“KNOW YOUR WORTH” ART + DESIGN LECTURE SERIES – Cey Adams
Creatives constantly question how much our output costs and how much we are worth. The Winter 2021 Art + Design “Know Your Worth” lecture and workshop series will help emerging artists and designers navigate the business side of creative entrepreneurship.
Please join us, through zoom, for our final “Know Your Worth” lecture to learn about the visual artist, graphic designer, and author, Cey Adams. During this workshop, Mr. Adams will focus on his career, DEF Jam and Beyond!
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
12:00 p.m.
Registration required through https://tinyurl.com/2k3d44pj
Cey Adams emerged from the downtown graffiti movement to exhibit alongside fellow artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. The New York City native appeared in the historic 1982 PBS documentary Style Wars, which tracks subway graffiti in New York. He served as creative director for Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons’ Def Jam Recordings, where he co-founded the Drawing Board, the label’s in-house visual design firm, creating visual identities, album covers, logos, and advertising campaigns for Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Notorious B.I.G., Maroon 5 and Jay-Z. Adams exhibits, lectures, and teaches art workshops at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, MoMA, Museum of the City of New York, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center among others. He draws inspiration from 60’s pop art, sign painting, vintage comics, and popular culture, and his work focuses on themes including pop culture, brand identity, cultural and community issues.
*For more information, visit nova.edu/arts or email klopez1@nova.edu
Will the lecture be recorded, and if so, I would like a copy, please.