Thank you to The San Diego Union-Tribune for this article supporting and sharing our new journey at •Monarch Studios• and •The Soap Factory•. Looking forward to all the creative moments ahead! Visit the link below to learn all about it and come visit us at 2955 and 2995 Commercial St. San Diego, California 92113.
Thank you so much to everyone at The Central Virginian for the “Passion turns into career” feature article in the “Success Stories: Where are they now?” section of this past Thursdays newspaper. Always so proud to have grown up in Louisa, County and the Commomwealth of Virginia! Take care of each other and stay safe out there!
Here is the article link: https://www.thecentralvirginian.com/…/article_c84d3978…
*Special thanks to Joseph Haney for the interview and his writing.
*Photo Credit : Holly Sutor Websites: montymontgomeryart.com | www.kaleidoskullart.com | www.kreashun.com
Featured Article Link: http://pubdev.ipaperus.com/ArtsandActivities/aaseptember2018/?page=18
Thanks to Arts & Activities and Don Masse for the feature on the Zamorano mural project with many of his students. Arts & Activities Contributing Editor, Don Masse is a K-5 visual arts teacher at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy in San Diego, California. At the recent NAEA national convention, Don was named the 2018 Pacific Region Elementary Art Educator of the Year.
Project Link: http://www.shinebritezamorano.com/2017/09/multiple-murals-and-many-lines.html
Don Masse: “At Zamorano Fine Arts Academy, my curriculum focuses on living artists and one of the amazing things about doing so, is that we can interact with these artists digitally, and in some cases, in person. That has been the case with Monty Montgomery, who was kind enough to do an artist talk with 5th graders earlier in the year and who will be coming back to our school to create a mural with 1st and 5th grade students who created drawings inspired by his work!”
Arts & Activities Magazine : https://artsandactivities.com
Zamorano Link: http://www.shinebritezamorano.com
Featured Digital Article Link: COMING TO LIFE -Mural transforms library
Thanks to Farmville the Magazine and Emily Hollingsworth for the feature on the Nature series “Moment #44” mural at the Farmville, Virginia branch of the Central Virginia Regional Library. A special thanks to Rick Ewing and the entire Barbara Rose Johns Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library family for bringing this project to life! The Farmville Community Library is located at 1303 W. 3rd St. Farmville, VA 23901 (434) 392-6924. www.cvrl.net
Mural Project Video: https://www.facebook.com/699014078/videos/10155912176229079/
Farmville the Magazine : www.farmvillethemag.com
Featured Article Link: http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-monty-montgomery-j-feather-kreashun-north-park/
Thanks to the SD Voyager Magazine for including KREASHUN in the current feature on various local artists in San Diego, California. On the SD Voyager site, you can find it in the Inspiring Stories series at the top of the homepage as part of the North Park, South Park, Kensington & Normal Heights collection.
http://sdvoyager.com/…/meet-monty-montgomery-j-feather-kre…/ | http://sdvoyager.com | kreashun.com #kreashun #jfeatherdesigns #montymontgomery #sdvoyager #KAABOO
Featured Art Blog Article Link: https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/6-artists-from-san-diego
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Featured Art Blog Article Link: https://reinventingrid.com/2018/02/16/monty-montgomery-studio-visit/
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SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) — Prior to 1867, the area which today makes up downtown San Diego was jokingly known as “Rabbitville.” In those early days, although they couldn’t seem to get the city built, they were successful in making a great habitat for the local rabbit population – hence the nickname.
Event spokesperson Erin Liddell, artist Monty Montgomery and House Rabbit Society’s Patricia Mulhaney stopped by Morning Extra with details on an event to celebrate “Rabbitville.”
CBS 8 San Diego Morning News Video link: : http://www.cbs8.com/clip/14067606/celebration-held-in-honor-of-gaslamps-nickname-rabbitville
Visit the “Rabbitville” Blog for History and Sponsorship:
http://www.gaslamp.org/2018/01/dont-miss-rabbits-rabbitville-sparks-gallery-thursday-january-25th-6pm-9pm/
Find out where the Rabbits are hopping next: http://www.gaslamp.org/150/rabbitville
Monty Montgomery “Rabbitville” Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154950234519079.1073741872.699014078&type=1&l=87fa52da29
“Rabbitville” Public Art Campaign: https://youtu.be/0Fkz2GTloNM
Monty Montgomery ’98, an artist known for his murals, painted his latest on-campus mural in August. Moment #42, 75 feet wide and 8 feet tall, adorns one wall of the main hallways in Dorrill Dining Hall where students drop off their dishes. “Even if it’s 20 degrees outside or raining, it will give you energy and a nice, bright, happy vibe,” said Montgomery, a Louisa County native who has lived in San Diego since 2008. “I want people to have the feel of walking through a park on a beautiful Virginia day—green grass, the sun popping out of the clouds, mountains in the background and my version of High Bridge Trail in the foreground.” The mural—the fourth and largest from his nature series—incorporates his trademark clean, crisp lines and geometric abstract designs. After finishing the mural, Montgomery touched up and varnished the triptych mural he painted on a warehouse wall at the Farmville Farmers Market in 2014. Also in 2014, he painted a mural in a first-floor hallway in Bedford Hall (45 feet by 13 feet) and at the entrance of Dorrill Dining Hall (10 feet by 10 feet). In October of this year, Montgomery visited campus for the Virginia Children’s Book Festival (VCBF), where he collaborated with Peter Brown on a mural painted on site. A mural painted by Montgomery at the 2016 VCBF has been installed at a children’s hospital in Richmond. Montgomery’s work can be viewed at montymontgomeryart.com. -Kent Booty
Thanks so much to Kent Booty and Longwood University for the article on the 75 feet wide by 8 feet tall “Moment #42” Nature Series mural permanently installed in one of the main hallways of Dorrill Dining Hall which was completed in August 2017. It is always an honoor to return to my Alma Mater to create! I hope all of you enjoy the mural for years to come.
Longwood Alumni Magazine Article Featured Link: http://www.longwood.edu/magazine/fall-2017/alum-creates-campus-mural
Mural Video: https://www.facebook.com/montymontgomeryart/videos/1559926490694062
Longwood Alumni Magazine: http://www.longwood.edu/magazine
Longwood University : http://www.longwood.edu
KAABOO arrives in Del Mar again this year with an ever increasingly impressive group of talent and experiences. This “not-a-festival” is an elevated, civilized event for those that enjoy all the good things about a multi-day live experience without the usual bar food, portapotty and standing all day frustrations. Everything is planned to make it the best, most comfortable experience possible. Having been in the past, I can say they deliver on the promise. Get your passes here to get in on the fun (limited number of single and two-day passes are still available as of this writing).
Even though the main draw is the impressive musical lineup, the experience is not complete without the world class Public Art Installations, where awe-inspiring pieces are created both pre-show and live at KAABOO, and the Contemporary Art Fair where exceptional galleries and artists not only show work, but also create contemporary masterpieces on site.
San Diego is well represented, and in this series of articles I am profiling some of the amazing artist and galleries that are going to be there and give a sneak peak (as much as they will reveal, anyway) to what they are planning for you.
First up is KREASHUN, the collaboration between Monty Montgomery and J Feather, whose creations combine the two very different styles of these artists into unique “dream-like murals” that invite the viewer to dive into the layers.
They are setting the bar high this year in their return to KAABOO, planning to complete a 20-foot “LIVE” KREASHUN multimedia piece, as well as two 4-foot individual pieces in three days.
Here’s what the duo has to say about this year’s event:
“We are honored to be a Featured Artist this year and to be working alongside so many talented friends in the KAABOO Gallery area. We are keeping the content of the piece quiet until it begins at the event. It will be a mixed media piece with large images that feed around each other all coming to life! A little portion of the piece will be planned out and then over the event we freely go at it allowing the piece to take it’s own course of development.”
I look forward to seeing what they come up with this year, and hope you will join me in experiencing the journey.
Brian Baxter
KREASHUN
Website: http://kreashun.com/
Email:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KREASHUN/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kreashun/
KREASHUN @ KAABOO: https://www.kaaboodelmar.com/lineups/art?1_route=/client-embeds/kaaboo-2017-artwork/1/1/__/places/87795/
KAABOO: https://www.kaaboodelmar.com/
KAABOO Artwork: https://www.kaaboodelmar.com/art-exhibits
KAABOO Passes: https://www.kaaboodelmar.com/get-yours
Featured Article Link: http://www.farmvilleherald.com/2017/08/dining-hall-sees-new-mural/
Farmville Herald Link: http://www.farmvilleherald.com/
Monty Montgomery, 42, who graduated from Longwood in 1998, has painted three other murals in Farmville.
“I was commissioned by the (Longwood) Art Department to come back in (2014), and I did a 50-foot mural in the main lobby of Bedford Art building,” Montgomery said.
He said he was commissioned by the Downtown Farmville Partnership to paint the mural by the town’s farmer’s market. Montgomery’s third mural was also in the Dorrill Dining Hall.
“I did a 10-foot by 10-foot kind of geometric mural at the main entrance of (the building) that faces Brock Commons,” Montgomery said.
His latest piece, titled “Moment #42,” which is part of his nature series, is a 75-foot long by 8-foot tall painting that is a geometric nature artwork.
“Basically I take photographs and then sketches from when I’m, you know, sitting in the park,” Montgomery said.
He said he takes his sketches and photographs of nature and puts them on a wall in his style that looks like “old Atari games.” Montgomery said his nature series features pixelated trees and clouds.
“There’s a lot of geometry,” Montgomery said in reference to his latest mural. “… It’s really an interesting nature world.”
Montgomery said his passion for art began during his childhood.
“My mom taught kindergarten for (more than) 40 years,” Montgomery said. “… All my work is very bold and bright and my entire life, you know, I literally, I always laugh, but I grew up with a kindergarten teacher.”
“It really originates back to my mom and my dad because my dad is a craftsman of all types of sorts and a perfectionist,” Montgomery said. “As I get older, I look back and it is so clear to me that I am 50 percent my mom and my dad.”
Featured Article Link: http://www.pacificsandiego.com/paid-post/rabbitville-hop-up-gallery
PACIFIC Magazine Link: http://www.pacificsandiego.com
Visit gaslamp.org/150 for more information about Rabbitville, the Hop-Up Gallery and other anniversary events.
Monty Montgomery “Rabbitville” Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154950234519079.1073741872.699014078&type=1&l=87fa52da29
“Rabbitville” Project and Featured interview link: http://www.gaslamp.org/150-2/rabbitville
“Rabbitville” Partnership opportunities: http://www.gaslamp.org/…/Rabbitville-Sponsorship-Packet-FIN…
Gaslamp Quarter | Downtown : http://www.gaslamp.org
Featured Article Link: https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/taking-his-art-on-the-road/Content?oid=3831529
Pique Magazine Link: https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com
Artist Monty Montgomery is sitting in Whistler Olympic Plaza, enjoying the sun and thinking about getting lunch.
The painter has just arrived after driving north for several days from his home in San Diego. It’s his first-ever time at the resort, but he comes for a good reason — he is part of the latest show at The Gallery in the Maury Young Arts Centre, called Lines and Shapes.
“I just parked and got here and literally sat down five minutes ago,” Montgomery says.
He was invited to Whistler by local artist and the show’s curator, Arne Gutmann, who knew Montgomery’s style would fit in perfectly with Gutmann’s work and that of the other participating artists Anne Popma, Andrea Mueller, Davin Peterson, Dave Petko, Doerthe Barker, Hayley Wirsching, Penny Eder, The Incredible Amoeba, Stan Matwychuk, Scott Stephenes and Randal Smith.
“Where I grew up is a lot like Whistler. The mountains aren’t as tall, but there’s lots of green and trees. Getting to Canada has been an artistic dream.”
The aim when he left Virginia for San Diego was to see if he could make it as an artist in a city where he didn’t know a soul — it worked out well, and these days he ping pongs between the two coasts. Being willing to challenge himself this way also shows in his visit to Whistler.
The five new paintings Montgomery brought will him are typical of his colourful, hard-lined pieces and come from his Fractal Series of paintings, started in 2016.
“There aren’t tons of circles (something he is known for), but they are line based. Arne said it was cool because the other artists would use shapes I don’t have,” he says.
“If you look at my portfolio, my work is constantly changing and emerging.
“The Fractal Series is work based on line, energy, geometry, symmetry, colour relationships. Each piece has a work-of-art statement. I’m really excited for them to be in the show.”
Lines and Shapes runs from July 15 to Aug. 21, and opens with a reception on July 17 at 8 p.m.
Montgomery says nature is becoming more prominent in his work, and this is making him revert back to his childhood experiences.
“Some of the deep greens and greys in the Fractal Series, a lot of energy, is based on natural relationships with colour,” he says.
“I’m sitting in this park, looking at these amazing mountains and there are strips of light green that are hidden, curving at angles from ski slopes that are based on dark green trees. And there are lights and greys from the rock. A lot of those colour combinations and relationships are feelings that come from nature.”
Gutmann says the show basically came about thanks to Montgomery and Facebook.
“He became a friend of mine thanks to mutual friends and I liked his work, it’s vibrant and unusual and eclectic. He found out I lived in Whistler and he was very desirous of coming up here,” Gutmann says.
“I hadn’t done a show in ages and I thought why not curate one around his style. Very simple and very colourful, I like the colour aspect of his work.
“I thought it would bring something out in the other artists that they’re not used to. I have Anne Popma and Penny Eder in it, and they aren’t usually abstract in style. It pushes everyone a bit.
“We have about 10 fantastic local artists and I am super stoked about the opening.”
Article Link: https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/taking-his-art-on-the-road/Content?oid=3831529
Pique Magazine Link: https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com
The Gallery at Maury Young Arts Centre Link: https://artswhistler.com/location/myac
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San Diego Downtown News – Volume 18 -Issue #7
By Morgan M. Hurley | Editor
Downtown’s 150th anniversary gets artists and the public involved
At the “Rabbitville Public Art Project” unveiling May 24, 2017. (l to r) Matt Forderer with “Willabee”; “Against All Odds, We Thrive!” with Sarah Soward; “Diego” with Monty Montgomery; and Erin Liddell, of the Gaslamp Quarter Association. (Courtesy GQA)
Feature Article Link: http://sandiegodowntownnews.com/celebrating-the-days-of-rabbitville
San Diego Downtown News: http://sandiegodowntownnews.com
Monty Montgomery “Rabbitville” Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154950234519079.1073741872.699014078&type=1&l=87fa52da29
Davis Ink : http://www.davisinkltd.com
Hand Cut Burgers & Chophouse: http://www.handcutchophouse.com
Much love to my parents Steve and Dianne Montgomery for structuring my path and believing in me everyday! Thank you so much to Carlese Jackson, Ginna Cullen, and Becky Massie for instructing me all of those years through my artistic youth. To Randy Edmonson and Homer Springer, my Longwood College years just wouldn’t have been the same without you! All of you brought ART into my life and I am forever thankful. Thanks to Deana Meredith and everyone at the Central Virginian for the feature article and for sharing a portion of my creative journey.The Central Virginian: http://www.thecentralvirginian.com
Thanks goes out to “Farmville the Magazine” for the website feature on the Virginia Children’s Book Festival in Farmville, Virginia. Over the three day festival we created a “LIVE” mural using many of Todd Parr’s characters combined with a feel of my various series of works. The mural is featured avove and is titled, “BE WHO YOU ARE”. The coolest part of this mural is that the kids and adults at the festival created with us. A total group effort which will bring a positive message for our youth and be filled with amazing energy for everyone. The “LIVE” collaborative mural came to life in the main gallery of Bedford Hall October 13th through 15th 2016 on the Longwood University campus. The mural was displayed at Centra Southside Community Hospital for a couple months and will now be dedicated to Virginia’s children at it’s permanent home, the Children’s Hospital of Richmond. It was so awesome creating with kids from all over the map. The VCBF is always looking for helping hands, physically and financially. Their mission, as Juanita Giles, executive director, reminds us ‘is to create a culture of literacy in our region in particular and our Commonwealth at large.
Visit www.vachildrensbookfestival.com to see how you can help!
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vachildrensbookfestival
Author / Illustrator Todd Parr : http://www.toddparr.com
Longwood University : http://www.longwood.edu
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts : http://lcva.longwood.edu
Farmville, Virginia Information – http://www.farmvilleva.com/
Thanks so much to Longwood University for hosting the 3 day event and to all the folks that attended. Much appreciation to Longwood Alumni Magazine for the outstanding article featuring so many great moments with kids from all over the state of VA. The “BE WHO YOU ARE” mural is permanently installed at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. The Virginia Children’s Book Festival is such a powerful festival which is growing every year! I look forward to all the creative moments ahead shared with so many wonderful individuals.
Visit www.vachildrensbookfestival.com to see how you can help!
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vachildrensbookfestival
Author / Illustrator Todd Parr : http://www.toddparr.com
Longwood University : http://www.longwood.edu
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts : http://lcva.longwood.edu
Farmville, Virginia Information – http://www.farmvilleva.com/
The latest issue of the Explore North Park magazine showcases the ever-growing urban art scene in the community. Readers will get insight on all that North Park has to offer, as well as highlights on members of the community and the history of our great neighborhood.
Explore North Park : http://www.explorenorthpark.com/
North Park Magazine “Art Issue” : https://issuu.com/explorenorthpark/docs/2016_exploremagazine_artissue_issuu
Kreashun : http://www.kreashun.com
Explore North Park : http://www.explorenorthpark.com/
Kreashun : http://www.kreashun.com
Many thanks going out to Chris and the ROBOTS WILL KILL crew for the Feature on their site. Chris and the fellas have been creating, promoting, and going at it strong since 2001 with no end in site! *RWK*
Monty Montgomery Feature Link: http://www.robotswillkill.com/2014/11/26/feature-monty-montgomery/
ROBOTS WiLL KiLL: http://www.robotswillkill.com
— at Farmville Historic District.
Thanks goes out to my Longwood University Family for the website feature on various projects around Farmville, Va in 2014. Featured above is the “Warehouse Triptych Mural Project” in the Downtown District and the “Fractal Series Mural” in Dorrill Dining Hall at Longwood University.
Farmville Downtown Website – http://farmvilledowntown.com/
GPS Location of the “Warehouse Triptych Mural Project” in Downtown Farmville – https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.303695,-78.392863&spn=0.18,0.3&cbll=37.303695,-78.392863&layer=c&panoid=6ZJuRYvsp-zGQ0akcLy6OA&cbp=,297.98,,0,2.0899963&output=classic&dg=ntvb
Thanks to the Farmville Herald for the July 15, 2014 Cover Story on the “Warehouse Triptych Mural project” in historic downtown Farmville, Virginia.
Farmville Herald – http://www.farmvilleherald.com/
Farmville Downtown Partnership – http://farmvilledowntown.com/
Farmville, Virginia Information – http://www.farmvilleva.com/
Farmville FB – https://www.facebook.com/farmvilledowntown
GPS Location of the “Warehouse Triptych Mural Project” in Downtown Farmville – https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.303695,-78.392863&spn=0.18,0.3&cbll=37.303695,-78.392863&layer=c&panoid=6ZJuRYvsp-zGQ0akcLy6OA&cbp=,297.98,,0,2.0899963&output=classic&dg=ntvb
Many Thanks to Longwood University for the feature article in “ON POINT”, Summer 2014 Alumni Newsletter for the University. Special Thanks to Kent Booty for all of his writing and talent towards bringing this article to life and to Andrea Dailey for all the photography.
Monty Montgomery ’98 has left a permanent mark on the campus building where he spent much of his Longwood career.
One of the large-scale murals for which the pop-flavored artist is known covers a wall in a first floor hallway in Bedford Hall. Eastern Rays, a cityscape that he worked on from Feb. 11-21, is his largest solo mural—45 feet wide and 13 feet high. He was commissioned to do the work by the Department of Art, Theatre and Graphic Design, part of his campus appearance as a Rosemary Sprague Visiting Artist.
“The mural represents Longwood to me—how I feel when I’m there, my years of happiness, all of the people there,” said Montgomery, who lives in San Diego.
Montgomery’s work, which can be viewed at montymontgomeryart.com and www.kreashun.com, has taken him to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. In addition to murals and works on canvas, he also paints wood blocks and skate decks.
Montgomery’s career started as a Longwood junior when he launched a clothing line, Cilli Original Designs, out of the trunk of his car. After graduating, he worked as a designer for surf shops in Virginia Beach, later was a designer for an entertainment marketing company in Charlottesville—his clients included the Dave Matthews Band—has twice opened a gallery in Charlottesville and also lived briefly in Boston and Brooklyn before moving to San Diego in 2008.
“Longwood is a big part of me,” said Montgomery. “It’s my home; it’s where I began my career.” -Kent Booty
View the full article through this link: http://onpoint.longwood.edu/2014/07/02/wall-to-wall/
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*Above Featured Painting: “Moment #2” Montana Gold Spray Paint on Birch Panel.
Thanks to the Pacific San Diego Magazine crew and writer, Amy Tamar Granite for the feature in the June Issue of the Magazine. “Moment #2″ was featured in the 10″ x 10” exhibit at La Bodega Gallery & Studios 2nd Annual “Perfect 10″ Group Art Show which featured over 100 talented artists.
LA BODEGA ON INSTAGRAM :
http://instagram.com/labodegagallery
Pacific San Diego Magazine :
http://www.pacificsandiego.com
“10-foot rose blooms on 30th Street” – North Park murals restored
By Brett Warnke, May 10, 2014
High Five’s to Randy Edmonson and Dr. Wayne McWee who were both very important parts of this project coming to life! Thanks to Kent Booty for the fun filled interview. Many thanks to Andrea Daily for all the hard work photographing the process and much love to the Longwood University Family for the “on point” feature on the “Eastern Rays Mural”. Featured above are “WIP” photos of the mural coming to life in February 2014 in Bedford Hall at Longwood University.
Feature “Eastern Rays” Mural photos – http://longwoodphotoarchive.zenfolio.com/p146423032
Longwood University : http://www.longwood.edu
Farmville, Virginia Information – http://www.farmvilleva.com/
Photographer Andrea Dailey caught Monty Montgomery during a break as he was completing “Eastern Rays,” a 45 x 14-foot mural in the lobby of the Bedford Art Building at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
Much love to my parents Steve and Dianne Montgomery for structuring my path and believing in me everyday! Thank you so much to Carlese Jackson, Ginna Cullen, and Becky Massie for instructing me all of those years through my artistic youth. To Randy Edmonson and Homer Springer, my Longwood years just wouldn’t have been the same without you! All of you brought ART into my life and I am forever thankful. Thanks to Pat Wilson and everyone at the Central Virginian for the feature article on the “Eastern Rays” mural in Bedford Hall at Longwood University and for sharing my creative journey.
The Central Virginian: http://www.thecentralvirginian.com
Longwood University: http://www.longwood.edu
Thanks to “The Rotunda” staff and everyone at Longwood University for the cover story in the February 20, 2014 issue. It was a super cool visit to my Alma Mater at Longwood University and I will surely miss such a special place. Thanks so much to all the Staff and Students for making this mural so meaningful and my time at Longwood will never be forgotten.
View a video of the complete mural: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152089177589079&set=vb.699014078&type=2&theater
The Rotunda: http://www.therotundaonline.com/
Graffiti Beach Magazine reveals emerging creatives around the globe. This issue is our Street Art Edition which focuses on showcasing unconventional street art methods and artists.
Pages 145-147
Thanks to Melanie Michaud and the Graffiti Beach crew for featuring Kreashun in the webzine. Check out the newly released digital issue of the “Graffiti Beach Magazine” Street Art Issue 2013. View some of the work on the streets around San Diego, Ca. by PERSUE – GLOW – KREASHUN on pages 136-149.
Dave Persue : http://www.itsbunnykitty.blogspot.com/
GLOW : http://gloriamuriel.com/
Kreashun : http://www.kreashun.com/
Graffiti Beach Link: http://www.graffitibeach.com
Thanks to Tony and the crew at Yowzer! Yowzer! for the awesome “BLOG” write up in San Diego, Ca. I’m honored to be a part of the amazing group of Artists.
http://www.yowzeryowzer.com/2012/05/coloring-by-creek-monty-montgomery.html?spref=fb
http://www.yowzeryowzer.com
The L.A. Weekly December 2011
Feature: “Pancakes and Booze Art Show”
A two day show at “Pancakes and Booze” in Los Angeles, California.
The L.A. Weekly : http://www.laweekly.com
Thanks so much to RIVIERA Magazine for the feature in the “Arts & Power” Issue. It is such an honor to be associted with so many creative individuals in a city that I love so much and call HOME. “High Octane” is featured on page 86 with a little story on my creative path.
Magazine Link: http://www.modernluxury.com/riviera-san-diego
I currently have 5 paintings featured in “InPrint Magazine” issue #5* -Download and check it! *InPrint is a bi-monthly online PDF Magazine project which main goal is to show contemporary visual arts to a wide variety of audience. – The author’s intention is to publish the works of modern designers, fine artists and illustrators all over the world.
http://inprint-mag.elodesigns.com/index.html
http://www.facebook.com/InPrintMag
Mike Maxwell’s BLOG – Eighth Ply Deck exhibit – with “We Love Creativity” August 2011
Blog link: http://mikemaxwellart.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/8th-ply-the-hard-rock-and-the-emperors-new-clothes-jett-gallery/
Thanks to Mike for the mention in his blog. Check out “We Love Creativity” & the work of fellow artists for the “EIGHTH PLY” group skate deck get down at the Hard Rock Hotel and the “Emperors New Clothes” at JETT Gallery with NEKO, Adam, etc. It was a great night with friends and exhibits all over Diego. The “8 PLY” exhibit will also take the stage at “MAGIC” Tradeshow in Las Vegas.
http://welovecreativity.com/1887/eighth-ply-twenty-eleven-recap/
http://www.sezio.org/feature/Neko.aspx
Pop in and watch the trailer from the NBC “We are San Diego” party on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the “W” Hotel in San Diego! I painted LIVE along side Jason Feather of Art Kills Artists doing a LIVE mural. Roll right to the footage through the Art Kills Artists link below, my Twitter page, or hit the NBC website link below and follow this path… “The Scene”-“We are San Diego: NBC San Diego’s Bash-San Diego’s glitter-atti turned out for our bash at the W Hotel”
– “Watch” Trailer with girl in black hat!
http://www.artkillsartists.com
http://www.twitter.com/montyart
http://www.nbcsandiego.com
Bailey Mobley of PROXART rolled by the studio to do an interview and take some pics of what’s poppin’ with new works and upcoming exhibitions. PROXART promotes the urban vibe to folks outside of the major city of San Diego! Check it on the Proxart site. Bailey rolled out to hang at the Cannibal Flower Group Exhibit in Los Angeles over the weekend. The full article is now LIVE on the Proxart Website.
http://www.proxart.org/visual/monty-montgomery/
Thanks to the San Diego “CITYBEAT”. It was am honor for my artwork to hit the Cover of the Magazine on the October 7, 2011 Issue. One of my original acrylic works on canvas titled, “Going Bananas” was featured. There was a web article and photo with a little story on the path. The magazine was distributed all over the City of San Diego, California.
City Beat Magazine
I wanted to take a minute and say thanks so much to C-Ville weekly for an awesome “Best of C-Ville” party and to the City of Charlottesville, Va. for all of your votes that enabled me to pick up “Best Artist”. I am very honored to be selected and appreciate all of your support. Without the energy from everyone in the community I would have never been able to create and see the way I do. I will continue to do all I can to build the arts in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Best of C-VILLE
ARTIST
Monty Montgomery
“The founder of Cilli Original Designs and CODG gallery, Montgomery is sharp and focused, yet full of energy and ideas, much like the brightly colored, pop-influenced paintings he produces. He also offers his own clothing line. Runners up were oil-painter Robin Braun and watercolorist Lee Alter. ”
-C-Ville Weekly Magazine
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