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All About the Artists – Claw Money

By Susan on January 26, 2010 | Category: Touching An American Sky | Tags: , , , | No Comments

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Topic: Arts!

 

Claw Money, fashion designer and entrepreneur, started her art career as a graffiti artist in New York City during the late 1980s. Her signature mark — an iconic paw with three claws — appeared all over the city during her near decade-long tenure with TC5 and FC, two male-dominated graffiti groups. Eventually, she formed her own group, called PMS.These days, she has her own clothing line, and has dressed such celebrities as Santogold, M.I.A., and Kanye West. Her designs have appeared in hundreds of magazines, including Vogue, Bust, High Times, Paper, Nylon, and Vibe, and she has worked with Clavin Klein, Mark Ecko and Nike, among others. A book about her life called Bombshell: The Life and Times of Claw Money, was published in 2007.

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All About the Artists – Improv Everywhere / Charlie Todd

By Susan on January 1, 2010 | Category: Touching An American Sky | Tags: , , , | No Comments

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Topic: Arts!

A recent event advertising "pantless subway riding" caught my attention, and upon looking up the group of people involved, I found "Improv Everywhere," which is a kind of younger Merry Pranksters East. The photo above is taken from their website, and is from an event called The MP3 Experiments.

From founder Charlie Todd and the Improv Everywhere website:

"…Our missions are a fun source of entertainment for the participants, those who happen to see us live, and those who read this website. We get satisfaction from coming up with an awesome idea and making it come to life. In the process we bring excitement to otherwise unexciting locales and give strangers a story they can tell for the rest of their lives. We’re out to prove that a prank doesn’t have to involve humiliation or embarrassment; it can simply be about making someone laugh, smile, or stop to notice the world around them."

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