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October 23, 2008
The Convention of the Tattoo Arts is back in San Jose this weekend!
STATE OF GRACE PRODUCTIONS
A Convention of the Tattoo Arts
October 24-25-26, 2008
South Hall - 435 South Market St., San Jose CA
Friday October 24, 5pm-11pm
Saturday October 25, 11am-11pm
Sunday October 26, 11am-6pm
HORIYOSHI III ART SHOW
- a showing of original paintings from the 36 Ghost series
UGLAR ART SHOW
- a showing of artwork from the new UGLAR book
LIVE PAINTING
- watch Grime and Horitomo paint in person
MACHINE TUNING
- for a small fee, get your machine resprung and tuned by expert machine builder Scott Sylvia. first come-first serve. at the Blackheart booth.
PHIL SIMMS ORIGINAL ART WORK
Frisco Tattoo will be selling Classic Color Tattoo Ink as well as a limited number of Phil Simms original flash
SPECIAL BEST OF DAY TATTOO AWARDS BY LUCKY SUPPLY
Lucky Tattoo Supply has donated three hand made tattoo machines for the best of day tattoo contests. One machine per day will be awarded to the tattooer whose work wins the best of day contest. Best of day tattoos must be started and finished on the corresponding day- no in progress stuff. Thanks Jimmy.
Admission:http://www.horitaka.com/SJConvention/info.html $20 per day / $40 Weekend Pass available on Friday
A Convention of the Tattoo Arts is an annual event: We don’t see any reason to throw this show more than once a year.
We are from San Jose. We are not trying to flood the market with tattoo conventions purely for financial gain. We are part of the local tattoo scene and have no interest in throwing shows in other cities. Tattoo events should be thrown by the local tattoo community.
World famous artists? Many shows claim to have world famous artists when in reality they feature local smoke shop scratchers, we list ALL of our artists, not just a few. We know our hand picked roster is top notch but don’t take our word for it, look at their websites and do your own research. Please do note that advance booking is required for many of the participating artists and you should contact them directly.
Most of our artists are from out of town. This is a gathering of the tattoo industry, people come from far and wide. You are not just paying to see local tattooers whose shops you could visit for free. We are proud to bring a global roster to San Jose. Please keep in mind that our artists spend a great deal of money on planes and hotels just to be here and exhibit for you. So show your support! Get a tattoo, buy a shirt, buy them a beer…. Show them that San Jose welcomes them.
This is an artist oriented show. That is why we have a 5% vendor rate. No sunglass booths, bands, dancers, piercers… we are all about tattooing and the tattoo arts.
Horitaka and Roman
State of Grace Productions
Full list of the artists attending "A Convention of the Tattoo Arts 2008"
Posted by Brian at October 23, 2008 05:23 PM