USA President's Night 2024 Amsterdam

On Nov. 5, I will be part of President's Night 2024, where I will talk about literature, film and the arts during The Influence of American Culture, interviewed by Tracy Metz. In five rooms, with nearly 80 speakers and 1,300 political enthusiasts, we'll follow U.S. election night closely at the Tolhuistuin.

We not only dive into the various campaigns, but also into American culture, sports and music… Perfect for everyone who wants to go to bed well informed at 01:00, but also for the real diehards who don't want to miss a single key race alert until the early hours of the following morning!

President's Night is sold out, but fortunately both Bar Laat (22:00 - 23:15) and Nieuwsuur (several short blocks between 00:00 and 06:00) are live on location to report on the race. You can keep an eye on any last-minute tickets via TicketSwap.

 Check out the full program here: presidentsnight.nl

President's Night is organized by the Atlantic Commission, The John Adams Institute, the Tolhuistuin, BKB and is made possible in part by American Chamber of Commerce.

The Tag Conference Groningen

In celebration of Kladmuur’s archive being handed over to the Groninger Archieven, and National History Month, Kladmuur brings a bunch of prominent international Graffiti heritage professionals together in Groningen for the TAG Conference 2024, in collaboration with Museum Aan De A.

There will be a 2-day amazing program: pre screening of the Kladmuur documentary, lectures, a video installation by Gabriel Lester, city tours and live performances. Unique will be the poetry and spoken word by a.o. Diana Ozon and Dumar NovYork.

More info at The Tag Conference website

M53>K1104 Summer program at Kraaiennest Amsterdam

On 24 August 2024 we will end our summertime program M53>K1104 with a blast of 3 events in one day. Location: The DIY Skatepark Kraaiennest, right in front of the Open Ateliers Zuidoost studios at Kraaiennest Amsterdam Southeast.

A Graffiti jam called Street Art Jam, (which we called a street art jam because otherwise the neighborhood might protest), feat. ± 15 local Bijlmer graffiti legends, a Skate jam / competition at the DIY skatepark, the last day of our exhibition M53>K1104 at the Gallery of Open Ateliers Zuidoost, Kruitberg 1003A and the day will end with the open air movie night Bijlmer Bios, right under the elevated subway tracks!

Everything free admission but please check with Bijlmer Bios about how to get access to the movies.

All info on the flyers.

M53>K1104 logo design by yours truly & Vinger.nl

Women in Street Art @ STRAAT Museum Amsterdam

With ‘Women in Street Art’ STRAAT Museum puts the spotlight on female artists. With this project, STRAAT puts the spotlight on female artists.

Female role models

With the presentation Women in Street Art, STRAAT - in collaboration with ABN AMRO - aims to put the spotlight on influential female street artists. The museum hopes to encourage aspiring(female) artists to develop their talent and contribute to equal opportunities for all. STRAAT showcases work by several influential female street artists, including George Rose, Adele Renault, Milu Correch, Gleo, Hera of Herakut, and Judith de Leeuw. During the course of the exhibition, artworks by Dutch graffiti icon Mick La Rock will be added to the collection. Internationally renowned street artist Lady Aiko and Dutch street artist/muralist Nina Valkhoff will be working on a new artwork in STRAAT

Empowering women

‘Women in Street Art’ is a collaboration of STRAAT and ABN AMRO who believe in a proportional representation of female artists in the collection and join forces in a new partnership. Together they will collectively generate more attention and visibility for female role models, and thereby create gender-equal opportunities in the scene with the exhibition and by offering packages for schools. The organizations also works with WOMEN INC.. Using their equal opportunity knowledge and expertise, WOMEN Inc. advises the bank and its cultural partners on how to achieve their goals.

Event Feb 21st: Talks and screening of documentary ‘Street Heroins’

ABN AMRO x WOMEN INC panel talk with Nina Valkhof and Mick La Rock.

Screening of documentary ‘Street Heroins’, followed by a panel talk with director Alexandra Henry, artists Lady Aiko and Hera (from Herakut) and STRAAT curator David de Roos

Media

The event will be covered by Dutch media a.o. Het Parool, De Telegraaf, AT5, NoordHollands Dagblad.

Mick La Rock talking to press

Lady Aiko at work.

ARTIST TALK at Museum Van Loon

MuseumVanLoon will host an ARTIST TALK on Tue 22nd & Sunday 27th February 2022 during the last week of Mick La Rock’s work ‘Mono No Aware’.
To attend please register here (Tuesday 22nd Feb) or here (Sunday 27th Feb)
Seats are limited.

17:00 walk in
17:30 artist talk
18:15 Q&A
18:30 end

Nieuw Amsterdam talkshow 11 Dec 2020

Repost from instagram @dutch_graffiti_library:

“Nieuw Amsterdam is a weekly late night talk show hosted by Jennifer Muntslag from @pakhuisdezwijger in Amsterdam. With new initiatives, facts about the city and stories from location. Tonight with @richard_1971_ / Dutch Graffiti Library and @micklarock01 about their new book 'Graffiti in the Kempering'.

The talk show will be broadcasted tonight between 21.30 and 22.30 CET and can be viewed at https://dezwijger.nl/live and on Salto. And tomorrow Saturday December 12 it can be seen on AT5 at 19.00 hour.

Photo: Dutch Graffiti Library

Photo: Dutch Graffiti Library