So it seems this west harbour business is creating some buzz about Hamilton! (FYI its all about Frank Gehry Loving Hamilton’s West Harbour!)

A wonderful article in the Spec today about one of the best places in Canada to buy your cigars, the Pipe Shop! Its been around for a century and has always been something I love about James North politically incorrect but always there offering good things…….

Ok so this may not be the most original post but hey if you want to be apart of this rambling blog by all means ask and you too can randomly post about Hamilton and art…..

Anyways here are some awesome things from some people cooler than me and Jesus……

Heidelberg Project is all about how art can tranform one of the worst cities of urban decay aka detroit into a awesome spot…..

And this one from Cool Hunter is amazing, I don’t care if you hate cars you have to love this!

The site also has things like this

Of course this is by Tomokazu Matsuyama….

and also this a discussion about branded art installations…..

This weekend the National Post has a article about the top 100 things to do in Canada, well on #43 came Mixed Media and a mention of artcrawl!!!!

“43. Buy supplies at Mixed Media, a terrific independent art shop in Hamilton, then head to James Street North for an Art Crawl, held every second Friday of the month.”

Isn’t this amazing! National exposure keeps coming on a regular basis to Hamilton’s James St North!!!

(Hey Hamilton how about some bike racks and a bike lane on Cannon Street? Just asking!)

Wow Congrats to Dave and everyone else on the street!!!

Sorry I don’t have more on last artcrawl, I was mainly watching the skateboard art show but safe to safe it was massive, to give you a idea we basically trippled the normal hits we get on the site anyways….

A really nice magazine/blog I like checking out is Contra its got that really nice look and all the cool photo essays I love, well this week they have two posts about shows from last month!

First a really nice photo essay about Leon Robinson’s HipHop Homage Exhibition! (video below)

And also a nice mention of Luis Mora’s Skateboard colaboration with Flatspot Skateboards!

Also as a little bonus I thought I’d post this old video just because it has a bunch of local scences in it!

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/248828–it-s-a-grind-at-beasley-park

Ok I know this may not be related to art but it is a great chance to take some photos! Also its Beasley’s 18th time doing this, basically the oldest one in Canada! And also the good people at Flatspot helped me out with the skateboard art show this month/ the comp and a zillion other local events and people! (Click on the Image for more info)

ALSO MANY THANKS TO ALL THE OTHER SPONSORS FOR MAKING THIS AN AMAZING EVENT— LEVI’S, PABST BLUE RIBBON, ROYAL, BONES, CHE BURITTO AND LOUNGE, SINKIN INK, DR DISC, SUSPECT, CBMK, BLACK LABEL, THE HAMILTON SKATEBOARD ASSEMBLY, CHOCOLATE SKATEBOARDS,VANS, CITY OF HAMILTON

White Elephant- Amy Kenny- Show and Tellshow

Come meet one of our handmade artists, the talented Amy Kenny at White Elephant during the James North Art Crawl.

Amy is Hamilton-based and specializes in leatherwork, among other creative endeavours. Original designs are hand-carved and tooled into full-grain, vegetable-tanned leather before pieces are stained, highlighted, finished and stitched by hand.

There will be demonstrations of how she creates her beautiful pieces, and s…he will be available to meet and speak with. There will also be a selection of both her leather accessories and paintings to view.

You Me – Eklipz – HipHop Homage

A talented bomber and true hip hop head, Eklipz recently merged two of his passions over the past few years to create “Hip Hop Homage” – a collection of 50 paintings showcasing many of hip hop’s icons and greats.  This 9″ X 12″ art book is a self published piece of history that will be sure to impress all hip hop enthusiasts.
To celebrate the release come out and purchase a copy on Friday August 13th – Eklipz will be having an exhibition and book signing inside the You Me Gallery (330 James St. N, Hamilton). Come out and support, the book is incredible!

Sonic Unyon Building – Lyrical Ephemra – Group Show

Poster Art from various local and regional artists.

corner of Wilson & James North and performances by Joel Elliot, The Battleship, Ethel

Loose Cannon Gallery – Skateboard Art Show – Group Show

Various artists making art on skateboards, its gonna be epic stop by!

Mulberry Steet Coffee House-Grand Opening and Art by Kristen Bell

193 James St North (at corner of mulberry st)

SkyDragon – Chris Hogue

Works by Chris Hogue
Come see works by local artist and activist Chris Hogue for the August art crawl.

Read an interview with Chris in this month’s Mayday.

Artword Artbar- Doug Carter

Doug Carter Drawings and Paintings (Artword Gallery August 5 to 29). Artist present.

MORE INFO AS IT COMES!!!

UPDATE! YOU MAY WANT TO GOTO MATT JELLY’S BLOG ASAP!

I kinda disagree with the Spec’s claim of Matt Jelly being a nuisance, hell give me two more and maybe the city would be ok by now!

Info

Today · 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location    Caroline and Stuart Street, Behind the former Rheem Factory.
THIS SATURDAY – WEST HARBOUR GARBAGE CRAWL. Meet at 10 am behind the Rheem Factory at Caroline North and Stuart Street. Bring bags and gloves and friends and family. We’ll be picking up litter from the naturalized areas around the train tracks.

Feel free to use the event photo as your profile photo to help spread the word. Let the cleanup begin.

Please come out to the Hess Village Rally for the West Harbour, even if the point is kinda mute. According to that article by the spec, both the feds and province have basically refused to fund the harbour stadium people were choosing  after they looked at the issue….Both the liberals and Conservative governments killed the West Harbour Stadium idea it seems but they also killed a lot of hope for downtown urban renewal………

…now comes the question, is Bob Young/ The Ti-Cats still helping Hamilton or just dragging us down? I’m sick of old thinking, I’m down for a new sports team! Some call it Football…….