Artists To Watch At The Simple Good’s Art Showcase During Glappitnova
Here are the deeds for The Simple Good’s Art Showcase held at Threadmeup’s HQ July 12th. All events occurring during July 9th – July 15th for the Glappitnova festival can be found here.
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It’s time for the Sunday Funday Funk-raiser!
July 12th, 2015, ThreadMeUp HQ – 406 N. Aberdeen Ave., Chicago, 1pm – 6pm. – In collaboration with Glappitnova festival, ThreadMeUp will be hosting a Sunday Funday fundraiser benefitting Chicago-based arts non-profit, The Simple Good, on Sunday July 12th at ThreadMeUp HQ.
ThreadMeUp, a custom merchandising platform geared towards artists, innovators and entrepreneurs,based out of the West Loop, will be sponsoring the creation of Simple Good T-shirts which will feature stories of different meanings of ‘the simple good’ generated by Chicago youth that have participated in TSG’s After School Art Program. TSG’s Art Program uses conscious art programming in under-served communities to empower youth to discover positivity within themselves and the world in order to bring positive activism in their own communities. Five different T-shirts from five different Chicago communities in which TSG programming is being conducted, will be launched as a part of a 30-day t-shirt campaign.
Each t-shirt will tell a different ‘simple good’ story derived from youth in from the South and West-sides of Chicago. You can view them here. During the fundraiser, 10 Chicago visual and performing artists will use the inspiration from the stories of good from each t-shirt to create their own art live at the event! In order to get into the event, guests can either buy a Simple Good T-shirt via the ThreadMeUp site or donate at the door. 100% of t-shirt sales and donations go towards supporting The Simple Good art programming in under-resourced communities across the city empowering youth to bring positivity into their lives. Visual artists include Chicago Street and Graffiti artists Bel, Teel, Mr. E & July, Two Bit and Chris Hooker who will be doing live murals at the event. MomentumArtTech is the official Spray Paint sponsor for all visual artists. Performing artists include pianist, Cole Degenova, Singers, Courtney Cintron & Amanda Runge, Spoken Word Artist, Bundo Onwueme, Bryant Cross, Spoken Word artist and BBoy Dancer, Kid Jungle who will all be performing at the event as well. The Sunday Funday will be hosted outside at the ThreadMeUp HQ with music, booze, games, live art and a simply good Sunday Funday for a GREAT cause. ThreadMeUp T-shirt campaign launches Wednesday, 6/17 – purchase your t-shirt today and help spread the simple good across Chicago!
Event Participants also include the following:
Visual Artists:
- Chris Hooker
- Bel
- Teel
- Abie & July
- Two Bit
Performing Artists:
- Bundo, spoken word
- Courtney Cintron & Amanda Runge, Vocalists
- Cole Degenova, Pianist
- Kid Jungle, Bboy Dance
- Bryant Cross, Spoken Word
Glappitnova:
Glappitnova is building a global community of entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers to diversify the world. Our publication provides a voice for mixing culture with knowledge, and our festival unites some of the brightest and craziest through eclectic events. Some call our festival a mixture of South By Southwest and TED Talks with a Coachella vibe.
ThreadMeUp:
We are ThreadMeUp, the custom merchandising platform for sellers of all sorts. We love designers, creators, entrepreneurs and innovators. We put the power in your hands and empower you to create and instantly sell your own unique designs on a wide variety of products without having to deal with the hassle. We print and ship for you and best of all, it’s 100% free to launch your own Movement.
The Simple Good:
The Simple Good is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the meaning of good from around the world to empower at-risk youth to bring positivity into communities through art and discussion. Through public art projects and youth art programming, we transcend the message that no matter where you go in the world, good means the same to all of us, and that is what connects us as human beings.
Check out highlights of some of the artists below.
TEEL ONE IS A GRAFFITI ARTIST WHO HAS SPENT MORE THAN HALF OF HIS LIFE PAINTING ON ANYTHING HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON AND THAT INCLUDES TOYS.OF CUBAN MEXICAN DESCENT, BORN IN CHICAGO, HE STARTED DOING GRAFFITI IN 1989 RIGHT AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER.
TEEL ONE FOUND HIS EMOTIONAL REFUGE AND CREATIVE INSPIRATION IN THE HIP HOP SUBCULTURES, AND WOULD END UP SPENDING A GOOD PORTION OF HIS YOUTH AND HIS EARLY ADULT YEARS PAINTING WALLS AND TRAINS THROUGH NEARLY EVERY MAJOR CITY IN THE US.
HE WAS PART OF A HUGE GRAFFITI SCENE IN THE 1990’S THAT HE HAD A PART IN PLAYING AND RUBBED ELBOW WITH CHICAGO GREATS LIKE DESIGN AND MANY OTHER FROM THE CITY, BUT NOT TILL HE STARTED HIS OWN CREW DID HE REALLY BLOW UP ON THE SCENE THEN LATER CHANGED THE NAME OF HIS CREW THAT IS NOW INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED IN THEIR FIELD THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON LARGE SCALE MURALS, YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION, AND PRESERVATION OF GRAFFITI/STREET ART CULTURE.
