Smile On Your Brother
There’s a fantastic looking skateboard art show travelling across Canada right now (Calgary September 4-6 at Livestock) called “Smile On Your Brother”.
Conceived by Mike Giles and Annie Lam and co-curated by Bob Kronbauer of www.clubmumble.com fame, “Smile On Your Brother” , is an art show centered around the original shape of skateboards when they first hit mass production. This seemed the perfect canvas to launch the contributor campaign. The idea behind not only the show, but also overall project is to hopefully inspire people to think about their first skateboard and what it meant to them. For many skaters, this still represents a pivotal moment in their lives, with every last little detail, fresh in their minds. Bringing together contemporary artists both in, and affected by the skateboard industry to help raise funds to go towards the first goal of Contributor which is to donate 100 skateboards to disadvantaged youth across Canada in 2009/2010
There’s some real heavy hitters in this one such as Don Pendleton (pictured), Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Andy Jenkins, Jim Houser, Parra, and Porous Walker among many others. Be sure to check it out, as we rarely get the opportunity to see this kind of artistic talent come across Canada. Plus all pieces are available for purchase with proceeds going to the Contributor cause. Good stuff.
For more information visit: Smile On Your Brother @ Contributor
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