ART IN THE STREETS

I’m proud to announce today the beginning of my “Art in the Streets” project. We have been working on this idea for some time, and now it is here. I talked about my vision of accessible art in an interview I did last summer. You can check it out in the November 2019 Blog Archive.

I teamed up with my buddies at “StreaTea” to put some of my paintings on clothing so my art will be “in the streets”.

Azul God

The first t-shirts and sweatshirts hit Amazon yesterday. Lots more stuff to come soon.

I admit that seeing my art on t-shirts running around the hood will be dope, but I also want this to be part of a bigger idea. A lot of my inspiration comes from my ethnic heritage and my pride of being a descendant of the Maya.

Maya Blue Statue

As one of the six original “cradles of civilization”, the Mayan people created some incredible ideas and concepts like written language, astronomy, and the concept of zero.  

Although the Maya originated in 2600 BC, six million Maya still live in the area of the old empire which now consists of the countries of Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and five states in Mexico. No civilization is truly older than ours and our culture and history is uniquely original and continuous. Over four thousand years later that same blood flows through our brains and bodies creating new ideas and histories that are part of the great legacy.

Ancient Mayan Art

The “Art in the Streets” project was derived from a quote I gave for the interview I did last summer, “Art in a museum is great, but art in the streets is perfect”. We have expanded that quote to the concept of Perfect: Promoting Educational Rediscovery of Foundational Ethnic Cultural Traditions.  We believe that by increasing the visibility of my art the discussion and questions surrounding the art will lead to new appreciation of Mayan culture and history.

Check out the designs on Amazon in the “Caspin Coma” section.

Love, love,