Open Studios at TI Studios May 5th!

My new studio building is having an open studios Sunday May 5th!
The studios are located on the 3rd floor of the Cubesmart Building at the end of Court Street and Lorraine St in Red Hook. There are over 60 studios, and wile not all of them will be participating, there will be plenty of artists showing off their studios. Myself, Mark Pelegrino, and Jason Mitchell will be showing new work!
The merch will be out, and some surprises. Come on by 12-6, 183 Lorraine Street.

Book signing on Free Comic Book Day, May 5th!

For Free Comic Book Day on Sat May 4th I’ll be signing books with the amazing Spencer Alexander at the awesome Taylor & Co. Books in Ditmas Park!

While our main books will not be free, there WILL be some giveaways! Come say hi and check out this awesome independent bookshop and neighborhood!

Spencer’s book “Rumble” is the story of the unsung Rock & Roll hero Link Wray.

My book “Brooklyn Tattoo” a memoir of my 20+ years in the NYC Tattoo industry.

Urban Folk Art® Artshow at Industry City Opening May 1, 2024! →

Join us Weds May 1 for the opening of Adam and Jason’s art show. Showing new and old work, it will be the first 2 man show at @BKone productions / Tom Kane Theatre.

Right next to St. Marks Comics and across from The Frying Pan and The Brooklyn Made store, nestled in all the great stuff in Industry City.

The show is in conjunction with the Tom Kane Theatre’s production of Eric Bogosian's “SubUrbia”.

The art opening is free, but there’s a suggested $5 donation, donations help with all the great stuff the theatre does and will enter you to win an Urban Folk Art® merch bundle of Brooklyn themed merchandise designed by Jason and Adam.

You can get tickets to Suburbia and rsvp to the art show at BKONE.org Check it out and see all the other great stuff they’re doing!

Tickets & info here: www.BKone.org
$5 suggested donation at the door (includes raffle ticket.)

BrooklynONE’s Tom Kane Theatre
51 35th St., Building 5 (“Imagination Alley”)
in Industry City
Brooklyn, NY 11232

October Happenings

October’s here and I have a few things coming up-

Red Hook Open Studios- We’re opening up Urban Folk Art® Studios Oct 7-8. Come on my and see new and old works by me, Jason Mitchell and Mark Pellegrino, we’ll have prints, merch, I’ll be signing my Brooklyn Tattoo Graphic Novel, and most likely some refreshments. You can see a map of all the other studios and venues hosting artists HERE.

Come on by we’d love to see you! 92 Van Dyke Street, 2nd floor redhookopenstudios.com

Gowanus Open Studios- This year Brooklyn Tattoo is participating in the Gowanus Open Studios. Co Owner Willie has been using the shop as a painting studio for awhile, and really dug in after the shut down.

We’ll be showing his work, my work, and some work by our apprentice Ericka Louise. It’s a great chance for those who don’t find themselves in a tattoo shop often to see what it’s like. There will be art, prints and ,merchandise for sale, some light refreshments, our halloween tattoo specials will be I effect for anyone wanting to take advantage, and you may even see some live tattooing. I’ll also be signing my Brooklyn Tattoo Graphic Novel there.

You can see the map HERE to all the great studios and venues showing work.

Nightmares: A Group Art Show- I’ll be contributing a piece to this group show in Industry City entitled ‘Nightmares’. This nightmare and fear themed show has a great lineup of artists. 20+ artists interpret their nightmares and fears in an eclectic gallery of spooky original artwork, curated by Tommy Lombardozzi.

The gallery will open at 2pm and be available to view all day. A reception will take place at 7pm. Costumes encouraged (there will be a contest)! Artwork will be for sale. Come support the theatre and the arts while having a good ol’ spooky Halloween time!

RSVP here: www.BKone.org, $5 suggested donation at the door.

BrooklynONE’s Tom Kane Theatre, 51 35th St., Building 5 (“Imagination Alley”)

in Industry City

Latest Brooklyn Tattoo Graphic Novel News!

Greetings!

So My Brooklyn Tattoo graphic novel came out in Feb, and i’ve been hustling as hard as I can to get the book out there. Since it’s self-published, I have to do the heavy lifting to get the book into stores. I’ve been fairly successful in getting it into a few local and non local shops.

I will be heading g out to the Small Press Expo in Bethesda Maryland in Sept. I’m pretty excited, as I haven’t done one of these in like 14 years! The last couple I was at a my book series Aprendíz (about my tattoo apprenticeship), was nominated twice for an Ignatz award.

For now, i’m still pounding the pavement to find shops to get these books into. If anyone out there has any suggestions, please get in touch, or ask them to carry my book! In the meantime, below is a list of shops that are currently carrying the book. If you are near any of these, please buy from them as opposed to buying directly from m, most of not all will ship to you as well! Support independent comic and book shops! Thanks for everyone’s support!-

Books Are Magic (Boerum Hill Brooklyn)

Greenlight Bookstore (Fort Green, Brooklyn)

Anyone Comics (Crown Heights Brooklyn)

Parters and Son (Philly)

Basin Gallery (Red Hook Brooklyn)

Located on Flatbush Ave in Fort Green!

BICS this Saturday! →

This Saturday i’ll be debuting my graphic novel ‘Brooklyn Tattoo’ at this years’ Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase at Industry City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Sponsored by the legendary St. Marks Comics. There will be a ton of awesome creators, and i’ll be tabling with my old pal and constant collaborator of 30 years, Jason Mitchell. Come check us out and all the great for and drink options Industry City as to offer!

Mocca Arts Fest this weekend

Join me and Jason Mitchell at Manhattan’s largest independent comic and cartoon festival, put on by the Society of Illustrators. April 1-2. Info here . We’ll be debuting our most recent books.

Valentine's Day Sale on my Etsy shop

Hey there!

Haven’t done a blog post in a minute! This week I am doing a Valentine’s Day special on my Etsy site. 15% off with the code BROOKLYNLOVE21. If you are in Brooklyn, I am happy to hand deliver, just message me what you want and i’ll apply the discount manually. You can get to the Etsy shop by going top the shop page in this site and hitting the link there. Or cut and paste this link. https://www.etsy.com/shop/UrbanFolkArtStudios

I hope all of you out there are dining well through all this!- Cheers- Adam

Here’s the ‘Brooklyn Bundle’ a little bit of everything already discounted, so another 15% discount makes it a steal!