Scratching the surface with City Kitty

Send us Fan Mail This  week I’m talking with Jenna and Dutch owners and operators of Deep Space Gallery in Jersey City. We’re discussing what lead them down the path of opening a gallery, what they’ve learned in there 6 years of being in buisness and where they see the gallery heading in the future. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with Everett and Rebecca from Livable Vans. In 2020 they sold their house and started building out a van from scratch to travel the country. 13 months after hitting the road I’m catching up with them to talk about their adventures and their new company. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking with Mike, owner and operator of Beer Canvas.  We’re discussing how he turned his love for beer, art and collectibles into a successful business. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking with artist James Cullinane. We're discussing his adventures in the art world Both in NYC and abroad since James moved from Baltimore to NYC in 1975. 

Send us Fan Mail This week we’re remembering the life and work of NY street artist and documentary film maker Keith Aronowitz AKA Baston. I’m talking with fellow street artists and friends of Keith, Fumero and Who is Dirk about Keith’s talents and passions that he shared with the world. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with artist, toy maker, and curator of The Creatives trading cards Red Guardian. We’re discussing the process of creating this ambitious project, what it’s like dealing with 58 diffrent artists on one project. As well as what he has in store for the second series which he’s working on now. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with street artist and painter Eyebrows. I’ve know Eyebrows wheatpastes and stickers from the streets of NY for a number of years now but I’ve never had a chance to talk to him about his work.  We’re discussing his process. How he created his unique style of painting and  what it’s like being represented by a gallery compared to just making work for the stree...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking to NFT artist, Founder of Digitalax and creator of the upcoming web series about sticker art “The Stickeies” Emma Jane. We’re talking about creating NFT’s, crypto wallets and utilizing the web 3 space. If you are interested in getting into NFT’s this is a good one to listen to. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with I Will Not, artist and creator of the DC Street Sticker Expo. We discuss his journey from pitching this ambitious idea to galleries, and how this show has continued to  evolve and grow for almost 10 years. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking to sticker artist and filmmaker Agent 5 Smith. We’re discussing her transition from sticker fan to sticker artist and how her passion for stickers drove her to make her second feature film "Sticker Movie", which comes out this summer.

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking to NYC based muralist and the “star father” Outer Source. We’re discussing what led him down the path of  looking to the stars as the inspiration for the murals he paints. We talk about what he’s learned from collaborating with other artists, and his painting adventures, as well as how to tap into your inner space.  Get ready- we're getting deep in this...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking with bicoastal street artist Toastoro who I met last year through our mutual friend Rx Skulls. Since then we've been adventuring though the streets of NYC on his frequent trips from Portland. Every time we go out he seems to have a new body of work. We are talking about the advancement in his work, new techniques he's using and the difference b...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with artist and musician Eric Eigner. We’re talking about how to keep the creative balance  between multiple art forms. What he’s learned in his over 20 years of creating art and music in NYC including his years of making street art in the form of deatailed rhythmically patterned  chalk drawings. As well as what he’s learned  by traveling and photographing th...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm back talking with Chris RWK. It's been about a year since I last interviewed Chris and I wanted to talk to him before the opening of his new solo show "Pacing The Cage" opening this Thursday April 14th at 212 Arts in Manhattan. We're talking about his process, what it's like dealing with making work for mutilpe shows at the same time and...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking to my grandma Ivy Covill about her experience as an immigrant coming to the US with her family from London.  I wanted to share her story for those of us that see so many going through this experience right now but can’t imagine what people are going through or the decisions they have to make. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking to Photographer Leon Carter. We are discussing his journey from growing up on a farm in rural Ireland to becoming a professional photographer in New York City. Listen in as we get drunk in his basement speakeasy bar from the 1920’s and talk about the artistic process and journey. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with Cats coffee creativity.  I’ve know Sarah for a number of years now from the NYC art scene. It was nice to dive into her process, how she got into street art and where she sees the scene going as the world begins to open back up. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking with artist TurtleCaps. From graffiti to street, murals and curating he's done it all. We're talking about his roots as a graffiti writer in the 90's in New York, his years in Montreal. Making the leap from business owner to a full time artist and his new vinyl toy coming out this week with Strange Cat Toys. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with writer and editor in chief of UP Magazine T.K. Mills. We’re discussing the origin story of UP Magazine. What’s happening in the street art scene and where the magazine is headed. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with street artist Clown Solider. Clown Solider was one of the first wheat paste artists I met. I was drawn to the scale of his work and that these 7-foot-tall pieces were silkscreened then hand painted. After a few years off he’s back putting pieces on the street. I wanted to talk to him about what he’s learned in his time as a street artist and where his wo...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking with photographer, street artist, veteran, and entrepreneur Timmy Ache. We’re talking about his photography based wheatpastes, what brought him to the streets and how his love for street art lead him to creating his own wheat paste company Paste NYC. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking with street artist Eye Sticker. I've been noticing Eye Sticker's work around NYC for the past two years. From stickers to wheat pastes, tags and paintings she is quickly progressing into a force to be reckoned with.

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking with artist, curator and pin guru Greg McKenna. We are reminiscing about our past adventures, talking about what lead him into pursuing pins and where he's headed in the future. 

Send us Fan Mail This week Lunge Box is speaking of his experience working at the original Pearl Paint on Canal street back in the late 80's early 90's. We're speaking about the constant changing face of NYC and how the art stores have sadly dwindled down to a few big box stores. 

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m taking to my dad about his history with music. From growing up in a house where they only listened to classical music and opera to going to Woodstock, hanging out with Miles Davis, marrying a musician and becoming a HiFi stereo salesman. I’m getting to the root of many of the wild stories he has told me over the years.