JAY ALDERS ANNOUNCES SOLO ART SHOW (Asbury Park, NJ) Local Surf Artist and philanthropist, Jay Alders, announces his solo art show on the boardwalk at Langosta Lounge opening, Saturday, July 3, and concluding with a meet and greet on Wednesday, July 14, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. California improvisational acoustic singer/songwriter, Donavon Frankenreiter, and tour-mate,…
Jay had the honor again this year to be invited as a featured Surf Artist and main sponsor to The 6th Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am. This year, Jay has also donated 2 signed canvas giclée surfing art prints, including, “Pot of Gold” and “A Bird’s High View”. About the Event (Encinitas, CA) – The Switchfoot Bro-Am…
We had the pleasure of catching up with our friends from the band, Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) this past week as they rolled through our neck o’ the woods. They were groovy enough to invite us as their guests for their recent shows in Brooklyn and Philly and as always, we had an absolute blast.…
I got a nice email this past week from my pal G. Love with this pic attached (below) of his friend Rymo from the band, Slightly Stoopid. Rymo was holding his skateboard that he bought in Greece and I was stoked to see that it was one of the older 2006 model longboards that I…
Thanks to my buddy G Love (Check him out on Brushfire Records) for the VIP invite to chill and check out his show at Atlantic City’s Borgata. I knew it was going to be a lonnnnng night…it’s always party time with G rolls into town. It was one of the tightest performances that Garrett and…
On Friday March 5th, come and join some of Hawaii’s best musicians and special guests at one of Honolulu’s coolest venues, the Hard Rock Cafe, as they come together to support the Friends of Kehau Sullivan for the inaugural ‘Friends of Kehau ALOHA JAM Benefit’. First musician on stage at 4.00pm. Friends of Kehau Sullivan…
“Dude, I think we got the gig!”, Dave told me and it felt like we gave high fives over the phone. I was so proud and happy to have helped initiate the first gig together with these two groups of amazing musicians and friends. Then and there I knew that our New Year’s Eve plans…
Jay is happy to donate a signed Canvas Giclée to the 2009 Rell Sunn Educational Fund which raises money to help the environment, prevent childhood deliquency & provides assistance to battle breast cancer. Entertainment will include: Henry Kapono, Paula Fuga, Rob Machado, Jake Shimabukuro & Cyril Pahinui The event is Sunday, November 29th 2009 on…
My friend & Pro-Surfer/Musician Donavon Frankenreiter just celebrated the grand opening of the Donavon Frankenreiter Margarita House on Maui recently and I wanted to give him a proper shout-out. It’s attached to the Tia Juana’s Beach Cantina on 2291 Kaanpali Pkwy, Lahaina, HI 96761 and from what I see so far, it looks like one…
Earning my living as a professional fine artist is pretty much reason enough to count my blessings. My to-do list often contains things like ,”1. Paint 2. Go to the Gym 3. Surf or hit the skatepark 4. Send out art print orders to customers 5. Write a Blog 6. Travel to (insert cool location…
Jay Alders is a proud Sponsor of AAU National Surfing Championships & The Slater Brothers Invitational 2009. Come out and meet World renown Surf Artist Jay Alders in Cocoa Beach, Florida Nov 5th-8th 2009 where he is generously donating 2 signed Giclée Canvas Surf Art prints to help raise money and awareness for The World Skin…
Thanks to my mates down under at Billabong Australia for the rad blog featuring my hand-painted Surf Art Guitar at this year’s Billabong Cosmic Creek 2009. Click here for the Billabong Feature on Jay
The Cosmic Creek Music & Art Extravaganza takes place at 7 Degrees (Laguna Canyon) Saturday night, Oct 3rd 2009 as part of the Cosmic Creek event that includes a retro-style surf contest and beach BBQ. With performances by an amazing gathering of famous artists, musicians and surf legends, the music and art extravaganza is part…
Congrats on my good friend Quincy Mumford for putting out another amazing CD. The new Album, titled “South Edgemere” is being released at his CD Release party on October 10th 2009 at the historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Ohhh…and thank you Quincy for sportin’ your ‘Jay Alders T-Shirt’ in your recent magazine interview…
The Beach Rescue Project will have its final cleanup of the summer on Saturday, August 29th from 2-4 pm in Asbury Park, NJ before the Beach Rescue Concert. Those 21+ who volunteer at the beach cleanup will be given a special VIP credential for the concert. The concert is featuring performances by Joss Stone, Gavin…
On August 8th, Chelsea and I went to see our friend Quincy Mumford perform at the VIP stage during the Jason Mraz and G. Love show at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ near our home. We’re so stoked to see Quincy doing so well and having such great opportunities at the young…
I live in a pretty cool beach town here in New Jersey, which most people from outside of our area probably think sounds like an oxymoron. It doesn’t have the mystique of Santa Cruz or the surf culture of the North Shore of Oahu, but we have a groovy thing here if you can see…
Presented by: John Pierson’s Toyota of Stuart – www.toyotaofstuart.com Supporting Platinum Sponsors: Gater 98.7 www.gater.com and Wild 95.5 www.wild955.com with more to come When: Friday Saturday & Sunday July 24th 25th & 26th with a VIP party Thursday July 23rd Where: Exodus II Address: 791 Grove Avenue Port Saint Lucie FL 34983 Venue Capacity: 5,000…
On July 24th, 2009, Jay will be showing his Artwork at the beautiful, Langosta Lounge, located on the beaches of Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Show will begin at 12Noon and there will be a ‘Meet the Artist Reception’ between 12-3PM. Across the street, later that night, our friend Donavon Frankenreiter and his bandmates along…
I got a call from my friends at Billabong last week while at Starbucks about their interest in featuring my oil painting of Donavon (“Rio Jam“) to advertise his East Coast Tour. They’re going to be distributing tons of these posters to their huge customer account base to promote Donavon’s shows and in store appearance.…
June 27th 2009 – Come on out to the legendary Outer Banks venue, The Pit to meet Jay and see his Surf Artwork on display. Live Musical performance by The Influence who goes on stage at 10PM. There will be a public “Meet the Artist Reception” with Jay from 7-9PM. The Pit’s location is Mile Post…
We are stoked to have Jay be one of the featured Artists in Billabong’s 3rd Annual Design For Humanity event that is happening June 17th 2009 at the Avalon/ Bardot club in Hollywood. It’s one-night beginning with an art show, followed by a Billabong fashion show, then performing live in concert alt-rockers The Airborne Toxic…
This painting represents and pays tribute to those magical warm summer nights that we all cherish. “When my friends, Steve and Dave from the band Echo Movement approached me about doing the cover art for their new album, “In the Ocean”, I was pretty stoked. Not only are these guys some of my close friends, but…
Echo Movement‘s New CD, “In the Ocean” is being released on June 5th 2009. The CD release party is being held at the Legendary, Stone Pony, located on the beach in Asbury Park , New Jersey. Jay’s new painting, “Burning Inspiration” as you can see, became the Album Art for “In the Ocean”, which was…
On April 26th 2009, the Emergen-C Sponsored, MaliBLUE event took place to benefit Surfrider Foundation. The core activities and campaigns that the Surfrider Foundation uses to protect our oceans, waves and beaches fall into the categories of Clean Water, Beach Access, Beach Preservation and Protecting Special Places. The months of preparation and planning flew by…the…
On April 4th, Jay caught up with his bud, G. Love in Atlantic City, where he played with the Special Sauce to a sold out crowd at The Borgata. Big thanks to Garrett aka G.Love for the personal invite and for the warm hospitality. Also special thanks to his management Jason and Mike. Backstage we…
Jay Alders is pleased to have been asked to donate Surf Art Prints again this year for the Fundraisers associated with the Jake Shimaburkuro Tour. Jake is considered the Eddie Van Halen of the Ukulele and has toured with Music Legends like Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, Jimmy Buffet and is being featured in Dana Brown’s…
Big thanks to my friends down under at Billabong for featuring my Surf Art on their Blog. Billabong is one of Donavon’s biggest sponsors and also a big supporter of the Arts. I am very appreciative when they told me that they wanted to help spread the word on my Art, it’s great having support from…
When I released my painting “Rio Jam” after touring with Donavon, Matt Costa, ALO and G Love in Brazil in 2007, Donavon called me up to tell me how stoked he was on itHe mentioned to me how he wanted to use it as a Tour Poster and now I’m happy to announce that…
Jay Alders is a proud sponsor to ALO’s Tour d’Amour 3, which is raffling off Prints and Posters to help raise money for Music In Schools Today For more info on the Feb 7-15th Tour d’Amour, go to ALOMusic.com