Art.sy - Discover fine art. Sistine Chapel. Do Now #16: Is Graffiti Art? Photo by Lachlan Hardy from Flickr To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDedspace and end it with #KQEDDoNow For more info on how to use Twitter, click here.
Do Now In your opinion, is graffiti art? Intro Graffiti is a controversial form of self-expression. The Bay Area is home to many artists who have painted the town with their words and characters, and the Mission District was an original hotspot for street-based public art projects. Resource Local luminary Barry McGee is one of the most well-known contemporary American artists, and a retrospective of his work is coming to the Berkeley Art Museum in 2012.
Art’s main job is to ask questions, and the graffiti/street art genre does exactly that. More Resources for Follow-up Lessons Gallery Crawl video and Educator Guide on Margaret Kilgallen, 2011 Spark video and Educator Guide about Mission District Street Art, 2010 Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen on Art:21. Street art. DeviantART muro. Cultural and Heritage Affairs - Atlantic County Government. MISSION The mission of Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs is to develop countywide programs and promote public interest in local and county history, in the arts, and in the cultural traditions of the community. The Office, with the Cultural & Heritage Advisory Board, makes recommendations to the County Executive and other County Departments with regard to the restoration, operation, maintenance and preservation of real property acquired by the County.
The Office develops cultural programs, exhibits and displays including the fine and performing arts and the literary arts, engages in historic research, publishes reports and engages in related activities which promote and develop public interest and understanding of historic and cultural matters. The Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs is responsible for regranting Local Arts Development funds of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. Street to Studio: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, presented by JPMorganChase. The extraordinary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat created paintings and drawings filled with imagery that describes his ideas about life and the world around him. This web site allows you to examine his works of art in depth and to learn about the images he used.
Basquiat, an exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat's paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, was shown at three museums: Www.artbma.org/flash/F_conekids.swf.