Click on a press item below to read WikiPages Grand Society Antiques & Gallery - 'Marking it Up' Berliner Literaturkritik Heimat ist da, wo man weg will Daily News Hunts Point's Tats Cru graffiti crew to take city to court for covering 'art' Gothamist Sharpton Urges Harlem to End "Stop Snitching" Trend Daily News Hunts Point-based graffiti arts TATS CRU lend urban cred to Lord & Taylor SEAK: Graffiti and Street Art Diary Künstler Kollegen aus New York zu Besuch The New York Times Walls of Art for Everyone, but Made by Not Just Anyone Gothamist Graffiti Irony MIT Graffiti artists TATS CRU visit MIT Scion Installation Scion Art Tour BNET 2004 Ad e-flux International Artexpo Shows That Art Is Everywhere The New York Times Graffiti with a German (and Bronx) Accent Daily News Fans Show Much Love for Big Pun MTV New Big Pun Mural To Mark Anniversary Of Rapper's Death The New York Times Extending the Life And Lore of Graffiti The New York Times Mural Painters Arrested but Then Released Daily News Taggers Freed After Tribute to Rapper OKd Daily News Memorial for Rapper New York Magazine Guten Tag GRAFFITI ARTISTS TATS CRU VISIT MIT Publisher: MIT By: MIT Published: September 14, 2005 Bronx-based graffiti artists TATS CRU, whose work in aerosol paints has raised the status of graffiti as an art form, will give a free talk about the evolution of their work on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium (Room 32-123). The presentation, entitled, "The Journey from Subways to Urban Media Marketing" is part of the Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence Program. As visiting artists at MIT from September 20-23, five members of the group—Bio, Nicer, BG183, How and Nosm—will visit classes and labs and meet with faculty, staff, and students. Twenty-five years ago, the three founding members of TATS CRU, Bio, BG183, and Nicer, were struggling inner city teenagers who expressed their artistic talents by creating subway graffiti in the subway tunnels connecting the Bronx and Brooklyn. Then working as a covert operation, the three hardly imagined that their artwork would evolve into a financially viable business that would someday attract attention throughout the world. Now as "muralists," the 10-member TATS CRU has been commissioned to create works for numerous corporations including Coca-Cola, Firestone, Reebok, The Bronx Museum of Arts, and Chivas Regal. The Cru have also been commissioned to do murals for hip-hop and rap artists like Grand Master Flash, Zulu Nation, Fat Joe Da Gangsta, KRS One, and Busta Rhymes. One of their R.I.P. murals appeared in Spike Lee's movie "Clockers," and they have been featured in New York Times, USA Today, Vibe, NPR radio, ABC Nightline, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, BBC Talk Show, to name a few. All Images and Articles are Copyright of the Publisher View Publisher's Link