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Louie Gong exchanges message about identity with Iraqi youth- Vans, Jones Soda in support
Louie Gong to Keynote the National Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference
Louie Gong Puts the “Pop” in Culture, Evening Magazine
NWIN Profiles Louie Gong and Eighth Generation Custom Shoes
Walking in Two Worlds- a profile of custom shoe artist Louie Gong by CTV’s First Story
Festival de Cannes
Louie Gong on NBC Nightly News! - briefly.
Custom Shoe Workshops - Art and Identity
Fashion footwear grounded in Coast Salish art, Seattle Times
Eighth Generation chosen to participate in the Aboriginal Fashion Showcase at the 2010 Olympic Games
“Unreserved: the Work of Louie Gong” plays at the Big Sky Film Festival on February 15th
Interview with Jamala Henderson of KUOW
“Inspiring next generation…,” a feature article by Indian Country Today’s Annual Business Magazine
“Unreserved” now has a sick poster by Victor Pascual!
Tribal College Educator Raises America’s Multiethnic Profile, Diverse Magazine
“UNRESERVED: The work of Louie Gong,” a film by Longhouse Media
Thrilllist.com drops article on Eighth Generation
Art Shows Love
Local artist’s shoe designs step across racial lines
Made for walking in two worlds with style, Indian Country Today
Nooksack Tribe member explores multiracial culture, The News Tribune
CBC Radio Interviews
Radio Interview with Sheila Q
Daily Dose of Ethnic Cool at Schema Mag
Make Sick Shoes!- Check out the new “how to” video.
Eighth Generation shoes featured in Style section of Metro News
8th Generation Vans blogged at Visual Culture
“Outside the Shoebox” by Sheila Q, The Record
“Coastalized” Nike N7 to benefit students in GED program.
The Vans Blog gives a shout to Louie Gong’s customs!
MHR Studios gives a shout-out to Louie Gong and Eighth Generation!
Skatezine says Louie Gong’s Custom Vans “Fire Through Web”
“A precision dose of cool” at Picocool
Cultural Teaching Institute at Tulalip Resort, June 28 - July 2, 2010
Louie Gong exchanges message about identity with Iraqi youth- Vans, Jones Soda in support
Louie Gong to Keynote the National Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference
Louie Gong Puts the “Pop” in Culture, Evening Magazine
NWIN Profiles Louie Gong and Eighth Generation Custom Shoes
Walking in Two Worlds- a profile of custom shoe artist Louie Gong by CTV’s First Story
Festival de Cannes
Louie Gong on NBC Nightly News! - briefly.
Custom Shoe Workshops - Art and Identity
Fashion footwear grounded in Coast Salish art, Seattle Times
Eighth Generation chosen to participate in the Aboriginal Fashion Showcase at the 2010 Olympic Games
“Unreserved: the Work of Louie Gong” plays at the Big Sky Film Festival on February 15th
Interview with Jamala Henderson of KUOW
“Inspiring next generation…,” a feature article by Indian Country Today’s Annual Business Magazine
“Unreserved” now has a sick poster by Victor Pascual!
Tribal College Educator Raises America’s Multiethnic Profile, Diverse Magazine
“UNRESERVED: The work of Louie Gong,” a film by Longhouse Media
Thrilllist.com drops article on Eighth Generation
Art Shows Love
Local artist’s shoe designs step across racial lines
Made for walking in two worlds with style, Indian Country Today
Nooksack Tribe member explores multiracial culture, The News Tribune
CBC Radio Interviews
Radio Interview with Sheila Q
Daily Dose of Ethnic Cool at Schema Mag
Make Sick Shoes!- Check out the new “how to” video.
Eighth Generation shoes featured in Style section of Metro News
8th Generation Vans blogged at Visual Culture
“Outside the Shoebox” by Sheila Q, The Record
“Coastalized” Nike N7 to benefit students in GED program.
The Vans Blog gives a shout to Louie Gong’s customs!
MHR Studios gives a shout-out to Louie Gong and Eighth Generation!
Skatezine says Louie Gong’s Custom Vans “Fire Through Web”
“A precision dose of cool” at Picocool
Cultural Teaching Institute at Tulalip Resort, June 28 - July 2, 2010
Thrilllist.com drops article on Eighth Generation
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
“As far as culturally specific footwear goes, the Native American moccasin blows away the Dutch clog, and of course no one’s ever recommended walking a mile in another man’s Spanish Torture Boot—but still, mocs aren’t exactly great for pavement-pounding. Crafting culturally resplendent walk-around kicks, Eighth Generation.
From mixed-race activist (Nooksack /Chinese/French/Scottish) Louie Gong, 8-Gs are Vans Slip-Ons intricately detailed with traditional Coast Salish art, a concept oddly born when the founder realized the power of art by tagging a NY apartment building to woo a woman (it worked, and they got Fab 5 Freaky)...”
Read the rest (and check out the pics) at Thrilllist.com
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