SELF HELP GRAPHICS
TEAMS UP WITH LEXUS
Back Alleys & Art Galleries
Vida Lexus unveils the CT 200h artwork
 Check out how Patssi Valdez and Vyal Reyes transformed a beautiful CT 200h into a work of cultural expression.
Visit our website for more info about Back Alleys & Art Galleries.
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Make an Appointment or Purchase Online
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Stop by SHG and check out our entire selection of small and large affordable prints.
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New Location!
Self Help Graphics & Art
1300 East 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 881-6444
www.selfhelpgraphics.com
Parking is limited in the area. We encourage people to take Metro (www.metro.net) and exit at the
Gold Line Pico/Aliso Station.
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ANNUAL PRINT FAIR & EXHIBITION
Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 12pm to 5pm
Limited Parking. We encourage use of the Metro Goldline
 Self Help Graphics & Art's Annual Print Fair & Exhibition is a highly anticipated one-day only opportunity for collectors and art lovers to acquire new, limited edition, fine art prints created at Self Help Graphics & Art between 2011-2012, including monoprints, etchings, woodblock prints, and linocuts. This year's work features the following:
THE JORNALERO PAPERS (Atelier LIII)
Curated by Joel "rage.one" Garcia
Jose Roberto Barrera * Alfredo Burgos * Mel "Melo" Dominguez * Joel "rage.one" Garcia * Jose Gonzalez * Hugo Martinez * Irwin Sanchez * Ricardo Santibaņez * Xavier Tavera * Noel Vargas Hernandez
SUEŅOS LIBRES: WEST COAST SOŅAZOS (Atelier LIV)
Curated by Sandra de la Loza & Shizu Saldamando
Alice Bag * Sadie Barnette * Sandra de la Loza * Raquel Gutierrez * John E. Miner * Vincent Ramos Reyes Rodriguez * Arturo Ernesto Romo-Santillano * Shizu Saldamando * Ana Serrano
***Same day artist panel discussion 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, featuring atelier curators, artists and a special guest moderator. Sueņos Libres: West Coast Soņazos brings together 10 artists who have envisioned & created fictional album covers and/or riffed off the visual approaches used in album cover art that simultaneously visualizes, documents and embodies the aesthetic, performative and conceptual desires of various subcultures.***
SPECIAL PROJECT
THE UNPOPULAR INBETWEEN (An homage to ASCO)
Felicia Montes * Eamon Ore-Giron * Cindy Santos-Bravo * Alexandro Segade
ADDITIONAL SERIGRAPHS
Rafael Cardenas * Luis Genaro Garcia and Lilia Ramirez * Patssi Valdez
MONOPRINTS
Judithe Hernandez * Alex "Defer" Kizu * Chuy Rangel * Erin Yoshi
Master Printer - Jose Alpuche
Assistant Printers - Ivan Alpuche and Jeff Ahrens
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RECEPTION AND PREVIEW FOR COLLECTORS
ART & INVESTING
6PM Reception 7PM Program
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Special preview of Self Help Graphics' 2011-2012 prints, featuring a program focused on current art markets and valuing your collection!
As a part of Self Help Graphics & Art's 2012 Annual Print Fair & Exhibition, join us for an evening that explores investing & art. Investing in art can create value and support your community... and you don't have to be a millionaire to do it. How do you start? Join us for this special evening and listen to art collectors, appraisers, and artists on how they think about buying, collecting and appreciating art.
RSVP TO EVENTS@SELFHELPGRAPHICS.COM
BY TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012
Catering provided by Sana Gourmet Foods, L.L.C. (Sana) is a boutique manufacturing, marketing and distributing shop in the specialty foods industry.
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Cal Arts Community Arts Partnership with Self Help Graphics & Art Presents
THE YOUTH DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM'S
Year End Art Exhibition
 OPENING RECEPTION Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 5PM to 7PM LOCATION Self Help Graphics & Art 1300 East 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 9033 Self Help Graphics & Art along with CalArts Community Arts Partnership invite you to celebrate the end of another successful year for this exciting program in which students are provided with imaginative training in visual and digital art. Self Help Graphics & Art's Youth and Community Programs are sponsored in part by Bank of America, Cal Arts Partnership, California Community Foundation, Rose Hills Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Walt Disney Company.
Youth Digital Media Program Participants Win Screening at the 5th Annual Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles Student Film Festival  Saturday, June 9 at 11:00am at
The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy 111 N. Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 The CAP/ Self Help Graphics & Art Digital Media Program's animated short film "Decisions" will be screened next Saturday at the LACLA Student Film Festival. This is a FREE event. The LACLA Student Film Festival is a one day event showcasing short film and video work in all genres from High School and Middle School students in the Los Angeles area. |
SOY ARTISTA
"Summer of Youth" Art Program
July 11, 2012 to August 23, 2012
FREE for Students 12-18!
For more information and to register RSVP at: workshops@selfhelpgraphics.com
 Self Help Graphics & Art is once again proud to offer the S.O.Y. Artista Program this summer. This year students will learn the "A Mano" handmade approach to creating various art mediums as well as documenting their art within the creation of their own art book and learning how to translate them to a digital format using the latest techniques on a computer.
S.O.Y. Artista Program (Summer of Youth Artist Program) is a seven-week summer free of charge art-training workshop for local youths ages 14 to 18. S.O.Y. Artista serves high school students with a critical need for summer programming while providing positive and alternative models for creativity in an environment that is nurturing and reflective of their lives and culture. Free of charge (ages 14 - 18) No prior experience needed All materials provided Self Help Graphics & Art's Youth and Community Programs are sponsored in part by Bank of America, Cal Arts Partnership, California Community Foundation, Rose Hills Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Walt Disney Company. |
FIRE IT UP
Ceramic Tile Workshop
Beginning June 14
ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT-SIGN UP NOW!
 Self Help Graphics is thrilled to offer a Ceramic Tile Workshop this summer with artist, Wayne Perry. Participants will learn a brief history of ceramic art & techniques and be shown examples of use in public art.
Wayne Perry is an accomplished painter and ceramist having worked on many public art projects with Frank Romero, Peter Schire, Kim Abeles, and Judy Baca.
The kiln that students will be using is very special to Self Help Graphics & Art. In November 2011, Paul Polubinskas, partner to the late Teddy Sandoval, donated this very special kiln to us in honor of Teddy. We are so grateful to have the opportunity to share Teddy's legacy in this way.
DATES: CLASSES BEGIN ON THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012
TIME: 6PM to 8PM
COST: $15 per session (8 Total) or pay $80 for the Series and save! Supplies and materials included.
REGISTER: Please email - workshops@selfhelpgraphics.com to RSVP. Secure your attendance by clicking on the link below.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR PAYMENT LOCATION: Self Help Graphics & Art
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ONGOING WORKSHOPS
D.I.Y. SILKSCREENING WITH DEWEY TAFOYA
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Saturday, June 23rd
And Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
10 AM to 2 PM
$20 per person
RSVP: workshops@selfhelpgraphics.com
Participants are required to bring two transparency copies of an original black and white image, no bigger than 8 1/2" X 11". Limited number of screens available for purchase. Bring paper and a blank t-shirt or 2 to print your work of art on!
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AEROSOL ART WORKSHOP 
Saturdays, 19th & 26th
10 AM - 1 PM
Free for ages 12 - 18
$10 for Adults
RSVP: workshops@selfhelpgraphics.com
SPECIAL GUEST INSTRUCTOR:
SAND.ONE
Learn various techniques with using spray paint to create works of art. You'll be using low and high pressure spray paint. |
STENCIL MAKING with Andi Xoch
 Every 2nd Saturday of the Month 10AM to 1PM
FREE for ages 12 to 18 // $10 for Adults
RSVP: workshops@selfhelpgraphics.com
Learn how to create stencils and applying them to various surfaces, so bring your bike helmets, skateboards, t-shirts, backpack or anything you want to apply your custom hand cut stencil too.
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SHG's TEEN ART CLASSES
CAP Digital Media Program
NEW SEMESTER START JAN.17
Every Tuesday 4PM - 7PM
Open Registration
Spring Semester
January 17 - May 29
This is an Self Help Graphics and Cal Arts Partnership and consists of a 30-week program for teenagers (ages 15 to 18). Students learn computer design applications, printmaking, T-shirt design, screen-printing and digital video production. The program culminates with an exhibition of the work at Self-Help Graphics & Art, at the California Institute of the Arts, as well as with a screening at REDCAT.
All CAP After-School programs are free. No previous experience is required and registration is open to students ages 13 to 19, with the exception of the media arts programs for middle school students (ages 10 to 14). Please register on the first day of class. Parent's/Guardian's signature will be required on the participant's registration form, standard release form, and medical release form. Attendance at all sessions is required.
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TELAS DE LA VIDA
Quilting Workshop with East LA Stitchers
Every 1st Saturday of the Month
9 AM to 1 PM
Bringing the joy of Quilting to the Latina/o community.
Attendees will learn and participate in block exchanges, tips & techniques, workshops, charity quilts for foster children, block of the month plus much more!
For first time attendees please bring your own working sewing machine and needles and a $30 refundable deposit. You will be making a baby blanket (materials supplied), upon completion of the blanket your deposit will be returned.
For more info contact GloFlo at P: 626.281.4306
Telas_de_la_vida_@yahoogroups.com
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New Location:
1300 East First Street (at Anderson)
Boyle Heights, CA 90033
Across from the Metro Gold Line Pico/Aliso Station.
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