Flight artists Corey Godbey, JP Ahonen, and Israel Sanchez have artwork in this year’s “Hey You Guys!” Charity Art Auction. The movie themed auction benefits “Donors Choose”, a charity that grants school supply requests for teachers around the country.
Along with the auction there will be a screening of the classic comedy “Ghostbusters” at the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena, come check it out this Saturday!
“Under The Influence” opens today at Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, last year the show paid tribute to Mr. Stan Lee, this year we honor the Beastie Boys. Pictured above is an awesome painting by friend and all around good guy Martin Hsu. You can see my painting here. The opening is from 7-11pm and the show stays up until January 29th. Come check check check it out!
Update! The whole show is online here.
Hi, Israel Sanchez here, Scott Campbell and I will be showing new work at the “Imaginary Friends” show opening this Friday at Gallery 1988 San Francisco. Come check it out! Also check out my blog for some process pictures showing how I completed the painting shown here.
Opening this Tuesday, May 20th at Gallery 1988 is the “One To Grow On” show featuring artwork by 13 artists including Scott Campbell, Dan Santat, and Israel Sanchez. The theme of the show is artwork inspired by the artist’s childhoods. Check out a preview of some of Israel’s work at his blog. The show opens at 7PM, come check it out!
Several of the Flight artists, including Kazu Kibuishi, Dik Pose, and Israel Sanchez will speak at California State University, Fullerton, this Friday March 14 at 7pm in VA-113 (map). It’s FREE to everyone! Kazu will most certainly talk about his latest graphic novel, Amulet, and the upcoming release of Flight Explorer, the first graphic novel anthology for youngsters!
Just a few weeks old, the “Dik’s Drawing Challenge” blog features sketches of some of pop culture’s favorite icons including Super Mario, The Predator, and Helen Keller. All of the drawings that will appear on the blog in the coming months were executed by Flight contributor Richard Pose in less than two hours. The subject of each drawing was called out to him by a group of friends, he then had to complete the sketch without any photo reference before the next subject was given. Pictured here is the first drawing, can you guess who it is?
Israel Sanchez here, the “Under The Influence: A Tribute To Stan Lee” show opens this Tuesday at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. It will feature artist interpretations of many of the Marvel comic characters that Stan helped create over the years. Here’s my contribution to the show, “Meanwhile!”, check out a larger version and some preliminary sketches over at my blog. Hope to see you at the opening!
Opening this Saturday at the JFlynn Gallery in Costa Mesa, California is the “Tree Trimming 2″ show. It will feature one of a kind Christmas ornaments created my a number of artists including Calef Brown, Jaime Zollars, Megan Brain, and me, Israel Sanchez. Here are a couple of pictures of my ornament, “Twohead Christmas” made out of wood and painted with cel vinyl. Come check it out, the opening is from 7-10PM.
Southern California writers and illustrators aspiring to create great children’s graphic novels can get a jumpstart on their dreams with the first Children’s Graphic Novel Day (Saturday Nov. 3, at CSU-Fullerton). The Southern California Tri-Regions Chapters of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is organizing a full day of hands-on, workshop-style presentations. Participants will learn about publishers, markets, trends, and most importantly about skills to access the endless literary, visual, and narrative potentials of graphic novels for children. Register here.
Flight guys Richard Pose and Israel Sanchez will be attending. Come check it out, it’s going to be a great day!
Hi. This coming Tuesday the 19th I’ll be showing some new paintings at the “Packed and Loaded” show opening at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles from 7 to 10pm. The show will include work by eight artists in total and will run through July 13th. Come check it out.
