The Tiny Creatures crew will be heading south this Friday for a one-night-only event at the Mexicali Rose space in Mexicali, Mexico. (Lately home of Audacity—read interview here and see photos here!) The Under Alvarado: There Is A Beach exhibition will further amplify this Part-Time-Punks-y weekend with live sets by Nikki Obscure and Holy Shit plus artwork by Rachel Detroit, Matt Fishbeck, Jason Yates and more. Further info below, and don’t forget the Part Time Punks show at Long Beach’s Prospector on Saturday with the Urinals and more!

****Tiny Creatures presents: “Under Alvarado: There is a Beach,” Tiny Creatures goes to Mexicali.

Curated by Janet Kim for the Mexicali Rose Centro de Arte/Medios in Baja California, Mexico for the night of November 14th, 2008.*******

WHAT
For one night in the bordertown of Mexicali, Tiny Creatures will invade Mexicali’s art community center Mexicali Rose Centro de Arte/Medios with both underground and well-known artists such as Kelly Coats, Rachel Detroit, Jason Grier, Jason Yates, Matt Fishbeck, Ry Rocklen (who has recently shown at the Whitney Biennial), and others, all of whom have gravitated to Tiny Creatures, embracing its non-commercial and underground culture for the past two years. Once a music label, now a music school as well as an art and music community center, Tiny Creatures will be celebrating its last art show at like minded space in Mexicali, Mexico, notorious for its underground tunnels and the smuggling of opium and alcohol during the prohibition era. Now the biggest Chinese population in Mexico, the colorful Mexicali is not unlike the colors of Echo Park, home of Tiny Creatures, with mafia owned streets, drug deals around the corner, and the savory combination of Chinese and Mexican food. Almost looked upon as a pilgrimage, this caravan of Tiny Creatures artists will none the less be excited to share their eclectic art work with kindred spirits of the Centro. Consider this a weekend of Tiny Creatures loose on the streets of Mexicali, art and music abundant, all creatures of a creative, free, and sometimes decadent aesthetic and a pseudo intellectual mind – unite and celebrate!

DATE
Art Opening/Music: Friday, November 14th 2008, 9pm

Mexicali Rose Centro de Arte/Medios, Ave. Colima #1436, Colonia Pueblo Nuevo

Artists: Kelly Coats, Rachel Detroit, Hedi El Kholti, Matt Fishbeck, Paul Gellman, Jason Grier, Sklyar Haskard, Julia Holter, Eli Langer, Jed Ochmanek, Ry Rocklen, Bobbi Woods, Jason Yates, Samuel Vasquez.

With bands Holy Shit and Nikki Obscure playin live at the space!!

(music night at tia tina’s space has been cancelled)

Part Time Punks DJs/DJ Eggy/DJ Chango Rey

FREE