Living Walls Lecture Series

Critical Conversations on Art, Public Space, and Social Context

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Beginning at 11:50 am @ MOCA GA

11:50am
STREET ART PANEL
a contemporary survey of street art and street artists

Gaia (http://gaiastreetart.com/)
Tristan Manco (www.tristanmanco.com/ )

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1:10pm
ALTERNATIVE USES OF PUBLIC SPACES
Novel approaches to engage the public

Billy Mitchell (Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture)
Anne Dennington (Flux Projects)

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2:00pm
ART FROM THE STREET MAKING THE TRANSITION INTO GALLERY SPACES
Validation of non-commissioned street work as a global phenomenon.

Nick Mann aka Doodles
RJ Rushmore (Vandalog)

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2:50pm
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC HOUSING
The inherent quality of communal living within our cities

Elan Buchen (Beltline)
Paul McLennan (Atlanta Public Sector Alliance)
Keif Schleifer (Mad Housers)

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3:50pm
ACTIVISM THROUGH PUBLIC ART
Conscious applications of street art to develop, criticize, and better communities

Tim Franzen (American Friends Service Committee)
Sabra Ripley (The Beautiful City Tax Act)
Chris Appleton (WonderRoot)
Ricky Lee Gordon (http://www.a-word-of-art.co.za/)