Public Art Videos

Small business owners say 2nd avenue subway construction is hurting their business. For more than two years the Second Avenue Business Association has been upset with the city about the impact the project has had on its members. Now the group is proposing that all parties turn frustration into something positive, but for now it s just a glimmer of hope. Produced by Abigail Wendle, Reported by Dan Lieberman for Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism .

An artists talk that took place at Wonderland in Astoria, Queens, New York. Novemeber 20th, 2009. The power of public art. The problem of ubiquitous, aggressive, and even illegal advertising. The renaissance of urban activism. The alchemical conversion of public spaces when these concerns meet. These four artists, with different but overlapping practices, represent the transformative intersection of art, advertising & activism. Gabriel ?Specter? Reese: the pioneering Artist, emerging from a traditional graffiti background to become the creator of remarkably innovative street works that deal with socially marginalized people and places.