RIGHT FOOT FORWARD art show

Presenting the RIGHT FOOT FORWARD benefit art show. During the Summer of 2009 Cover Skateshop was broken into, and their entire shoe inventory was robbed,leaving owner, Tommy Mot, with nothing but a wall full of right shoes. Tommy came up with the idea to give all the floor models to local artists for them to redesign and sell to benefit Covert. Some of the artists include Andrew Spear,Dolla Bill, Dres13, just to name a few. Fastforward to February 20, 2010 at Bold Hype art gallery where we see Covert fans here to support the shop. Big thanks to Covert Skateshop, Andrew Spear and all the contributing artists, and Bold Hype Gallery for hosting the event. Pictures of all the art work will be in another post.


Filmed & Edited by Daniel Wheatley

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Right Foot Forward

February 20th is the opening of the RIGHT FOOT FORWARD art show at Bold Hype Gallery. Come see what 25 artists do to the display shoes left from a burglary last summer. The Covert skate team will be shredding some Skate Art from Team Payne.
Music will be provided by LT. SMASH. This is a sneak peak from Scott Scheidly's piece called Security. The show is going to be amazing. Please don't miss it.

ANDREW SPEAR Follow Up

Just wanted to drop a few pictures from the Andrews Spear's art show. The exhibit will be up until January 9, 2010 at BOLD HYPE Gallery 1844 East Winter Park Street. Thanks to Dr. Lisa for the photos. The first photo is the initial piece of the show. Stevie in color. This piece was featured in Juxtapoz magazine. The next is the man of the Hour Andrew Spear. Last but not least you got me (MOT) and KITTYBAT. Not for nothing but we KILLED the after party. Hot Fire!!!! BTW we are doing it again this Saturday at Peacock. But I will save it for another post.

ANDREW SPEAR OH WORD!

Our dear Friend ANDREW SPEAR is having his first solo art show this Saturday Night at BOLD HYPE . You do not want to miss this show. You may have seen some of his murals in the City Arts building downtown. He did the MANTACOR piece on the back wall of Covert. He got a full page write up in this months Juxtapoz magazine. Andrew is killing it! Be on the look out for the Andrew Spear x Covert collaboration Skateboard Deck and Tees early 2010. There is an after Party at the Peacock Room. Yours truly, DJ MOT will be on the wheels of steel along side KITTYBAT.

Dolla Dolla Bill ya'll

This post is way over due. Sorry Bill. I have not been on the myspace page in a hot minute.
Oh well here we go. My boy Mike Fienberg is friends with Shepard Fairy. Shepard hit Mike up with a grip of OBAMA posters.
Mike hit me up and I hit Dolla up. Peep this link. DOLLA BILL This is a great blog for all you creative artist types.Its called Urban art warfare. Bill your the man....Here is a small pic of new work from Bill. Just for kicks.

This weekend.

This is a big weekend. We are having our parking lot sale with BETA, Etoile and of course COVERT... Bring cash.. Everything is on sale including NIKE. BUY some new kicks and a tee then pimp it at the SPOILER ALERT art show at the CITY ARTS BUILDING downtown.

Hero Installment No. 2.

This one's not so specific to a single person but rather the evolution of skateboard art as a whole. I must admit, I do have 20 or so decks at my house that will never be skated. At times I struggle with the idea of the intended purpose verses the re-appropriation of said object. I mean it's a skateboard. It's sole purpose is to be skated. Not hung on a wall for me to stare at. But on the other hand, skateboarders by nature change the intended purpose of objects on a daily bases. That ledge was not put there for you to do fs crooks on. That handrail is not meant for you and your bs smiths. But we do it anyway.

Hero Installment No. 1

This is first installment of "Hero". It's just a little head nod to those who have influenced skateboarding. And in turn shaped the way we see the world. Let's face it, nobody else divides the world into two categories. What can be skated and what can't.


Skateboarding and art have been hand in since those landlocked surfers back in the 60's realized they had a canvas below their feet. The above happens to be a short interview with one of todays top graphic designers in the field. I'm not gonna tell which companies he's done work for. That's pretty obvious once you see his style. This interview was taken from The Arkitip website. It went along with issue No. 0045, that Evan Hecox helped put together. The issue was released in March 2008. Good luck finding a back issue.

The Bronze Age.

Alright, so this ARTIST named Tom Sachs made just about the most perfect quarterpipes ever. The problem (there always has to be one, right?) is that they are located within a gallery space of a Park Avenue office building in midtown Manhattan. Furthermore, they are "ART" and made out of bronze. Sachs himself said, “If it’s made in bronze, it’s no longer this menacing object of noise and liability but now something that has to be protected.” What the hell does that even mean? "menacing object of noise and liability......" Statements like that lead me to believe dude has never touched a skateboard.

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Handy Snacks Volume 1 (Pilot Edition)

If you headed to NYC for a skate trip, the Quater Snacks site is full useful information. Not to mention that "East Coast Swagger". Peep the video above and then check the site.