Art, Beats + Lyrics: Urban Art & Music Tour Makes A Stop In St. Louis

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Friday was a night of urban style at the Art, Beats + Lyrics tour's stop at St. Louis' Moto Museum. The event drew a crowd of more than 200 people checking out art, music, and dance inspired by past and present themes in urban culture. There were live performances from bands and DJs, artists from across the country had work on display, and break dancers from around the city laying it down on the dance floor.

The fusion of music and visual art made for a big impact and high energy evening. Performances and artistic displays were staged throughout the museum's rooms of vintage motorcycles. St. Louis musicians and artists were featured at the event's fourth stop in our city, which already hit Charlotte, Atlanta, and Jackson and will be making its way to Birmingham and Baltimore. Among the local artists on display were C'Babi Bayoc whose cartoon like artwork has caught the eye of several local corporations, Peat Wollaeger whose progressive guerrilla style can also be seen at Mad Art Gallery, Justin Tolentino who is also a part of a sneaker art tour making it's rounds through the country, and artist Jovan Hansman who was featured during this year's Loop In Motion festival.

A dance floor, DJ booth, and live performance stage took over the back room of the museum. While break dancers from Wash U and local neighborhoods took over the dance floor, local musicians such as DJ Needles kept the dance floor packed. To see some break dancers, check out the Video tab.

To see pictures from the event, check out the Gallery tab.

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