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UP Magazine’s 10 Most Read Articles Of 2020
The UP Mag Staff lists some of our magazine’s most-read articles in 2020.
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Miami’s Museum of Graffiti
T.K. interviews the Museum of Graffiti co-founders, Allison Freidin and Alan Ket to discuss the 18-month long process of building, curating, and constructing the Museum of Graffiti.
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Robert Janz: The Poetic Beauty of the Ephemeral
Part of the UP-ThirdRail Collaboration series, T.K. interviews New York-based artist Robert Janz to discuss poetry, water painting, and his ephemeral art.
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Keeping UP with OG Millie: 2020 Vision
T.K. Mills speaks with OG Millie on her role as a curator in 2019, and her ambitions for 2020.
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Artists, Ex-Pats, and Waves of Change: Akumal Arts Festival 2018 [Part 1]
T.K. recounts his time at the inaugural Akumal Arts Festival in 2018, interviewing artists and organizers to learn how the festival came to be.
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The Business of Art: Graffiti Life
Graffiti Life is a mural painting company that utilizes street art as a business, painting for multinational corporations and hosting workshops. A profile of Graffiti Life’s founder, David Speed, the article follows his journey from illegal street art to successful entrepreneur, detailing the trials and tribulations of creating and managing a company.
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Spiritual Communication: The Message of JoDo the Bee
JoDo the bee is a communicator – of the power of repetition. Every time the artist goes out and paints, it’s like a performance, a ritual intention that manifests into wings and eyes. Graffiti artists are the ones who wonder and wander by night, scrawling their symbols on the city walls. And among the many, JoDo the bee stands out as one of the most iconic tags in New York.
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Erin Ko: Space Hippie
T.K. interviews Erin Ko to discuss the influences behind her multimedia art.
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Jorge Gerada: Culture Jamming, Artivism, & Narrative Art
T.K. sits down with Jorge Gerada to discuss his start in the street art world and the themes he incorporates into his work today.
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J.T. Liss: On Style & Storytelling
To call J.T. just a photographer is to sell it short – he’s an educator, an activist, a poet, a father, an artist of the highest caliber, but above all, he’s a storyteller.