Street Art Stories at the Museum of the City of NY

Once again we are helping support our friends at the Museum of the City of New York to promote a great event a week from this weds.

From the Museum:

Street Art Stories: BSA in conversation with Swoon and DAZE

Wednesday, March 2 at 6:30 pm

 Since graffiti emerged as a powerful form of self-expression on New York City streets in the 1970s, the city has grown into the epicenter of the contemporary street art movement. Ephemeral, often anonymous, and characterized by countless styles and techniques, street art appeals directly to passersby in often unexpected places, and on digital devices globally.

Join us for a conversation about the influence of the city in the storytelling of street artists and graffiti artists and how that influence is reflected in the work as it moves into galleries and museums.  This program is inspired by and delves into the themes of our exhibition Chris “Daze” Ellis: The City is My Muse.

Steven Harrington, Editor-in-Chief, and Jaime Rojo, Editor of Photography, founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com, which has been documenting street art around the world for nearly a decade.
DAZE, a major graffiti and street artist in New York since the late 1970s, whose work is currently on view at the Museum.
Swoon, one of the Brooklyn's most celebrated street artists, exhibits her work at museums around the world, including her 2014 exhibition, Submerged Motherlands, at the Brooklyn Museum.

Use discount code: ART at the following link, or go to the museum's page.  

http://bit.ly/20Zzbuh.   

Urban Art Legends Book release and Talk at MCNY

We are proud to help sponsor the Museum of the City of new York's event "Urban Art Legends: Conversation and Book launch". Featuring Daze, Alan Ket, and Nick Walker
From the Museum:

In just forty years, what was once viewed as mindless vandalism – graffiti – has grown into a highly valued, socially relevant urban art form found in galleries and museums around the world—as well as on walls and trains. Join renowned graffiti artists Alan KET, Nick Walker, and DAZE, the star of our exhibition, Chris “Daze” Ellis: The City is My Muse, to discuss KET’s new book, Urban Art Legends (LOM Art, 2015), which explores the pioneering urban artists that have driven graffiti’s shift from underground into the mainstream. They will consider the contentious position of graffiti as an art form and explore their choices to challenge classical ideas of art through this uniquely urban medium.

 For a discount on tickets, go here and use the discount code ART . Grab tickets early, space is limited!

Reception and exhibition viewing to follow!