CAC Art Series: Custom Kicks
The Cultural Affairs Commission Art Series at UCLA recently hosted one of their biggest events of the year, the “Custom Kicks Live Event.” The event featured two artists, Sole Junkie and UCLA’s own Jacob Patterson, both who have gained prominence for their custom hand painted “kicks” and other urban-inspired artwork.The event drew in an energetic young crowd that was blessed with the artists’ presence. The exhibit also hosted up and coming Spoken Word artists Ebony Donnley and Jessica Smith, current UCLA undergraduates.
Jacob Patterson & Steven Cedre (aka Sole Junkie)
The Art Series strives to promote the arts on campus by educating, informing and inspiring students through a variety of artistic disciplines. This series will be dedicated to working with student organizations and artists to curate the Kerckhoff Art Gallery and showcase a new exhibition every week. The weekly exhibits will highlight the talent of students and localartists in the mission of creating dialogue on relevant social issues.
The exhibit ran from Feb 22 to Feb 26th, with the previously mentioned opening event on Feb 22nd from 5-7pm, in the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, on the UCLA Campus.
more information can be found here:
www.culturalaffairsla.com/art-gallery
Links:
Jacob Patterson’s Myspace
Steven Cedre, Jr. alka Sole Junkie
Photo’s courtesy of Eileen Liu. Thank you Eileen!
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