Last Thursday, Natan was invited to participate in a discussion of Massachusetts tattooing at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston. The forum coincided with the ICA’s exhibit of the work of famed Mexican tattooist, Dr. Lakra and touched upon the history, legalization, and changing social climate of tattooing in Boston and it’s outlying areas. [...]
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Audio Available from Natan’s ICA Lecture on Tattooing
By Micah | April 24th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | No Comments »Join us at the Institute of Contemporary Art, this Thurs., April 15th
By Micah | April 10th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | No Comments »On Pins & Needles: Tattooing in Massachusetts Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. Although tattooing was first introduced to Bostonians in the 1840s, it was just 10 years ago that a Massachusetts ban on tattooing (except by medical physicians) was deemed unconstitutional by a Suffolk Superior Court judge. Helping to overthrow this ban was Sarah [...]