I'm participating in the 2nd ever surf art festival down in Santos, Brazil this year in January. I'm preparing several pieces to mail down south for this event. There is still an outside chance I will be in attendance depending on how things go at the end of the year. One of my pals, Jair Bortoleto, who is a talented lensman, has labored long and hard to bring a free event to the people of Santos. The city is even building a new surf musuem on the shores, and this festival will be taking place there... screening films like Believe, Musica Surfica, One California Day, and more. The festival will be showcasing art from top notch talent worldwide. I'm honored to be part of the rootsy festival, and stoked the brazillian people will get a great free show in the summer courtesy of Jair and the rest of the participants.
The festival starts in January and has a long lineup of top artists and photographers like
Albe Falzon, Tyler Warren, Patrick Trefz, Joe Curren, Yusuke Hanai, and Nick Lavecchia. Even
Wyland will be included, who I'm told has been painting one of his infamous murals somewhere in the city down there. One of my favorite artists,
Nathaniel Russell, has done a striking poster for the show that you might be seeing alot more of since the show doesn't start until January. Below is a press release from Jair to go along with the poster crafted by Nat.
II Santos SurfArt as part of the V Santos Surf Festival.
20th to 26th January, 2009 on the Emissário Submarino in the city of Santos, São Paulo.
Santos has a special place in every surfer’s heart from Brasil.
In 1937, four pioneers started what became one of the biggest passions in Brasil. The Surf.
The Santos Surf Festival is a celebration about surf and all the culture that surrounds every surfers mind.
In this year we will have the second annual Santos SurfArt on the brand new and first public Surf Museum in Brasil, with the best of surf art from around the world. Also a special taste from skateboard art scene.
Surf Artists are Mark Sutherland (AUS), Nat Russell (USA), Albe Falzon (AUS), Ryan Tatar (USA), Yusuke Hanai (JAP), Nick Lavecchia (USA), Beto Paes Leme (BRA), Xanadu (BRA/USA), Steve Sherman (USA), Patrick Trefz (USA), Danielle Rubi (USA), Andrew Kidman (AUS), Theo Hetherington (USA), Jesse LeDouxville (USA), Jair Bortoleto (BRA), Mick Waters (AUS), Jamie Brisick (USA), Tyler Warren (USA), Marcelus Viana (BRA), Wyland (USA) and more.
Skateboard Photographers Grant Brittain (USA) and Fabio Bitão (BRA).
Also we will have a Surf Film Festival with daily screenings of the best in surf and skate movies.
Surf Movies, Musica Surfica (AUS), One California Day (USA), Believe (AUS), Carving (USA),
Seaworthy (AUS), Glass Love (AUS), Litmus (AUS) and more
The whole idea of the Santos SurfArt is to show surf and skate art to all kinds of people.
It will be free admission and we will give away some goodies from The Skateboard Mag, Drift Magazine, Weird Clothing and more...