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A Love Letter For You

Tattoos available Sun.-Thu., Feb. 7-11 and Sun., Feb. 14, noon-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., Feb. 12-13, noon-midnight; various prices, Northern Liberties Tattoo, 823 N. Second St., 267-639-6019. Tattoo party and book-signing, Sat., Feb. 13, 6 p.m., free, Exit Skateshop, 825 N. Second St., 215-425-2450, exitphiladelphia.com.


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Published: Feb 2, 2010

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Todd Lowell, longtime buddy of graffiti artist Steve Powers and owner of Northern Liberties Tattoo, knows a good thing when he sees it. Lowell recognized that the brilliant, pleasantly sentimental murals Powers created around Philly in conjunction with the Mural Arts Project would translate beautifully into flash tattoos. Powers has put together new and old signature designs that will be inked onto people by Lowell's employees for one week only. Next Saturday, there will also be a soiree next door at Exit Skateshop, where Powers will sign A Love Letter for You ($19.95, Free News Projects), the coffee-table book documenting his murals; and draw tattoo stencils onto people before sending them off to the tat chair. "It's exciting," says Lowell of knowing Powers personally. "It's like watching young Warhol grow up."

Tattoos available Sun.-Thu., Feb. 7-11 and Sun., Feb. 14, noon-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., Feb. 12-13, noon-midnight; various prices, Northern Liberties Tattoo, 823 N. Second St., 267-639-6019. Tattoo party and book-signing, Sat., Feb. 13, 6 p.m., free, Exit Skateshop, 825 N. Second St., 215-425-2450, exitphiladelphia.com.

Comments

I cannot those idiots at Mural Arts [one in particular] gave an ex-graffiti writer carte blanche to put letters on the side of buildings...AGAIN!!
This is TOTAL BS, a waste of tax $$$!!

by The Man!! on February 9th 2010 11:04 AM

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