GCS would like to see you at “Bringing Out The Dead III” art show on NOV 7th, 2015. This marks the 3rd time we curated this day of the dead inspired art show. Not only is it 1st saturday art walk, but the Blading Cup, Beat Swap Meet and Block Party hits the streets of DTSA. So come early, because you know parking is going to be crazy.
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ATOMIK x CAB art show NOV 14th, 2015
GCS Clothing Store and Art Gallery is proud to announce that we will host legendary artists ATOMIK and CAB for an art show brought to you by Smog City Clothing. This event is shaping up to be a very big show. Don’t miss your chance to meet these awesome artists. 6 to 11pm. free and all ages. 
“Sleep Less, Work More” tee by MADESTUFF x GCS Clothing
Introducing… “Sleep Less, Work More” Tee by GCS Clothing x MADESTUFF. Released in conjunction with Made Rindu’s solo art show here in our gallery OCT 24th, 2015. Produced 3 ways, in black on a soft feel tee with discharge print. On a AAA white tee and a white soft feel tee. Each version is crisp and clean. Enjoy.
MADE RINDU solo show update OCT 24th, 2015
Here is a up-dated version of the flyer for the OCT 24th solo art show with the amazing MADE RINDU . The opening goes from 6 pm to 10pm and of course its free and all ages. Bring the whole family, music, refreshments and live painting going down here in the gallery. Tons of new pieces for sale at the show. We’ll see you then.
Tyoni Aragon x Srpnt Wolf X Pavel Acevedo art show GCS
This doesn’t happen very often, but from time to time we find photos for art shows that we have hosted and we cannot remember the date of the show. Granted, this was in the early days of the gallery, as you can tell from the quality of the photos. We know this was a three person art show that featured Tyoni Aragon, Joel Beers a.k.a. SRPNT WOLF and Pavel Acevedo. We’ll update this info once its validated, until then enjoy these images from the night.
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flashback to Burning Season AUG 27, 2011 at GCS
August 27, 2011- GCS has been very fortunate to host an array of unbelievably talented artists though out the years. This show was curated by Eric Medina a.k.a. EZO-1 and featured many artists from the OC area and beyond. The roster included BAIR, DAMET, DUROK, EARN, JAH SUN, SKEW, TEWSR, DCYPHER. CRE8, FEARO, BLEP, KOPYESON, THISER, MOEZART, STIGMA, PUTOS, BASHER, NATOE, SCUD, DEFER, Mr. NIGHTOWL, NERV, BLOCH, ESPY, EVL, FUEGO, KASL, SNAPR, and SOLVE. And the night would not be complete without the mix masters keeping the pace, DJ AB and DJ Havik. Enjoy the photos. 
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Orange Crush’d Art Show Photo Re-cap
OCT 3rd, 2015- The Orange Crush’d Art Show came to The GCS Clothing Store and Art Gallery for the October Art Walk, 2015. XPLODE CBS curated this show that brought out most of the biggest hitters in OC graff. This was the biggest night at the new GCS Santa Ana location as hundreds of visitors, artists and art buyers and supporters came through to witness the show for themselves. Here is a photo run-down of the night. The show will hang until OCT 23rd, so come by and check it out while you can.
Introducing… new art piece by ARBE
OCT 3rd, 2015- GCS is happy to welcome the latest piece of street art to hit the box outside our doors. ARBE took the reigns this time and rocked it with his distinctive style. Done for the Orange Crush’d Art Show for the OCT art walk, this piece was definitely one of the night’s highlights. More photos of the event to come….
GROG at GCS
..intorducing GROG paint markers and drippers. You got to try them out. At the GCS Clothing Store and Art Gallery now!
.. and then there was paint! at GCS
GCS is committed to bringing you the best in everything. Those of you that have patronized our business know that we try to provide quality goods and fair prices. Well, here you go Van Gough. GCS Clothing Store and Art Gallery, open everyday from 12 noon to 8pm and 12 to 5pm on sundays. Come on through.
Sept ’15 art walk at GCS x DTSA
Sept 5th, 2015- Here is a re-cap of the days activities at GCS clothing Store and Art Gallery during the sept art walk. Enjoy.
ORANGE CRUSH art show OCT 3 ART WALK at GCS
Oct 3rd, 2015- Join us at GCS Clothing store and art gallery for the october art walk that will feature a long list of great artists. Curated by XPLODE CBS, the roster of participants : ADGA, AINS, AKIL, APART, ARBE, AURA, AYUDA, BAIR, CHASING PAINT, CZER, CONE, DAME, DAMET, DUEM, DOVE, DREZ, DRIL, EARN, EASYROC, ELUZ, ERGS, EWOK, EYESR, EZO1, FAMINE, FANA, FEARO153, FUEGO, GEEZR, HELP, JERZ, JUST195, KALM, KENOS, KIKO, LASTMAN, LENZE, MEEX, MELK, NEENR, OBY, OLE, ORALE, OWIE, PALM, POPS, POSH, PRAE, ROAST, RYOE, SHUT, SHUX, SIGUE, SKER, SNOTS, SOLUZ, Steady Jenny, SUMET, TEWSR, THOR, TOBESKO, TUNEK, TYKE, UNIC, XILE, XPLODE, YT.
The event is free and all ages. Starts at 6pm and goes until 11pm.
Tips we have in stock
This is what we have in stock at the moment. Remember ya’ll, you must be 18+ to buy paint. See you soon at GCS santa ana.
ISREK solo art show at GCS
AUG 15th, 2015- GCS had the pleasure of hosting the washington based artist ISREK for a solo show. Consisting of original ink and paper illustrations and 6 color prints on wood, this show was a great showcase of his skills as a graff artist, illustrator and representative of his pen control and patience in creating these great pieces. Enjoy.
AUG Art WALK close up shots
Every art show that we have the honor of hosting provides enough material for several posts. From the announcement of the show, to the set up and night of the show, and lastly, the detailed shots of these works of art. Enjoy.
AUG 2015 ART WALK @ GCS
Aug 1st, 2015- No frills, no gimmicks. Just a good ol’ art show for the first of the month. We would like to thank RASK, XPLODE, Ed Gutter, DARCS, GERMIZM, Susie Cue, Tyoni Aragon, Tanya Rose, VGML, Pablo Damas, Jonathan Martinez, Mary Rose and Brittney Camille Gonzalez for bringing in art and participating in this month’s art walk.
A huge shout out to AWOL ONE and XPLODE for painting live during the event. Thank you to Shadow, DJ Real and a very heart felt thank you from all of us at GCS to DJ AB, for this was his last art walk with us before his move to the state of Washington. God speed, sir.
GROG at GCS Santa Ana
GCS always tries to bring you the best products out there. We proudly introduce GROG to our clients. We’ll carry a variety of their markers, drippers and mops, GROG is heavy duty tools and media for your heavy duty messages. So whether its the FMP (full metal paint), BPI (buff proof ink) or XFP (xtra flow paint), come in and try one for yourself… but be careful, you may get hooked.
Pre-Holiday Art Show and In store July 3rd, 2015
JULY 3rd, 2015- To commemorate the Independence holiday, we decided to throw an art show and in store to start the weekend off right. The 4th is the kind of holiday that no one wants to work and neither did we. We were very fortunate to get a great line up going for the night which featured the art work of Susie Cue and Tanya Rose. Music for the evening was provided by Os One, Vision and Mando the Dj a.k.a. G.I.A.N.T.S. Music, Okira Myth and Dulok Shaman of GRIZZLY STATE. Also, NAMEK and Josiah Deadflowers of Chamber Records. Backing up the whole night was DJ AB, Real and Deejay Great Daine. Live painting for the night done by Nick Macaulay a.k.a. NMAC and KENOS ONE. Enjoy some pictures from the night…. and as always, more to come. 
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THEYDRIFT art show at GCS June 6, 2015
June 6th, 2015- KSRA and Carlos Aguilar a.k.a. THEYDRIFT came all the way down from Washington to be our featured artists in our gallery for the JUNE art walk. GCS was honored to host these amazingly creative minds. Here are the original pieces that were shown in our gallery for the show. In addition to the gallery pieces, they had a chance to rock a piece in front of our shop and it has quickly become a welcomed addition to the neighborhood. These pieces will hang until the end of the month, so don’t hesitate to come in and see them for yourself.
GCS Block Party Re-cap
JUNE 6th, 2015- This month’s art walk had a lot in store for everyone. Not only was it the monthly first saturday of the month art walk, but East End Santa Ana held their second annual EAST END BLOCK PARTY, as well as the traveling beatswapmeet. This post is an attempt to capture all the happenings at GCS on this day. I’m sure this will take more than one post, so here we go.
THEYDRIFT a.k.a. Carlos Aguilar and KSRA were our featured artists of the month in our gallery. In addition to the great pieces that they brought with them, they painted live through out the day for the art walk crowd.
JROZ, MC Prototype and Jook blessed the mics this evening.
DJ’s Daine, Real, AB and Neuropunk gave the gallery a great vibe through sound vibrations.
3rdi, Hippieone and Q-Vo also had a chance to share their art with the public.
And to top off the evening, Burst Rock and Tic Tac hosted our first breaking and popping battle held in our new location. B-Boy Tekken and Popper Chris won the night.
And as stated before, many many more photos and videos to come. 
GCS welcomes Black Book Sessions #20
GCS clothing store and art gallery is proud to host our friends from Black Book Sessions for their 20th event. The organizers are happy that they have made it to the big 2-0. If you do not know about the event, it is billed as a “free community event” that combines a youth art contest with guest artists painting live along with Dj’s and music. We had the pleasure of hosting them in ’09 at our Broadway location. This event is scheduled for MAY 30th, from 1pm to 6pm. Of course its free and all ages, but if you know some artists that would like to participate, contact www.blackbooksessions.org. 
“Frank Martinez Declares W.A.R.” art show MAR ’14
March 15th, 2014. “Frank Declares W.A.R.” art show in our broadway gallery. Our friends We Are Rodents and Frank Martinez compiled a great body of art work for this fun show. Live music and refreshments were enjoyed by all who attended. 
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“All You Can Eat” art show Apr ’15 art walk
April 4th, 2015. There it goes again. That time of the month that we look forward to and build up to. The first saturday art walk. The goal of this month’s show was to fill the gallery space to the brim with friends, recently made as well as the tried and tested. And it went off without a hitch. We had 3 music performances spaced out throughout the night, we had two artist painting live outside our doors and most of all, we had a great crowd of eager patrons and art fans come out and enjoy some of their night with us. Here is a photo re-cap of the show that will be in our gallery for the rest of the month, enjoy!
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introducing “One By One” by Joe Ded
April 4th, 2015. Joe Ded came into town to do a great piece of art for our “All You Can Eat” art show during the art walk. Joe Ded created “One By One” for the whole community to enjoy. Check out the transformation below. Big ups to whoever did the piece before, it ran for some time. 
introducing “Purple People Eater” by Tommy Face
April 4th, 2015. In conjunction with the “All You Can Eat” art show for April’s art walk, GCS invited Tommy Face to leave his mark in the alley in front of our doors. His latest piece entitled “Purple People Eater” was just what we expected from this talented artist. Check out the transformation of the wall below. A big THANK YOU to DEITY for her awesome piece created for february’s art walk. Much more to come.
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