In addition to four current art exhibitions, the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University will host David Sommerstein, aka DJ Tapatío, from North Country Public Radio’s “The Beat Authority,” for “Beats in the Gallery: It Ain’t No Joke” from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Canton.
The art exhibits focus on street art, specifically street art stickers. In the main galleries, “Re-Writing the Streets: The International Language of Stickers,” cocurated by Catherine Tedford, director of the Brush Art Gallery, and Oliver Baudach, director of the Hatch Kingdom Sticker Museum in Berlin. The exhibition features more than 800 stickers.
Also in the main galleries, “Paper Bullets: 100 Years of Political Stickers from around the World” presents early 20th century examples of “silent agitators” created by the Industrial Workers of the World as well as World War II- and Vietnam War-era propaganda, along with more contemporary stickers.
“Post 9/11 to Occupy Wall Street to Present Day: A Street Art Installation” by senior Meg Chandler and “Urban Art from the Permanent Collection” are also on display.
The four exhibitions close Tuesday, April 18.
The event is free. For more information, call 315-229-5174 or visit www.stlawu.edu/gallery.