Nice Never Lasts hangs on building and we only have $358 left out of the $1251 needed by Wednesday

When I decided to take up a 3 month artist residency I wanted to leave feeling like I understood what San Francisco has to offer. I wanted a unique and genuine SF experience. With the Nice Never Lasts; Wear Recycle Poster Show, Livin, San Francisco I did just that.





This was my third Livin performance and there were three vital parts to it:

Finish 8 84"x 120" paintings derived from the posters designed for Nice Never Lasts; Wear Recycle Poster Show in Dolores Park









Complete a 7 day Livin performance in which I am not allowed to enter my comfort zones. I had to find places to sleep, store my canvases, tools, and materials, transport everything, and I needed lots of help painting the canvases. All of which were achieved in perfect harmony. Everyone involved was a stranger, yet everyone involved was as dedicated as myself for the moment they contributed.

The third goal was to have all 8 paintings exhibited on the side of a building for at least an hour on Sunday, Aug 28, 2011. The first week I came to San Francisco I spotted the warehouse across the street from Dermafilia on 18th and Mission. I knew I wanted it there. I said then it was going to be on there, but I never really confirmed that. I didn't have any idea of how to do something like that. The hanging of the posters finished at 4:55pm and stayed up until 6pm on that warehouse. Here's the installation! :)




Elaborate details to come. I will be writing while I travel the country in the west to east coast finale of Wear Recycle's second tour. Right now the I want to focus on the success of the exhibition and immediate needs to move forward in the second Wear Recycle tour.

To leave the Bay area and move on with the rest of my tour, I need to raise a total of $1251. I have raised $842 thus far and have $358 to go. Please click the donate button to make your contribution so that Wear Recycle can continue its journey. Anything small or large is highly appreciated.

Thanks for following and thanks for those who participated. Below is the credits of all the wonderful people involved. Let me know if I missed you, even if you did a "small" job.


<3 Nicky

The artists involved in this show are:

Lead Artist: Nicky Watts of Nicky Watts Studios, Las Vegas

Graphic Design: Brent Holmes of Barfing Rainbows, Las Vegas

2d Transformation of Photo: Kyana Holzman of Dermafilia, San Francisco

Writer: Tricia Blauvelt

Translations: Harold and Gaby (maybe... will try to correct)

Sewing of Canvases: Nicky Watts, Doug Ecks, Los Angeles, Susan Tosches-Deneau of Altered Nation, Las Vegas, Jon Wotell, Las Vegas, Amos Martinez, Las Vegas, and Mina Kahn, Las Vegas

Photography Shoot Team: Nicky Watts, Valarie Zwahlen of Regis Salon, Henderson, NV, Samantha Henrickson, Las Vegas, Jeanette Spradley, Reno, and Jennifer Nicholson, Las Vegas

Participants Include: Toni Thorburn of Aspen Communications, Las Vegas, Keenan Partridge, Las Vegas, Cozy Stone of The Cozy Bra, Las Vegas, and Brittany Rael, Las Vegas

Painters are: Nicky Watts, Courtney, Garrett Begay, Simon Cohn, Alfred Megally, Danielle J. Neff, Gregory, Amanda Brown, James the Beer Man, Crystal Easton, Isaac Constantine, Dylan Davis, Jamie Rawls, Kalu Ribush, Luke Travis, Paige Lerios, John Koerchen, J.Scribe, Jesus Ley, Roman Whitten, Erika Quintana, Adrian Linder, Tonia Williams, Chris Flowes, Lulu Matute, Krossbones, Jessica Alicdan, Stephanie Rose, Michael Deeb, and quite a few others that ran off before signing the book

Other people who were instrumental in getting this accomplished was: Housing and Food: Satori of Satori Dance, Storing the materials and canvases, driving me to and from Dolores Park each day, and feeding me was undercover JP, moving and/or storage, Luke Spray, Sean Fissel, Connor Holms, Michael Connolly, Taylor McElroy, JD Wheeler, and Krossbones. Kyana Holzman, Wilson Pozado, Paul Bancroft, Titus, and Quinn for hosting me for the three month artist residency, Caren for donating sheets, bringing me to get paint, and bringing me ice cream, Lulu for making me a delicious sandwich and bringing joy to the Dolores Park experience, Meleina Hancock for being my never ending support in preparation for the performance, Gia Ray for starting out the show with Brent and I, Amos Martinez for letting me so bluntly use him in my exploration of behavior patterns (previous host who was doing my dishes....for those of you who got that story), Rich Castro for being a never ending support for me and Wear Recycle, the Lefrancios' for believing in me, and NAC for spreading the word.