Pollyn Live podcast performance this Sunday, Feb. 28th, 3 – 5pm at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery. 661 N. Spaulding Ave. Los Angeles 90036

More info on Pollyn.

New Track from HVW8 Black Spade.

Black Spade – New U Mix II

Distant Relatives piece by Gene Pendon for HVW8.

Last weekend of the Mos Def – Ecstatic Moments exhibition.  Guided tours by Ty G.

Photos Max HVW8/Solid State

Photos from Wednesday’s Strictly Social with N’Dambi and Coultrain

“Auditorium” Mos Def Photo by Cognito

“Loafers and Lyrics” Mos Def Photo By Cognito

“Backstage Township” Mos Def Photo by Cognito

“Quiet Dog 3″ Mos Def Photo by Cognito

“Cape of Great Hope 1″ Mos Def Photo by Cognito

Mos Def photos by Cognito now available online.

HVW8’s Gene Pendon contributed to this year’s Syracuse Cultural Worker’s Peace Calender.

Royalites are paid to the originator of the written quote, Kiari Day a single-mother living near Pittsburgh.

http://syracuseculturalworkers.com/

About SCW Peace Calendar:
http://syracuseculturalworkers.com/calendar-2010-peace-calendar

About Artwork and Quote, from SCW:
Gene Pendon’s thoughtful tribute to the election of Barack Obama uses words from Pennsylvania single-mother Kiari Day to place this milestone firmly within the framework of the struggle for civil rights. It reminds us that much work remains if we are to bring freedom, justice, dignity and equal opportunity to all Americans.

This simple slogan movingly connects the past to the present, creating a memorable slice of people’s history. These three people are, of course, symbols for the millions of dedicated Americans who work tirelessly for justice and peace.

“Many of you have probably seen the Rosa Sat… quote circulating the web. We hunted down the originator of the quote, Kiari Day a single-mother living near Pittsburgh, and are paying her a royalty. I call it ‘closing the circle of justice.’” -Dik Cool, Founder SCW

About Syracuse Cultural Workers

Founded in 1982, SCW is a progressive publisher committed to peace, sustainably, social justice, feminism and multiculturalism.

Our mission is to help create a culture that honors diversity and celebrates community; that inspires and nurtures justice, equality and freedom; that respects our fragile Earth and all its beings; that encourages and supports all forms of creative expression.

SCW sees cultural work as an essential part of and support for political and economic change. Many of SCW’s materials celebrate movements for social change and their leaders, thus helping to legitimize history that is largely ignored or trivialized by commercial media and school textbooks. SCW also helps to unite socially concerned artists with a growing audience hungry for meaningful artwork.

Mos Def yesterday at  ‘Ecstatic Moments‘. The exhibition at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery is now extended until Feb. 14th. The Gallery is open Tues through Sunday, 1pm until 6pm. Further information at 323 655 4898.

Official t-shirt from the Mos Def ‘Ecstatic Moments’ exhibition is now online in the HVW8 Shop.

Collaboration with Union and Frolab.

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event photos Max ssla/hvw8

Thanks to everyone who came by the opening of Mos Def ‘Ecstatic Moments’, photos by Cognito.

The exhibition is now on display during regular hours.

More photos from Frolab HERE.