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It
was the end of August and the East Village
Howled!
Art Around the Park and the Howl Processional
August 27, 2005
Written by Wendy R. Williams
Photographed by Mary Blanco and Krisztina
Fazekas
Modeled by Wayne Chang
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Wayne Chang and the
Tombstone Gang
Photo Krisztina Fazekas |
"I think people
ought to know that we're anti-fascist, we're anti-violence,
we're anti-racist, and we're pro-creative. We're
against ignorance."
- Joe Strummer**
Photo Mary Blanco
The Howl Festival
rocked the East Village for eight days this year
(running from August 21st through the 28th). It
was a riotous event filled with dance, music,
performance, poetry & writing (www.howlfestival.com).
Art Intern Wayne Chang
Photo Krisztina Fazekas
Photo Krisztina Fazekas
Wayne Chang Surveys the
Rooster
Photo Krisztina Fazekas
On Saturday, August 27th, New York Cool photographers Mary Blanco and Krisztina Fazekas and I hit the park with our fabulous new art intern, Wayne Chang, in tow. We were there to see Art Around The Park, which had been billed as a live-action event featuring over 140 artists from the East Village. Basically, the festival promoters just put up 140 huge pieces of white paper on the fences around Tompkins Square park and anyone who wanted to could register and paint. It is a riot to watch, you can see anything from the most talented artists to whomever (I have been asked to paint).
Photo
Krisztina Fazekas |
Photo
Krisztina Fazekas |
Body
Painter Marjorie Kouns at work
Photo Mary Blanco |
Body
Painter Marjorie Kouns at work
Photo Mary Blanco |
Photo by Krisztina Fazekas
Photo Krisztina Fazekas
Photo Mary Blanco |
Photo Mary Blanco
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Photo by Krisztina Fazekas
Grand Marshal Taylor Mead
Photo Krisztina Fazekas
We were also there to see The Pantheon Processional. Here is a quote from the Howl Website: ”Join Rosario Dawson and march to the beat of the Hungry March Band and the Lower Eastside Girls Club's drum corps, while being led by our "Grand Marshal", the Warhol superstar, Taylor Mead!” See New York Cool’s interview with Taylor Mead (http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/May/interview_1.html)
Howl blew into town, hitting the
streets and making us forget the winter soon to
come. So until next year – let’s Howl!
Rock on!
Wendy
**There is a fabulous street art portrait of Strummer on the SE corner of 7th and A.
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