Turning Teachers From Critics To Supporters, The Positive Side of The Graffiti Culture, And The Importance of Knowing Your Value As An Artist
Creative Haven
English - September 07, 2021 03:58 - 43 minutes - 99.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsArts Business Entrepreneurship artists creativehaven creativity advertising art branding contentmarketing creativeinterviews creativepeople creativepodcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Eric “King Cre8” Walker is a graffiti artist, style writer, and artist from Los Angeles who has worked with corporations such as McDonald's, Nike, and General Motors; and has had his artwork featured at the LACMA, MOCA, and the Getty Museum.
In this episode, we talk about his history as an artist and how he turned his high school teachers from critics to supporters through his passion for art, how his work with other graffiti artists at prestigious museums showed the positive side of the graffiti culture and exposed the art form to a broader audience; the importance of persistence, follow up, and knowing your value as an artist to build your career, and how success in his mind is about being able to wake up and feel good about your accomplishments and that you made a difference in someone’s life.
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