Yow! A free Tote Bag to the first 10 people to arrive on Friday the 8th for Chris MacFarlane's exhibition, 7-10pm.

Our pal Joanne has just set up a new design studio at 55 Ruthven Lane, Glasgow. They've got all sorts of plans and ideas and have a wee table at FilmCamp at the GFT this coming Tuesday to talk about it all. Check their website for more!

On the 8th of October we open Chris MacFarlane's first solo show. He is hard at work producing a series of screen prints, collages and sculptures that explore our relationship with type, advertising and signage. Can't wait.

Last week we opened Observations, Susie Wright's solo show. Launch was great, real busy, and the show just looks great, so pristine! You can view all of the photos and artwork at our Flickr and you can view and purchase all artwork at our BigCartel. Lots of great work, all very affordable with risographs and digital prints going for as little as £25 and little handmade books for £12! Also on show is very special, hand screen printed wallpaper that is so beautiful. You have to come see.
Thanks to Magda for great photos- frogblog.ownlog.com

Our good pal FiST has a show opening at Electrik Sheep in Newcastle on Thurs, if you're in the area you should deffo check it oot.

This Friday we open a brand new exhibition from Scottish illustrator, Susie Wright. Launch is 7-10pm, then the show runs till the 3rd of October. She has created screen prints, publications and beautiful wallpaper. Her work is inspired by location drawings from Edinburgh, London, Barcelona and Paris. Wright attended Edinburgh College of Art as an undergraduate, and Central St Martins for her Masters and 2 year residency. Now working as an illustrator and printmaker, she exhibits regularly, lectures at Art Schools across the UK and creates work for the likes of Wallpaper, Carhartt and The BBC.
See you Friday!

Our next exhibition is a solo show from Scottish illustrator, Susie Wright, aka SuzyQ. Get the 3rd September in your diary for the opening.

Amnesty International Live Paint from Recoat on Vimeo.

On the 7th of August 2010, a group of Recoat artists came together to create a collaborative mural at the C Venues during the Edinburgh Festival. The artists involved were Lyken, Derm, Conzo, Elph, Rekor and Syrkus.
We were commissioned by Amnesty International to paint the piece, which depicts themes surrounding the 88 Generation Students of Burma. You can read more about them, the project and Amnesty's work here and see photos of the event here.
The artists also each created paintings that explore and illustrate themes surrounding freedom of speech and specific AI cases. These paintings are also on show at the C Venues. The work will now be displayed untill 30th August 2010.
You can hear a short interview with Syrkus and Graeme from Amnesty on BBC Scotland here, its on at 1:18:00.
Was a quality project and was a huge honour to be involved.

For the Hat Trick exhibition at Recoat, Insa and Inkie got busy with some new Gif action. Nice!
Big Thankyou to Mateusz Sleczka at Pigeon Promotions and Alex Martin Photography at the We Can Never Stop Blog for all the beautiful photos!

Amnesty International invited us to bring together a collective of six Scottish artists to participate in a project during the Edinburgh Festival.
Each of the artists have created a large scale artwork that will be on show at the C Venues from the 31st of July to 30th August that explore and illustrate themes surrounding freedom of speech and specific AI cases. Then on the 7th August the artists will paint a collaborative mural inspired by the struggle of the 88 Generation Student Group, who were locked up in 2007 for up to 65 years for protesting peacefully against the Burmese government. Artists participating are Lyken, Derm, Conzo, Elph, Rekor and Syrkus. Think it will be qulaity evening and is FREE! See you there.

We opened our 3rd birthday exhibition on Friday. Was amazing, we gave 20 limited prints away to the first visitors, launched an international quality exhibition, unveiled murals by Inkie, Insa, 1010 and Veuch, raffled an Insa custom Mercedes and partied hard.
Thanks to everyone who made it down, was so cool to celebrate with you all. You can check out all the photos and artwork here.

Fool's Gold Tour from Recoat on Vimeo.

Woohoo! The Fool's Gold Film is finally available for your viewing pleasure!
A massive thank you to Alan at Foundlight for all his hard work to finally get it live. Great work as ever dude.

To celebrate our 3rd birthday, the first 20 visitors to Hat Trick, our newest exhibition that opens this Friday will win a limited edition hand screen printed artwork, plus Insa will reveal some hot new Insa wheels, custom Insa and Inkie Sneaks will be on show and we'll unveil the mural painted by international artists, 1010, Veuch, Insa and Inkie. Plus we'll be screening Foundlight's latest offering, the documentary of the Fool's Gold Tour we did last month. Be there 7-10pm for all the party fun!

An amazing line up and a free print for the first 20 in the door. so come down on the 30th and help us blow out the candles!

The Fool’s Gold Tour and Exhibition just took place, where we took, Inkie and Insa across Europe in one week, painting vast murals in London, Brussels, and Berlin and then exhibited a collaborative show in Warsaw. As you all know!

The 30th of July, is our 3rd birthday and to celebrate we've invited artists from each of the countries we visited on the tour to exhibit in an international group show. The exhibition will encompass work from illustrators, graffiti, street and graphic artists from Poland, Belgium, Germany and England. A selection of these artists, including Inkie and Insa will paint a large mural in the archway that flanks the gallery and the documentary film shot on the tour will be premiered.

Artists exhibiting include Inkie, Insa, Pener, 1010, Veuch, Chazme (artwork above), Sepe (artwork above), and Swanksi.

So exciting, just can't wait!

Artwork from Fool's Gold Exhibition is now available online! Check it out here.

Our latest exhibition, The Co-Laboratory, opened last Friday. It is such a cool show, all work made by artists who work in partnership to create their pieces. Come check it out till the 25th of July. Plus Chaz from The London Police came over and drew us a mural which you should not miss.
You can view all of the photos at our Flickr here and you can buy any of the artwork still available at our Big Cartel here.
Happy sunny days to you!

Insa and Inkie painted in Brussels on the way out to Warsaw. They painted layers to create this Gif. Techy!

See you there for fun times all week!

Over the week events will include -

Saturday 19th June
Event – It’s the longest day of the year so let’s go for a cycle tour of sun-drenched Beer Gardens and cafes of Glasgow.
Time - 12.00pm – 10.00pm
Details - Start point is Big Slope and follow route via Google Map locations. We will try to stick to route and times but a number will be supplied to find out our location.
Cost - £FREE

Sunday 20th June
Event - Afternoon Ride Out with free Sandwiches from the amazing Piece. We have 25 free sandwiches for first faces to appear.
Time - 1.00pm for a few hours.
Details - Meet at Piece on Argyle Street to pick up sandwiches, and then follow route TBC. Will be about 20 relatively flat miles.
Cost - £FREE

Monday 21st
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Day off – rest those legs.

Tuesday 22nd

Event - Fixed Beer - Drinks, food, ride, talk about week ahead.
Time - 6pm - late
Details - Meet at Big Slope. Go for a ride on a route that is determined there and then. Return to Big Slope for drinks, food and random chat.
Cost - £FREE


Wednesday 23rd June
Event - Cycle Cinema
Time - 7.00pm – late
Details - Eastvale Place railway arch will be a mini cycle cinema for the night. We will be showing some…. you guessed it, films about bikes.
There will also be a bicycle swap shop too. Bring your old parts, bits and pieces and exchange them for other parts. Doesn’t strictly need to be bike related. E.g. parts, accessories, clothing, magazines, books, films, art, etc. Lets keep this swap on so no money should change hands. Get there early to dump any stuff. Simple. Cheap beers on the go too!
Cost - £4 – Pay on the door.

Thursday 24th June
Event – Hill Climb
Time – 8.00pm
Details – Lung busting race up the winding paths in Kelvingrove Park. Further details to be announced online.
Cost - £2. Pay up on arrival. Spoke card will be issued.
Prizes – YES!

Event - Twilight Ride (weather permitting)
Time - 10.00pm
Details – We will be leaving from Kelvingrove Park, after Hill climb, on leisurely ride around the city.
Cost - £FREE

Friday 25th June
Event - Urban Keirin hosted by Westcoast Messengers
Time - TBC
Details – A Japanese Keirin race style event, but on the mean streets of Glasgow, at night. Not for the faint-hearted but great fun. Come along and spectate even if you’re not entering.
Cost - £3. Purchase online or on the night. Spoke card/tickets will be issued to riders after paying. No spoke card, no ride.
Prizes – YES!

Event – Alleycat race
Time –TBC
Details – A checkpoint race around the city. Half treasure hunt, half time trial. Fast and fun. Start at TBC
Cost - £3. Purchase online or on the night. Spoke card/tickets will be issued to riders after paying. No spoke card, no ride.
Prizes – YES!

Saturday 26th June
Event - City Cycle Scavenge - Basically a treasure hunt, on a bike, in the city
Time - 7.00pm
Details - Start point – Kelvingrove park fountain.
Cost - £3. Pay up on arrival. Spoke card and scavenge pack will be issued at that point.
Prizes – YES!

Event – PARTY!
Time – 10pm – LATE
Details – Eastvale place arch being turned into a bike party – Subcity Soundsystem, bikes, drinks and good times.
Cost -£4

Sunday 27th June
Event – BBQ
Time - 3.00pm – late
Details - Closing party with BBQ. Bike games and prize giving for the week’s events.
Burnbank Bowling Green. Prey for sunshine! If not, we’ll just go inside and drink from the very cheap bar!
Cost - £FREE

Co-Laboratory opens this Friday 7-10pm at Recoat, come down, enjoy a crisp beer from our lovely sponsors and check out work from the likes of The London Police and Alto Contraste. Everyone exhibiting works in a partnership to create their work, wait till you see, such great work, and so cool that they are all collaborations. See you there.

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Fool's Gold opened last night, was amazing, show looks brilliant and so many folk visited, was quality night, thanks for all the positive vibes along the way and all the support from everyone. What a blast. Only 20 hours driving to do before its all over and we're back in Glasgow! Hannover next stop. See the photos from the opening here. Photo courtesy of Pigeon Promotions.