Give them structure.
Give them a vision.
Inspire them.
Provide examples.
Don’t leave anything vague.
Archives for 2014
New Public Art Foundation
After talking with Gary about my project, I decided to take a formal approach to my project. The projects I work on will be operated out of a parent entity. I have decided the entity will spin out experiments to test the feasibility of graffiti and street art based programs.
The entity will be called the New Public Art Foundation. Kawandeep’s New American Public Art was a point of inspiration. The naming selection was important at this point. The name captures the longterm vision.
I will release my first public project this Monday.
At {{content-publisher-here}}, we were desperate for $$, so we used a lot of shady remnant ad networks
https://blog.rememberlenny.com/2014/07/10/at-content-publisher-here-we-were-desperate/
Back in the mid 90s, I lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, for three years, and I took the #7 train into midtown Manhattan almost every day. The #7 ran all the time and the short ride into Manhattan was a breeze. I paid $700 a month for a spacious studio, which was half of what I would’ve paid in Manhattan. But here’s the thing: Not once in three years did my many Manhattan friends come to visit me in Jackson Heights. One pal even told me, “I’d sooner take the train to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, than Jackson Heights, Queens!” It’s literally only six or seven miles from Jackson Heights to Times Square, but as I once read: “Yeah, it’s only seven miles, but psychologically that’s the longest seven miles in the world.”
Response to question: New York City: Why do people pay expensive rents in Manhattan when there are far cheaper apartments a short subway ride away?
https://blog.rememberlenny.com/2014/07/10/back-in-the-mid-90s-i-lived-in-jackson-heights/