Old friend to Highsnobette graffiti artist TooFly let us know she has some original works of art for sale, including the painting above (acrylic on cardboard), called, “What We Love We Grow To Resemble.” What an amazing holiday gift any of her works would be. See more with details here.

Highsnobette wishes you a wonderful Women’s Day!!! We celebrate by  featuring the work of one of our fave ladies of art,  Toofly. International Women’s Day celebrations can be found here. Stay Fabulous!

We found via graffiti artist TooFly that our pals at Femalesneakerfiend are working on publishing “Girls Got Kicks,” a book featuring female sneaker lovers from around the globe. The book will feature a combination of shots by Amanda Lopez (who shot TooFly above) plus images sent in from collectors.  Lopez and Lori Lobenstine, founder of FSF, were recently interviewed by Sneakerfreaker and Lobenstine had this to say about women who collect, “It’s pretty easy to like kicks if you’re a guy. But if you’re a girl with a sick collection you’re going to face-down some folks who really doubt you. So I love female sneaker fiends for that glint in their eye, that swagger in their step and the extra knowledge they have to have for when guys assume they don’t.” Yes, we agree! And on that note, were any of you remember our pre-HS days when we were known as Chickswithkicks??

The TooFly X Upper Playground capsule collection is now available. We love most how TooFly portrays women, which is of course powerful but also unique and creative with all stereotypes being thorougly turned on their head.  Here is what she had to say about the designs, “Was on some new zone when I created these pieces a year ago. Time did not exist. All I wanted to do was express a energy flow that was coming from some amazing place you can’t even see but just feel.  Yeah…it’s some energy quantum physics shit. Consciousness and Pink Floyd are a great mix for an afternoon of art & design.”

Not a fan of holidays in general, but Valentine’s Day takes the cake for dislike levels. So I’m ignoring that our beloved Toofly is promoting her heart necklace as a Valentine’s Day item. She re-colored last year’s silver and gold version in red and black and they are priced at a very affordable $30. Toofly will be donating $1 from each purchase to Yele to help Haiti rebuild.

Here’s the latest by our beloved Toofly, The Streetag T ‘, featuring her trademark”Tag” signature.  Available at  Toofly’s online store.

The Younity’s opening of the Heart & Soul exhibit at Alphabeta was this past Friday.As a Collaboration between 60 women artists, spearheaded by  Toofly and Alice Mizrachi the event was a success , with some of our favorite people showing up to show support .great music,drinks ,food &  Art  no one wanted to leave…

The Heart & Soul Book sold like hot cakes, at 20 bucks a pop you just can’t pass up on the opportunity to have a  postcard/book  of all the pieces in the show. Check on the next page for our Extensive Photos!

Enjoy!

The show will be up until November 14th !!!

For More Info on the Younity go to www.theyounity.com

The Dunny,is Kidrobot’s most iconic toy.The  Series 5 is here! With our own Toofly as one of the artists to have decked out the famed Dunny.

We are excited to announce the second annual YOUNITY art exhibition entitled Heart & Soul opening on October 17th, 2008 at Alphabeta in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. As a celebratory theme between 60 international women artists and what they identify as "heart and soul," the exhibit promises an urban landscape installation piece that unifies and pushes the boundaries of graffiti, photography, urban contemporary art and fine art. In addition, YOUNITY will release Heart and Soul, a book featuring works from all 60 artists including: Lady Pink, Martha Cooper and Swoon. With so very few art books that explicitly showcase women’s urban contemporary art, Heart and Soul will debut as much needed authentic niche material for the ever-expanding art industry. Artists Alice Mizrachi and TOOFLY, founders of YOUNITY, look to unify and empower established and young artists through expressive art.

The exhibition will showcase original artwork by current YOUNITY members as part of an indoor/outdoor site specific installation that pays homage to the urban landscape.  Members include world-renowned artists: MAD C (Germany), Aiko Nakagawa (Japan), Faith47 (South Africa), Krista Franklin (Chicago) and Diana McClure (NYC), to name a few. Only 60 out of 300 female urban artists were selected to participate in this special exhibit. Works will range from hand-styles and graphics to collage and abstract riffs—all expressing ideas on female identity, the urban habitat, life and love.

The exhibit will also launch the Heart and Soul book, comprised of 60 artworks formatted for a 5×8 inch postcard-style flipbook. It is the first publication in the YOUNITY collector’s book series that will showcase the work of current YOUNITY members. The Heart and Soul book will retail for $19.50 and will be sold at targeted, limited locations. Premiere copies will be available at the YOUNITY Heart & Soul event. Overall, only 120 books in this special series will be available.

YOUNITY is the first ever international women’s urban contemporary art collective that brings female artists into a global networking system as a means to create art exhibitions, installations, books and a much needed archive of women’s urban contemporary art. With the success of their premiere exhibit, The C R O S S O V E R, YOUNITY has become a sought after collective devoted to women with an inherent need to perfect their craft through self-expression and pass the torch on to younger female artists. Both the Heart and Soul book and exhibition artwork will be on view and for sale on-site at Alphabeta, as well as online at www.theyounity.com.

Our beloved girl TooFly doing her thing on an international scale. And no surprise, she’s just as amazing there as she is in New York.

^^TooFly getting down at an all-female, graffiti event held in Berlin. There were women there from ALL over the globe–Australia, South Africa, Sweden, etc. Click on on TooFly’s site to see even more images by no less than the legendary Martha Cooper.