Explore the link between art and environmental activism. Drop in for a resource fair with La Profesora Luchadora and her paleta-inspired cart, where you’ll screen print your own tote bag.
Long considered as a commercial method of print production, the silkscreen process received a new appreciation in the mid-1930s, when artist Anthony Velonis, tasked by New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia with a project to promote the city government, embraced…
One of my favorite things about working at the front desk of WAM over the summer was seeing first time visitors’ jaws drop and then form into a smile when greeted by Roy Lichtenstein’s enormous “World’s Fair Mural.” Impossible to miss, this giant mural is proudly displayed above the front desk of the building. In the dark night, when the interior is lit, you can see her radiant and glowing smile all the way from the Northrop Auditorium. From…
Last Friday, WAM Collective hosted a workshop with local artist, designer, and arts educator Witt Siasoco. Typically his work is inspired by problems within his immediate community, so we asked him to discuss the role of printmaking in activism and communication. His work has appeared in protests, on the lawns of local condemned houses, in rundown suburbs on the verge of gentrification, and also in formal art settings. Witt asked us to introduce ourselves by listing our passions, and engaged us all in conversation…
