Fun Friday 08.06.10
Fun Friday 08.06.10
Natalie Kates Covers “Electric Windows”
Interviews with Ron English, Skewville, Gaia, and Logan Hicks, and captures a bit of the flava last weekend.
“Graffolution” Running Till August 15
Curator Frankie Velez has a show on West 36th Street in Manhattan that offers itself as a bit of a missing link between a graff, street art, and [...]
Electric Windows 2010; Street Arts and Community
Sure, there are a lot of things wrong with our country these days. People are hurting financially, are losing homes and jobs, feeling insecure – and obstructionists fight against every possible people-centered bill that comes up in our legislative branch. Our sad legacies of racism and classism are stoked to pit us against one another rather than moving toward an equitable future for everyone. If you were to never go outside and only gathered your news from Yeller TV you might get the worldview that we are in an intractable war with one another. But the State of our Union is on Main Street, not cable.
Main Street in Beacon, NY for example. Electric Windows, the Street Art event put together by the tireless duo Dan and Kalene (owners of the Open Space Gallery) and three other friends, is a prime example of what’s good in our country these days. Appreciation for the creative spirit that lies inside each person brought together a large and a very diverse group of people to this small town on Saturday. Music (live and DJ), street dancers, screen printing on your clothes… Folks were moved, changed, challenged and inspired by the art being made in front of their eyes: Unrestricted, unfiltered and in direct contact with the artists that were creating it.
Fun Friday 07.30.10
1. Last Chance to see “Radiant Child” Basquiat Movie this Weekend at Film Forum
2. Don Pablo Pedro at Pandemic
3. Faile in Lisbon
4. Electric Windows in Beacon
