1. swoon Caledonia Curry

2. Background Born in 1978 New London, Connecticut Raised in Daytona Beach, Florida Studied at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn 1998-2001 Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

3. Swoon is best known for her life size prints and figural paper cut outs which she has been wheat pasting to walls for the last ten years.

6. Artwork Her art collective toy shop was known for organizing massive street parties and demonstrations in NY Many of Her projects require months of preparation and huge numbers of collaborators to make them a reality.

7. Swoon- mural video Swoon

8. Swoon- speaking at MOMA Swoon

10. Most recent focus is on an armada of boats fashioned from scavenged junk and then launched by crews of craftsmen into the Mississippi, Hudson rivers, and the Adriatic Sea.

14. Classroom Assignment Students would be asked to think about a core value that they feel strongly about. Pick out figures and images that they feel represent this value. Create an artwork that exemplifies these values using a paper cut out technique like that of Caledonia and create a large collaborative class mural for the final product.

15. GO See SWOON Exhibit at MOCA- Geffen Contemporary ART IN THE STREETS 4.17.11 - 8.8.11 Exhibit traces street art from the 1970s to the global movement it is today concentrating on key cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Sao Paulo. Shows different types of media as well as different genres of street art.