Toofly NYC

Here’s a sneeky peek of a 90’s flashback illustration I just rocked for this “Art Battle” QA put together for YRB magazine. The battle is between Siloette and I, who I love;) homegirl can paint!!! We met in Minniapolis for the Be Girl Be event in 2006. We shared a few giggles as we squeezed in a little ass car to get our day rolllllllling. Funny memories right! ha…wish I had flicks.

I’m looking forward the spread, will post when it’s released. I’m sure it’s gonna look FUNKY FRESHHHHHH! Make room for the ladies who get down with the natural skillz!

“Let’s Dance” Pencil Sketch…

YOUNITY’S HEART & SOUL BOOK is now available online!

The Heart and Soul book, comprised of 60 visual works by women artists in the realm of fine art, graffiti, illustration, photography, design & fashion.  Formatted as a 5×8 inch postcard-style flipbook, each page is a work of art. Especially if you get the chance to get it signed! This is Younity’s first publication in the collector’s book series that showcases the work of current YOUNITY members.

The Heart and Soul book retails for $19.50
and are exclusively sold at: Younity Space

Here’s a sneek peek of what’s inside!

Maria “Toofly” Castillo
“Rescue Me”
Acrylic on Board, 8.5″X11″ Framed. Year Created: 2008

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YOUNITY is delighted to announce that Martha Cooper’s latest book “TAGTOWN” book launch is this coming Thursday at Alphabeta! Younity’s Heart & Soul will be the event’s backdrop how DOPE is that! We are so honored;) Urban art through the ages has never looked so sweet together. Come check out how far we’ve come!!!

Alphabeta
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY
7-10pm
G train to Greenpoint Ave
DJ Castor
www.dokument.org

Younity’s Heart & Soul exhibition and book launch was a huge success!!! Shout out to everyone that came thru and supported;) Alphabeta was jammed packed! Heart & Soul books sold out yepeee! No worries Younity artists yours are on the way give us a week or 2 to re-cooperate from the weekend madness. They will be available online very soon, need to re-print! wow…so yea it was a crazy week preparing 6 full days but we rocked it and it came off! check it…

For additional fresh new photos and updates please join us in YOUNITY SPACE!

Stephen Wordie © 2008

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Back from ATL! got a short sweet rest but excited to share the Younity flicks first with ya’ll…

YOUNITY FEMALE WALL COLLABORATION - FRIDAY 8.10.08 - SUNDAY 8.12.08

The 20 minute buffer whew!

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OMG IT’S NEXT FRIDAY!!!

We have been preparing for this exhibit for like an entire year people…I know crazy long! It takes mad work to put together a “TIGHT” exhibition on an independent level with like no loot, a day job, side gigs, personal life, etc, etc…It’s no easy task. It takes a lot of effort to organize something you care about. The collective has grown to 60 amazing women artists from various backgrounds representing their own individual stylez, ideaz, and skillz. Their work is DOPE!!! this year’s Heart & Soul is a labor of love. Something that flowed and manifested organically. We are extremely proud of this exhibition and hope you get a chance to experience it on opening day. October 17th! Mark your calendars. Don’t forget to cop your own Heart & Soul book which we are exited to have self published! That was a tough one but we did it!!! Shout out to our Younity Team. You guys have gone way and beyond to help spread the message we are so grateful;) love you guys!!!

Thanks to all who believe in YOUNITY and continue to support our community. Spread the love, spread the word…

YOUNITY’s Heart & Soul Exhibition and Book Launch
October 17,2008
OPENING RECEPTION ( open to the public ) 8pm – 10pm
rsvp@theyounity.com

DJ Laylo & Dj Elle on the 1&2′ spinning the best of Hip Hop’s “GOLDEN” Years.

ALPHABETA
70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Exhibit Dates: October 18, 2008 – November 17, 2008

Younity Heart & Soul After Party!

Time: 10pm - Till
COCO 66 ( Right Next Door! )
66 Greenpoint Ave
(between Franklin St & West St)
Brooklyn, NY 11222 (718) 389-7392

www.coco66.com

DJ CP spinning the best of Hip Hop, House, Classics, Reggae, and more!
www.terryurban.netPRESS RELEASE BELOW:

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Harriet’s Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
October 5-October 30, 2008
Opening Reception
Sunday, October 5, 2008
5-9 pm

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SAVE THE DATE!!!

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Toofly Deck…

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
featuring work by established comic book and graffiti artists.
September 27, 2008
Technical Skate Shop
230 Newbury St.
Boston ,MA
7-11PM
www.technicalshops.com

I got my Dunny’s in the mail today! It only took me 5 years to get down…I remember Kidrobot stepped up to all the graff ladies in o3′ at a near by coffee shop in Soho and invited us all to work on a Dunny. At the time we didn’t know what the whole vinyl phenomenon was about and most of us pretty much backed out because there was no pay involved and we didn’t know what to make of this funny looking figure with tall ears. I personally could not get around my character looking like a bunny or something. Anyway 5 years later! Series 5 comes about and  I was like it’s now or never, let’s do it! So here you go you little crazy vinyl fans your very own Toofly Dunny!!! It’s been a long time coming:)

Prefer a signed and numbered Toofly version with stickers? here you go…
Now available at Urban Outfitters stores nationwide!

Kidrobot Dunny Series 5!
Kidrobot has taken Dunny to the most insane level of complexity yet with 19 of the biggest players in the designer vinyl art toy arena.

Look out for masterpieces featuring overflowing amounts of creativity by Amanda Visell, Aya Kakeda, Clutter, Devilrobots, Dirty Donny, Frank Kozik, Huck Gee, JMGS//Jellymoon, Jesse LeDoux, JK5, Junko Mizuno, Kathie Olivas, MAD, Mad Barbarians, MISHKA, Reach, Sneaky Raccoon, Steven Harrington, TOOFLY!

Every Dunny comes complete with a collectible sticker.

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Soooooo the official reason we flew all the way to Berlin was to rep, support women, and participate in the all female Catfight graffiti jam for We B*Girlz. At first I must admit I was a little dissapointed. Why would we come all the way to the other side of the world to paint on boards? After getting the dirt on the property owner who was being an ass and not giving permission to the organizers to rock the already graffed up walls with some new shit  I “sighed”. I thought it would be a little different here but like in all places “graffiti art” is still not accepted for it’s direct connections to the destructive illegal markings of it’s roots. Anyway in the end Faith47 and Mickey lead the team and fought for the walls. Thank you ladies!!! We all jumped in cleaned up the weeds and dirt from beneath us and threw down our skills. This is what we came to here to represent…

LINEUP:  TOOFLY (NY), SHIRO (Japan), FAITH47 (South-Africa), MADC (GER), MICKEY (NL), FANY (GER), HERA (GER), SPICE (Australia) , MASSACRE (Sweden), WINTER (Sweden), YEAH (Sweden), QGE (NOR), VENUS (Spain), POLITRIX (SE) , SIZTA (SE), NUMI (Spain), FLAI (Spain) , MALICIA (Spain), ALICE MIZRACHI (NY), F.LADY (NL), JOLIE (GER) and more…

©2008 Photos by: Just ekosystem and Martha Cooper

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After our weekend inspiration, tourist sessionz, and exploring the city we geared up for one of the most intense wall project we had scheduled during our trip. Project: Female mural collaboration on a HUGE ASS building for the community youth center called ARCHIV. Shout out to Monika who hooked us up with the paint, and all the energy filled yummy snacks full of cheeze and wholegrains. Damn I miss those tomatoes with mozzarella! craving them…Anyway this wall is hella freak’n awesome what can I say you got females from all different continents repping: South America, North America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Australia…this was pretty herstoric!

Most of the flicks are from our good friends JUST who’s an amazing photographer you can check out the original layout here: EKOSYSTEM and our culture’s legendary photographer Martha Cooper!

SHIRO, Mad C, Faith47, Paulina, PSF, Toofly, Spice, AM

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Saturday couldn’t have been a better day to paint. We headed over to the terrain where the Cassiopeia is located. I’m not really sure what this spot is called but it’s a huge urban playground for adults and grownup kids in the heart of Friedrichshain. The area has three to four different club locations, a burnt down building with mad graff, an exhibition venue, a huge indoor Skate Park, a beer garden and the highest climbing tower in Berlin. Seemed like this place was an abandoned dump but the folks there have been cleaning it up and keeping it funky. Love it when shit looks griddy…

I went all out on this one…surface was great, location was awesome, and the weather couldn’t have been better ..all we needed was some rice & beans for lunch!

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Our first night out we attended the Hip Hop Ladies with Attitude exhibition at the TACHLESS. This has got to be the most tagged up building I’ve ever seen. This is def a griddy ass building…Catfight female graffiti portrait prints by F Lady looked dope!!! I got my Mickey joint to hang on my wall. Mickey I gotta get a signature next time your in NY! So I borrowed a few flicks from JUST from Ekosystem who’s flicks are mad official. Mine are a little dark and blurry:(

female graff artists paving the way…

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