First Annual
Skate Deck Art Show
A new art show celebrating local creativity through custom skateboard deck art that celebrates originality and human creativity.
Photo by @lovethelongrun. Taken at the 3rd Annual Lowbrow Classic, Grand Junction, Colorado. ©2024. All Rights Reserved.
November 14, 2026
at Perth County Moto
2980 Forest Road, Stratford, Ontario
What the hell is a "Lowbrow North"?
Inspired by the Lowbrow Classic held in Grand Junction, Colorado at First Street Tattoo - we seek to bring the same energy to our event here, north of the border.
We're teaming up with Perth County Moto to showcase the artists, their ideas, their work, their stories, and bring together a community that supports it all.
Throw something on a skateboard deck - paint, crayon, stained glass, whatever- and share your creation with the world. The skateboard blank is just a uniform canvas to bring some commonality. What you do with it will be up to you.
This is an opportunity to showcase local and regional artists - whatever their background.
Painters, illustrators, moto fabricators, students, crochet-ers, designers, hodge-podgers, and makers. Outsiders. Weirdos. Creators.
Lowbrow has been and will continue to be for the people, by the people - whatever form it takes, wherever it happens.
Perfection isn't the goal.
Originality is.
Putting in the work is.
Celebrating human creativity is.
We care about the art.
And more importantly,
the people making it.
Deck by @sierra_does_tattoos for the 3rd Annual Lowbrow Classic, Grand Junction, Colorado. ©2024. All rights reserved.
Artist registration is now open!
We invite local artists to showcase their unique vision on skateboard deck. All of the particulars are available in the artist package - from when and where to pick up a deck, submit it for the show, the guidelines, and everything else.
Here's the lowdown on Lowbrow to get you started:
The fee for artists is $75. You'll get:
- a skateboard deck for your artwork
- an exclusive artist tee
- feature in our Lowbrow North event publication
Artists are free to sell their board at any price they choose (or not sell at all!). Neither Lowbrow North nor Perth County Moto will take a cut of any deck sale. More info in the Artist's packet you'll receive after registration.
An insult, worn as a badge.
Back in 1970s California, a group of artists - car painters and modifiers, tattooists, comic book artists, punk flyer makers - were making work the gallery world wouldn't touch, so somebody started calling it "lowbrow" as a joke. The artists kept the name and ran with it, because it said something true: this was art made by people who didn't wait for permission, didn't chase pedigree, and cared more about the work being honest than being polished. That's the same spirit we're building here. Not a movement with a bunch of rules, just a shared instinct - make the thing because it needs to exist, show up for the people making it, and trust that real always outlasts perfect.
Welcome to the world of lowbrow art.
Do you support the arts?
We're looking for event sponsors and advertisers. If you're interested, please contact us!
Are you a writer?
We're looking for a few contributors for our event publication. Non-fiction, fiction, or poetry. Contact us if you're interested!