C Drew - Street Artist Adventures

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Read Mr. Lederman’s analysis of the state of affairs in New York for artists selling on the street. This is a primer in what to expect in Chicago as we build our movement. What they are going through today with the BIDs (Business Improvement Districts – corporate dominated civic organizations pressing anti-independent-peddler laws) is what we will have to go through once we are strong enough to gain our rights. Educate yourself and learn more about your rights and how to fight for them by studying A.R.T.I.S.T., Artists’ Response To Illegal State Tactics, at the Yahoo group below. Stay tuned to this blog to follow the movement locally and nationally.

Read Robert’s rap below.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1502

Background on NYC A.R.T.I.S.T. Group (Artists Response To Illegal State Tactics)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists

Screen Print Workshop for Artists Report

The weather was so cold and windy with snow that some who swore up and down they would come out – did not. Ha-ha-ha…. We had a great day, anyway. It is better to grow slow then fast. We are training our trainers at this time. Later, to have many people printing without ink flying everywhere or chaos with volunteers standing around we need to have many people with print experience who can help others contribute by printing patches. Each one teach one. The best way to learn is to teach.
Visit http://www.c-drew.com/blog to see photos of workshop and latest patch-art.

Help Needed: We need a volunteer to manage a Facebook page for the Free Speech Artists’ Movement. Just reply with “Facebook volunteer in the subject line.