Stir some concepts in a hat, randomly select four ideas and materials, then let them fester in the minds of Sketchy Neighbors. Spacetaker presents Houston artist collective Sketchy Neighbors in “The Saddest Love Story Almost Never Told: Based on a True Idea”, an exhibition of new work based on public submissions featuring drawings, paintings and sculptures via a multitude of media including black velvet, found objects, custom snow globes, and more. In addition, the group will collaborate for the first time on a mixed-media site-specific installation entitled “Garden of Uncomfortable Truths.”

“The Saddest Love Story Almost Never Told: Based on a True Idea” will be on view from December 10th through 30th with a free public opening reception on Saturday, December 10 from 5 – 7 pm.

To add to the sketchiness, on December 21st, local writers from flash fiction publisher NANO Fiction join in for Inky Improv, an experiment in collaborative exchange where scribes and sketchers draw inspiration from audience suggestions. With a strict time limit, each round of this creative throwdown pits artists’ and writers’ wits against each other in friendly fire promising entertainment and unexpected results. Free admission and open to all.

About Sketchy Neighbors:
On a fateful night in February 2009, artists Katsola and Carlos Hernandez gathered a random collection of fellow local artists they didn’t know and hadn’t ever worked with. The goal – to start a sketch group. Exactly 39 minutes and 42 seconds into the casual meet and greet, that arbitrary congregation of artists became…the Sketchy Neighbors. Their art would consist of a theme and media/material pulled from suggestions put into a hat. The Sketchy Neighbors are Marisa Avelar, Anthony Butkovich, Brenda Cruz, Jordan Johnson, Katsola, Devon Moore, Melissa Perez, Chris Thompson, and Jeff Whiteley. For more information about Sketchy Neighbors, checkout their website http://sketchyneighbors.com/ or Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/sketchyneighbors.

Also more at http://www.spacetaker.org/

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Sketchy Neighbors is participating in the 19th Annual Artcrawl Houston, organized by Motherdog Studios. Artcrawl is an all day event, from 10am-9pm and is free to the public. Sketchy Neighbors is presenting a show entitled “Imaginary Time Travel”, the concept was drawn from the infamous hat along with a material “a closet door”.

Imaginary Time Travel
Artcrawl 2011
Gribble Stamp Bldg. 121 St. Emanuel
November 19, 2011 10am-9pm
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Press Time: Free Association Blunder 2011 from The Sketchy Neighbors on Vimeo.

The Sketchy Neighbors present Press Time. They are gearing up for the upcoming show: Free Association Blunder which will be held Saturday August 20, 2011 at Cactus Records in Houston, TX.

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Brenda Cruz, video Sketchy Neighbor, UH graduate student and owner of Shoot, Cut Creative, joined her fellow Sketchy Neighbors on Thursday, August, 11th at Sean Flournoy’s Throttle Tees to capture the craziness of the Sketchy t-shirt factory. This is Brenda’s second year as a Sketchy Neighbor and her second year the shoot the Sketchys in action.

Want more of Brenda? Check out her vimeo page too at vimeo.com/brendacruz

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Sketchy Neighbors presents Free Association Blunder, a musically themed art exhibition at Cactus Music on Saturday August 20^th 6-9 PM.

For the third year in a row, the artist collective Sketchy Neighbors will exhibit musically themed artwork created specifically for sale at Cactus Music located at 2110 Portsmouth Houston, TX 77098.  The preview begins at 6 PM, for the thrill seekers, a silent auction takes place from 6:30-8:30 with low starting bids, and for those seeking more instant gratification, a buy-it-now price will be set for each piece.  A new line of Sketchy Neighbor T-shirts for guys and gals will be available. Sean Flournoy of Throttle Tees, who is also the guest artist for this exhibition, is printing the shirts.

Come marvel at the wondrous creations of your Sketchy Neighbors, share a frothy beverage by St. Arnolds Brewing, mingle on the fringes of society, and dig on the tunes spun by a live DJ.

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Sketchy Neighbors and the Mini Many Residency from The Sketchy Neighbors on Vimeo.

For the first time in their three year collaboration, the Sketchy Neighbors artists presented a performance art piece called, “The worst thing you can do to people is to forget them”, as a participant in the Many Mini Residency at 2011 at Skydive Art Space, located at 2041 Norfolk Street in Houston, Texas on Thursday, July 14, from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

This is what happened…..
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Sketchy Neighbors exploring performance art for the first time.

For the first time in their three year collaboration, the Sketchy Neighbors artists will present a performance art piece, “The worst thing you can do to people is to forget them”, as a participant in the Many Mini Residency at 2011 at Skydive Art Space, located at 2041 Norfolk Street in Houston, Texas on Thursday, July 14, from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

Based on the premise of celebrating an individual’s existence, this brief one hour experience promises to assault the senses one-person-at-a-time while paying homage to the viewer in an unexpected, sometimes startlingly, fashion.

Keeping in step with prior groundbreaking shows, Sketchy Neighbors, composed of Marisa Avelar, Anthony Butkovich, Brenda Cruz, Jordan Johnson, Katsola, Devon Moore, Melissa Perez, Chris Thompson, and Jeff Whiteley, is thrilled to move beyond the conventional art object into a more experimental and temporal event that their Many Mini Residency provides.

Due to the one-hour limit of the performance, individuals are requested to arrive between 8pm and 8:15pm to ensure their experience. Early arrivals will have a chance to participate in the performance piece. Beer and Champagne will be provided to participants upon exiting the exhibit.

The Many Mini Residency began in 2008 in Berlin. This year Houston’s Skydive Art Space plays host to the 168 hour, one-week exhibition that will be documented and archived here on the project’s website. For a listing of the exhibition’s schedule and participants – http://www.manymini.org or http://www.theskydive.org

Sketchy Neighbors: On a fateful night in February 2009, artists Katsola and Carlos Hernandez gathered a random collection of fellow local artists they didn’t know and hadn’t ever worked with. The goal – to start a sketch group. Exactly 39 minutes and 42 seconds into the casual meet and greet, that arbitrary congregation of artists
became…the Sketchy Neighbors. They had a mission… to do what no group had done before. Their art would consist of a theme and media/material pulled from suggestions put into a hat. For more information about Sketchy Neighbors, checkout their website http://sketchyneighbors.com or Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/sketchyneighbors.

Press Contact:

Melody Patelis

melody.patelis@gmail.com

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Inside a SKETCHY NEIGHBOR Meeting. from The Sketchy Neighbors on Vimeo.

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Killer cage skating on a half pipe, Pink’s Pizza and other gnarly bites, Saint Arnold’s beer, wine for the gentile and partially civilized, killer sounds and most certainly  mind melting art from the Sketchy Neighbors! Two days only dudes and dudettes or whatever moniker of your choosing, YOU ARE all welcome! Yes, it is that time of year again where we all gather together to bring forth the bounty of what got pulled out of the hat and share the disturbance and beauty with you once again. This year before the holidays begin, let us not think of the red, green and icy blue shades of the holidays and forget the steel poles of Festiveous but rather; let us focus on the punk rock pink of the Sketchy Season.

Abusrd Reality of an Amputated Ego
Art- Music- Skate
Dec 3rd & 4th 6-10 pm
Arlington Street Studios @20th (in the Heights)
1831 Arlington St.
Houston, TX77008

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