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Jaguar Nono on Morning Call cover

Jaguar Nono — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:37:43 +0000

The mural that I painted for the More Serious Business show at the NCC building on 3rd st Bethlehem , ended up on the front cover of the Morning Call Newspaper last weekend. There was also a full picture of my wall on the cover of the Saturday section deeper inside. It was an honor considering all of the talented, highly educated artists included in the show. I had a great time painting it and being involved in More Serious Business. Once again, the Underground is not Unnoticed.

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When is the last time you woke to a girl pointing a gun at you on the cover of the Morning Call?

“Josh Novak of Bethlehem is one of dozens of local artists featuring work in a large variety of mediums in’More Serious Business, Art of the Valley’, on display through Oct. 1″

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Jaguar Nono in “More Serious Business” exhibit opening Friday September 3rd

Jaguar Nono — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:09:25 +0000

This First Friday is a big one for the LVAN all over the east coast. Ray Gurz is holding down the Dirty South, Lorna is bringing her “9 Muses” to Homebase, and Josh Novak will be involved in the “More Serious Business” exhibit in the old Bethlehem Steel on 3rd street.

“Northampton Community College (NCC) will hold “More Serious Business” an exhibit of painting, sculpture, photography, video, mixed media, installations, performance, film, computer-generated media, and conceptual work by 55 well-respected artists, from August 30 through October 1 at the Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem.“

I am honored to be involved with such a diverse collection of artists. I would love to invite everyone to join me at the opening reception on Friday September 3rd from 6:30 until 9:30. There will be food and drink as well as ”include entertainment by the Vitamin Eitelman Show (contemporary folk), the Monarch Dance Company (modern/contemporary dance), THE IMPOSTERS (classic blues and rock n roll). And Wind Walkers (blues, rock and jazz fusion).”

I worked hard to produce my biggest brush work mural to date , as well as including some past griptape work catching a second light. Stop out and help fill the building with skaters, its only a couple blocks away from both the SkatePlaza and Homebase, give me the fist to palm/palm to fist, check out all the other artists work, then lets walk/skate up to HB to check out the opening there too. And yes, I said free food and drink.

Check the website for all the info here, and thank you all for the support. See you there.

Ray Gurz in Marked Madness

Jaguar Nono — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:18:31 +0000

Ray Gurz, one of the co-founding members of the LVAN, epitomizes the D.I.Y lifestyle that we focus on here. Ray runs LostSoul skateboards as well as skating as their Pro rider while filming for their upcoming Modern Needs film, he plays in multiple bands including the popular Bad American that recently released a 7″ record ( that has cover work by other LVAN co-founder, Giancarlo DeMarchi), works at both a huge shipping facility and co-managing Homebase. He is the premier skate event MC host, and all around Valley hype man. Along with motivating his team to film by leading with example in these final days, Ray has been working hard on his solo show opening Friday September 3rd in Myrtle Beach, SC at Studio B. If you happen to be in the area, stop in and give the fist to palm/palm to fist and tell him the LVAN sent you. Ray’s book Influence Victim is also still available here

The LVAN presents online feature artists.

Jaguar Nono — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:50:41 +0000

I’m trying to keep the LVAN going strong and fresh in order to help more artists get more light we will be implementing an online profile section. We will come up with 5 or 10 questions for the artists to answer as well as showcasing some art, all here on the LVAN and our affiliated sites. This will allow us to bring you more art, more artists, and perhaps a slightly deeper insight to these artists. This feature will be used as a way to profile more artists as well as preview of up coming artists. Check back for the official start to begin soon.

As a small sample of this feature, I would like to introduce you to the art of Shurtman Pop Art

Shurtman came into Homebase a couple weeks ago along with Easton Pop Art and brought some of a series of paintings to give us a sample of his work. He was kind enough to allow me to take some flicks with the idea of this column. Take some time to enjoy these flicks and check out the rest of his work as well as contact him on ShurtmanPopArt. His page also says that he is opening a show at Suddenly Samantha, 140 E Northampton St. on Friday Nov 27th, stop out and tell him the LVAN sent you.

Lornography for Oil Spill

Jaguar Nono — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:10:57 +0000

This just in from Lorna -
“***Look for a special edition LORNOGRAPHY print to be available later this month to help raise money to help protect and clean the wildlife effected by the gulf oil spill!***”

Brett Barto “It Goes On” solo show Friday March 5th 7-10p

Jaguar Nono — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000

Brett is working hard to wrap up some final details of his solo show at Homebase Friday March 5th from 7-10pm . Stop out and be apart of life as “It Goes On”.

Friday March 5th, LVAN x Homebase are proud to present Brett Barto: “It Goes On”

Jaguar Nono — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:36:59 +0000

Brett Barto. Im not sure where to start, a lot of what I know about Brett is from his blog. One I would describe as more personal then some of my other favorites(that’s also why Im skippin the link for now, he’s not showing anything off, just enjoying each journey). My respect for Brett seems to be deeper then my knowledge of him personally. When I was growing up skating in Allentown, by high school people were pushing to other cities and checkin out other scenes. I was no different and my first memory of Brett is him ,his family, and his friends being at the heart of the Emmaus crew.

Brett has been skating, making independent music that has rung bells far beyond the Lehigh Valley, screening homemade shirts , printing zines, traveling , blogging , designing, shooting photos, and pushing the DIY lifestyle that kept us passing each other throughout the years.

I will get a deeper and more detailed history of Brett’s musical accomplishments, as well as his history in his skating and possibly how photography moved to the forefront for this special event with the LVAN x Homebase entitled “It Goes On” (Damn Brett , looks like you might have to allow time for this interview I just alluded to)

Its with great pleasure I am able to present a best friend of some of my best friends, Brett Barto.

Join Brett and the LVAN at Homebase Friday March 5th, from 7pm till 10pm for the opening reception.

LVAN Alumni Jess Hoffman at Loose Threads

Jaguar Nono — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:13:30 +0000

Stop by Under Wired, Wink, Eskandalo and all the usual suspects on 3rd and 4th Street that will be hosting various First Friday festivities as well. Bundle up and come out and battle Winter Depression.

Stop out to check out LVAN Alumni Jess Hoffman over at Loose Threads

Here is a sample of Jess Hoffman’s work in “Recession Depression” that will be on display at Loose Threads.

Homebase x L.V.A.N. Present “Plurrimi Altus Vernula.”

Jaguar Nono — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:56:31 +0000

J.D.G. will open his solo show at Homebase Friday Feb 7th 2010.
JDG is also a local musician who plays several instruments along with
making beats too. There’s a theory that every color is associated with
a specific frequency that’s tied to a certain musical note. Maybe J’s
talent in music is what helps him put together all these interesting
and visually pleasing color palettes?

In addition to properly introducing the public to his artwork, we will also be playing J.D.G.’s latest music project, The Stunt Doubles. J did all the production on the album which weaves samples from different movies between the tracks to tell a story.

The Stunt Doubles album will be available for purchase and a portion of the sales will be donated to

The Bethlehem Skateplaza.

Pics and write up Andy Po Homebase

Guess who’s still doing the thing?

Jaguar Nono — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:29:25 +0000

The LVAN is comprised of 3 core members along with an army of artists and supporters. Out of the 3,all have at least one full time day job, most have wives, pets, and a lifestyle interest in everything stylish under the sun. We got side tracked by the holidaze but are back and ready to rock for TwentyTen! We have plenty planned for this year, but let’s take a second to cast a well deserved light behind, to Jonathan Labbe’s opening. Commeh has been a fixture in the local skate scene since I first met him. He worked very hard for his opening and it shined through.

Photos stolen borrowed from

Homebase610.com

Max Zahradnik