CKC StART Street & Urban Arts

RECAP Of Second Seating and Light Graffiti Event!

2009-11-05T13:15:00.005-06:00

CKC StART LED Light Graffiti Recap!

Last night CKC StART Street & Urban Arts presented a night of LED Light Graffiti Success! Thank you to everyone who came. All guests who came to visit the art exhibition called Second Seating, were handed supplies to construct their very own led tool to play with for the night. Towards the close of the evening everyone grouped outside for a final throw to create an outdoor LED light graffiti art installation! At the count of FIVE the party installed about 200 leds onto the metal warehouse building where Second Seating will remain open until November 7th. Please drop by the exhibition if you appreciate East End's creative minds and art made from found objects and recycled goods. Thank you Mary Margaret Hansen for having us at your place!

For more information on led light graffiti art please contact info@ckcstart.com

For more information on Second Seating please visit http://secondseatinghouston.blogspot.com/

Here is a link to a video from last night sent via facebook

CKC

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CKC StART AT Pieced Together Exhibition At Aerosol Warfare Gallery on August 15th 2009

More picture click here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crkc/sets/72157621943603399/

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At Pieced Together Exhibition At Aerosol Warfare Gallery on August 15th, 2009

CKC StART Spray Painting Fun

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At Pieced Together Exhibition At Aerosol Warfare Gallery on August 15th, 2009

GRL VS CKC StART

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At The Pieced Together Exhibition at Aerosol Warfare gallery on August 15th 2009.

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My entry for the Aerosol Warfare Exhibition "Blow Up Houston". This is a handmade music box and snow globe. I had fun making it. - Carolyn

CKC StART Library at Aerosol Warfare Gallery

2009-06-13T00:56:00.005-05:00

CKC StART Library at Aerosol Warfare Gallery
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Gonzo247 is the best teacher!

Hogg M.S. in The Heights

2009-06-06T17:01:00.004-05:00

Friday June 5th, Gonzo and I volunteered our time to help HOGG Middle School prepare for Impact Day (Park Renovation Project). Deloitte Volunteers came and helped make the school's Spark Park get the finishing touches with landscaping, garden tending and more.

Gonzo and I directed the Mosaic art project portion. It was fun!

Carolyn

Colorful Supplies - Mosaics

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Colorful Supplies - Mosaics
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Hogg Middle School Mosaic Poles

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Hogg Middle School Mosaic Poles
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Hogg Middle School Mosaic Poles

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Hogg Middle School Mosaic Poles
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2009 Update!

2009-06-02T13:20:00.004-05:00

Everyone, the summer is already here! We'd like to continue to update everyone on how CKC StART has developed, as well as future plans.

In immediate news! CKC StART Street & Urban Arts teamed up with Art League Houston to provide a class for the 2009 Summer Program. Please follow this link to check it out! www.artleaguehouston.org

At the close of our Student Exhibition in January we immediately started brainstorming on workshops and more.

CKC StART worked with The Art Colony and Capital One Bank on a couple mosaic benches which were donated to Eastwood Academy's Spark Park.

In addition, Hogg Elementary and Spark Park needed some mosaic artwork. We have begun this project and hope to be complete soon. Hogg is also holding a volunteer day where a group has donated their time to help mosaic the Spark Park entryway gates. Gonzo247 and CKC StART will be volunteering time, design and direction on Friday, June 5th. Please let me know if you or your kids would like to help mosaic either that date or another time?

We have completed Street & Urban Workshops for Kipp Academy, Eastwood Academy and did a 5th grade graduation project for Travis Elementary.

CKC StART spent some time consulting with TALA, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts in hopes to become a non-profit. Should everything go well we should hit this goal by the end of the year.

We plan to have more summer workshops if you are not able to sign up for The Art League Program. However, the great thing about The Houston Art League is that it's about four workshops in one!

If you are interested, we are planning to offer workshops at Aerosol Warfare Gallery which will include a Stencil Art Making Workshop, and Spray Paint Techniques. These will be 1 day workshops for four hours. $ 45 will be the price for each workshop. Please visit our website and feel free to contact us with any questions.

By the way .....Adults enjoy these too!!!

Thanks for your time and have a wonderful summer!

Mosaic Art with the Students

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Mosaic Art with the Students
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School Motto Activity

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Eastwood Academy Art

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Eastwood Academy Art
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Graffiti 101 Workshop

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Graffiti 101 Workshop

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CKC StART Student Exhibition

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CKC StART Student Exhibition

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CKC StART Student Exhibition
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Kipp Academy Graffiti 101

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Kipp Academy Graffiti 101
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2009-01-16T14:49:00.000-06:00

We were a part of Spacetaker's WHAM.

ARC Blogger: It's fast-paced and fun- with a DJ on Friday night, live music with PeteSimple on Saturday night, and jazz guitar on Sunday. Jerry's Artarama will have children's painting activities throughout the weekend, and there will be live demonstrations from several local artists like FetoSoap and Aerosol Warfare -vs- CKC start. Furthermore, there's an open bar and food from Beaver's on Friday and Saturday nights.

The Winter Holiday Art Market, a 3-day event, is held to give artists an economic engine to grow their markets and sell their work at a time of year when additional revenue is often needed. This annual event generates opportunities for artists to engage the public in a festive atmosphere and to have their artwork seen by a large and diverse audience. Everything from jewelry to paintings to sculpture is available for purchase. There will be live musical performances and light refreshments all three days of the event. The diverse art offerings brought together, at one event and one location, offer the Houston public a unique setting that highlighted the extraordinary and varied Houston art scene.

Home Install by GONZO247

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Home Install by GONZO247
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Home Install by Gonzo247

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Home Install by Gonzo247
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Home Install by CarolynKC

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Happy New Year

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I took this picture of Alyssa on new Years Day.

NEW CKC StART RESOURCE CENTER in DEVELOPMENT!

2008-11-24T17:44:00.002-06:00

CKC StART Street & Urban Arts NOW offers a mobile CKC StART Resource Center for Houston and visitors to Houston, whom are interested in street and urban arts. Click this link for more details www.ckcstart.com

The Resource Center is still in the development stages, but our first priority is to get books to people! Please introduce our new stock of used books for researching, browsing and check-out purposes. The books will be available to the public for browsing at Aerosol Warfare Gallery by December 3rd, 2008. Members will have the advantage to checkout our materials for TWO-WEEKS by filling out our membership form on our website. This membership will provide other future benefits to come.

Come check us out soon!

CKC

Art Crawl This Weekend!

2008-11-19T09:57:00.003-06:00

Art Crawl is a lot of fun! Last year I had a little to drink and eat each Gallery stop, by the end of the night I was hitch hiking for after hour buses!

It will be lots of fun this year because CKC StART friends and community gallery, Aerosol Warfare, is participating!

From 10 am to 8pm on Saturday Nov. 22, you can see what the Houston Art Scene had to offer. You go from one gallery to art space, to studio.. .all the while meeting and smoozing with the various Houston art communities!

ACK, SODE, WEAH, & Marco from Houston are the featured artists this month at Aerosol Warfare Gallery. visit http://www.aerosolwarfare.com/ for more info on the show!

Z-Trip Video!

2008-11-19T09:22:00.002-06:00

Just In...Z-Trip video by Primo!

It was honor to be there during the interview and company of the artists behind this video.

Like a "ring of fire...."

http://vimeo.com/2286395 from Alex Luster on Vimeo.

002 Magazine Cover Contest

2008-11-18T21:49:00.002-06:00

Carolyn of CKC StART entered on a whim the 002 Magazine Cover Contest. With all the recent bold business ambition I figured it would be good to show some personal creativity. I will update with my design submission soon! As soon as I win...ok even if I don't : )

DJ Melodic Benefit & Musical Tribute

2008-11-17T21:35:00.003-06:00

CKC StART was pleased to contribute to DJ Melodic Benefit and Musical Tribute event on Nov. 16th 2008. We provided a 175.00 Gift Certificate for a CKC StART Workshop as a raffle item.

I was unable to attend the event, however after speaking with Tina Zulu, she reported that they raised aprox. $17,000! This is so great for the family of Soular Grooves member, DJ Melodic (Paco) who recently had cardiac arrest. When I was contacted he was in a coma and his close friends invited me to be a small part of this wonderfully big event. He was able to pull through and actually attend his own benefit. Such great news for everyone! Best wishes to the close friends and family from CKC StART. I appreciate the invite to contribute! Here are links to pictures taken during the event... Houston Press Pics Houston Chronicle

Media Day Dec. 13th 2008

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Media Day!! Free Sample Workshop ...

December 13th, 2008 10am RSVP carolyn@ckstart.com

Free Breakfast Sponsored by...

Z-Trip In Houston

2008-11-11T20:42:00.002-06:00

The world famous Z-Trip made a one night stop in Houston last night. We had an opportunity to meet up with him for dinner, then ended up hanging out at Aerosol Warfare gallery. It was cool to meet him.

Later that night we all headed out to Pub Fictionand we were treated to an incredible performance! I've heard his mixes (and loved them), but it's one thing to hear his mix, vs seeing him do his thing LIVE! I cannot even explain the amount work he put into his music, much less describe how he did it!

Orange Show Gala - Day Of The Dead

2008-11-02T21:38:00.003-06:00

One of the most reverent holidays of the year was celebrated at The Orange Show Gala "Day of the Dead" theme party. Gonzo247 and I went all out like we did in 2007. It was lots of fun!

CKC StART At Discovery Green

2008-11-02T20:00:00.001-06:00

CKC StART was hired last minute by Discovery Green to do a small Mural Activity for Nov. 1st 2008 during the day. It was fun! The mural was a walk-up station led by Carolyn. Children of all ages had free creative control to paint on a stand-up 8x10 canvas. I will update with pictures of the finished product soon!

WHAM DEC. 5-7, 2008

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Join us at the Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM) December 5th - 7th! Hosted by Spacetaker at Winter Street Studios. We will be doing live demonstrations as CKC StART vs. Aerosol Warfare.

here is a link to event...

WHAM

Playstation

2008-10-28T19:28:00.002-05:00

Deutsch contacted CKC StArt to provide a Houston themed design for a Playstation PSP skin. Of course, GONZO247 was the preferred artist for this project!

The skins will be sold and available all around the world on a website which is currently under construction.

Will update you soon!

Bayou City Art Festival

2008-10-18T19:24:00.003-05:00

Capital One Bank Sponsored a Children's Discovery Zone and Art Contest facilitated by CKC StART and Gonzo247 for the Bayou City Art Festival 2008.

2008-09-24T14:57:00.000-05:00

Call for CKC StART Artists!
From CKC Start:Call for Artists! CKC StART Students and Media Day Guests!CKC StART Annual Student Art Exhibition features artwork by CKC StART 2008 & 2009 students using what they have learned.Artists please include name, title, year, medium, CKC StART Class Title and contact information with artwork. You may submit up to four pieces of artwork.Deliver or ship artwork to:CKC StARTc/o Aerosol Warfare Gallery2110 Jefferson, Suite 113Houston, Tx 77003Gallery Hours: Tues. – Friday 4pm – 9pm, Sat.2pm-9pmCKC StART Contact: info@ckcstart.comPlease visit http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNrY3N0YXJ0LmNvbQ== for the most recent programs and event details.Delivery date deadline: Monday, March, 23, 2009Exhibition Opening Reception:Saturday, March 28, 2009, 5 to 9 PM@ Aerosol Warfare Gallery in Houston, Texas.--

'Graffiti 101' drawing class at Aerosol Aerosol
Howdy All...We are wrapping up our 1st 'Graffiti 101' drawing class at Aerosol Warfare and the experience has been overwhelming! Not only for myself ( as the instructor), but also for the students! That being said, we are about to start our next (intro) session, This Sunday Sept 28th! Please see the attached flyer for more info. Space is limited, so if you know anyone who would like to participate, feel free to fwd this email to them. Thanks, in advance for your support.

Hurricane Ike

2008-09-16T10:24:00.000-05:00

Hi there, I think everyone in Houston are being extremly well natured about everything since it looks like we have our health. I also think the weather change has helped everyone keep calm through this whole event. If it were humid and hot like it was before the hurricane I think it would be ten times worse!

I feel terrible about Galveston and any people and places that got it worse then us. Please email or call us if you need help finding resources. ckc.series@gmail.com or 713-822-5103.

We cancelled our workshop for the weekend and hope to have the 4th meeting to the first session this coming saturday if everyone is up for it. The Gallery did well and Gonzo will be getting it back in order this week. He is unsure if it has power though.

Our 4th workshop meeting to the very first Session will take place in the next week or so. We are excited to call the workshop a success. Please come by and check out the meeting if your interested in signing up for the next session.

For those out of town our city has billboards down and damaged. My friend got a tree on her garage and crushed her two cars. I waited in line for gas yesterday it took an hour. People are cleaning out freezers and refrigerators, and curfew has been set for Houston at 9pm to 6am since barely any traffic lights at intersections are working. My daughter's school district has a message that they are closed all week! Her school I’m sure has no power. I'm back at work, our office suite got lucky because the other side of our building has broken windows.

My car made it! It was pinned in but untouched by a huge tree, amazing sight of luck!

All in all everyone is enjoying some down time from technology in the city, we saw a gorgeous full moon last night. The only light in sight was moon light!

Hope everyone is well

CarolynKC

Next Sessions begin

2008-08-28T19:11:00.000-05:00

1st CKC StART Urban Art Workshop in Houston - Success!!

2008-08-23T17:32:00.002-05:00

Thank you to students who registered for the 1st meeting of the CKC StART Workshops!

I have confirmed word that everyone enjoyed the first Saturday immensely, especially our instructor, GONZO247!

Thanks again and I cannot wait to meet everyone!

It is not too late to sign up!

Have a great weekend!

CKC

StART Here!

2008-08-23T17:26:00.001-05:00

Our first workshop invites young teens to older adults to work with a successful local urban artist. It is an intro-level urban drawing class that will teach basics on urban letter styles, composition, 3D, color & design. Classes are small and intimate so spaces are limited!

4-hour Four Day, One Day or

Two Day Sessions

Workshops for ages 13 to adult and/or all ages available.Small group sizes and lead by successful local urban artists.

Workshops will be offered based on interest and demand.

The cost of workshops are determined by media used and artist involvement.

(see News for current workshops, prices and location details)

For Registration contact: info@ckcstart.com or 713-822-5103.

Graffiti Drawing 101 @ Aerosol Warfare gallery

2008-07-11T18:50:00.004-05:00

CKC StART Street and Urban Arts has obtained support from Aerosol Warfare Gallery and Frank 151 to conduct Graffiti Drawing 101 Workshops in Houston.

CKC StART Mission is to promote street, urban and alternative forms of art as a positive and creative force in the community.

Carolyn Casey, AKA CKC, Founder & Director

Email: info@ckcstart.com

Phone: 713-822-5103