What's cooking?!

Summer is (kind of) winding down...well, for us it certainly is as we are shifting into HIGH gear with a HUGE announcement. Art Duet will have a downtown pop up gallery come September, with an opening being planned TBD at the end of the month. We are working hard and are so excited to present new artists, give proper attention to those on our roster, plan AMAZING events and simply be able to bring a physicality to what we have worked hard building for the past few years. Soooo announcements will abound, that's for sure - please stay tuned for all the news!!! People have asked - so, yes, it will be called ART DUET. What else? We can't wait to see the sign on the front door!

In other updates, we are on the Board for a few charities this year, all of which are people we met last year through donating and gladly offered to help out this year.  We are happy to lend art, time & support to the following and make friends along the way:

ARTWORKS benefiting the TJ Martell foundation

ART MERE ART PERE started by Brooke Kivovitz and benefiting Livestrong

PROJECT SAVE OUR SURF started by Tanna Frederick and benefiting oceanic causes

A Great Q&A with Jocelyn Marsh

With such highly detailed and unique work people often ask us about the art and mind of Jocelyn Marsh...check out this interview from the blog Working in the 3rd Dimension:

We think it sums it up quite nicely, and great photographs of her pieces as well...

Brandon in STATUS magazine!

Love this feature on Brandon and the band! Status is a very cool Asian youth culture magazine chock full of all the pop culture goodies and then some!!! Brandon is in the upcoming August issue... here are the previews:

Buy a kite, frame a kite, fly a kite!

It's a great feeling to see a project you've worked on for a long time come to fruition! Such is the case with our kite project with LACMA. We had the idea whirling around our brain for a long time and partnered with the following artists for it: Brandon Boyd, Gary Baseman, Jacob Escobedo & Jonny Fenix.  Read the info and check out the kite photo shoot from the LACMA grounds!  We love the Art Duet props at the bottom of the page.  Support the arts and buy a kite, frame a kite  - or even better, fly one!   

A little story about Janette Beckman and Jen DiSisto

Boy George

By Jen...

When I trepidatiously decided to leave the corporate record label world behind  and start Art Duet, one of the first people to reach out to work with me was Janette Beckman. Her support was a part of the "I can do this" mantra that I told myself.  Janette had shot a few bands during my time in the Art department and  we developed a natural friendship...let's call it 'love at first phone call'.  Being SUCH a big Janette fan, I was BEYOND flattered by the opportunity to work with her in another capacity. Her work strikes such a major chord with me...

The Breaks;  \'Stylin and Profilin'

My first event was  a book signing for Janette's book 'The Breaks' at Taschen in March of 2008. It was a wonderful evening, and I felt so proud that I could deliver a night that she deserved. For all of the above reasons and because of her endless faith and support,  Janette is quite special to me & to Art Duet as it evolves. She's high on my list of seriously cool people one could ever meet...

Debbie Harry

She was recently ranked fifth on Flavorwire's '10 Rock Photographers You Should Know' list. Might we add, she was the first female on the list!

sex pistols

Given her long career shooting truly fascinating people, places, and events, Janette has THE best stories. From Slick Rick to the Sex Pistols, Paul Weller to Ice Cube, you never know what Janette will talk about next.  It's never a boring conversation, that's for damn sure...As such, she just started a blog which everyone will definitely enjoy. If you love music, trends, and iconic stories, follow her blog here: http://janettebeckman.com/blog/

Beastie Boys

Updates...

A while back, Brandon designed a book cover and an insert for a short story collection entitled 'In Search Of...". Published by Codhill Press, the book was edited by our new friend Haifa Mahibir - a super intelligent and wonderful person. Here are the designs...

SO pretty...

We never posted about the Jocelyn Marsh closing reception on June 8, but it was great! It's a great feeling to acquire new friends and art fans. As mentioned in Juxtapoz, LA Canvas & STATUS.

We are excited to announce that we will working with Jocelyn on a more permanent basis moving forward.  The feedback about her work and the show have been phenomenal so we knew we were onto a good thing!

Lastly, our buddies at Blue Canvas (JImmy & Justin) did a two page spread on the Hurley events with Brandon which looks VERY cool! Funny how something that happened just a few months ago feels like forever ago already... things move at such a past pace -- it's nice to have a snapshot (or a few) to remember.

Summer has arrived!

When you're an adult, daily activities during the summer aren't very different than any other part of the work year...just a lot warmer. But luckily if you do something you love, you're not pining for childhood summers of yesteryear (ok we may have done that once this week)...

One thing is for sure, things definitely don't slow down much! We've got a few things up the sleeve for fall, which require planning NOW! One of which is that we are on the Board for a wonderful charity, Artworks, which benefits the TJ Martel Foundation. The event isn't until November but it will soon be time to gather art from varying people and places for the silent auction. The event raised $200k in its first year last year, so we were excited to be asked to be on the Board this year. You can learn more about it by viewing Artworks 2010 - the site from last year which we are currently using as a reference.

A brand new development is that we've added a closing reception for Jocelyn Marsh's exhibit. With the amazing turnout from both the opening and Artwalk, it was a no brainer. So if you didn't make it, please come by on Friday, July 8 from 7p - 11p @ Arty. Here are some more shots from the opening...