This Thursday November 16th Michelle Myles will be presenting a Bowery Tattoo History talk at Grace Church School, 46 Cooper Square. The talk is free but RSVP is required via email at Events4Bowery@gmail.com The talk is hosted by the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors.
Michelle will be discussing the tattoo history of the Bowery and it’s influence on modern tattooing.
We are always looking to expand our collection of tattoo artifacts. The Daredevil Tattoo Museum of Tattoo History is looking for tattoo flash, tattoo machines, and tattoo ephemera. We are especially focused on collecting anything to do with New York City tattoo history or the Bowery. We also love to hear stories about tattooing’s past. Was your relative a tattooer? Did you or one of your family members get tattooed before tattooing was legalized in NYC before 1997? We’d love to see pictures.
The museum is a registered 501c(3) non profit. Donations are appreciated and may qualify as charitable deductions for federal income tax purposes. Email us with any info DaredevilTattoo@gmail.com or call the shop 212-533-8303
This Wednesday July 22nd from 4-5pm, Michelle Myles will be presenting an online talk with the South Street Seaport Museum about the history of tattooing through the ages. Tickets are free but spots need to be reserved ahead of time. We’ll be discussing the evolution of tattooing from prehistoric mummies to the voyage of Captain Cook and American tattooing in the early 20th century. The Seaport Museum will showcase some digital artifacts from the Museum’s Alan Govenar and Kaleta Doolin Tattoo Collection.
Michelle and Lara will both be attending the Aachen Tattoo Convention in Germany this month September 20, 21, 22. Michelle will be giving seminars on New York City tattoo history Saturday 6:00 and Sunday 4:00. The seminars are free for convention attendees. Michelle and Lara have time available for tattoos, email the shop if you would like to book time. Aachen is the westernmost city in Germany near the border with Belgium and the Netherlands. This will be Michelle and Lara's first visit to the Aachen convention make sure to stop by and say hello if you’re there.
After Aachen Michelle and Lara will be meeting up with Diego to work at the 15th Annual London Tattoo Convention. Daredevil has participated every year of this convention and we look forward to another chance to see friends and be a part of such an amazing show. Email us if you would like to book time with any of our artists for these events.
When putting together the pieces of New York’s tattoo history, the Bowery is what anchors the story. The Bowery is New York City’s oldest thoroughfare and the city’s first entertainment district. In the early 20th century, tattoo artists lined the street, sometimes tucked in the backs of barber shops under the shadow of the elevated train. As the Bowery morphed from country lane to theater district to gangland to skid row, eventually making its way into its present gentrified state, tattooing came ashore in New York, brought by sailors, the first to visit the cultures that practiced the art. The Bowery was the scene for tattooing’s adaptation of the electric tattoo machine, with Bowery artists scoring the first patents for the earliest machines in the United States. Tattooing grew up with the Bowery from its rough-and-tumble roots into an art form that’s now an accepted and celebrated part of pop culture.
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