Meet Joey Skaggs

Artist, activist, educator, and notorious media prankster. This site covers Joey Skaggs’ conceptual media performance work and other endeavors.

From the Vault: Vietnamese Christmas Nativity Burning, 1968

"Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head..." and then... [...]

Traveling into or out of the United States (and want to be able to travel without the fear of deportation)? [...]

Thanksgiving Dinner 44 years ago. Joey Skaggs, with the help of friends, students from the School of Visual Arts, and [...]

Dime for a shine? Fuhgeddaboudit! In 1979, Joey Skaggs, SVA students and friends, make a statement about runaway inflation by [...]

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