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Interviews

Peeking Behind the Veil: Princess Hijab

by Janelle Grace on August 6, 2010

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I sit down with my laptop in a quiet, central Brooklyn café, not far from Prospect Park on a slightly overcast day in August to interview the mysterious Parisian street artist Princess Hijab. I order a San Pellegrino with lime; she abstains from any snacks or beverages. Despite the time difference from France, she’s alert and ready to engage with me. I go into the interview knowing how she guards her anonymity, and the concrete details of her identity remain elusive — this is an email interview after all.

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Prescott School Says Mural Doesn’t Have to Be “Lightened”

by Hrag Vartanian on June 7, 2010

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After a burst of national outrage over the Prescott School District’s request to “lighten” a mural with a large Latino figure, the School District announced at a pro-mural protest last Saturday that they are ok with the current image and they want the artists to return to the original vision for the mural.

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Arizona School Demands Black/Latino Faces On Mural Be Whitened

by Hrag Vartanian on June 4, 2010

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The Arizona Republic reports, “A group of artists has been asked to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at a Prescott school. The project’s leader says he was ordered to lighten the skin tone after complaints about the children’s ethnicity.”

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Oldest Graphic Design Found, Islamic in Detroit, Mexican in LA

by Hrag Vartanian on March 3, 2010

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… P.S.1′s Brooklyn is Burning event gets out of control last weekend … #class gets invited to Pulse … a HUGE statue of Amenhotep III is discovered in Luxor, Egypt … Milan Fashion Week includes protestors peeved at Anna Wintour’s quick ditch.

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