Nation of Graffiti Artists Gifts and truly original photography for

and truly original photography for the “bumpers”—portraits of the host or musical guest that transition the show to and from commercial breaks

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These earrings are adapted from the wrought iron railings of Ellis Island’s Registry Room

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape

Nation of Graffiti Artists Gifts and truly original photography forNOGA, or Nation of Graffiti Artists was the utopian vision of Jack Pelsinger, who begged the city for a studio where kids of all talent levels could further their interests in the arts. The 1970s were a time in New Yorks history where a request like this could be accommodated, the city leased the group a run down storefront for $1 dollar a month in 1974. Like moths drawn to a light, the kids showed up, hundreds of them. A ragtag bunch of teenagers