Photo Credit: Thomas Fotomas
As is often the case, we stumbled upon the unique work of Thomas Pitois – who works under the nom...
WY Recommends: “10 to Two” An artist gallery
Wave-riding and art have long been interconnected, with surfing itself often described as it’s own art form. Given that artistic...
Volcom Road Rager at our place! Ryan Burch, Ozzie Wright and the whole band of Volcom pranksters are coming over Friday, March 9th from 3-7pm
Ryan Burch, Ozzie Wright and the Volcom band of Merry Pranksters have been Road Raging and zig-zagging their way across...
Youth against the machine I’m so proud of you
Editor’s Note: Last Friday night I got emotional. I was watching recaps of what happened in the world that week and...
Watch “Small Talks” with Jason Woodside Meet the man behind the art on Vissla’s new collection
“You know you’ve made it, or you’re doing OK, when you can start saying no to things” Jason Woodside told us. And...
Artist Jason Woodside’s NYC Nixon presents a caffeine-fueled tour of NY and Jason’s Brooklyn art studio
Jason Woodside loves coffee. A lot. So much so that he owns a coffee shop in Soho called Happy Bones....
Friend Aid is Saturday in Newport Beach Live music and live auction benefitting those affected by the California wild fires
The past few weeks California has been overcome by wild fires. Thousands of homes, buildings, animals, people, families even our...
Artist Series: Mark Riddick Episode 011: We visited the home of the renowned death metal illustrator and artist
Mark Riddick’s work is often rooted in the grotesque. With a deep passion for the death metal, thrash and black metal...
Afternoon Interview: Cole Barash Episode 060: Catching up with Cape Cod based photographer and artist
Cole Barash lives in the What Youth family tree. Originally a snowboard photographer, Cole’s work has since evolved way beyond...
Watch “Pool Scum” A stop motion vid by Foster Huntington that will cool your scattered brain
If you want to restore the power of patience and sooth your scatter brained mind, watch this new vid from...
Our Page 1 Rewrite The first page of What Youth Issue 18
Editor’s Note: Here’s what I wrote to introduce you to Issue 18. Click here if you wanna see how it...
An Afternoon with Thomas Campbell He talks art, his new film and becoming a creator and innovator with Vissla
Thomas Campbell is making a new movie. The first visions of which are inside Issue 18, featuring Ryan Burch and...
Wanna do Whatever you want? Like, professionally? Volcom wants to make that happen for you
What would your life look like if you could do what you wanted with your time? And if didn’t have to worry...
Ty Segall and Assman An interview with Ty Segall and his new comic strip featuring the character of Assman
Ty Segall is 10 minutes late to our interview at Footsies in Highland Park. I’m sipping on a whiskey in...
Tetsunori Tawaraya’s Telescope A look at undiscovered creatures from the Japanese Illustrator
We recently caught up with the Japanese illustrator Tetsunori Tawaraya while he was out in Los Angeles on tour for...
The What Youth 2016 Video Slideshow The Velvet Underground take us on the photographic rollercoaster that was 2016
Everyone is talking about how 2016 was a son of a bitch. And yeah, it kinda was. We lost a...
10 Best WY Vids of the Year Number 5 and 6 on our countdown
6. Artist Series: Brad Elterman His voice, his look, his energy and enthusiasm are infectious. God, just love this dude. Brad Elterman...
Ed Templeton | Inspired By A short conversation with Ed on his inspirations in this series from RVCA
It’s always good to hear from Ed. Especially after the US Open has come and gone and all eyes have...
The same day in Amsterdam and Paris Europe for the Brixton Broadcast and a bit of radical class tourism
Paris is far too big to seen properly in one day, yet so damn pretty you can feel like you did....
Look at “Vixens on Vacation” Imperial Pictures Publishing release new zine
We love Amy Hood. We met her in Woodstock earlier this year and followed her around her home and studio...
Come peruse the WY Scrapbook Page It’s a beautiful fucking awesome mess
We needed a dumping place. A photographic purgatory. And it isn’t always pretty. But it’s us. The What Youth Scrapbook,...
Meet Dan Climan From band posters to Tattoos
Dan Climan is an artist from Montreal with a timeless aesthetic. We’ve known him for a while and are always...
Conversation With: Robbie Simon “If you’re happy where you are, every step along the way was right.”
Robbie Simon, the Los Angeles-based artist, is modest when speaking about his talent. “If you would’ve told me even three...
Let’s Talk About the F Word Zine swapping at PS1 MOMA in a new “Newsstand”
I grabbed this zine at the New York Art Book Fair at PS1 Moma in 2011. There’s no crazy story...
Mark Oblow’s “Stuck to Me” His first solo show at Factory 413 Thursday Night
I swung by Oblow’s house today to check in on the madness happening around his first solo art show —...
Want to Write for What Youth? We’re (still) looking for contributing writers and interns for 2016
[Update: If you already sent through your work for our previous callout, we’re still in the process of going through...
For The Love: Alex Gardner Episode 019 Presented by Vissla
Alex Gardner loves the idea of making stuff. And lucky for us, when he does that it’s beautiful and powerful....
Artist Series: Langley Fox Episode 005: A What Youth Original Series
Langley Fox began her artistic career sometime around kindergarten — by drawing star people, an obviously more complex version of...
Rights Refused: Dennis Mcnett “I want the wolf to come off the wall”
Kr3w denim have a really good series out called Rights Refused, featuring a bunch of artists who’s work has transcended...
Artist Series: Anthony Lister Episode 004: An Artpunk Messiah
Whether offered as free art on public walls, paintings for sale in galleries, random clandestine life drawing happenings where strangers...
Mark Oblow launches his new site And there’s stuff for sale
Lord of all things photography, skate, painting and all around sick shit, Mark Oblow has relaunched his website MOBLOW today....
Sign Painter Steve Powers Graphic and Colorful and We Want More
Steve Powers is a sign painting legend. And as fans of typography, he’s been a hero of ours since before...
