For Immediate Press Release
“STREET TALK”
Catherine Koch
Wed, October 5th – Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 8th from 6-11PM
(During Ray at Night Art Walk – second Saturday every month)
CIRELLO GALLERYMis pleased to announce our upcoming featured artist for the month of October, Catherine Koch, she will be showcasing her magnificent prints of Mural artist Pose Two. This is a collection of his Murals throughout the San Diego area, Pose Two can be found on buildings all over the globe. Join us for an opening reception with the artists, in conjunction with Ray at Night Art Walk, on Saturday, October 8th from 6 to 11pm. Which is the same day as “A Taste of North Park”; so stop by Cirello Gallery will be serving an amazing local beer, “Manzanita” a small-batch Craft Brewery in Santee, Ca. They are passionate about quality and have 5 year round beers and many seasonal beers available throughout the year, October 8, 10am – 4pm.
Catherine discovered her passion for photography 30 years ago and has been shooting professionally for twenty years. She started her professional work in 1994 as a lab assistant at Grossmont College. There she met her first mentor Jim Noel who taught her large format, platinum printing, and darkroom printing.
In 1997 she started working as assistant to Magnum Photographer Tomas Sennett; their work included projects for Rockefeller Foundation as well as several Conde Naste publications. From here she branched out on her own as a freelance photographer. Working primarily with Arts organizations and nonprofits, Catherine enjoys working on projects with a deeper underlining positive outlook on life as a whole.
In the spring of 2009, she started noticing these amazing murals all throughout San Diego and began taking pictures of as many as she could. There was one mural buried deep in Barrio Logan that stood out to her and began an obsession to find more and the person behind these masterpieces. Noticing them all around town it was not long before she got his number and called him out of the blue and told him about her photos of his work; a soft friendly voice on the other end of the phone said, “I’d love to see, come over we’re making tacos.” And so there began the friendship with Maxx Moses and Catherine Koch.
The artwork of Mr. Maxx Moses promotes an environment of longevity, growth, wholeness, and spiritual well-being. The viewer is instilled with an overall feeling of peace and serenity as they derive the value of his paintings. Awareness centers, therapeutic facilities, and spas embellished with this artist’s work have received awards for beautification, experienced increased enrollment, and inspired several published articles. As a professor, his curriculum is innovative, engaging, and geared toward student success. Mr. Maxx Moses’s insightfulness inspires young minds to express in positive outlets that allow their higher self to flourish.
http://www.catherinekoch.com/ and http://www.posetwo.com
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MAKING IT BETTER: FOLK ARTS IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY

Making It Better: Folk Arts in Pennsylvania Today opens for its limited engagement at Millersville University September 12^th through October 23^rd. In conjunction with this exhibition, On October 12th, Pose 2, Mr. Maxx Moses will present a 1 hour lecture titled “IDENTITY, The power of writing your Name”. This new exhibition is designed to educate visitors about the vitality of living folk art traditions found in Pennsylvania today. It will feature learning opportunities for all ages and asks visitors to consider the question, “How do your artistic traditions make a difference?”

The exhibition features over 30 master artists from every corner of the state, and represents a wide array of traditions. The art and programs demonstrate that although many traditional arts are rooted in century old practices, they are meeting the needs of those living in very modern times.  To see a full schedule of scheduled events visit www.folkartPAtoday.org

For more information please contact:

The Institute for Cultural Partnerships

Amy Skillman

Lisa Rathje

3211 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110-1342
phone: 717.238.1770
fax: 717.238.3336

http://www.culturalpartnerships.org/

Accelerate

Accelerate Sycle Studio, a new innovative workout facility based on getting physically fit and having a really good time while doing so opened up about 2 months ago in Inglewood Ca. the ambition Willie Atterberry, commissioned Maxx Moses to enhance his all Black lite Studio with a fluorescent Mural that would reflect raw energy, Strength and beauty the Accelerate promotes… so here it is “Glow”

The Way of No Way

The revered, and highly respected, young instructor, Reza Moazezi has finally manifested his dream, to have his own school. The way of No Way a 5000 square foot, Martial Arts Studio in Woodland Hills Ca. The School’s philosophy is based on self- discovery through Martial Arts. Reza’s Aesthetic vision and life’s philosophy was a natural fit with the creative instincts of Mr. Maxx Moses. Together they conceptualized a wonderful project that Mr. Reza himself titles “Humble Violence”. The project was so well received that Mr. Maxx Moses is designing the clothing line for the studio as well!

Kanrocksas

This summer I was invited to click my heels three times and Say there’s no place like home as I was chosen to paint at the Kanrocksas Concert! This 2-day festival was jam packed with amazing musicians like the flaming lips, Kid Cudi, the black keys, Muse, Eminen and many more.

The visual artist consisted of a host of 25 painters from around the country who collaborated on a awesome mural and painted live with the bands throughout the night… it was amazing I got a chance to meet and paint with cats I’ve seen in magazines from the 90’s Kansas City … Ill be back!

Last month Pose 2 aka Mr Maxx Moses had the opportunity to work along side some really talented San Diego Heavy Weights. Curator and Gallery Owner, Alexander Salazar put together a deal that syncronized the Design work of Margit Whitlock and creative vision of Trevor Hanson, Owner of EPMG Marketing to create an on site 40 x 4.5 Graffuturistic Mural Installation. Alexander was like “yo Maxx your the man for this job… you have the perfect blend of Graffiti, Street and Fine art, So lets take it to the Maxx” epmg360.com/?portfolio=the-new-epmg-hq

The BBOY BBQ is an annual Hip Hop Art festival that centers on Aerosol Art while celebrating and partaking in all the elements of Hip Hop. This event was not created but developed naturally in the backyard of Aerosol Artist Pose 2 and Designer, Ella Isaac’s home in 1997. At the time they just wanted to create an atmosphere for all their creative friends where they could eat some good food, listen to good music and share their dreams… “ But in the midst of us just having a good time something magical happened and it was all so unexpected.“ Someone went into the basement pulled out some cardboard and began doing windmills; the D-jay had everyone bouncing while others began to kick lyrics it was awesome. People arrived and fell in sync to the rhythm of the beats and the smell of corn, fish and barbeque chicken on the grill. There was art painted on the walls while black books and photo albums were being viewed. It was an exchange of creative ideas, good people and the promise of a creative future… It was so powerful I knew it had to continue.
By word of mouth, the following year 200 people were stuffed into our back yard celebrating what we now call the “BBOY BBQ”. Amongst the crowd were some of the best D-Jays, Emcees, Breakers and Writers within Philadelphia. It was like a Hip Hop Family reunion so it had to continue, but not in my back yard!
Three years later the BBOY BBQ remerged directly across the street from my house at the Hawthorne Recreation Center and Park, equipped with swings and slides for kids and a big basketball court for B-boys to dance and plenty of outdoor space for live painting.
With the assistance of Stef Tah Taz, of Beat Society, D-Jay Botany 500, Meca Isa and Ella, we transformed a backyard barbeque into an Hip Hop festival that hosts nearly 1000 attendee’s annually attracting people from New York, Washington DC and Boston.
Since its inception the BBOY BBQ has operated as a self- sustaining event. However over the year’s corporations and non- profit organizations such as Wholefoods, Sunkist, Red bull, Critical Massive and the Philadelphia Mural Arts department have contributed greatly to our growth and development. These organizations covered nearly all of our costs helping us to maintain a free community event that caters to all.
The beauty of the BBOY BBQ is that it is free for friends and families to celebrate the traditions of Hip Hop while local businesses are encouraged to sell and promote their products that relate to the culture.
Throughout the years our event has expanded to three cities and this year to four, as we are proud to announce that we are expanding the event overseas to Copenhagen Denmark. For 8 Years the FUA Crew has hosted the BBOY BBQ in Rochester NY, and this year plans to do it in the abandoned subway tunnels which will hold space for nearly 200 artists! For two years a collective of artists have hosted the event in San Diego CA, and this year it will be hosted at the “Space For Art” which has an awesome outdoor/indoor facility with a built in stage and gallery. In 2010 and 2011 the 84 Crew hosts the BBOYBBQ in west Philadelphia and this year we will be celebrating its 10th year which promises to be one of the best yet!
Our strong sense of community, collective cooperation and pure love for what we do is the reason why the BBOY BBQ stays alive. Always celebrating the essence of Hip Hop in its natural state… free!

In June of 2010 University City High School’s Art Tech Academy, granted me an Artist Residency to co- create a mural with the graduating seniors. The idea was to first teach the students some basic fundamentals of spray painting and how to create a mural using Parachute Cloth. Parachute Cloth is a technique and process that is used in mural making in which artists can create a mural in studio and then apply it onto a desired surface.
The opportunity to work with various high schools in the past has resulted in me being the designer and the students happily filling in areas. However this talented group of individuals was different, they were truly creative thinkers and painters who could thoroughly express and visualize their ideas, which was motivating. During our first meeting I had a chance to listen to each students creative process and view their works, “after this observation I told them they were in trouble, because now I had high expectations of them undertaking this mural project. “
With a time frame of about 30 total hours, during the last few months of school while preparing for finals and graduation these students pulled together to create an energetic mural that reflects the essence of their existence… “Technology Meets Nature.”