Photographer Kurt Boone To Hold Artist Talks For Jersey City Mural Festival Exhibit

Author / photographer / Kurt Boone has announced two March 2022 artist talks in conjunction with his "Photographs of Jersey City Mural Festival" exhibition now on display at the Commuter Gallery located at the Journal Square PATH station in New Jersey. On Friday, March 18 @ 5:30pm Boone will discuss the global street art movement with UP Magazine (upmag.com) Editor in Chief T.K. Mills.

On Saturday, March 26 @ 2:00pm Kurt, who has chronicled New York City street culture, the bike messenger lifestyle and graffiti arts in over 20 books, talks with mural artists SULE and Manuel "The Creator" Pula of the Soho Renaissance Factory. Both free events take place at the gallery, located at 15 PATH Plaza. (directly across from Starbucks on the street level of the Journal Square transit hub).

The gallery exhibit which continues through March 29th showcases 20 images from the June 2021 inaugural JCMF which featured 75 street artists and was designed to support small businesses across Hudson County that were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 3-8pm, Saturday from 11am-6pm and Sunday from noon through 5pm.

The exhibit is organized by Jersey City Mural Arts Program www.jcmap.org/ a nine-year-old Mayor's office initiative "that links established and emerging local, national and international mural artists with property owners city-wide as part of an innovative beautification program that reduces graffiti, engages local residents and is transforming Jersey City into an outdoor art gallery. For additional JCMAP, information, contact Deputy Director Claudia Ciaccio at: Cciaccio@jcnj.org

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