Tats Cru Residency

Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) is excited to welcome back Bronx-based graffiti artists TATS CRU–comprised of Bio, Nicer, and BG183–to Minneapolis as their Spring invited Artist in Residence from April 26–May 4, 2019. During their residency, TATS CRU will complete an 840 square foot (60’ x 14’) mural to serve as a backdrop for the forthcoming skate-able art plaza on the JXTA campus, made possible in part by a generous gift from Wet Paint. The creation of this mural is part of a four-year, $14 million campus renovation campaign. As a part of their residency, TATS CRU will also host the first Minneapolis gallery exhibition of their work. Their exhibition,Live from New York, will be on view in the 2007 Emerson Gallery from May 3–June 29, 2019.

This residency serves also as a prelude to Juxtaposition Arts’ Annual Fundraiser, MOVE THE CROWD, which will take place on May 3, 2019 on the JXTA campus (for ticket and event information please see the link below). At this event, Minneapolis’ own Ezra Nausner-Wilson and Alex Smith will produce live artwork for visitors and JXTA supporters. Sales will support the JXTA Capital Campaign and programming.

This is TATS CRU’s first visit to Minneapolis since a local residency in 2011. During that visit, they completed two murals around the Juxtaposition Arts campus. A mural at the JXTA campus gateway proclaims “Welcome to North Minneapolis” on the exterior Western-facing wall of 1808 Emerson Avenue North (where JXTA’s Textiles & Screen Printing, Environmental Design, and Graphic Design Labs are currently housed). Another mural depicting JXTA’s 2018 Bruner Loeb Forum conference “Putting Creativity to Work” decorated the exterior Eastern-facing wall of JXTA’s now-demolished building on the corner of Emerson Avenue North and West Broadway Avenue.
 

Image Credit: “Welcome to North Minneapolis” by Tats Cru, 2011.