NOTE: THIS EVENT DATE/TIME HAS SHIFTED DUE TO STORM CONCERNS.
Kicking off an exciting weekend of the 48 Hour Mural Festival, The Outdoor Classroom is coming back for an encore presentation of an experiential and place-based learning experience. We turn the streets into a classroom for immersive learning. Your teacher for Street Art 101 is Kady Yellow. This event, in partnership with Phoenix Arts & Innovation District (PHXJAX), will explore the history of street art and the impact it has on creating community. Beverages and snacks provided by PHXJAX. The event is open to all but registration is required. Click here to make your reservation. Space is limited to 40 students.
Show up early and grab food from our favorite neighborhood eats - Naked Kitchen! They will be serving fresh tastiness from 12 to 3p.
1p - 2p Get the knowledge from Kady Yellow in an informative and inspiring talk.
2p - Walk over to the outdoor gallery space and witness murals in action with 10 artist groups creating beautiful art on the walls of Phoenix Arts & Innovation District. -
Note: Class will take place indoors due to Florida weather, with an outdoor gallery on site. Weather permitting we invite attendees to wander our ArtPark outdoor gallery space.
About Kady Yellow
For more than ten years, Yellow has devoted her life to organizing, promoting, advocating for (and once creating) murals, public art/street art, and graffiti. In a 2015 move to New Orleans after teaching an undergraduate class on the subject matter through the State University of New York, Yellow earned a Master’s Degree in Art Administration and published her first book on the subject area. Yellow is a graffiti scholar and has helped implement hundreds of mural projects around the world.
The Book
Over 200 colorful pages, the author looks at how this ephemeral art form has adorned the streets— coming and going—and shares the context of the murals, tags, wheatpastes, slap-ups, and masterpieces. The author embarks on a journey to educate the reader on the different history, tools/techniques and practices of three distinct art
forms: murals, street art, and graffiti.
A first of its kind, this full-color, large-format, hardcover book documenting underground New Orleans street art. The book offers never-before-told stories featuring street art history over and exclusive first time interviews, comprehensive biographies, and gorgeous photographs documenting 70 artists; which serves as the textbook for this class.
Books will be available for purchase the evening of the event!