Hot on the heels of the 100th International Women’s Day, upcoming exhibition ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES showcases 14 female artists’ work around the theme “Women’s Experience of Migration Under Globalization.” AF3IRM’s first art show in New York City, this collection explores the idea that almost everyone in the U.S. either arrived here from someplace else, or certainly knows someone who did. ...
(Editors note: We would like to welcome new blogger, LA Based and Kazakhstan born, Marat Shaya) The Iron Curtain was not only the actual fence that separated Eastern and Western Europe after World War 2, but also an ideological barrier that prevented free exchange of ideas between the Soviet Union and the rest of the ...
Last October we brought our friend Lupe Fiasco in to help us create a Living Remix Project Session for an amazing pop up art exhibition in lower Manhattan called Re:Form School. At the same time we reached out to producers and remixer in Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Istanbul, and Johannesburg to take the music ...
Dear friends, teachers and artists, World Up’s mission is making the world smaller through technology, education and hip hop. In our technology and arts workshops, we’re not just empowering young innovators to participate for a day, we’re teaching them to contribute to the emerging technology based global community. Our method, collaborating with artists, musicians, programmers ...
World Up prides itself on being ahead of the curve when it comes to global arts and music, while striving to give shine to people that do socially conscious work. So, it’s no wonder that while we knew we’d found something special in “guerilla” street artist JR back in early 2009, the international community is ...
Over Columbus Day weekend, Lupe Fiasco served as a lyrical master to kids participating in World Up’s Living Remix at REDU’s Re:FORM School, a pop-up art exhibit raising awareness for education reform in the United States. In a candid interview, he discusses the inspiration he felt from the kids in our Living Remix workshop, his ...
This past weekend World Up had one of the greatest MCs in the game, Lupe Fiasco, along with Spaze Crafte performing the Living Remix at the Re:Form School. We had live remixes happening all over the globe and we live streamed MagaBo from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil… Who made a sick remix from the beats that were provided live during ...
Traveling with a large group of people can be pretty disastrous. Personalities can clash, various cultures and backgrounds can exacerbate a situation, and one-time travel buddies can feel more like mortal enemies by journey’s end. What if you were traveling to another part of the world for the first time in your life, among a ...
WHAT Students from all over New York City will have a live recording session, making music in real time with children in Brazil. On the scene inspiring these budding lyricists? None other than rapper Lupe Fiasco, plus state-of-the-art technology allowing local youth to become citizens of the world through their art. We call this workshop ...
We are crazy about Chilean MC, Ana Tijoux. She has finally been blowing up recently with nods from all sorts of people like Tiny Desk Concerts A little while ago she stopped through NYC on tour and we had a few minutes to pick her brain for our East 4th Sessions. Enjoy East 4th Sessions: ...
