[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The lovable Peanuts Gang become the newest kids on the blocks today when the American leg of The Peanuts Global Arts Collective Tour officially unwraps its graffiti-esque art murals on the streets of New York City. The groundbreaking worldwide, public art initiative is designed to bring communities together through the universal themes ingrained in Peanuts — including hope, resilience, unrequited love — and more. Seven hand-picked renowned contemporary artists will display their larger than life artistic interpretations of the beloved Peanuts gang on the streets of New York, Paris, Seoul, San Francisco, Berlin, Tokyo and Mexico City.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5806″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://sociallysparkednews.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5963-1.jpg”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first piece from the global peanuts art collective was unwrapped Saturday on the facade of the Citizen Hotel in Paris by US artist Nina Chanel Abney. The other artists involved in the art collective include the American artist Kenny Scharf; Japan’s Tomokazu Matsuyama; the duo FriendsWithYou (Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III); and the collective AVAF.

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Not to worry Peanuts fans. Peanuts Worldwide has exceptionally allowed the seven chosen street artists for the Peanuts Global Artist Collective to redraw the beloved characters from the legendary philosophical strip.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PEANUTS GANG ON THE STREETS OF NYC” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_column_text]The Peanuts Global Artist Collective’s New York launch is presented by Peanuts Worldwide in collaboration with the Children’s Museum of the Arts and the Hudson Square Connection and has the enthusiastic blessing of the Schulz family.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5812″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://sociallysparkednews.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5972-2.jpg”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5813″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://sociallysparkednews.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5973.jpg”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The unwrapping of public art murals in New York begins April 16th on the streets of Hudson Square leading to The Children’s Museum of the Arts. A user-friendly map of the walking tour can be found on the museum website at www.cmany.org.

The Tour will next move on to a special installation at the Snoopy Museum in Tokyo, with Seoul, Berlin, Mexico City and San Francisco to follow. Plans are for additional public art displays in the Fall of this year.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”HAPPINESS IS CHARLIE BROWN & THE PEANUTS GANG” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At its peak, The Peanuts comic strip was featured in 2,600 newspapers, touching the lives of millions around the world. Creator, Charles M. Schulz, his characters and the emotional stories he told have influenced countless authors, filmmakers, songwriters, painters, and sculptors throughout the years. Among those are the seven artists who comprise the Peanuts Global Artists Collective.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5747″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang have Socially Sparked® our lives in countless ways. Happiness is seeing these beloved characters on every neighborhood block in the near future. — Abbe is Socially Sparked! Tweet @sosparkednews & @asparks01

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