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The All City Blackbook Show

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, July 22, 2010, In : Events 

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Graffiti NYC: Artists of the Third Rail

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, July 22, 2010, In : Events 


      Graffiti NYC: Artists of the Third Rail features photographs, works on paper, paintings, sculptures, murals and live presentations by Martha Cooper, John Naar, Richard Hambleton, Snake1, Noc167, Jamestop, Stayhigh149, PNUT, Cap1, Tracy168, Futura2000, Dondi, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Phetus, among other legends of the third rail.

      Benrimon Contemporary is pleased to announce a group exhibition that demonstrates the trajectory of the history of graffiti in New Yor...

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Former graffiti artist has museum status

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, July 11, 2010, In : Events 

FOR THE JERSEY JOURNAL

It was 97 degrees in Ridgefield, Conn. Sunday afternoon when friends of KAWS arrived at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

They disembarked a bus chartered by the artist - Jersey City native Brian Donnelly - waving pink and green fans in the shape of his iconic skull design. Marching down the hot pavement of a parking lot already at capacity, the artist's acquaintances entered galleries packed with dedicated fans armed with vinyl toys, stuffed animals and unblemis...


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SHIRO @ DA BAKERY JULY 2ND - 30TH 2010

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, In : Events 

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Former Jersey City graffiti artist KAWS has first solo museum show

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, In : Events 
Gallery 
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Coming off the Turnpike only to brake in the crawl of Holland Tunnel traffic, there's little entertainment in the concrete valley of billboards and storage centers.

Stare long enough and you'll start to notice the faded graffiti tagged along the top floors of some surrounding factories, like the crude white letters spelling KAWS on two sides of a rooftop at 13th and Coles.

It's the tag of Brian Donnelly, arguably...


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First Annual Street Dreams Graffiti Art Show (NYC)

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, In : Events 
by Mandy Richardson
May 27 - June 2, 2010
Mark your calendars, folks, because it’s about to go down NYC style in the only place that matters: C to the mutherflippin’ Bridge, yo! It’s time to prepare yourself for a night of graffiti, hip hop, drum n' bass, and topless hotties, because on Friday, June 4, Spun Turtle Productions and Mandyland Promotions are bringing you the First Annual Street Dreams Graffiti Art Show.
    This much...

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ZULU Graffshow March 27,2010

Posted by Tag One on Friday, February 26, 2010, In : Events 


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36th Anniversary Of The Universal Zulu Nation

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, In : Events 

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20th Anniversary Time Machine Squad

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, In : Events 

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The Grudge Graffiti Exhibtion

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, In : Events 

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Portland primed to get hip-hop high school

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009, In : Events 
breakdance.JPGOlivia Bucks/The OregonianMaria Velador, 11, a sixth-grader at Harvey Scott Elementary School in Portland, works on the "baby freeze" during the school's after-school hip-hop and break-dancing class. Instructor Levi Banner, who also teaches graffiti art in Portland, said the art forms give kids a way to express themselves and engage with others in a positive way. Take "Fame," set it to a hip-hop beat and you have what could become Portland's newest public high school. The Hig...
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Legal for just a day

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009, In : Events 
Thursday, October 29, 2009



More than 50 aerosol artists from Germany, Spain and all around the country came to San Antonio to be part of the Clogged Caps 6 live art graffiti festival Saturday at The Yard, 525 San Pedro Ave.

The event was sponsored by Red Bull energy drink and German Montana spray paint.

Supher, a graffiti artist, who paid for a street closure permit, organized and coordi...


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Graffiti art exhibit opens at Stocker

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 18, 2009, In : Events 
When is it legal to graffiti walls? When it's part of school study, which happens to be at Lorain County Community College. For a look at this urban art form, check out "Above and Beyond 2: Art and Installation by Eight Graffiti Artists" at the Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery in the Stocker Center at the college.

Bob Peck has curated the show, which looks at graffiti-inspired themes via fine arts and a large-scale collaborative installation.

The show will continue through Nov. 13.

Stocker Art Galler...
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Wordplay magazine! Competition is open worldwide

Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 9, 2009, In : Events 
We have 'Dephect clothing' goodies to give away, and the winner will be
printed full page in the next issue of Wordplay magazine! Competition
is open worldwide and all will be displayed in our gallery here:
www.​wordplaymagazin​e.​com/​legal.​htm

Competition



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Top graffiti artists to paint the city ‘red’

Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 2, 2009, In : Events 
Monday, 28 September 2009 09:46

SOME of the top graffiti artists from across Europe are heading to Limerick on October 3, and plan to paint the town ‘red’. Organisers of Limerick’s first international graffiti jam expect a carnival atmosphere at the festival in Steamboat Quay,

The JUST WRITING MY NAME festival will welcome 23 professional graffiti artists to the banks of the Shannon.

Local artist and musician Nick Bromfield, told the Limerick Post what to expect: “We’ll be kic...


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"Beauty & The Beast" Cope 2 and Chor Boogie

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, September 24, 2009, In : Events 
Finally, widely hailed graffiti artists Cope 2 and Chor Boogie will be teaming up for the "Beauty & The Beast" exhibit at the Mid-City Graffiti Art Gallery in Los Angeles.

Considered the graffiti "God of Destruction," the Bronx-bred Cope 2 has been called on to create art for TIME magazine and has been featured on MTV's "Artist Spotlight." Chor Boogie has also created art for MTV, and uses graffiti in a spiritual, therapeutic manner.

The two diverse artists will exhibit their work at the Mid-C...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, In : Events 

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In the context of popular culture the history of Hip-Hop has been recited and mythologized many times over. Born in the 1970's South Bronx, from a foundation of Jamaican DJ techniques and verbal delivery, African-American soul music, Brazilian capoeira inspired breakdance moves, and technicolor aerosol paint, grew the international phenomena known as Hip-Hop. The one element of Hip-Hop that has never been fully acknowledged is the role of women in the spotlight and behind the scenes.

In 197...


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City to cop a spray in graffiti invasion

Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 31, 2009, In : Events 

MELBOURNE will be a blank canvas for global graffiti artists when they descend on the city in January for a $250,000 street-art festival.

The legal Don't Ban the Can event will see graffiti artists from New York and Tokyo come to Melbourne to showcase their work in events at suburbs from Frankston to Footscray.

Organisers can't guarantee invitees haven't been convicted of vandalism at home, but say this event will encourage legal work rather than vandalism.


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Union Street Block Party...... Saturday Aug 22 2009

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, August 20, 2009, In : Events 

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SHRIIIMP NYC EVENT FRIDAY AUG 21

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, August 20, 2009, In : Events 



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Get Busy 3 .... The Blackbook Party

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, In : Events 


GETBIZY IS AN ANNUAL FUNKSHUN THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE ISLAND OF STATEN(SHAOLIN) THE HOME OF WUTANG,GANO DEE,THE VAMP SQUAD,THE FABULOUS 5 ,FORCE MCS,SHYHEIM,KING JUST,UMCS,AUDIO2,LASK1.VO5CREW,VGLKINGS,NOWBORNCLICK,THE PARIS CREW,and sooooooooo many other monolithic personalities and talents.This events main purpose is to expose young graffiti artists to the POSITIVE SIDE OF GRAFFITIART OF BLACKBOOKS.A long list of heavyweight talented VETERAN GRAFFITI LEGENDS from all 5 boros will converge o...
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Liquidteks Magazine Sketch Contest .........

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, In : Events 

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ART REVIEW: Rochester Contemporary's "State of the City"

Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 17, 2009, In : Events 
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JSU to host hip hop summit

Posted by Tag One on Saturday, August 15, 2009, In : Events 

Jackson State University will serve as the host site for an international hip hop summit featuring musical acts from around the globe.

Sponsored by the Arizona-based Rhyme-N-Reason Foundation, the summit will be held Friday and Saturday and will feature an educational approach to the hip hop genre. The event is free and open to the public.

Kicking off on Friday at 1 p.m., the event, called “Ya Heard Me? Meanings in Hip Hop Culture,” will include scholarly presentations by professors ...


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SHRIIIMP Graffiti On Girls NY Part3

Posted by Tag One on Friday, July 31, 2009, In : Events 

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BBOY AWARDS

Posted by Tag One on Friday, July 31, 2009, In : Events 

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New Jersey Graffiti Jam Complete Flyer

Posted by Tag One on Monday, July 20, 2009, In : Events 

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NYC Black Book Battles At Da Bakery ......

Posted by Tag One on Friday, July 17, 2009, In : Events 

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Saudi graffiti artist wins first prize of SR15,000

Posted by Tag One on Monday, July 13, 2009, In : Events 
Saudi graffiti artist wins first prize of SR15,000
By Mohammed Al-Kinani
JEDDAH – A child who used to express his feelings and hidden talent by scratching images on walls and buildings and then running away has, as a young man, metamorphosed into a responsible, award-winning graffiti artist.
Mohammed Kamel, a 21-year-old Saudi, who, for the second year, won the SR15,000 first prize at the Graffiti Art Competition, which concluded here at La Promenade II on Al-Tahliya Street at the w...

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ESTRIA: Invitational Graffiti Battle

Posted by TAGONE on Friday, May 8, 2009, In : Events 

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HOUSE OF TEES PRESENTS:

Posted by TAGONE on Friday, May 8, 2009, In : Events 

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Event: The Gift (Of Fear)

Posted by Eric Genaro on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, In : Events 

The Gift (Of Fear)

Opening Reception May 16th, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm with Wine Bar and Music by DJ Stereotype.

Featuring Live printing by Two Rabbits and installations by Branded and Akayo. Also, Live music (after 9pm)

Bandit Gallery is pleased to introduce a group exhibition of new works created by Los Angeles’s very own Racing Toward Hell crew. The Gift (Of Fear) brings together esteemed underground artists SMEAR, AKAYO, EUTHANASIA and BRANDED who expand upon the iconic motif's they have est...
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