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For the past 5 years Snyder Art and Design and www.carlsbadcrawl.com have teamed up and produced a local calendar. Each year consists of 13 unique and creative photos highlighting the Carlsbad Village through an artistic eye. The goal of the calendar is to promote local business, encourage the development of an artistic culture and to […]
Random Acts of Kindness : Andrea LaHue
Published October 1st, 2012 in art, photography and rambles. Closedclick to enlarge photos Whether a scribble on a wall or an elaborate composition of color, shapes and text, visual creativity put in public places without permission has been considered vandalism since the early inception of graffiti dating back decades. Today, artists of all ages have continued to use the urban environment, but the face-covering […]
Snyder Art is releasing a limited Edition Carlsbad Village 2012 t shirt design in celebration of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day. They will be available starting Fri. March 16th. T shirts are available at mobile locations around the village only. To find a location at any point during the day, click the below links. Updates […]
The streets have always been my chosen canvas beginning over a decade ago with the pasting of artwork in the streets due my inability to throw away old pieces. When pieces became outdated, or my studio became cluttered, I would use the streets as a way to avoid the extinction of a single idea much […]
click on all photos to enlarge! Graffiti became popular in New York decades ago through hip hop. These two forms of artistic expression soon expanded across the globe including massive appeal in Melbourne, Australia. Around the turn of the century stenciled images in the streets became increasingly popular in the UK due to Banksy and […]
Congratulations to the Murray family for finding a PROJECT: Plant an Ornament 2011 Bonus Ornament, logging it on carlsbadcrawl.com and being the first to identify the secret ‘Village Sound’. The prize is an original painting by Snyder in his signature drip technique. Can you identify the sound? Click HERE to hear the sound! Click HERE […]
Prior to opening my studio, I was working on my degree and living in the SF Bay area where I began to document culture and community hotspots which encouraged the development of a network of minds fueled by creativity. I learned how culture helps both the well-being of a community, as well as promotes local […]
54 Brightly decorated ornaments are now hidden in the streets of our village. Each ornament contains a log #. Crawl the streets in search of your favorite ornament. Help expose the entire puzzle by logging your ornament’s number in the below comments… find a bonus ornament, identify the village sound and win a Snyder Art […]
Some regard the bullfight as a tradition just as culturally important as other forms of art including painting, dance and music. Whether it is a violent dance with a bull or a beautifully balanced canvas, the development of culture is important for any community. It brings people together and unifies similar thought. It creates interest […]
… I don’t think of free parking! I think of some of the most beautiful beaches in the nation. I describe the best coast boardwalk to jog along during early morning, mid afternoon or during one of the numerous breathtaking sunsets. I muse about the explosion of pink each early fall within the branches of […]
Artistic Observations- Charlottesville
Published October 20th, 2011 in Artistic Observations. 1 CommentThrough forest and along brick lined streets, our eyes attentively observed the colors, sounds and culture of Charlottesville, Virginia. Click HERE for all the observations and photos!
The Carlsbad Music Festival 2011
Published October 3rd, 2011 in events, photography and Uncategorized. ClosedJames Chute from the North County Times asked if the Carlsbad Music Festival is too cool for Carlsbad. He referenced the legendary artistic debacle of “The Bars” and suggested that the hangover once felt from the public outcry and eventual dismantling of the urban art piece might still be lingering, potentially preventing the coastal community […]
WHAT: Beer Tears Group Art Show WHERE: Revolution Salon and Boutique in Carlsbad Village (map) WHEN: Saturday Sept. 24, 6-9pm Drink and appetizers courtesy of Revolution Salon and the artists. Music provided by DJ Lexicon Devil. See you there!
WHAT: You Create the Art 2011 art show WHERE: Snyder Art and Design (map) WHEN: Thurs. Aug. 25th 5pm-11 WHY: Creating an artistic local culture one event at a time Bryan Snyder, Carlsbad based artist and editor of www.carlsbadcrawl.com, is hosting his second annual art show titled ‘You Create the Art’ at his Carlsbad Village […]
“I seek the fine line that divides childhood from adulthood and I attempt to blur it with creativity.” WHAT: Bryan Snyder’s Doodle Solo Art Show WHEN: Sat. June 4th 6-10PM WHERE: Salon 580 in the Carlsbad Village (map) WHY: Snyder’s first public showing of Doodle paintings In addition to 20+ paintings, 6 Doodle paintings are […]
Doodle wanders the streets planting his colorful ideas. He encourages members and visitors of the Los Angeles community to find each of his flowers. This scavenger hunt attempts to encourage an artistically aware culture while promoting friendship, local businesses and the urban exploration through street art. “Rather than placing art on the walls of a […]
Art is omnipresent; it is in everything and it surrounds us at all times. An observant eye picks up on each arrangement of brightly colored flowers, organic cloud formation and scribble in long since wet slabs of concrete. A village crawl is something most of us do because our eyes are attentive and are minds […]
Paintings hang on dining room walls and decorate prestigious museums. Sculptures scatter gardens with twisting figures and films unwrap on televisions. Songs tumble out of radio speakers and words dance on wrinkled pages. Each final piece, though different as a finished form, begins with a series of similar preparation stages. Materials are then applied in […]
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