Right before I headed down to LA for the Nike Lightning Bolts show, Sierra from Nike hit me up to see if I’d be into hosting a Nike “Make Something” class at the Montalban Theater a few days after the show. I was super psyched because I had just seen a bunch of videos on their Sportswear site with artists like Kaws and Mike Mills hosting classes and also because they wanted Bob Haro to do the class, but he couldn’t make it, so they asked me!
I wanted to figure out something really cool to do for the class and with having no teaching experience, I was stressing about putting together something fun, but also teaching something that had substance and knowledge that the kids could take with them when they left the class… After going over a few different ideas, I ended up teaching the kids how to stencil.
All the plates from the Nike Lightning Bolts show are up for auction and ALL the proceeds are going to the Athlete Recovery Fund and the auction ends today!
Last night’s Nike art show/party went off pretty well. Cool space, some cool number plates, a bunch of rad people in the house and complimentary drinks and candy.
I went with the intentions of taking some photos for this site, but quickly abandoned that plan due to a combination of catching up with people and forgetting about it. Luckily, the magazine guys and other media dudes were on hand to snap some photos.
The final Nike Lightning Bolts art show is going down next week in Los Angeles and for the show, they have asked 25 new artists to create plates for the show. Sierra at Nike hooked up a nice little preview of some of the new plates. Check out a bunch of photos after the jump and keep reading for more info about the show.
All art will be exhibited at the Montablan from Dec. 10th-Dec 14th. The weeklong online auction will kick off the evening of Dec. 10th, ending Dec. 14th. To place a bid, view a photo gallery of all art, and read the artist statements go to: www.athleterecoveryfund.com/lightningbolts. Besides art there will be music, drinks, and a special screening of the Nike 6.0 BMX Movie, Writing on the Wall.
