Nation of Graffiti Artists Gifts These earrings are adapted from

These earrings are adapted from the wrought iron railings of Ellis Island’s Registry Room

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Nation of Graffiti Artists Gifts These earrings are adapted fromNOGA, or Nation of Graffiti Artists was the utopian vision of Jack Pelsinger, who begged the city for a studio where kids of all talent levels could further their interests in the arts. The 1970s were a time in New Yorks history where a request like this could be accommodated, the city leased the group a run down storefront for $1 dollar a month in 1974. Like moths drawn to a light, the kids showed up, hundreds of them. A ragtag bunch of teenagers