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December 5th 2010
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“Emperor” I Curtis has been playing piano for over 30 years, and teaching students of every age for the past 13 years. She is the co-founder of “The Humble School of Arts and Music in Boston....

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    Mighty mural 6th & Perry

    Posted on: June 27th, 2011 by

    Shogun Curtis

    Shogun G. Curtis

    A num­ber of years ago Shogun stood a top a lad­der on Perry street.  The west side of Tuc­son was no stranger to vio­lence. Stand­ing three sto­ries off the ground the artist found safe haven paint­ing his mural.

    Sud­denly loud voice shouted up to him.

    “Hey You! Get Down Here!”

    He was a small man with a large voice. His tat­tooed arms were like small trunks, and his pit­ted face would make you think he was the brother of Danny Trejo

    The hot Tuc­son air was no com­par­i­son to the heat of the mans eyes, yet Shogun ner­vously made his way down.

    “Where are your from!?” the man said.

    “I am from Rhode Isl.. I mean… I go to school.…art?” Shogun stuttered.

    “YOU COME INTO MY NEIGHBOR HOOD. WITH NO ONES PERMISSION.…..!!! ”

    AND YOU MAKE THIS PLACE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR MY KIDS!” the man said..

    Shogun was speechless.

    “I will ride by here EVERYDAY and ‚if ANYONE touches with this thing I will KILL THEM!”

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    Shogun knew he was seri­ous. The mans resolve was absolute. So much so that the mural painted more than 10 years ago still stands today.
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    Shepard Fairey Hangs with Humble School

    Posted on: May 18th, 2011 by

    Shogun Curtis

    Shogun Curtis and Shepard Fairey.

    Reunited after years, RISD grad­u­ates Shep­ard Fairey and Shogun Cur­tis show off the Obey grill

    “Sup­ply and Demand” opened at the Boston Insti­tute of Con­tem­po­rary Art, Feb. 3, 2009. Founders Shogun & Emperor got a chance to catch up with the pro­lific artist in an all access pass days before the shows opening.

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    General Zato Studio

    Posted on: February 24th, 2011 by

    Shogun Curtis

    This is my art space. I con­verted a cedar closet I had in my apart­ment into this vault of awe­some. It has taken me a while to get to this point of orga­ni­za­tion and effec­tive­ness because the space is really quite small. As you can see every­thing is at an arms grasp. I can sit down and do my ink­ing on my wacom tablet, or I can grab a note­book and sit down and draw. Hope­fully this this will inspire other artist to trans­form their work­spaces into some­thing great. –Zato



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    Emmett Duggan

    Posted on: February 4th, 2011 by

    Shogun Curtis

    Emmett Duggan Self Portrait

    Emmett Dug­gan Self Portrait

    Emmett is my coworker and I had no idea that he had some seri­ous skills. I was walk­ing around and found a lap­top open with his web­site left open in a browser win­dow. How could I not know this guy was a painter!!! Well I guess every­thing hap­pens for a rea­son. We got to talk­ing and I found out more about this great guy. Being an artists who has no com­mu­nity is some­thing I can totally relate to. I was there, and now I am so glad to have peers to inspire me and push my art­work for­ward. Just wanted to give Emmett a shout out, and let you know he is a force to reck­oned with. Props to Emmett –Zato

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    christian northeast

    Posted on: January 31st, 2011 by

    Shogun Curtis

    Chris­t­ian Northeast

    The January/February 2011 issue is CA’s inau­gural Typog­ra­phy Annual, high­light­ing the best in orig­i­nal type­face design and inno­v­a­tive uses of type in design. This annual is sure to be a favorite with typog­ra­phers, designers-anyone who uses or appre­ci­ates type. Addi­tional edi­to­r­ial fea­tures include San Fran­cisco designer Michael Osborne; Lon­don pho­tog­ra­pher James Day who finds soul in the world’s most banal objects; Cana­dian illus­tra­tor Chris­t­ian North­east; Austin-based ad agency McGar­rah Jessee; and New York’s Tronic Stu­dio. This issue also offers a wealth of insight­ful columns cov­er­ing busi­ness, typog­ra­phy, cre­ativ­ity, design cul­ture, design issues, adver­tis­ing and envi­ron­ment. Don’t miss out on our first-ever Typog­ra­phy Annual!

    Chris­t­ian north­east was brought to our atten­tion ran­domly. His work has a very dis­tinct style and we love his use of Machine Wash. Please check him out. here

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    Tim Basmits

    Posted on: January 31st, 2011 by

    Shogun Curtis

    Tim Bas­mits

    Look­ing at Tim Bas­mits work we can’t help think “man this guy is putting out some solid work” His use of tex­ture is unmatched and we just had to give him some props. Thanks Tim for the Mamajama.

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