Attend a special, unique event! The Creative Citizens series presents a slide lecture by Eric Drooker, award-winning graphic novelist and New Yorker cover artist. He'll perform spoken word alongside his graphics and paintings, and answer your questions about surviving as an artist in the 21st century. 

Drooker, a Manhattan native, first made his mark as a street artist in his teens. Today, his bold drawings and posters are iconic within the global street art movement, and dozens of his paintings have appeared on the covers of The New Yorker. His debut book, “Flood”, earned the prestigious American Book Award. His follow-up, “Blood Song”, is now in development as a feature film. “Naked City”, the final installment of his celebrated City Trilogy, completes a body of work that has been translated into multiple languages. His animation for the film “HOWL” also led to a collaboration with DreamWorks Animation.

His art is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Library of Congress.

This event is funded by an endowment gift to support The Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series at CCA, an annual series of public programs focused on creative activism.