Choke, beyond talent, Long and foster

Thank you to all who came out and supported at the Choke Show !!! Long and Foster, Beyond Talent, Mama Choke, Kre8Optics himself, "Mr.Chris da Artis" (especially for helping set up with me ), Maceo, Kuroji Ntu and his Queen, as well as Ms.Shanta Monroe, Fernando The Sound-Guy, and all others who came out. I met and connected with several great folks on thursday which was really inspiring for me. I will continue doing more events like this in hopes to raise money for worthy causes !!

heres a few photos from thw evening:

CAPITOL CANVAS FOR A CAUSE ....

FRIDAY OCTOBER 23rd 530 - 8pm
Come out and support this GREAT art show hosted by BeyondTalent.org , the great folks over at Long and Foster of Capitol Hill as well as yours truly !!!!

My artwork will be available for sale and all sales will be split 50/50 between "CHoke" and Beyond Talent. There will be Wine, Food, Art and Music !!!! HOW MUCH MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR !!??

If you didnt already know, "The mission of Beyond Talent is to empower non-traditional high school graduates in the Washington, DC, area to overcome barriers to higher education and employment so they can succeed, and start cycles of success in their communities."
check them out at www.beyondtalent.org

The great people of Long and Foster are the business people that continues to be commited to supporting our community !!!! check them out at www.capitolhillhouses.com

SEE YOU THERE !!!!

THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT ....

Being around folks you care about and having fun and being silly.....

BARE WITH ME FAMILY....

I HAVE JUST ONE MORE WEEK OF SCHOOL... YEP THATS RIGHT, ONE MORE WEEEEEEKKKK!!!! THIS FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR UR GIRL CHOKE . THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, HARD, CRAZY, BUSY, FUN, EXCITING, NEW, YEAR FOR ME. I HAVE SEEN AND DONE MANY THINGS AND IM SOOOO EXCITED TO KEEP IT MOVING !!!!

SO.... IM JUST WAITING FOR THIS WEEK TO BE OVER SO I CAN COME HOME , ORGANIZE MY LIFE, PAINT AND COME OUT TO MORE EVENTS.

SO WITH THAT SAID TIME FOR ME TO GET SOME SLEEP SO I CAN GET MY ASS UP AND TO SCHOOL EARLY TOMMORROW.

NIGHT NIGHT !

GREEN FEST - DAY TWO

Day two at the green fest was awesome !! i painted ALL day met tons of new people, walked around the fest, and made a few sales !!
Special Thanks to Fabiana for inviting me back for the second day of the event and being such a great person !!! Thanks Fernando , best sound-guy ever !! (lol) and thanks to my girl Chaquis Maliq who took photos and video of me !

GREEN FEST WANTS MORE CHOKE

after a day of painting at the green fest in DC today i was invited back to decorate the stage with my work and paint alll day on sunday!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY its alll about the painting for me, as long as i have my canvas and some paints im good to go...

SO heres photos from Sunday all day at greeenfest, i had the honor of displaying all of my artwork as the backdrop for the grand finale at the festival !! The wonderful All Female Brazilian Drum group called BATALA was performing in front of the stage where i was painting !!! it was soooo much fun !! i was even invited back next year !!!!!

I would like to shout out my girl Chaquis Malik !!!!! she did all the awesome videos and most of the photography for this great weekend. THANK YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU !!!!!

CHOKE @ GREEN FEST !

come out and support the folks from Liberated Muse and myself at this years exciting GREEN FEST @ the DC convention center !! Saturday Oct. 10th. There will be plenty of fun eco-friendly, earth concious activities for all !! I will be there painting LIVE and will also bring some of my arts and crafts !!!! Come out and enjoy the weekend at GREEN FEST with yours truly.

CHOKE LETS GOOOOO

I know i havent been loging for a while but honestly i have been soooooo busy that i just dont have time to write the blogs..... over this past 8 days ive put in about 100 or more hours at school !! AT SCHOOL !!!! By the way everyone... im almost done, i have about 3 more weeks left ... YYYAAAAYYYYY .
Sooo yeah i been putting in crazy hours and still keeping up with my art by painting at night and trying to make my mark in this world..and some money. LOL .
Ill be leaving for california This thursday !!! im really excited to see my love, Soundwave. Ill be doing several photoshoots ot in the mountains !!

cant wait to share them with you when i get back !!

Friday Night at The Potters House

If youwerent there, it was a great show !! i loved all the performers of the evening. Its too bad i didnt really get to see or meet all of them properly....but i was pretty much in my own world while i was painting up there !!! i dont even know if anyone got photos of me...which sucks cuz i always take photos of everyone at events that i attend, so if anyone out there has any photos of the event or pictures of me with out my face in it, id like to post them up on the site !!!

Thanks to The Potters House for having us all there, and also for showcasing our artwork for the next few months !!!!

VIRGIN FREEFEST IN COLUMBIA MD !!

THIS EVENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER, NOT ONLY IS IT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOODSTOCK , BUT ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER VIRGIN FEST IS FREE, AND THE FIRST TIME ITS BEING HELD AT MERRIWETHER POST PAVILLION IN MD !! AND OF COURSE UR GIRL CHOKE WILL BE THERE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT !!!!! START TO FINISH ILL BE OUT THERE TAKING PHOTOS AND SELLING A COUPLE THINGS AS WELL !!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE TOO !!!!!

Camp Cool Kids @ Capital Skyline Hotel

So my weekend is jammed packed full of events to do ....as usual im hopped up on caffeine and juice ! LOL
sooooooooooooo todays event was at the Capital Skyline Hotel in DC , Tabi Bonney and my boy I Can were celebrating their birthdays and The Brightest Young Things was hosting it !! Of course i was there taking a couple dope shots and enjoying this great saturday poolside.
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!

1 DAY ..... 3 EVENTS

sooooooo after the Anacostia Jubilee and after Stone Soul i headed over to one of my favorite galleries Art Whino to check out whats new , walked around the national harbor ...which has grown since the last time i was there!!! We all vetured into the Gaylord Hotel to check out the scenery and it was HUUUGEEEEE..... almost uneccessarily huge.... so after that i passed out and its back to work today as im getting a couple of tables ready and painted for selling !!!!!

THE CHOKE SHOP !

SO I SET UP SHOP AT THE SUMMER SPIRIT FEST OUT IN COLUMBIA! IT WAS A GREEAATTT EVENT!!! I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL SOME MORE PHOTOS OF THE NIGHT, BUT I DIDNT TAKE MANY PICTURES CUZ I WAS PROBABLY TOO BUSY TO WHIP THE CAMERA OUT .............. SO HERES A FEW:

CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM !!

THERE ARE SOOO MANY POSITIVE THINGS GOING ON WITH THIS EVENT, ITS GOING TO BE A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT. I HOPE EVERYONE CAN COME OUT TO SUPPORT THE ARTS!

Time: September 11, 2009 from 7pm to 10pmLocation: THE POTTER'S HOUSEOrganized By: Liberated Muse Productions
Event Description:Liberated Muse Productions is at it again with another musical night of performances from DC's best and readings from the new book release Liberated Muse Volume I: How I Freed My Soul which features visual artists and writers from the Liberated Muse network.
Featured performers include songstress Quineice Clarkson, musician Gary Young, diva singer Mahoganee, poetic vocalist Ozara Ode and the spoken word of Margaux Delotte-Bennett and Jade Andwele of the renowned Saartjie ("Sar-Key) Project. Jazzy soul vocalist Colie Williams will open the show with a half-hour set with members from her band.
The evening will be hosted by Moon of www.LiberatedMuse.com and feature live art by visual artist extraordinaire Choke, the Liberated Muse member of this month of August.
Libeated Muse member, curator Sharon Burton will also curate an exhibit of visual art which will be open for viewing during the show at the Potter's House. The exhibit will feature work from artists featured in the book Liberated Muse Volume I: How I Freed My Soul and others.
Donations from the event will fund youth programming facilitated by the Saartjie Project. A $7 donation is requested, but all are welcome to pay as they can.
FOOD IS SERVED AT THIS VENUE.
This event is part of the Potter's House Sounds of Hope benefit series, produced by Mary Shapiro.

See more details and RSVP on Liberated Muse:http://www.liberatedmuse.com/events/event/show?id=1986024%3AEvent%3A32044&xgi=4Cp95GW

BUSYYYYYYYY ......

IVE GOT ANOTHER EVENT THIS SATURDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COME SEE ME OUT IN ANACOSTIA !!!!!!!!!!! FROM 11-6PM

BUT I WONT STAY A MINUTE PAST 6 BECAUSE I WILL ALSO BE OUT AT THE STONE SOUL PICNIC AT RFK STADIUM !!!!!!!!!!!

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO........

IM WORKING ON SO MANY NEW PROJECT! I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO A MURAL FOR NOTTINGHAMS TAVERN OUT IN COLUMBIA MD. THEY WANT A GRAFFITTI PIECE FOR THEIR COMEDY STAGE! I HAVE ALSO TAKEN ON THE CHALLENGE OF APPLYING FOR A FEW GRANTS IN DC WITH MY NEW FOUND ART FAMILY "LIBERATED MUSE" WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR THE BRAND NEW ANACOSTIA AND BENNING RD LIBRARIES !!!!

NEWEST ART BY ME !!

So i been down in my CAVE creating all of this. i didnt even go to school for like 2 days cuz i was knee deep in paint and just couldnt separate myself from it.. I LOVE PAINTING !!!!!!!!!