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PRISM Multicultural Center Presents Graffiti 101 Today


The PRISM Multicultural Center presents GRAFFITI 101 with Carmelo Ortiz and Victor Zarate today, October 19 from noon to 1 p.m. in the PRISM Multicultural Center (1-108).

Faculty, staff and students,
Creating art and we mean really great art that is seen by the masses is a skill that is raw, intriguing and not easy to master. Since its explosion onto city walls and subway cars in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won cultural and commercial success for its artists and a regular presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world.

A new book, "The History of American Graffiti" comprehensively documents the evolution of this often controversial art movement across the United States. As kids, authors Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon tagged city walls. Today,  Roger Gastman is a gatekeeper between the underground artists who work on the street and the mainstream world of galleries.  As time went on Caleb Neelon, a Harvard grad, became a graffiti artist and educator.

Therefore we ask the question, ”Is it art?” A question sometimes said and heard in museums, galleries, movie theatres, concert arenas, any place of creation.  Come and talk to the artists Carmelo (Melo147) Ortiz and Victor (Range) Zarate who will be lecturing on this modern day art in the PRISM Multicultural Center. Both artists were responsible for the wonderful Mural in the center.

Shirley Batistta-Provost
Office of Student Life and Leadership Development
10/19/2016


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