{"id":231621,"date":"2026-03-22T20:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231621\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:41:07","slug":"artist-shlome-incorporates-girlfriends-puppy-into-t-shirt-design-to-support-spcala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231621\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Shlome incorporates girlfriend&#8217;s puppy into T-shirt design to support spcaLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">KOREATOWN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Local artist <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/shlome.art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shlome Joseph Hayun<\/a>, aka Shlome J., has designed our newest Puppy Palooza-themed T-shirt for a good cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/natl-puppy-day-celebration-23-pups-adoption-march-27\/18751160\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more on ABC7&#8217;s biannual Puppy Palooza pet adoption event on Friday, March 27.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Shlome was born and raised in Studio City and now has his studio in Koreatown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;My background is Jewish, but also, it&#8217;s Middle Eastern, Libyan, Egyptian, and also Yemenite,&#8221; said Shlome.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl AgqWM Ehrde zbHrA oOrah \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1280x720-Puppy-Palooza-Collection-2026.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ABC7LA Puppy Palooza T-shirt Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He is one of the founders of MTLE, which stand for More Talent, Less Ego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It is an art collective, studio, and gallery where we focus on community and bringing different people together to create that dialogue. We talk about different causes, such as Puppy Palooza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Shlome continued, &#8220;I got into a whole bunch of different arts, from abstract to pop art to my own Judaica line. I have an obsession with making things and figuring things out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;You could find my work on the walls in New York, Miami, Japan, Kiev, Israel, Los Angeles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smilesouthcentral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC7 partnered with Smile South Central to identify Shlome to design the shirt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Shlome says his Puppy Palooza-themed T-shirt design was inspired by his girlfriend&#8217;s dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;She actually has a King Charles named Stanley. Super cute. She showed me some of his puppy photos, and I was like, okay, I got to get this done, you know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Shlome says he likes using bright colors because they symbolize happiness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He added, &#8220;Something happy, bright and fun for the cause.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC7 will donate its proceeds from the sale of our Puppy Palooza t-shirts to support <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/spcala.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spcaLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/shopabctv.com\/collections\/abc7la?utm_source=abc7-com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to check out all the designs in the ABC7 Shop.<\/a><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KOREATOWN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Local artist Shlome Joseph Hayun, aka Shlome J., has designed our newest Puppy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[105069,12837,3399,50380,48,52,51,47,50,49,105067,105068,105066,17127],"class_list":{"0":"post-231621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-105069","9":"tag-artist","10":"tag-clothing","11":"tag-giving","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-headlines","14":"tag-la-news","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","17":"tag-los-angeles-news","18":"tag-mural-art","19":"tag-puppy-palooza","20":"tag-shlome-hayun","21":"tag-t-shirt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}