Street Art Talks

Guest lectures by LNY (street artist) and Carlo McCormick (Senior Editor of Paper magazine)

“Street Art & the Law: a shared common space” by LNY

“LNY” is a street artist living in the city of Newark, NJ, and one of the organizers of the Young New Yorkers program: an arts-based restorative justice program for 16 -17 year olds who are recognized as “adults” in New York State’s criminal justice system. The project’s main goal is to reconsider the psychological and social implications of state mandated punishments and their efficacy deterring crimes. By painting or wheatpasting portraits of culturally defined people in public spaces across the world, LNY’s art investigates the boundaries of one society from another as well as the visibility of disenfranchised voices. The legality of his work juxtaposed with magnificent aesthetics challenges terms like “vandalism” and questions the value of public murals.

Join us for a talk by LNY about street art, the law and art’s place in society.

This Thursday, May 2nd @ 7pm in the library pillow room, followed by a reception with refreshments.

“The Origins of Street Art” by Carlo McCormick

Senior Editor of Paper magazine, culture critic and curator, Carlo McCormick, will speak about the origins of street art in graffiti, propaganda, public protest, performance art, avant-garde practice and urban interventions.

Carlo has written for Spin, Vice, Juxtapoz, Art in America, High Times, Art News and Artforum. He is a co-author of the street art seminal Trespass and has curated such projects as The Boneyard Project, which had street artists paint scrapped military planes.

Wednesday, May 8th @ 5pm-6pm in Heimbold 135, followed by a reception with refreshments.