In partnership with noted graffiti artists, Leon Rainbow and the Vicious Styles Crew, TerraCycle will host the 11th annual Jersey Fresh Jam, New Jersey’s biggest showcase of urban art and hip hop culture. As the largest Jersey Fresh Jam to date, this year’s festival will include all four performing elements of hip hop: MCing, DJing, graffiti, and breakdancing.
Recycling company TerraCycle is hosting the 11th annual Jersey Fresh Jam, on Saturday, August 6, New Jersey’s biggest showcase of hip hop art and culture. In partnership with Trenton based graffiti artists, Leon Rainbow and Vicious Styles Crew, TerraCycle is providing their headquarters as a canvas for talent around the country to express their artistic freedom. The event will be open to the public free-of-charge.
From 12 artists painting a wall in North Trenton in a mostly dirt lot, to a festival style event in a lot that has developed along the years, Leon Rainbow could not be any more proud of the last decade of the Jersey Fresh Jam.
Artists continue to work on the Vicious Style Crew wall at the tenth anniversary of the Jersey Fresh Jam in Trenton on Saturday Aug. 22, 2015.
Video covering the 2014 TerraCycle Graffiti Jam.
Nj.com is calling on all creative New Jersey residents to help them paint a digital picture of New Jersey’s rich art world through the use of social media. We think this is a great idea!
They would like you to use Instagram or Twitter to share a selfie with hashtag .
But this isn’t just for artists. Anyone can post a selfie in front of the public art that inspires their love of the state. We hope you will be inspired by the herd of 68 oxen that will be appearing throughout Hopewell Valley in just a few weeks when the Stampede arrives, and will post your photos with #NJArts AND #Ollyox and #HVArtscouncil tags so everyone can see what inspires you!
When posting to Instagram, be sure to provide the name of the piece and where it was shot. They’ll be using the submissions to create a digital collage on
NJ.com! (Note: By submitting the images or video with the hashtag #NJArts, you give
NJ.com the right to use the photo on the site.
Public art is not only an inspiration, but it provides fun, excitement and reflection to the community for free! It is a way for people to share a common experience, binding us together and making for a better, more peaceful world. We are fortunate to have many works of art on display around Hopewell Valley that you can appreciate every day. The roads surrounding Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton display large sculptures by many distinguished artists. Search for the "blue bottle trees" that appear from time to time on country roads. The Princeton University campus houses a large collection of sculpture installed throughout the grounds.
This weekend is Jersey Fresh Jam, New Jersey’s premier Hip Hop and graffiti festival. Aerosol artists from far and wide will converge to adorn the walls of Terracycle INC, in Trenton, with their signature masterpieces while local and regionally known emcees, bands and DJs provide the soundtrack. Jersey Fresh Jam is free and open to the public, so come out this Saturday, from noon-6 p.m. to see public art in the making!
On August 15 the Stampede will join these great works of public art. Visit
hvartscouncil.org to learn more.
TRENTON — Hip-hop will culture will return to Terracycle for the ninth year in a row.
Local artists and musicians will descend upon the New York Avenue Terracycle headquarters on August 9 for the Jersey Fresh Jam, the eco-friendly company said in a release Wednesday. Artists will spray the building with works of art. Last year, a mural depicting the popular “Game of Thrones” television show was painted on one of the building’s exterior.
Terracycle, according to the release, has opened its doors to local artists and the community. The event began in 2005 and has gone from a small celebration of local talent to the state’s premier hip-hop festival, the release said.
Among local artists who will be performing are DJ ITSJUSTAHMAD, Black Collar Biz, NAMEBRAND (featuring Sonic Assad and Rell Gambino) and more. The full list of performers can be found at the event’s website.
The Vicious Styles Crew, based out of Trenton, coordinates the event and is hosting a pre-party show called Cantankerous, which according to the release, is being sponsored by Momentum Art Tech. That event begins at 6 p.m. on Friday August 8 and runs until 10 p.m. at the Terracycle office.
The Jersey Fresh Jam, which is free to the public, begins on Saturday August 9 at noon and runs until 6 p.m. at 121 New York Avenue.
For more information regarding Cantankerous or the Jersey Fresh Jam go to:
jerseyfreshjam.comor the
Jam’s Facebook page
