Printed II - An Exhibition of Hand Printed Art

Hero is very proud to be a part of a great exhibit, Printed II, An Exhibition of Hand Printed Art, that opens Saturday night in LA at Crewest Gallery.

“Printed II” an exhibition curated by Two Rabbits Studios and featuring the best selection of hand printed art posters by some of today’s most innovative street artists, activists, and designers. As hand-printed art posters re-emerge in suburban and urban areas all over the world communicating political and social messages to everyday people, Crewest takes a moment to platform this growing genre and open its doors for the public to enjoy. Prints, prints and more prints are what you will see in December at Crewest!


Printed II has it's Opening Reception December 5th, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm featuring live printing by Two Rabbits Studios and a special installation by Paperworks Laboratories for all you serious art collectors and art fans. Opening Reception: Saturday, December 5th, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm featuring live printing by Two Rabbits and featured artist Ron Donovan of Firehouse & the Nor-Cal Posse plus a special installation by Paperworks Laboratories for all you serious art collectors and art fans. The show runs thru December 31st, 2009. Exhibiting Artists: Adam Hathorn, Ashira Siegel, Billy Bishop, Bill Green, Branded, Hit + Run, Cat Cult, Clint Wilson, Contra One, Dash 2000 Fidel, Delicious Design League, Deadmundo, Dethkills, DKNG, Enik, Euth One, Firehouse, Geraldine Lozano, Hero Design Studio, James Bentely, Ken Garduno, Lucky Bunny, Mas, Max Nuetra, Mad One, Man One, Michael Alvarez, Michael Hsiung, Miles Grobman, Neko Sluts Crew, Ron Donovan from Firehouse & The Nor-Cal Posse, Septerhed, Shark Toof, SPRFKR, The Bungaloo, Tom Haubrick, WERC, Will Manville, Vyal, Yo What Happened To Peace and more...

Crewest Gallery is located at 110 Winston St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, (213) 627-8272.

The Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale in Chicago

Hero will be setting up shop with over 150 of today’s finest indie-craft and contemporary design talents at the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale on December 5 + 6 from 11am – 7pm at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse in Chicago, IL!

Those looking to shop handmade and support small business this holiday season will surely find something for everyone – from jewelry and clothing, to ceramics and stationary, with everything from bath products, housewares, posters, comics and plush objects in between – at this large-scale, free-to-attend art, craft and design extravaganza!!


Come by the Hero booth, say hi, introduce yourself, and check out ALL the new goodies we have. New art prints, a calendar, pillows and more. Hope to see you there.


Check out all the amazing-ness that is Renegade, they really put on a FABULOUS event :
Special this year: Free Trolley Rides between the Fair and a handful of Wicker Park hot spots will help keep holiday shoppers out of the cold! Stops to catch the trolley along Division St. (between Ashland Ave. and Hoyne Ave.) include our very own Renegade Handmade, Nina, Greenheart Shop and Small Bar, who will be holding a weekend-long $3 draft drink special on PBR – sponsor of this special trolley service!

As always, the Fair is FREE TO ATTEND and other event features include free raffles of publications from Chronicle Books, items from Jenny Hart’s Sublime Stitching, papergoods from Pinball Publishing, and Faythe Levine’s Handmade Nation – both the book and the DVD documentary! Free copies of Readymade and TimeOut Chicago magazines can be found at the Renegade Craft Welcome Station and don’t forget to pop into the free-to-use photo booth provided by Magnolia Photo Booth Co. The Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP) and other local DJs will be playing the jams all weekend long!

Food and beverages from Treat Restaurant and TipsyCake will be available for purchase! Alcoholic beverages will also be available for purchase, including beer, wine, bubbly and mulled-wine!

Photos from Seattle

I am far too scatter brained right now to post a proper follow up from our trip to Seattle for Flatstock 22 from a few weeks ago. So, between the "Thing We Like" post that we put up yesterday and this photo collection on Flickr, you should be able to get a pretty good idea of what a rad time we had!!

We hope you enjoy.

See all the photos we posted here.