Art is a Hammer Returns to the We the People Festival in Los Angeles

Yo! Peace and Spectrumega Media are co-presenting the second annual Art is a Hammer exhibit which will take place at the 2009 We the People Festival in Los Angeles. The  festival is billed as a "platform. . . to inspire the involvement and active participation of the conscious urban youth populous throughout the country." Some Art is a Hammer highlights include a mural collaboration between Yo! Peace and Vyal called Piramide de la Paz Installation: Tehuan Tlamatcanemitzl, 10 posters from the Yo! and Self Help Graphics political postrs series (see blog posting further down te site), and the debut of Mear One's first 3D sculpture. Some of the many featured artists include Man One, Spectr, Contra, punk art legends Winston Smith and Edward Colver, the Hit+Run Crew, Overton Loyd, Sharktoof, Karen "Fury" Fiorito, 2 Cents and more.

Last year's Art is a Hammer brought wheatpasting and fine art together with an exhibit of prints, live painting, collaborative wheatpasting and graff and this year's lineup will build an expand on that. 

Art is a Hammer at We the People 2008.

Mural at Art is a Hammer installation.

Wheatpaste posters.

In addition to the art show, We the People  holds an outdoor concert and speaker series. This year features performances by Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Religion, Pepper, the Glitch Mob and talks by activist criminal defense lawyer Christopher Darden and Hip Hop Summit Action Nework's Dr. Benjamin Chavis. You can see the full line-up of bands, speakers and artist here. 

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