Welcome to BSA’s Images of the Week.
It’s back to school for 915,000 students in New York City schools now that Labor Day has passed. Excitement was palbable on the streets this week as children, moms, dads, grandparents – all entered this new semester with optimism and fears all intermingled. Remarkably, the kids have 24 new schools in the city this year, which means many more classes to skip for the hoodlums with spray cans. Just kidding. Stay in school!
Speaking of school, one of our favorite students of life and hometown graffiti/street art/ contemporary art hero Futura 2000 is opening his new exhibition today at the Bronx Museum, illustrating that if you keep up your work, your style, your discipline, and your passion, eventually people may celebrate you in your front yard. If you meet him, Futura will be more than willing to school you on NYC graffiti culture, history, and how to spot the genuine over the fake.
Meanwhile, in New York this week, “Artists4Ceasefire launched a partnership with artist Shepard Fairey and humanitarian organizations to call for a halt to weapons transfers that violate U.S. and international law.” With the art we have seen in the streets around this city and the new campus protests that immediately commenced this week, it appears that this is turning into a grassroots movement, with a majority of Americans who want immediate action to stop the killing and achieve a permanent ceasefire.
Here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Praxis, BK Foxx, CDRE, Alex Itin, OSK, Matt Crabe, Lady Sea Wench, Just Jud, Jobe, JM DiZefalo, PT, Fionac, CIR, 4OK, Dray, RAZL, CONZ, and 17 Matrix.
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