I wanted to thank you for having the gallery last night. I met great artists, and
got to know Tommy, Kevin, Michelle and yourself a lot more. The aura and vibe was
great and it is beautiful to see what you all have done for the community and the
culture of art, music, tattooing and all around the proud lifestyles of true Long
Islanders.

I was glad to be a part of it to share with you all. I look forward to seeing and
working with you guys again as well as many more galleries with creative and
welcoming people.

Cheers.

Our good friend, Valerie Clemens lost her brother, an NYPD officer, in an motorcycle accident. He left behind a five month old son. A benefit for PJ Clemens will be held at Mulcahys in Wantagh, Saturday July 31st at 4pm until 8pm. $50.00 is the cover. It provides open bar and buffet. All proceeds go into a college fun...d for PJ's son. Please help spread the word for PJ's son, Valerie and her family.

SUPRISE GUEST ARTIST AT EMPIRE THIS WEEKEND ONLY!!!! Our good friend Kjelli from Norway is stuck in the states until this whole volcano mess is cleared up. So since Tommy is away and we have an open seat Kjelli is going to fill it. Come down or call the shop to set up an appointment with him!! Help a Norwegian brother out! Our manager Jeff already got tattooed by him and let me tell you it's pretty damn awesome!!! Check out his work here www.solidtattoo.com

Daze the barber will be back at Empire very very soon. Keep checking back for updates............

NEW "OLD EMPIRE" SHIRTS ARE HERE!! $20 FOR GUY'S T-SHIRTS AND $25 FOR GIRL'S BOY BEATERS!!! Get 'em while they are hot!!

Christmas deal - EXTENDED ONE MORE DAY - Buy a $100 gift certificate or more and get $5 bucks off an Empire T-Shirt or $10 bucks off a Sweatshirt or Thermal! Come down and grab that last second xmas gift TODAY!!!!!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE!!!! We have been nominated by the LI press for the best tattoo shop on Long Island. Please go to www.LongIslandPress.com/bestof to vote for us!! You must complete the whole catigory for your vote to count! We are under General Business!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!

We will be having a special guest spot on December 6th!!! Daze the barber will be cutting hair all day! If you have not seen his work, check out the photo album! If you are interested in making an appointment, please call over to the shop so we can schedule you in. Also, be prepared, once you get a cut from him, you will wish you were in Miami every week to get a cut!!!

Voting ends on December 14th at 11:59pm SO VOTE NOW!!

Empire State Studio has been nominated for the best tattoo shop on Long Island by the Long Island Press. PLEASE help us out and vote. Go to www.LongIslandPress.com/bestof and click on General Business, then scroll down and vote for us.... You can only vote once per I.P. address. Please spread the word to all of your family, friends and co-workers. You must complete a full category for your vote to count!!

Hey
everyone, Empire State Studio has been nominated for the best tattoo shop on Long Island by the Long Island Press. PLEASE help us out and vote. Go to www.LongIslandPress.com/bestof and click on General Business, then scroll down and vote for us.... You can only vote once per I.P. address. Please spread the word to all of your family, friends and co-workers. Thank you.

-Jeff

You must complete a full category in order to have a valid
ballot.

Tonight is the 40 Ounces of Art show Tommy, Michele and I were here till 3:30 am hanging it so you better show up. It should be a blast tonight. One of the best looking shows we have ever had here. See you tonight. Hugs and Kisses - Jeff


P.S. Grab me... a 40 on your way down, I'm going to be thirsty.

Just a quick one from McNutt.

yo, i'll be in atlanta from the 27th till the2nd of may tattooing at OVERLORD TATTOO with the insatiable mr mark magee and shane willoughby.


lemme know if you wanna get in, got some cool shit done up
overlord tattoo
404.817.
8131
533 tenth street

thnks
kev
kevinmcnutt.com
empirestatestudios.com
516 414 4249

Tommy and Michele will be arriving in Brisbane on Tuesday February 24th. They leave Brisbane on Thursday March 5th for Sydney. They leave Sydney on Wednesday March 11th for Perth then they leave Perth on Wednesday March 18th.
They will be tattooing at the Sydney conventionFrom March 6th through the 8th. 
They will also be at Hold Fast Tattoo  909 ALBANY HWY, EAST VICTORIA PARK, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA  Phone # (08) 9361 6114 

And at Tattoo Junction 28-30 Sunshine Beach Rd.  Noosa Junction, Queensland Phone # 07 5449 2949           
                                 -Jeff

Happy New Year!!

It's been a bit hectic around here so I haven't updated the news in a while.

Tommy and Michele will be in Australia from February 22nd until March 20th. They will be traveling around doing guest spots at various shops. They will also be at the Sydney Tattoo convention on March 6th 7th and 8th. Check it out on the conventions website www.tattooexpo.com.au . Once there other guest spots are finalized we will post the information here.

While they are gone we will have Tyler Borich from Incognito Tattoo in Pasadena California working here from February 25th through the 28th. Check out some of his work here www.incognitotattoo.com

Thats all for now.

Love Jeff

THIS JUST IN......

Mr. Bob Lackner will be doing a short guest spot here during this holiday season. Call us up and book an appointment... but hurry the spots are going really quick. You can check out some of his work here http://www.myspace.com/boblackner

First order of business. Kevin McNutt is back at Empire for good. So come down and show him some love and let him tattoo you. Click above to check out some of his work.

For those of you who missed The Mask Show last Saturday you missed a great party. We had a blast! Thanks to everyone that came out and supported. The show will be hanging here until the end of  December so come down and check out all of the amazing masks we have.

The next art show will be on January 3rd. It's going to be a group show so if you are an artist and you want to get involved get in touch with me. Jeff@EmpireStateStudios.com

That's all for now....

-Jeff

Check out this video of the Long Island Pulse photo shoot featuring some of the upcoming masks that will be featured in our November first art exhibit. Click Here

A very good client of ours, Greg Parvis, will be hosting a fund raiser for his girlfiend, Joann Gulino, on November 29, 2008.  She is a 47 year old Oceanside resident who has just had a double mastectomy.  Unfortunaly she does not have any health insruance. 

Please see the attached flyer under events for further details.  If you can, please help Joann in this time of need. 

Thank you so much for your help,

ESS Crew

Some new news for you guys. On October 24th at 9pm we will be hosting a photo shoot for Barred for Life, a book featuring people with Black Flag tattoos and there stories. So if you have a Black Flag tattoo you should come down and hang out. On October 18th Tommy, Bobby and Rich will be down in Miami participating in Coltoberfest, an art show featuring art with Colt 45 bottles. So if your in the Miami area go check it out. Speaking of art shows my photo show is still up so come down and give it a look. Also October 17th is the deadline for artists to get their masks in for the November 1st Mask Show. If you want to participate drop me a line. Speaking of November, this November Kevin McNutt will be back here permanently tattooing. So start making those appointments now.

Thats all for now. -Jeff

I know it's been a while since I've updated the news. A lot of stuff has been happening.... big, big changes coming soon..... but for now.

Bobby is finally back from CA. So come by the shop to welcome him back to NY and to get tattooed by him.

Tommy and Michele will be back from the Skin Deep convention this week.

We have some new pictures and new events up in the events section so go check them out.

Pick up the new issue of Long Island Pulse, we got a mention in the artist VIP section.

Calli was here for a short 10 days but hopefuly he will be back early next year so keep checking back for updates.

Kevin McNutt will be back here in November.

The Miss LV Two & Tu Old Haunts show is still up so come by and check it out before it comes down.

I am having a solo photo show here on September 6th so you all better be here for that one.

Thats it for now keep cheking back for more news, events and new tattoos.

                                                                 -Jeff

Tommy will be participateing in Skin Deep's first "Tattoo Jam" in England from August 1st through the 3rd. Check out their site www.TattooJam.co.uk.

Some new news...

The "Fro-Sho" has come down to make room for "TWO&TU/OLDHAUNTS" a series of drawings, prints and poetry by NYC based artist MISS LV. The opening party will be held July 5th at 7pm. You can check out some of her work at www.INEFFABLE3.com . If you didn't get a post card in the mail go to the link above and sign our mailing list.

On July 7th Chris "Calli" Callister will here untill July 17th. Come down and get tattooed by him. Check out some of his work above.

I just sent out the email about the new art show if you want to get involved send me an email and let me know. Jeff@EmpireStateStudios.com

Thats all for now. -Jeff

Well our time with Kevin McNutt has ended for now. We had a blast with him, a few drunkin good times in the city and down in Long Beach. He will be back this fall to do another guest spot. He will also be doing a mask for our November art show. He is a super cool guy and we can't wait to see him again. Chris Callister will be our next guest artist. Calli will be here from July 7th until July 16th. Go check out some of his stuff and then come down and get tattooed by him.

Kurt will be back from Norway this Monday.

Rich V started wearing shorts and sneakers. Stop by the studio if you are in the area and check it out. Some of the guys have been going to the Baldwin skate park for early morning skate sessions. If you live in the area and enjoy skating and destroying you should go join them. That's all for now.

                                                         -Jeff  

Our events page is all up to date so go check that out. Our links are all up for now go check that out. Our merch page is all up for the most part (we will have new shirts soon I swear) we will figure out a way so things can be bought online. For now you can come into the shop and buy stuff here directly or we can take credit cards over the phone if you can't come by 516.414.4249. We can mail to you also if you want you just have to pay shipping. Also Kevin McNutt is here! We had a rip roar last night with him in the city. He is here for two weeks so come down and get some work done. Thats all for now.  -Jeff

Just updated the links page go check it out. Lots of awesome artists and good friends that have participated in our gallery shows. If you have a website and you want to trade links email me Jeff@EmpireStateStudios.com

Also I am in the process of updating the events page so check that out too.

-Jeff

FINALLY!!! Our site is up! Thanks to our good friend John Petrilli for hooking us up. If you need a website or an old one re-done check him out at nicxtk.com.

So now on to some news.... Next week Kurt will be going to Norway for two weeks to tattoo at Artful Ink. In his place here we will have Kevin McNutt from Identity Tattoo in Minnesota. Tommy and Michele metKevin while they were tattooing in Australia.Check out some of his work here www.KevinMcNutt.comand then come down and get tattooed by him.

In July Bobby will be heading out to California to work at Electric Pencil withour good friendTattoo Joe. While Bobby is gone we have Chris "Calli" Calister from Oxygen Tattoo in Bend Oregon coming down for ten days Check out some of his work here www.oxygenartgallery.com/galleries/calli/and then come down and get tattooed by him. If you saw the skull show we had here Calli did the red skull with the antlers.

Tommy will be participateing in Skin Deep's first "Tattoo Jam" in England from August 1st through the 3rd. Check out their site www.TattooJam.co.uk.

Speaking of Skin Deep magazine... their sister magazine International Skin Shots has a bunch of tattoos from Empire featured in their newest issue. Go pick it up!

We still have the Fro-Sho up in our gallery for another month. It's a solo show from a local artist named Edgar Ortiz. As soon as I figure out the events part of the site we will be posting photos.

On July 5th we will have a new show in our gallery from NYC based artist Miss LV. Check out some of her work here www.INEFFABLE3.com

We are also in the process of planing our next big group art show for November. The theme is masks. If you or any one you know is interested in participating email me some samples of your work.

That's it for now. Please check back often because this site is going to be updated almost daily. Any questions comments or what not feel free to email me.

-Jeff Marsala

Jeff@EmpireStateStudios.com