Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Santos Surf Festival, press release


Jair Bortoleto sent us the press release for the art show in Santos, Brasil. Oh man! I which I could put something like this together in Portugal. Maybe one day... Congrats!

II Santos SurfArt as part of the V Santos Surf Festival.

20th to 26th January, 2009 on the Emissário Submarino in the city of Santos, São Paulo.

Santos have a special place in every surfers heart from Brasil.

In 1937, four pioneers started what became one of the biggest passions in Brasil. The Surf.

The Santos Surf Festival is a celebration about surf and all the culture that surrounds every surfers mind.

In this year we will have the second annual Santos SurfArt on the brand new and first public Surf Museum in Brasil, with the best of surf art from around the world. Also a special taste from skateboard art scene.

Surf Artists are Mark Sutherland (AUS), Nat Russell (USA), Albe Falzon (AUS), Ryan Tatar (USA), Yusuke Hanai (JAP), Nick Lavecchia (USA), Beto Paes Leme (BRA), Xanadu (BRA/USA), Steve Sherman (USA), Patrick Trefz (USA), Danielle Rubi (USA), Andrew Kidman (AUS), Theo Hetherington (USA), Jesse LeDouxville (USA), Jair Bortoleto (BRA), Mick Waters (AUS), Jamie Brisick (USA), Tyler Warren (USA), Marcelus Viana (BRA), Wyland (USA), Art Brewer (USA), Jamie Watson (USA), Edward Fladung (USA), Rick Albano (USA), Ciro Bicudo (BRA), Mai-Britt Wolthers (DEN/BRA) and more.

Skateboard Photographers Grant Brittain (USA) and Fabio Bitão (BRA).

Also we will have a Surf Film Festival with daily screenings of the best in surf and skate movies.

Surf Movies, Musica Surfica (AUS), One California Day (USA), Believe (AUS), Carving (USA),

Seaworthy (AUS), Glass Love (AUS), Litmus (AUS) and more

The whole idea of the Santos SurfArt is to show surf and skate art to all kinds of people.

It will be free admission and we will give away some goodies from The Skateboard Mag, Drift Magazine, Weird Clothing and more...

related links:
http://www.santossurfart.blogspot.com/
http://purenessintheimperfection.blogspot.com/

1 comments:

Santos SurfArt said...

Thanks for the post meu amigo,
Big hug from Brasil,
Jair