Third Annual Tyler School of Art Foundations/Paley Library Book Give Away and Artists and Authors Lecture Stop by the Paley Library Circulation Desk during the week of April 16 and receive your own copy* of Ellen Harvey’s New York Beautification Project. Between 1999 and 2001, Harvey executed small old-fashioned landscapes in oil on graffiti sites across New York City. New York Beautification Project documents the works and Harvey’s diaristic accounts of painting illegally throughout New York. The narrative of her “beautification project” is both provocative and hilarious, touching on such issues as who is allowed to make art in our society, and what distinguishes art from graffiti, while never losing touch with the frequently comical reality of creating a contemporary art project on the streets of New York.
Don’t miss Harvey’s lecture, Monday, April 16 at 11:00 in Tyler Room B004.
*The fine print:
- From Monday, April 16 through Friday, April 20, copies of New York Beautification Project will be given away to the first 20 patrons to request a book and show their Temple ID to Library Circulation Staff. Any member of the Temple community can receive a book. Each day the giveaway will begin at a different time to accommodate the variety of schedules of our faculty, staff and students.
- Monday, April 16, 9:00 AM, Get your copy of Ellen’s book right before she speaks!
- Tuesday, April 17, 11:00 AM
- Wednesday, April 18, 1:00 PM
- Thursday, April 19, 3:00 PM
- Friday, April 20, NOON
This annual program is sponsored by the Foundations Department, Tyler School of Art and Temple University Libraries.
It is made possible through the use of General Activity Fees.
[image of Ellen Harvey]