Street Art: SVA Honors Program Annual Lecture

Date: Tuesday, October 28th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: SVA, 3rd Fl Amphitheater (209 E 23rd St)
Cost: Free
"[The] School of Visual Arts brings the spirit of street art inside [tonight], with a panel of New York City-based artists and observers for a conversation about the state of street art today, moderated by artist and SVA faculty member Amy Wilson, whose politically-charged work was at the center of the controversy surrounding the Drawing Center’s move to Ground Zero. The panelists will discuss the history of street art, how art and business have blurred on the city streets, and what recent mainstream attention means for the art form—is it a blessing or a curse? The panelists include: Marc and Sara Schiller, Wooster Collective; Thomas Beale, Honey Space; and ELBOW-TOE, street artist. More on the panelists below. All ages.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Sara and Marc Schiller are New York-based curators and the founders of Wooster Collective, whose mission is to document ephemeral art experiences via salons, gallery shows and the Web site, www.woostercollective.com
Thomas Beale, a New-York based sculptor, operates Honey Space, an independent public exhibition space in Chelsea, where the exhibition “Portrait of Sylvia Elena” was recently presented, featuring a collaborative installation by noted street artists Swoon and Tennessee Jane Watson.
SVA instructor Frank Anselmo teaches the course "Unconventional: Guerilla Advertising," which received the Gold Pencil for Innovative Advertising award at the One Show College Competition. He is an art director at BBDO New York, where he has worked on accounts for Guinness, FedEx, Ebay and HBO. Anselmo made headlines with a campaign for The Sopranos featuring arms hanging out of the trunks of New York City taxis.
ELBOW-TOE is a Brooklyn-based artist that has been active in the street art scene for the past 4 years. His work, while mainly figurative, varies wildly in style and technique, though his primary methods for work on the street are wheatpasted woodcuts, stencils and large scale charcoal drawings. His work, included in several gallery shows in London and New York, will be featured in an upcoming two person exhibition at Thinkspace gallery in Los Angeles along with the Danish street artist Armsrock.
An SVA alumnus, Amy Wilson is a New York-based artist and educator. Her current exhibition, recently reviewed in The New Yorker, is on view at Bravin Lee Programs in Chelsea. She teaches in the BFA Fine Arts, Art History and BFA Visual and Critical Studies departments at SVA.
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