Sanrio: Small Gift...

(Peekaboo Monster "Sanrio Club")
(Audrey Kawasaki "Tabo Friends")
It's Sanrio celebration time; 50 years of cute character culture! Previews for the Sanrio 50th Anniversary Celebration: Small Gift are popping up in everyone's blogs. the art show is curated by JapanLA and the artist list is awesomeness!
(Joe Ledbetter "Carpool")
It starts today Nov 12 and ends Nov 21. That's a shorter exhibit than the Hello Kitty Three Apples show last year. Go and go quickly! I can't wait to see the ginormous balloons of Sanrio characters.
(Camilla D'Errico "Apple Sauce")
(Eric Joyner "Hello Topiary")
The most epic piece has to be Martin Hsu's "Sanrio 50th Family Vacation" painting. Definitely can't wait to see this in person.
Click on the flier for more information. Click here for more art information from JapanLA.

three apples {round 4 & 5}...

alright, so going to the Hello Kitty art show five times might have been a little bit overkill, but i must reiterate that every time i went, there was something new to see. for round four, i took Rachel Peterson and we stood in line for Meet the Artists day. we met Plasticgod, who brought a whole new series of Hello Kitty Icons (above). there were also new panels by Buff Monster and Chase(below)...later in the day, we watched Peekaboo Monster and Angry Woebots do some live painting. its always inspiring to see other artists' process. this is Angry Woebots post on the event : Hello Kitty SHOW - Good Times
i took a couple more friends who had not gone yet for round 5, and at the very end of the night i found the Hello Kitty lucky cat on the Royal/T bar counter. i'm infatuated. i must find this!

three apples {round three}...

every time i go back to royal/t for the three apples exhibit there's something i missed before or new, and last night it was the new halloween set up!. therefore...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...hello kitty style!

alright, so i've been to this art show three times in one week. i've officially decided that these three are my favorite pieces on display:
plasticgod's hello kitty icons
tessar lo's together, we can do anythingand Jason Han's I Haz Mouth

tomorrow, November 1st, is Hello Kitty's birthday. today and tomorrow there will be events at Three Apples. here is my birthday card to Hello Kitty. she matches my blog, hahaha...

three apples {round two}...

it's not possible to see it all in one visit...this was our Hello Kitty high tea set; so much food. there were little HK rings on the cupcakes.
i tried my hand at the claw machine this time. no go, but still fun.
i can't get enough of the pop-up store either. let me know if you want me to find something for you next time i go. click on the store display image below to see Sanrio's anniversary items.
and of course the art mesmerizes me...

at three apples {round one}...

my current plan is to go back to Three Apples three more times, but here is the recap for opening day. there was a grand opening VIP party thurday oct. 22, and it was open to the public friday oct. 23, so i gathered my girls and made dinner plans for friday night. our wait for a table was really long, but there was plenty of eye candy to keep us occupied...the hello kitty pop-up store had a bunch of limited editions anniversary products. i bought cousin tiffany and me the last two tokidoki-hello kitty watches.this little tree had hello kitty cell phone charms from all around the world! i found the black egg charm from when i went to a hot spring near mt. fuji hanging on it.
check out hello kitty alll blinged out!
we sat next to the wall displaying ron english, yoskay yamamoto, martin hsu and more. during our dinner martin hsu came by to see his painting and cousin yvonne called out to him because she knew him! he signed my exhibition book and drew in my sketchbook. now imagine my massive smile.
his painting sold to Sanrio, and will be displayed at their headquarters according to his site.

more paintings to be posted next round. i don't think i even sufficiently saw everything.

three apples opening day...

i'm having way too much fun drawing hello kitty this week...
it's opening day for the Three Apples art show!
camilla d'errico posted her piece on her blog, and i love the mix of sanrio characters into one of her signature helmet girls.
check out other preview pictures on daily dujour and arrested motion...

three apples...

reasons why i can't wait for Hello Kitty's 35th anniversary art show, Three Apples, at Royal/T opening this friday, Oct. 23...

tessar lo, buff monster, luke chueh, nate frizzell, ron english, gary baseman...
there are 80 artists all together, but i really really can't wait to see the tessar lo piece.
click on the images to go to artist's site.

by the way, this is my 200th post. in a sort of minor celebration i designed myself a new background.

hello kitty & mimobot...

so this year is Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary. in celebration Mimobot is selling Hello Kitty flash drives! yes, i know mimobot is expensive, but i love my tokidoki pirate nero mimobot, and i think it's worth it...

hello kitty turns 35!

i remember i used to have this little booklet that had all the sanrio character birthdays in it...
this year hello kitty turns 35, and i must say she took over the world long before this birthday.
juxtapoz article here. sanrio link here. click on image for hello kitty's anniversary site.