Scratching the surface with City Kitty artwork

Scratching the surface with City Kitty

168 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings

A podcast about all things art hosted by NYC street artist City Kitty 

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Episodes

Sean Lugo

July 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MB

This week I head down to Philadelphia and catch up with Sean Lugo to talk about how he got his start in street art , his influences and the importance of art criticism. Make sure to check out his upcoming solo show “Immigrant Mentality” opening this Friday July 23rd at Paradigm gallery in Philadelphia. 

Those we miss

July 13, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB

Lunge Box and I reflect on artists we miss in the street art scene. As we make our way through the streets of NYC on our morning commute. 

Zimad

July 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

This week I head up to the Bronx and catch up with Old School graffiti writer Zimad. We talk about his origin story, how the face of New York City and graffiti have changed over the years and what keeps him creating after over 40 years of art making. 

Mural murals everywhere!

June 29, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

Lunge Box and I discuss murals, our favorite mural artists and if we even really like murals!  Listen to us discuss on our early morning commute through the streets of NYC. 

Daniel Albanese aka Dusty Rebel

June 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

This week I am sitting down with Daniel Albanese aka Dusty Rebel. We talk street art, anthropology, pigeons and his ambitious Queer Street art documentary and book “Out In The Streets” that he has been working on for past few years. 

Daniel Albanese aka Dusty Rebel

June 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

This week I am sitting down with Daniel Albanese aka Dusty Rebel. We talk street art, anthropology, pigeons and his ambitious Queer Street art documentary and book “Out In The Streets” that he has been working on for past few years. 

freeman alley

June 15, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

Lunge Box and I discuss Freeman Alley, the street art hot spot in the lower east side of Manhattan. Do we love it or hate it?

Collabs

June 01, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MB

Lunge Box and I dicuss why we make collaborations and the importance of collaborating in the street art scene while we make our way through the streets of NYC on our morning commute. 

Collabs

June 01, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MB

Lunge Box and I dicuss why we make collaborations and the importance of collaborating in the street art scene while we make our way through the streets of NYC on our morning commute. 

Talking art with Steve Stoppert

May 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 50 MB

I sit down with Steve Stoppert the patron saint of NYC street art and curator of the second Avenue mural wall in Manhattan. We talk about how he ended up in NYC and how he went from being mildly interested in art to an art collector/ hoarder.

We watched the Martha Cooper Documentary

May 18, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Lunge Box and I discuss our feelings on the new documentary "Martha" about the Graffiti and street art photography icon Martha Cooper on our early morning commute through New York City. 

We watched the Martha Copper Documentary

May 18, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Lunge Box and I discuss our feelings on the new documentary "Martha" about the Graffiti and street art photography icon Martha Cooper on our early morning commute through New York City. 

Talking photography and street art with Rapheal Gonzalez

May 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MB

I sit down with my friend and talented photographer Rapheal Gonzalez to talk street art, murals, the artistic process and how he started down the path of persuing photography. 

So you want to open a gallery.

May 04, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

 Lunge Box and I talk the good the bad and the ugly of galleries on our morning commute through NYC. I share my insight from working at many galleries and museums in NY over the past 10 years as he starts thinking about opening a gallery in his apartment.  

So you want to open a gallery.

May 04, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

 Lunge Box and I talk the good the bad and the ugly of galleries on our morning commute through NYC. I share my insight from working at many galleries and museums in NY over the past 10 years as he starts thinking about opening a gallery in his apartment.  

Why do you paint that?

April 20, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

On our morning commute through NYC Lunge Box and I discuss what leads an artist to choose the content of the art they create. The use of artistic troupes and symbology in street art. Digitally created street art vs. hand made pieces and the artists we admire.  

A child raised by two artists

April 13, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

I sit down with my dad to talk about what it was like being raised by two NYC artists.  Why it made him love art but not want to make it and how I don't make the same mistakes as I enter into parenthood. 

Corona Talk

March 31, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MB

While driving through the streets of New York City on our way to work fellow street artist Lunge Box and I talk about the past year, how our lives and the street art scene has changed.  The influx of new artists to the scene.  Old haunts and new spots being created and how covid may have rejuvenated the street art and graffiti scene in NYC.