CRUSH ORANGE ICE

What is happening in our country is not cool with me. Disappearing people without due process, deporting women and children with no criminal backgrounds and some with medical needs. It’s shameful, barbaric and racist. I encourage each one of us to take a stand and protect our communities and each other. Let’s resist anti-immigrant hatred and bigotry from entering our barrios.

I once heard that picking up a spray paint can is a political act of resistance, so I decided to create this art piece.
Grab one of these and join me in protest!

Limited edition of 50
This is a 6 color spray painted stencil on 140lb water color paper.
Each is signed and numbered by Man One.
Paper size - 18” x 24”

*Note: each stencil layer is hand painted by Man One; there may be slight differences between each print.

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Also available as a t-shirt. Click on image for link.

MAN ONE RECEIVES UCLA'S CDLS FELLOWSHIP AWARD

It’s official! I have been awarded a fellowship by the Center For Diverse Leadership in Science at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment & Sustainability!

This CDLS Community Fellow leadership award represents the Center’s confidence in my ability to engage in significant scholastic endeavors and positively impact our communities.

This award will support my professional development and research activities. It’s beyond my wildest dreams that my community work as an artist would lead me to not only be recognized but also supported by such an esteemed institution and some of the top environmental scientists and leaders. I am humbled and honored. Let’s get to work!

UCLA - CDLS

Community Fellow

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Man One Honoring Legacy in Familiar Graces Show at Huntington Beach Art Center

I am exhibiting three new large format print/collage works featuring my murals honoring:
- Eriberto Oriol
- Lamont Woods (The Downtown Artist at Large, RIP)
- Chief Ernest Teutimez Salas of the Kizh Nation (RIP)

I am showing my work alongside some incredible paintings
by the homie Aiseborn and some interesting
sculptural works by Maria Cristina Lattes.

*I will also have small prints available at the exhbition
or you can order now on my site (see images & links below)

Opening reception: Saturday March 29th, 2025
From 5pm - 8pm
(show runs thru May 17, 2025)

Huntington Beach Art Center
538 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Installation pics below. Includes some outstanding pieces by Aiseborn and sculptures by Maria Cristina Lattes.

I will also be screening a couple short documentary style videos which will run continuously during the exhibition.
Here’s one of my interview with The Downtown Artist at Large (Lamont Woods RIP) from the mural I created of him back in 2012.

Man One Creates HOPE with Young Burn Survivors at the Children's Burn Foundation Gala

The other night, Sourdough (my Crewest Studio bizz partner) and I attended the 30th Anniversary Gala event for the Children's Burn Foundation which was held at the Beverly Hilton. We were able to help them raise some funds with the live auction sale of a large piece titled HOPE which I created with help from about a dozen awesome teenage burn survivors. These kids are not only courageous but creative and fearless! I even got to meet the night’s mc & long time NBC LA weather caster Fritz Coleman.

Thanks to the folks at CBF for letting us be a part of this!

 

Behind the scenes timelapse of me working with the kids to create the piece of art!

Man One creating a HOPE painting with teenage burn survivors. The program was facilitated by the Children’s Burn Foundation.

Black History Month: Remembering my old friend and muralist Elliot Pinkney and his contributions to Los Angeles

A couple years after graduating from Loyola Marymount University I landed a nice summer job in Long Beach, California. I was hired for about 2 months every year working for the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program. The SYETP program was run by Heather Green who hired me as a lead artist painting murals in the LBC. One summer in 1997 I was paired up with Elliot Pinkney to create murals for the Long Beach School for Adults. Although due to the theme we were given I had a very rough time designing a decent mural that year. None the less, I hit it off with Elliot and we spent about two months working with about 30 youth artists.

In front of our mural at Long Beach School for Adults, 1997.

Photo credit Heather Green

Elliot showing us his Metro art installation at Washington train station, 1997.

Photo: Man One

I learned so much from his approach and patience. He was always positive with the youth and had such an approachable manner about him. Although I didn’t get to see him much after that program, I was always running into his colorful murals all over town. When I heard of his passing in 2019 I created this sketch of him (below) as part of a mural I have been proposing ever since. Hopefully one day I will be able to add this portrait to a street mural and mentor some youth to assist me the way this Maestro of Compton taught me. Please read more about his story “How the Murals of Elliot Pinkney Captured the Creative Energy of Compton and Beyond” (by Jenise Miller) on PBS’s Artbound by clicking on any image or button below.

Click on image to link to the full story on PBS Socal.

Christmas In L.A. - Man One and Crewest Studio drop an insta classic Hip Hop video!

We are proud to premier our newest Hip Hop video “Christmas in L.A.” (directed by Vonjako). Our love letter to Los Angeles follows a day in the life of Santa (played by yours truly) as he walks around different neighborhoods promoting Holiday cheer in the form of throw ups, tags, stencils and slaps. Look for all the graffiti, murals and street art easter eggs sprinkled throughout the film. Enjoy!

“Christmas in L.A.” - Connie Price & The Keystones featuring Aceyalone, Myka9, Medusa The Gangsta Goddess, 2Mex, DJ MonaLisa, MixMaster Wolf and Ozomatli
Music Produced by: DanUbe Productions
Executive Producer: Crewest Studio
Film Produced and Story by: Man One and Vonjako

Christmas in LA

Exclusive merch available for a limited time
at www.CrewestShop.com

Some nice stills below courtesy of Vonjako.