As law enforcement officials intensify their investigation into Monday’s bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, activist-artist Grayson Earle recounts a creative response to the tragedy. 3:44 PM Alexander: um 3:45 PM a bomb just exploded at the boston marathon me: what?? The news hit me in that familiar way. I was in [...]
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Q&A with Gregg Deal: Humor, Irony and Street Art
Early in his career, artist Gregg Deal was asked, “Can you make your work more Indian?” As a card-carrying member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, he said he considers himself “a Native artist with a Native voice,” but the comment caused him to take a step back and re-examine his work. He now [...]
Q&A with Liz Belfer and Lea Faminiano: Designing Superheroes for Cities
A youth development program located in New York City, Guardians of the City, encourages schoolchildren to become involved in their community by combining social issues with public art. The goal of the project is “to empower children to take ownership of their community and raise awareness for positive change.” (Check out our previous post about the program here.) [...]
Guardians of the City: Kid-Powered Street Art for Good
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Guardian of the City! A public art project in New York City calls on schoolchildren to design imaginary superheroes to “protect” their communities. The project was created as part of a thesis project by two MFA students, Liz Belfer and Lea Faminiano, at Parsons The New School for [...]
