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"Paint Pens in Purses"...an urban art series
“Paint Pens in Purses” is an all-female urban art series. Since the jump off in the summer Shayna Yasuhara, founder and Boston-based illustration artist, has become absolutely obsessed with the on-going quest to find cream of the crop artists and bring them to you. Paint Pens is not about selling art to put over your couch instead it is about seeking out art you will remember…stuff that will give you strange dreams at night. (continued below...)
July 15, 2011 /// "Off the Pages"
Paint
Pens in Purses, Boston’s all-female urban collective, released
their first book this December and are following it up with “Off
the Pages”, a show featuring new work from the book’s
artists, plus some new additions. Paint
Pens in Purses has been a notable force in the Boston urban art
community and has been throwing art shows and other events around the
city since 2008.
The show will be made up of twelve talented lady artists from the Paint Pens in Purses lineup and will span the genres of painting, illustration, photography and mixed-medium pieces. Artists include Mykim Dang, Tofusquirrel, Shayna Yasuhara (curator), Morgan Thomas Anderson, Heather Mcgrath, Allison Bamcat, Steph Love, Nineta, Ali Jersey, Destiny Palmer, Silver Oris and Genie B.
Special thanks to our sponsors; Via Matta & Pabst Blue Ribbon. For more info please visit hourglasstattoo.net.
“Paint Pens in Purses”, an all-female urban art collective, Book Release Party
Boston, MA, December 4, 2010 --- Paint
Pens in Purses, Boston’s all-female urban collective, is ready to
release their first book to the public. This book is a visually
stimulating collection of artwork and interviews with some of New
England’s top female artists. Paint Pens in Purses has been a
notable force in Boston urban art community and has been throwing art
shows and live painting events around the city for over two years.
Author, Mykim Dang, and the group’s Founder, Shayna Yasuhara have thoughtfully selected photographs, illustrated works and paintings from sixteen artists of the Paint Pens in Purses lineup. The collection, which serves as a mini treasure trove of artwork, features work by Heather McGrath, Molly David, Ali Jersey, Silver Oris, Annie Park, Nineta, Destiny Palmer, Morgan Thomas, Genie B, Ashley Clark, Steph Love, Lichiban, Jessica Hess, Veronica Hubbard, Mykim Dang and Shayna Yasuhara.
On Saturday, December 4th, the ladies’ will be celebrating the release of their first book at Goodlife Bar, 28 Kingston Street, 18+, 9pm-2am.
"Paint Pens in Purses" X Sadie
Hawkins Art Show (Sat, April 17th 2011)
The
ladies from the award winning “Paint Pens in Purses” urban
art collective are back, and this time they are inviting boys to the
big dance!
Since 2008, Paint Pens in Purses founder Shayna Yasuhara aka “Shayna Shenanigans” has been on a mission to showcase the best female artists in the Boston area. Of course the journey to uncovering fresh female talent also exposed her to some extremely talented male artists. For the first time ever, The PPP crew is throwing a Sadie Hawkins inspired art show and tossing boys into the mix.
The latest installment features eleven
artists that work in a variety of mediums. Five female artists were
asked to pick a male artist of their choice to include in the show;
someone of a similar style, medium, or just someone they have a major
art crush on. One lowly dude is also “going stag”, as to
keep with the Sadie Hawkins school dance theme.
Aside from this being the FIRST “Paint Pens in Purses” show to include male artists, this is also the grand opening of The Hourglass Tattoo Studio & Pabst Blue Ribbon Art Gallery (1680 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA). The art gallery + tattoo studio is a short stumbling distance from Harvard Square. The show will take place Saturday April 17th from 8PM - ???, Refreshments will be provided by our good old friend, PBR and music by DJs Texas Mike, Doc Klaw & Silent Partner.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/paintpensinpurses. RSVP at paintpensinpurses@gmail.com.
In August ‘08 the concept became a reality with the first
“Paint Pens in Purses” show at Via Matta, home to F.A.M.E,
a monthly fashion, art & music monthly event. Here we featured the
artwork of Nineta, Lichiban, Morgan Thomas, Kim Harris, Heather
McGrath, illy L, and Shayna Shenanigans. Free apps & cocktails
provided by Via Matta, music by Ms Thang, resident DJ for a successful
monthly hiphop, house & reggae night at Goodlife in downtown
Boston.
For the second show in the fall “Paint Pens in Purses”
teamed up with LAB Boston and co-owners Todd MacLeod & Kim Harris.
LAB is a collaborative space for artists, streetwear aficionados,
record collectors and vinyl toy fans. For this show we invited artists
Ali Horeanopoulos, Ashley B. Clark, Genie B., Silver Oris, Shayna
Shenanigans and tofusquirrel to showcase their various forms of
artwork. Music by DJ D-Lux and DJ Kares, a well-known Boston breaks DJ.
As an added bonus to the second show we added a live-art portion in
which Kim Harris, Shayna Shenanigans and tofusquirrel combined forces
to paint LAB’s 25ft window storefront. After approximately six
hours, a massive amount of paint and the help of Nicholas Dimancescu to
film this live-art feat we not only created a head-turning display but
also two youtube videos that will be filed under
“favorites” forever.
An important element behind the success of the series is the huge
generosity of local companies and major sponsors. Scion, Sharpie,
42Below Vodka and The Weekly Dig, to name a few, loaded us up with free
goodies to drink, eat, wear, draw on, draw with, read and dance around
to.
For the winter we are taking the series to Middlesex Lounge (Cambridge,
MA) on Thursday, December 11th with new artists; including photography
from Molly David and Rich Millionaire, illustrations by Ali Jersey,
paintings by Christine Newsham and mixed media work from MyKim Dang.
Also for the first time we will be incorporating film work by Agnieszka
Woznicka, who teaches at Rhode Island School of Design, and who has
shown her amazing short film/ stop animation work at the Institute of
Contemporary Art in Boston.
The founder: Shayna Shenanigans (aka Shayna Yasuhara) is a Boston-based artist originally from sunny CA. The fuzzy animals, clown masks, balloons, everyday appliances and scary flowers that often appear in her work are meant to be playful yet purposely confusing. Her work is inspired largely by the phenomenon in which the mind seems to morph inanimate objects from comforting to eerie; much like how a coat rack can be just a coat rack or an absolutely horrifying human form in the dark. The messages and storylines in her paintings are also purposely scrambled and vague, leaving the viewer to "Choose Their Own Adventure". Her work has been shown at such places as Urban Outfitters, the adidas Originals store, the Harriet's Alter Ego gallery in Brooklyn and the SXSW Music Festival. You can see more of her work online at: www.myspace.com/shaynashenanigans
For more info on the series or to become a sponsor email:
syasuhara@gmail.com.
© shayna shenanigans, 2011