Who actually started street art as it is thought of today is a subject hotly debated by artists, arts professionals, enthusiasts, academics, and critics, with some going as far as declaring 35,000 year old Indonesian cave paintings the first - although there weren’t exactly “streets” yet. There were roads and graffiti in ancient Rome, and political slogans and images appeared on the streets of Europe at least as early as the nascent twentieth century.

Donato Poveda performing at Frost Theatre of the Arts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn presented by Roberto Poveda & Javier Hernandez-Miyares Cuban Troubadour, Cuban Music.

The event typically features exciting networking activities, African and Caribbean cultural experessions inlcuding artist performances, fashion shows, top AfroCaribben DJs, dance performances, retail and food vendors to spice up the experience with authentic and delicious Afro-caribbean bites

collaborations are vivid representation of the American landscape. The show’s title, This Land is My Land, taken from Woody Guthrie’s landmark song, embodies the artists’ intent behind both the work and their own lifestyle. Guthrie describes the disenfranchised American staking a hypothetical claim to the landscape, reiterating native American concepts of land ownership. Their work inspired by the New York City graffiti movement and the Hudson River school not only attempts to document the American experience, but lay claim, even if only for a moment, to enlivening our relationship to the landscape through abstraction.

Tee Time at 17 Frost Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was one of my favorite all time events. It was fun and different. Huge thanks to Choice Royce and Brittany Shea, they hand-selected the artists and Brooklyn Print House screenprinted limited runs for all 10 artists. The rules were simple: Black tee, white design, and everyone delivered incredibly.

Since its launch in 2008, 17 Frost has emerged as one of NYC’s most intriguing and innovative creative spaces. Warm and welcoming, it is intent in its mission to“provide the best platform possible to showcase the talents of artists worldwide.” And during this past year of extensive renovations, it has continued to host its weekly Family Night, where artists meet to fashion individually and collaboratively a wondrous range of sticker art.

This Thursday evening December 22, local multi-use art space 17 Frost presents its last show before shutting its doors for renovation and expansion. Curator Ellis Gallagher affectionately framed the event as a “celebration of community and art by cohorts and codefendants.” The show will feature well over 200 works by more than 100 artists including former Basquiat collaborator and graffiti icon Al Diaz, the vandal collective Poster Boy, the Iranian-born duo ICY and SOT, as well as Mr. Toll, Skewville, Choice Royce among other street art luminaries.

“Fuck your ego,” says the infamous self-dubbed extraterrestrial artist/musician Mike Alan, “17 naked wild people on and against the walls of 17 Frost Gallery. Live tattoos. Fire. Paint. Music. Making out. People stuck together. Bad Santa. Comedy. Sadness. Sexy. Not sexy.

CRASH has always been down to put in the work. On Thursday night at 17 Frost gallery in Brooklyn, the graffiti-pioneering subway painter will unveil Collaborations, his new concept show that was curated by Ellis Gallagher and culls from four decades worth of mind melds with other writers and artists. And, it’s clear that the push-and-pull of painting with BIO, Nick Walker, KAWS, DAZE, SHE ONE, Remi Rough, MAD C, SMASH 137 and BR 163 agrees with CRASH. Though still planted in signature territory, the art of working together stretches him to consider new creative corners.

Tomorrow night there’ll be a party in Williamsburg to celebrate the release of Outdoor Gallery, a book of photographs that author Yoav Litvin hopes will be viewed for decades to come as a historical document of the city’s street art. Most of the 46 street artists Litvin spotlights have contributed works to an exhibit he curated at 17 Frost.

New York hosts a glorious city-wide panorama of ever changing street art and graffiti and in my opinion its foremost photographic recorder is Katherine Lorimer, known to many as Luna Park.

The Brooklyn art and performance space 17 Frost, kicks off its 2014 program with a new film and art installation from its own artists in residence. The 17 Frost Art collective will present a short film entitled, “Cage,” along with “Uncaged,” an art installation by Alex Itin.

Curated by Ellis Gallagher, PUTTING IT IN (The Last Show), features the talents of artists Gabriel Specter, Russell Murphy, and El Sol 25. The show at 17 Frost opened to an enthusiastic crowd on January 14, 2016, and will be on display until January 22.

When I spied this invitation from a regular (and talented) contributor to my pool, Jim Kiernan (AKA: jamie nyc), I was absolutely thrilled. Those of you who are looking for a way to kick off this upcoming weekend can and should swing by 17 Frost this upcoming Friday and give his show look-see!

Come see how Artists are exploring the concept of How Do We, as a People, Love the right way or the wrong way. With our Third installment, We Create an Immersive Exhibition where our audience feels, hears, sees, tastes, & smells "How Do We Love," creating a sense of our reality. This Event Features Live Singers, Magicians, Comedians, Sculptors, DJ, Poets, Illustrators, Mixologists, & Culinary Artists.

Brooklyn, NY (August 3, 2018) – The thirteenth annual Dissident Arts Festival, a showcase of revolutionary creativity, will occur on stages in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Manhattan’s East Village on September 8 and 15, respectively. The Festival will raise funds for three organizations relevant to the movement for social justice and feature markedly outspoken statements against repression in a reactionary time.

Tonight Ad Hoc Art turns 10 years old! To celebrate they will be producing an eclectic variety of events, including an exhibition, Luna Park book launch, panel discussions, art-making workshops, and some solid family time with your creative community. Starting with the opening party tonight and the show staying up at 17 Frost Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn until November 19th.

The wonderful Amy Boone-McCreesh, Founder and Editor of inertiastudiovisits.com made a virtual visit to my studio from Baltimore to London.

Some great artwork has come out of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Check out some of the subway art that we’ve spotted underground!

"Profile" paintings on display at Google Campus New York City. 111 Eigth AvenueNew York, NY 10011 On view through July 2018.

For “Unusual Suspects”, opening Saturday, the curator and artist invited some of these same artists to this nice open community space in Williamsburg with one important requirement; They all needed to collaborate on a piece with a least one artist in the show.

ARTEK's theater show featuring actress/singer Sarah Chalfy as the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, with music by Strozzi and Cavalli.

Upon entering the studio of illustrator Jon Burgerman, you are transported to a space entirely devoted to a world of extreme sights and sounds that connate the artist’s work. Contrasted by the days of rain surrounding New York, the shuffles of crowds and warm hues shone through the bleak emptiness outside. Holding cups of English Breakfast tea, coming from his native country, we spent a few drenched mornings discussing the observations that have led to this body of pieces, produced for Hot Girls and Hot Dogs, opening tonight at 17 Frost Street.

Upon entering the studio of illustrator Jon Burgerman, you are transported to a space entirely devoted to a world of extreme sights and sounds that connate the artist’s work. Contrasted by the days of rain surrounding New York, the shuffles of crowds and warm hues shone through the bleak emptiness outside. Holding cups of English Breakfast tea, coming from his native country, we spent a few drenched mornings discussing the observations that have led to this body of pieces, produced for Hot Girls and Hot Dogs, opening tonight at 17 Frost Street.