Mark Batty Publisher Announces First MBP Urban Arts Fest

Mark Batty Publisher announces the first MBP Urban Arts Fest, a full day dedicated to the thriving urban arts community MBP has advocated since its inception. With skateboard demos, live graffiti writing, installations, music and DJs, open bar dance party at night, and plenty of art and books for sale, there will be something for everyone!

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Our non-profit beneficiary is Art for Progress, which supports rising multi-discipline arts in New York City.

WHERE:
Castle Braid, Bushwick, Brooklyn
114 Troutman Street btwn Central & Evergreen Ave
J, M, Z to Myrtle- Bwy/ M to Central Ave/ L to Morgan Ave

WHEN:
Saturday, October 3, 2009 All-Ages: 1pm-8pm. 21+ up: 8pm- 2am

ADMISSION:
It’s $15 cash at the door & $10 in advance for the whole day & night – ages 12 and under get in for FREE! Night entry includes Hoegaarden open bar from 8PM on! Buy your tickets in advance on TicketLeap.com here.

A full schedule will be added to our website this week – please check in for updates here: http://markbattypublisher.com/mbp-urban-arts-fest

ACTIVITIES
•    Gallery-style art installations from Mark Batty Publisher books and international collectives
•    Live graffiti exhibitions & public graffiti wall sponsored by Montana Colors
•    Live entertainment, DJs, dance & musical performances
•    Substance Skateboards sponsored open skate park & game of S.K.A.T.E. with cash prizes & giveaways
•    Unveiling of exclusive OBEY x PEEL poster by Shephard Fairey for Peel Magazine (authors of MBP’s PEEL: The Art of the Sticker)
•    Special Guest Signings
•    All Ages Arts & Crafts: postal sticker tagging how-to; design your own “Umberto” character from Dutch artisit/illustrator Tijn Snoodijk; make-your-own recycled material tote bags with Bags for the People, and more!
•    Local & International Artist Showcases & Tables
•    Shopping (MBP bookstore & Local Artists’ offerings)
•    Food & Drinks (Honest Ade, Hoegaarden, Local Food Truck Vendors)
•    Gift Bags & Prizes – with bags from Bags for the People, goodies from Mimobots, Cafe Bustelo, Zoo York, AIAIAI, Baby Phat, Phat Farm and more!

ARTISTS/SPECIAL GUESTS
•    Martha Cooper, Going Postal
•    Dave & Holly Combs, Peel: The Art of the Sticker
•    J. Namdev Hardisty, New Skateboard Graphics; DIY Album Art: Paper Bags & Office Supplies
•    Remo Camerota, Graffiti Japan
•    Artists from ORBIT Gallery (featured in upcoming EdgyCute book: Joe Scarano, Angie Mason, Michael Caines, Chris Uminga, BECCA, Emma Overman, Robbie Busch, Motomich Nakamura; and Frank Sheehan)
•    Special Guest Curator Mighty Tanaka
•    RobotsWillKill (featured in Going Postal & PEEL: The Art of the Sticker)
•    Project Super Friends
•    Royce Bannon (featured in Going Postal)
•    Chris Stain (featured in Going Postal)
•    Destroy & Rebuild
•    CR
•    Abe Lincoln Jr.
•    Indigo & Mania
•    El Celso
•    infinity
•    Tijn Snoodjik of Shop Around (Amsterdam)
•    …AND MORE!

PERFORMANCES (with Host iLLspokinN)
•    Termanology
•    Cormega
•    DJ Statik Selektah
•    Hot 97’s DJ Juanyto
•    DJ GSUS187
•    Krts (Powerstrip Circus)
•    Guest DJ Jason Mizell (son of Jam Master Jay)
•    Outabodies
•    Michael Brian
•    True2Life
•    Ad Lawless
•    Goodomens
•    Greenberet Team
•    Quan
•    Spokinn Movement
•    William B. Johnson’s Drumadics
•    …and MORE!

A GIGANTIC thank you goes out to Kevy Paige Catering, who will be feeding our artists and performers gourmet-style as they work throughout the day, and to Mom’s Food Concessionaires for all their help!

About Mark Batty Publisher
Mark Batty Publisher (http://www.markbattypublisher.com) is an independent publisher dedicated to making distinctive books on the visual art of communicating, showcasing the visual power and innovation of contemporary culture in all of its varied poses. Today, the visual comes at us from more places than ever, and its dissemination is faster and more advanced every year. Books from Mark Batty Publisher capture this acceleration on the pages of every book. Affordable, well designed, thoughtfully created, and produced to last, MBP books are artful products that readers want to hold onto forever.