Guest Speaker
Decade of Fire, Documentary Screening
April 22, 2026
Peeler Art Center, Auditorium
DePauw University
Greencastle IN

Guest Speaker
Poetic Reflection, Retrospective Artist Talk
February 17, 2026
Peeler Art Center, Auditorium
DePauw University
Greencastle IN

Guest Speaker
Hip Hop Culture & History
April 18, 2024
Jordan College of the Arts
Butler University
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
Hip Hop 50
April 9, 2024
Peeler Art Center, Auditorium
DePauw University
Greencastle IN

Co-founder, Curator, Publisher
Offerta
Autumn 2021–Summer 2022
Print and online

Guest Scholar, Historian
WQRT Radio
Good Vibrations 24: The Roots of Hip Hop
August 5 & 19, 2020
Listen Hear
Indianapolis IN

Book Release
Fragments: A Visual Essay by Samuel E Vázquez
Spring 2020
New York NY

Book Release
Incisive: The Life and Art of Samuel E Vázquez
November 2019
New York NY
Read the Foreword (PDF)

Guest Speaker
Indiana Arts Homecoming Conference
October 24, 2019
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis IN

Director, Curator
NVP Contemporary Art Project
August–November 2019
Dumbo • Brooklyn NY

Guest Panelist
Courageous Conversations: Felrath Hines Edition
June 27, 2019
Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis IN

Featured Artist
The Art of Creative Renewal
Documentary
Premiering: May 2019
PBS

Featured Artist
Pattern: The Art Issue, Release Party
Autumn 2018
The Stutz
Indianapolis IN

Honoree
Cultural Contributions
February 2018
Center for Black Literature & Culture
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
Fresh Dressed, Documentary Screening
November 3, 2017
The Toby • Newfields
Indianapolis IN

Guest Panelist
City as Canvas, Artists in Conversation
October 7, 2017
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Newfields
Indianapolis IN

Fellow
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship
Focus: New York City 1970s & 80s
2017–2018
Arts Council of Indianapolis
Indianapolis IN

Scholar in Residence
Cultural Ecologies
Focus: New York City 1970s & 80s
2017–2019
Arts and Humanities Institute—Indiana University
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
TILT: An Arts & Humanities Mixer
A National Humanities Month Event
October 11, 2016
Gallery 924
Arts Council of Indianapolis
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
From Subways to Museum Walls
October 2, 2014
Atrium Amphitheater
New York City College of Technology—CUNY
Brooklyn NY

Guest Panelist
Wrinkles of the City: La Havana, Documentary Screening
April 14, 2014
Clowes Auditorium
Indianapolis Public Library, Central
Indianapolis IN

Concept Developer & Collaborator
Write of Passage: Piece Out / The Burning of Kingston, Live Vintage Subway Painting
October 2013 & 2014
Trolley Museum of New York
Kingston NY

Guest Speaker
Clowes Conversations: The Art & History of Tagging
September 17, 2013
Krannert Room
Clowes Memorial Hall
Butler Arts Center
Indianapolis IN

Featured Artist
Final Friday: Ai Weiwei Edition
June 28, 2013
Sutphin Mall
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Newfields
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
New York City Subway Painting 1980s
June 2013
Herron High School
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
Style Wars, Documentary Screening
May 31, 2013
The Toby • Newfields
Indianapolis IN

Guest Speaker
New York City in the 1980s
January 2012
Cuyahoga Community College (TriC)
Cleveland OH

Co-organizer, Curator
In An Expression of the Inexpressible
August 7–27, 2009
Dean Johnson Gallery
Indianapolis IN

Co-organizer, Featured Artist
ADGA: 10th Annual Alumni Exhibition
April 3–25, 2003
Grace Gallery
New York City College of Technology—CUNY
Brooklyn NY

Commissioned Artist
EATWoT World Conference
December 10–17, 1996
Tagaytay City Philippines

Honoree
ADC Visual Communicator Award
Spring 1991
Art Directors Club of New York
New York NY

Featured Artist
UW/TWA Showcase Wall
Spring 1991
Graffiti Hall of Fame
New York NY

Style Writer
1983–1991
Subways, walls, and surfaces
New York City