STREET ARTS is here! Check out the great events that we're cosponsoring with 516 ARTS.
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516 ARTS, in partnership with the ACLU-NM and local arts organizations, presents STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression, a multi-layered collaboration during October and November 2010 in Albuquerque, featuring local, national and international artists in a major exhibition at 516 ARTS, and a packed schedule of performing and literary arts events, mural projects, tours of street arts projects, panel discussions, a Hip Hop Film Festival and a Spoken Word Festival.
The STREET ARTS project celebrates art in the urban environment and explores issues of freedom of expression. It centers around the two-part exhibition Street Text: Art From the Coasts & The Populist Phenomenon at 516 ARTS, examining Street Art and its evolution into an international cultural movement. Art from the Coasts, curated by Andrew Connors, Curator of Art at The Albuquerque Museum, compares masters of graffiti art from Los Angeles and New York, including the work Chaz Bojorquez, Gajin Fujita, John Lorne, Lady Pink and Henry Chalfant. The Populist Phenomenon, curated by Francesca Searer of 516 ARTS, examines street artists’ work as a means of expressing a message to the masses. Featured New Mexico artists include Ernest Doty, Jaque Fragua, Stevan Gutierrez, Thomas Christopher Haag and Albert Rosales; and national and international artists include Shepard Fairey, Gaia, Mark Jenkins, Alexandre Orion, Chris Stain, Slinkachu, SWOON and Chip Thomas. Several of these artists are also featured in a series of new Downtown murals.
Many of the programs and events for the STREET ARTS celebration focus on educating young people about their civil liberties. This project helps connect New Mexico artists, performers and audiences with a larger dialogue that is happening around the globe. Special guest performers for the Spoken Word Festival, titled SHOUT-OUT: A Festival fo Rhythm & Rhyme (November 4-7), include Amiri Baraka and Cecil Taylor, Kevin Coval, Amalia Ortiz and Idris Goodwin, and featured New Mexico poets include Carlos Conteras, Hakim Bellamy, Saywut?!, Sina Soul and Tanaya Winder. Additional guest performing artists for STREET ARTS include South African poet/actor Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala, Cuban born drummer/composer Dafnis Prieto with rapper Kokayi, the dance company Molodi from New York, and more. The schedule features many talks and panel discussions such as History of Style with art and cultural critic Dave Hickey, Connecting the Dots: Street Arts and Public Funding presented by the City of Albuquerque Public Art Program, and Defending Artistic Liberty presented by ACLU-NM.
The lead organization for this collaboration is 516 ARTS, a vibrant, independent, nonprofit center for contemporary art in New Mexico and a hub for the arts in Downtown Albuquerque’s revitalization.
516 ARTS, in partnership with the ACLU-NM and local arts organizations, presents STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression, a multi-layered collaboration during October and November 2010 in Albuquerque, featuring local, national and international artists in a major exhibition at 516 ARTS, and a packed schedule of performing and literary arts events, mural projects, tours of street arts projects, panel discussions, a Hip Hop Film Festival and a Spoken Word Festival.The STREET ARTS project celebrates art in the urban environment and explores issues of freedom of expression. It centers around the two-part exhibition Street Text: Art From the Coasts & The Populist Phenomenon at 516 ARTS, examining Street Art and its evolution into an international cultural movement. Art from the Coasts, curated by Andrew Connors, Curator of Art at The Albuquerque Museum, compares masters of graffiti art from Los Angeles and New York, including the work Chaz Bojorquez, Gajin Fujita, John Lorne, Lady Pink and Henry Chalfant. The Populist Phenomenon, curated by Francesca Searer of 516 ARTS, examines street artists’ work as a means of expressing a message to the masses. Featured New Mexico artists include Ernest Doty, Jaque Fragua, Stevan Gutierrez, Thomas Christopher Haag and Albert Rosales; and national and international artists include Shepard Fairey, Gaia, Mark Jenkins, Alexandre Orion, Chris Stain, Slinkachu, SWOON and Chip Thomas. Several of these artists are also featured in a series of new Downtown murals.Many of the programs and events for the STREET ARTS celebration focus on educating young people about their civil liberties. This project helps connect New Mexico artists, performers and audiences with a larger dialogue that is happening around the globe. Special guest performers for the Spoken Word Festival, titled SHOUT-OUT: A Festival fo Rhythm & Rhyme (November 4-7), include Amiri Baraka and Cecil Taylor, Kevin Coval, Amalia Ortiz and Idris Goodwin, and featured New Mexico poets include Carlos Conteras, Hakim Bellamy, Saywut?!, Sina Soul and Tanaya Winder. Additional guest performing artists for STREET ARTS include South African poet/actor Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala, Cuban born drummer/composer Dafnis Prieto with rapper Kokayi, the dance company Molodi from New York, and more. The schedule features many talks and panel discussions such as History of Style with art and cultural critic Dave Hickey, Connecting the Dots: Street Arts and Public Funding presented by the City of Albuquerque Public Art Program, and Defending Artistic Liberty presented by ACLU-NM.
The lead organization for this collaboration is 516 ARTS, a vibrant, independent, nonprofit center for contemporary art in New Mexico and a hub for the arts in Downtown Albuquerque’s revitalization.
Read the full guide here.
