YOUNITY BOOTH! at the BHF 2009

Rain of shine we made it! This year’s Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival was NOT a wash out. Mad people came through. As long as you had an umbrella, rain boots, rain jacket, or even a garbage bag over you head you were good. Damn missed that flick that was funny. I’m happy we got an opportunity to build with Allison she’s so DOPE!!! One of the organizers for the F.O.K.U.S team. Girl is no joke LOVE HER! Thanks for everything hommie, we had a blast. We’re def looking forward to more YOUNITY ARTS + F.O.K.U.S projects with you!

10:30am call time. Younity is here bring ya’ll the sunshine!

1 Main Street. Dumbo Brooklyn…Great SPACE.

FAMILY DAY 12-4PM

The ILLLLLLLLLest! Organizer I’ve met so far miss Allison Maritza Lasky! Repping F.O.K.U.S

Setting up YOUNITY, TOOFLY NYC, and AM FILES…

Shout out to our Younity team Shana Louallen, and Yvette Devito for helping us hold it down! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Our hommie Black Rob, and booth neighbor for the The Hip Hop Association. FACILIATING, FOSTERING, & PRESERVING HIP-HOP CULTURE! Don’t miss JUNE 25th event next week!!! Get Your Tickets!

JUNKPRINTS! Hommie is def part of  Younity’s collective this year love her stuff! RECYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE!

Show your support for your fellow independent artists making HANDMADE, and with LOVE.

AM preparing the FRESHER STENCIL for the Younity kids workshop.

Gotta spread the word!!! www.myspace.com/younityspace Call for entries have been extended to JULY 1st!

Had to make an irrigation system first to keep the rain out. MAD FUNNY!

Gotta give kids an opportunity to rock out too!

LADIES LOVE NYC Mommy dropped by with her little one!

A little rain never hurt nobody. GET your ass out the crib, one day we may not be able to. Mother Nature is not playing!

Booth is all packed up, time for Performance FUN! PHOTO BY: ★TECHIENYC★

Yeo Time for LIVE MUSIC! We out, Smif n’ Wesson, Dead Prez, Brand Nubian, and suprise guest BUCKSHOT!!!

SEE YA NEXT YEAR!!! BROOKLYN we go hard, we go hard….BROOKLYN we go hard, we go hard….

“WE’VE GOTTA HAVE IT”- FEATURES STEPHANIE LAND AND JEN ONE

We’ve
 Gotta 
Have 
It! :
 Art 
Inspired 
by
 Spike 
Lee

June
 25
–
July
 10,
2009

 Curated
 by
Coup
 d’etat
 Arts
 & 
Raquel
 Wilson

Salena
 Gallery

Long
 Island 
University 
1
 University
 Plaza,
 Brooklyn,
 NY 
11201
Opening
 Reception
Thursday,
 June 
25,
 2009, 
6PM
Part
 of
Brooklyn 
Honors
 Spike
 Lee
Check out the event & my photograph featured on NBC here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk-HdDQVCjs

CALL FOR WOMEN ARTISTS- HAIR

C A L L  F O R  E N T R I E S
Down to There: Women and Their Relationship to Hair
A Juried Exhibition of Art by Women
Sponsored by the Koehnline Museum of Art and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Oakton Community College.
For centuries, hair has been both a woman’s crowning glory and her greatest curse. While affording opportunities for
personal creativity, self-expression, and rebellion, hair also serves as a vehicle for harmful and limiting discourse regarding
gender, ethnicity, and femininity. Hair permeates contemporary culture—from Madison Avenue to Hollywood, hip hop to
religion. Hair holds up a mirror to women’s body images and health and well being. Artists are invited to submit a work that
thoughtfully examines the myriad ways this fraught and fascinating relationship shapes our individual and shared experiences.
Where: Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines, IL, 847-635-2633
When: The exhibition runs Tuesday, October 27 through Friday, November 6, 2009. A public reception will be held
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, from 5 to 8 p.m. Artists are encouraged to attend this special event and discuss their work with
students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Who: Artists who identify as women are invited to submit one work for consideration. Artists must be 18 years of age or
older. Work by students is not eligible for this exhibition.
Jury/Entry Fee: No entry fee.
Submission of Work: Each artist may submit one original work for consideration. Work should relate to the theme,
“Women and Their Relationship to Hair.”

http://www.oakton.edu/womenartists.pdf

THE ARTWORK of KRISTA FRANKLIN

The Artwork of Krista Franklin
June 18-July 14th, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 18th, 2009
7pm-10pm

@ Joie de Vine 1744 W Balmoral Ave
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 989-6846

www.joiedevine.com
www.kristafranklin.com
www.trescolony.com

FEMALE SNEAKER FIEND BBQ

YOUNITY ARTISTS IN YRB ISSUE 98!

Shout out to QA for curating the CUSTOM SK8 Decks Project. Look’s SUPER FRESH!!!

Here’s my latest joint. Inspiration for this deck comes from the PEACE within, and the RAGE without it. KNOW THYSELF.

Alice Mizrachi, ONE9, and CES, and many more up in here you gotta get the issue! YRB Magazine is looking way better these dayz. We LIKE!

YRB ISSUE#98
www.yrbmagazine.com

WOMANHOOD LEARNING PROJECT 6.25.09

extremely proud to be part of this event! SAVE THE DATE!!!

WOMANHOOD PASSAGE FUNDRAISER & WOMANHOOD LEARNING PROJECT
Hip-Hop Association Hosts Inspirational Fundraiser, Honors Pioneers of Hip-Hop Culture

NEW YORK, NY (May 12, 2009) – The Hip-Hop Association, in collaboration with the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at New York University, proudly presents the Womanhood Passage Fundraiser, a special evening acknowledging the strength, beauty, leadership, challenges, and successes of women in Hip-Hop. With an exquisite rooftop view of Washington Square Park and New York City, the event will take place at NYU’s Rosenthal Pavilion, located in the Kimmel Center, from 7pm-10pm on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Special guests represent Hip-Hop artists, as well as executives, activists, media makers, and entrepreneurs. Confirmed speakers include: MONIE LOVE, ROCKAFELLA, BARAKA SELE, TOOFLY, MARCELLA RUNELL HALL, DJ BEVERLY BOND, KIM OSORIO, DJ JAZZY JOYCE, RACHEL RAIMIST, THEMBISA MSHAKA, DR. ROXANNE SHANTE, MARTHA COOPER, and CINDY CAMPBELL, the Mother of Hip-Hop. The Womanhood Passage Fundraiser is meant to serve as a safe space where we can address issues affecting women. The youngest guest speaker is 15 year-old P-STAR, who will talk about her documentary P-Star Rising, recently screened at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The event kicks off the Hip-Hop Association’s 2009 Womanhood Learning Project (WLP) initiatives.

Womanhood Passage Fundraiser
June 25, 2009
7pm -10pm
NYU Kimmel Center-Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th Floor
www.hiphopassociation.org

FRESHER DEADLINE EXTENDED! JULY 1st

Younity Presents FRESHER!
Re-Create, Re-Design, Re-Shape a new YOU!
DEADLINE: June 1st, 2009

This year Younity’s 3rd exhibition entitled FRESHER! will host 40 female urban artists who will participate on an exhibition indoors and outdoors dedicated to bringing community awareness to environmental issues like; recycling, consumerism, global warming, pollution, health and renewable energy. Along with the exhibit YOUNITY will self publish it’s second collectors book series that will help keep the message alive. Throughout the exhibit YOUNITY will host youth workshops, mural projects, and panel discussions to help educate the community about the importance of living GREEN.

BROOKLYN HIP HOP FESTIVAL 6.20.09

YOUNITY teamed up with F.O.K.U.S this year to take part in this year’s BROOKLYN HIP HOP FESTIVAL. Dope event, dope location, don’t miss it! Details below…

Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is a celebration of Hip-Hop music and culture. Our aim is to highlight Hip-Hop’s legacy as an agent of artistic progression, community building and social change. We do this by producing a variety of events from musical performances, Brooklyn Hip-Hop Family Day, film screenings, gallery shows and more. In an effort to create a truly open event Brooklyn Bodega does everything in their power to keep the Festival affordable.

Family Day Free! 12-4pm. Performances 4pm-8pm Get your Tickets!
www.hiphopofficial.com

Brooklyn Bodega
Brooklyn Bodega is a complicated animal. Creators of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Top notch blogazine (blog meets magazine). Cultural programmers. Hip-Hop Advocacy Group.
The Bodega was founded in 2006 by Wes Jackson as the online home of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Editorially, the Bodega strives to add a more academic voice to the world of Hip-Hop journalism. We delve deep into issues facing the Hip-Hop community. From music business to politics to technology we offer a professional and intellectual voice.