Reminiscences of Antonio “Chico” Garcia : oral history, 2001.

Biographical Note

Graffiti Artist.

Scope and Contents

Background: born, Puerto Rico, childhood in East Village, New York, experiences in street gangs, childhood experiences with graffiti; education: art studies at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York; career: caretaker for New York City Housing Authority, work for The Coca-Cola Company as graffiti artist; 9/11: photographing events from nearby roof, learning of deaths of two cousins and close friends, painting murals as memorial; post-9/11: painting American flag for police department, requests for other memorial murals, importance of unity among Americans.

Subjects

• Artists--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Garcia, Antonio "Chico"--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Snider, Suzanne, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Street art--New York (State)--New York.

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