Saturday October 26 – Harbor Haunt – Philadelphia, PA Saturday August 17 – Norfolk, VA
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Chrysler Museum & Thank You Gallery Present
In Conversation
With Stephen Powers & Cosmo Baker
@ Chrysler Museum – 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk, VA
Young New York: A Silent Art Auction & Fundraiser
My friends in Brooklyn are giving back to the community through more than worthy cause, and I would like each and every person that I know to get involved with it in any way they can, either directly or by spreading the word. Young New York, an innovative new organization at the nexus of art, social advocacy and the criminal justice system will launch its first public awareness event at the end of this month. The program – run by young New Yorkers for young New Yorkers – will join young people in the criminal justice system with successful artists, architects, designers, teachers and social workers across the City. Through this multi-disciplinary structure, the youth will learn to use the power of art to share their experiences from arrest through sentencing with the rest of the cityʼs residents and to raise awareness about the treatment of youth in New York Stateʼs criminal justice system.
“In New York, 16 and 17 year olds are prosecuted as adults”, said Rachel Barnard, the Director of Young New York. “Even though these young New Yorkers are too young to vote, by giving them a chance to be seen, heard, and known via a responsible and creative outlet, we aim to include them – the most effected – in the debate about the criminal justice systemʼs treatment of youth.”
The innovative ʻsocial justice through artʼ model will work with 16- and 17-year-olds who, legally classified as adults, have been funneled through New York Stateʼs adult criminal justice system. The program consists of a series of cutting-edge creative workshops where fifteen young New Yorkers work with world-class artists and educators in the City to learn about various media, art forms and theories of public expression and to create individual artistic projects weekly that will be presented at a final presentation for public view.
The Young New York event launch with a silent auction and fundraiser will be held this coming Tuesday, May 29th. It will feature the works of Steven Holl, Steve “ESPO” Powers, Jesse Hazelip and many other established and emerging international artists whose work touches on the realm of the social in urban space, thereby creating a dialogue with the work being developed in the YNY workshops. This is an event that is not to be missed, a cause not to be overlooked, and a group to be on the lookout for.
YNY SILENT ART AUCTION & FUNDRAISER
Featuring Artists: Steven Holl, Steve Powers ESPO, NohjColey, Joe Iurato, Miguel Ovalle, Overunder, Gaia, Rudie Diaz, Marissa Paternoster, Ian Kualiʼi, LNY, Blackmath, Doodles, Feral Child, Cake,NDʼA, QRST, Sean 9 Lugo, Radical!, C215 from the Vandalog collection, Gilf, Rachel Hays, SUE works, Clown Soldier, Jill Cohen, Yulia Pinkusevich, NEVER, Shane Nash, Jesse Hazelip, Sheryo, the YOK, ASVP, Labrona,Then One,Tom Smith, Day Le, Danielle Riechers, Jon Burgerman, Darnell Scott, Nathan Pickett, Joseph Grazi, John Breiner, Anne Grauso, ONE 9, SMURFO, Beau Stanton, Chris Cycle, Jamie Bruno, Luna Park, Sam Dylan Gordon, Fay Ku, space Michael Bilsborough, Felipe Baeza, Sam Fleichner, Rena Leinberger, Cecile Chong, Romy Scheroder. (Curated by Natalie Trainor & YNY)
Auction & Reception: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 6-10 PM Auction called at 9 PM
At: White Box – 329 Broome St. – New York, NY
Supporter Tickets: $50.00
Tickets: $25.00
Purchase Tickets here: youngnewyork.eventbrite.com/
The space for the event has been provided by White Box, food provided by Maimonide of Brooklyn, and drinks provided by Bomb Lager. Additional support has also been provided by Loci Architecture and gopro.
Steven Holl “Riddled Cupboard”
Jesse Hazelip “Fatman”
Steve Powers “Waiting For You”
A Love Letter To Brooklyn
This Saturday marks the ending of Phase 1 of the mammoth art installation undertaking A Love Letter To Brooklyn, the latest project by Steve “Espo” Powers. The A Love Letter For You project is an incredible visualization of Steve’s philosophy between the ties that bind people together in love, as well as the love that connects people with their homes, and literally transforms the very cityscape, using it as a blank canvas to words that express undying love and passion.
Steve Powers, Dublin Ireland, 2010
Steve Powers, Syracuse NY, 2011
Steve Powers, Philadelphia PA, 2009
Steve Powers, Brooklyn NY, 2011
The Love Letter To Brooklyn project will be shown this Saturday, November 19th at 3 PM at 200 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Steve will be joined with Todd James and they will be showing pieces from the Street Market exhibition that recently was featured in the Art In The Streets show at Museum Of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. This is a must see. You need to be there to witness this for yourself. As someone who sees this on a regular basis, the majesty of it needs to be experienced in person.
Here is an interview that my friend DJ Synapse did with Steve for Frank 151 that goes a bit into his process and background. And below is a film of Steve giving a Ted Talk earlier this year where he starts off his speech by generously shouting out my mom and my sister as to 2 people who were instrumental in his development as a yute, and then embarrasingly confesses to refusing to be my mentor as a kid after being asked by my moms. Eeesh… Steve definitely knows how to blow up a spot or two. But yes, you must go. You must.
Detail from Street Market book from the original Street Market show at Deitch Projects, featuring me & Futura 2000, done in 2000 as well as the original “paint pan” from Street Market hanging in my old studio.
Days With Steve Powers
A very cool video of Steve wreaking havoc in the studio, accompanied by young Malcolm and a John Coltrane soundtrack. Days, days days, 100 days, 100th daily painting.
Speaking of St. John Coltrane, here’s the first half of “Olé” featuring the classic quartet of Tyner, Garrison and Jones. Doesn’t really get any better than this crew.
It’s summer now, and summer always reminds me of days spent in West Philly, walking under trees…
