Jesse Watson,
Skateboard Art, Skateboard Design

The Chester Art Centre is pleased to present A Show of Art and Design by Homegrown Skateboards, June 9th to June 19th, at the Chester Art Centre, 60 Queen St., Chester, Nova Scotia.

In the Art Centres first exhibition of the season, Jesse Watson introduces us to the highly personalized art and design of skateboards.

Watson, diehard boarder and owner and operator of Homegrown Skateboards in LaHave, Nova Scotia, says -This is roots manufacturing in a time of mass production, - pointing to the intricate designs and complex custom manufacturing techniques that go into the making of Homegrown Skateboards. Using slow-growing East Coast hard rock maple seasoned by long, cold winters, Jesse and his team press, shape and silk-screen their boards one at a time.

And each of those boards is an art object, an individualized expression of a boarders style and personality. With a sculptors instinct for material and form and an artists touch at the silk-screen table, Jesse and his colleagues are leaders in the design aesthetic shaping skateboard culture across the continent.

Timed to coincide with the official opening of the Chester Skatepark on June 13th, this exhibition will take you behind the dazzling choreography of board and rider for a deeper look at the art, design and craft that not only shapes the boarders ride but reflects and shapes skate board culture.

Jesse Watson will join us for a Reception at the Chester Art Centre on Friday June 12th at 7 pm, sponsored by ISL-Internet Solutions Ltd. Jesse will also be giving a Special Presentation on Friday June 19th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Designing Skateboards-Share Jesse Watsons Experience in an Inspiring Way.

Jesse has also agreed to raffle off a custom-design Homegrown Skateboard as a fund-raiser for Art Centre. Thanks, Jesse!

Admission to the exhibition, reception and special presentation is FREE!