Natan featured in the Salem Arts Festival

Posted by admin on May 11, 2011

The Annual Salem Arts Festival is coming up again this year from June 3rd through the 5th. As part of the activities, our very own Natan will be featured as his tattooing is spotlighted, live, for the general public to come view, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, June 4th. A veritable open house of the tattoo shop, make sure to stop on by to check it out!

Salem Arts Festival

The SAF website proclaims, in regards to the event:
The Salem Arts Festival promotes the arts in downtown Salem with a festival for residents and visitors. This festival provides the arts community an opportunity to showcase their talents. The Festival will run June 3-5, 2011 in Salem at a variety of venues from juried exhibitions and demonstrations to live performances. It will appeal to the sophisticated art patron, the art lover, the art enthusiast, and the art novice, and will include interactive events for children. People of all ages and backgrounds will find something that will delight and educate them by reaching out to current art patrons, local students, and the community at large.

For more information, please visit their website at http://www.salemartsfestival.com and stay tuned to our page for upcoming details on Natan's featured spot! Hope to see you there,

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Registration for Boston Tattoo Convention 2011 Now Available!

Posted by admin on November 18, 2010

Registration for the 2011 Boston Tattoo Convention is now open! Click on the following image or link or head on over to our registration page to download a copy of the form and book your book today.

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Natan Speaking at the Museum of Fine Arts!

Posted by admin on October 14, 2010

Join us this coming Saturday (October 16th) at 12 p.m. for a tour and discussion of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's “Under the Skin” exhibition with tattoo artist Natan Alexander.

Come and learn about the ways in which traditional Japanese arts, such as wood block prints, have shaped and influenced the arts practiced in modern tattoo studios throughout the world. Natan will be sharing highlights from the exhibition as well as answering questions related to modern day tattooing, design and symbolism.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gallery Talk: Japanese Art and Contemporary Tattoos
Saturday, October 16th
12 â€” 1 pm
Sharf Visitor Center
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
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http://www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp?eventkey=44356&date=10/16/2010

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston notes, in reference to the event:
Led by local tattoo artist Natan Alexander, explore the exhibition “Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints” and discuss the history and tradition of Japanese Art and its influence on today's popular tattoo designs.

Free with Museum admission.

Join us at the Boston ICA this Thursday, the 15th!!

Posted by admin on April 10, 2010

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On Pins & Needles: Tattooing in Massachusetts
Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Although tattooing was first introduced to Bostonians in the 1840s, it was just 10 years ago that a Massachusetts ban on tattooing (except by medical physicians) was deemed unconstitutional by a Suffolk Superior Court judge. Helping to overthrow this ban was Sarah Wunsch, staff attorney

with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Join Wunsch, Boston Tattoo Convention producer Natan Alexander, and exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo for a look back at the commonwealthâ€™s long and complicated history with this art form.

$10 general admission; $8 ICA and ACLU members, students, and seniors. ACLU member discount available for on-site sales only.

BONUS! Before the talk, join Mexican tattoo artist Dr. Lakra and exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo in the galleries for a conversation about Dr. Lakraâ€™s ICA exhibition and the role of tattooing in his art. Tour begins at 6:00 p.m. in the exhibition; free admission to the galleries.

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

www.icaboston.org

Natan to Speak at Museum Lecture!

Posted by admin on March 24, 2010

Natan will be featured as a guest speaker at an upcoming lecture on tattooing at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art! As part of an upcoming exhibition of renowned tattoo artist, Dr. Lakra, the museum will host a panel discussion of contemporary tattoo culture, the history of tattooing, and the growth and development of the medium. We invite you to join us on Thursday, April 15th, at the Institute of Contemporary Art (100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA) as we listen in on Natan's personal dissection of tattooing, as informed by his 17 years of experience in the field.

The ICA comments on Lakra:
JerÃ³nimo LÃ³pez RamÃrez, also known as Dr. Lakra, is a renowned tattoo artist who lives and works in Oaxaca, Mexico. Under his pseudonym, loosely translating as â€œDr. Delinquent,â€ he draws over vintage printed materials and found objects rather than skin, manipulating images of pin-up girls, 1940s Mexican businessmen, luchadores, and Japanese sumo wrestlers.

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ing diverse body art traditions from Chicano, Maori, Thai, and Philippine cultures, Dr. Lakra layers spiders, skulls, crosses, serpents, and devils over these existing images. Playful, naughty, and often intentionally vulgar, his work challenges social norms by blurring cultural identities.

Dr. Lakra, the artistâ€™s first solo exhibition in the U.S., will present works from a variety of series and a newly-commissioned mural.

Learn more about the featured Dr. Lakra exhibition and the museum itself at:
http://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/exhibit/lakra/.

We hope to see you there!

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