefiting:
Xican@ Indigenous Cultural & Education Projects
and
The Glen Cove Encampment
/)


Music.Vendors.Spoken Word.Comida.y.Mas
including:

La Santa Cecilia
2Mex
Milpa
Chicano Son
El Vuh
Indigenous Elements
Cihuatl Ce
Sherman Austin
Los Poets del Norte
Fe
Tiwaeis
Ara Cruz
Daniel Morales Leon
DJ Libre
DJ Meno Man
and more special guests....
Mas info coming soon!!!

$7 PRE-SALE TICKETS Available Online at:
**BRING YOUR RECEIPT**

TIX ON SALE
at MI VIDA BOUTIQUE:
5159 York Blvd. Los Angeles (Highland Park), CA 90042
MON - SAT 11-7 and SUN - 11-4

and
at NAHUI OLLIN:
1511 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles (Echo Park), CA 90026
MON thru SAT 12-8pm and SUN 12-6pm

and
at SOUL SKATING
770 S. Boyle Avenue, Boyle Heights, CA 90023
M-TH 12-8, Sat-Sun 11-5

and
Antigua coffee house
3400 n figueroa street
Los Angeles (Cypress Park) 90065

$5 for K-12 students (preferably with I.D)


*Please bike, carpool or take the METRO GOLD LINE (Pico/Aliso Stop) right in front of Self Help Graphics*

*Vendor Inquiries, please contact: Mvillamil@dignidad.org