November 12, 2025 | 6—7:3pm
Join artist Steve Marcus to learn more about his newest exhibition, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art. Marcus will share about the inspiration behind his pop art practice and his unique approach to illustrating Jewish life.
About the Artist
- Based out of NYC’s Lower East Side, Steve Marcus has received honors and awards from the American Society of Illustrators and was recognized as one of the 500 most influential outsiders in The United States by Future 500, as well as one of the most culturally influential residents in “Jews, The People’s History of the Lower East Side.” He has several works in the permanent collection of the Oakland Museum of California and private collections of art lovers in the United States and abroad. He’s shown multiple times in Miami at Art Basel and collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Richard Stratton, Sid Kaplan and Miguel Pinero’s Estate. In 2016 and 2017, he created a series of fine art prints based on a rare and obscure responsa between the great American Novelist, Norman Mailer and The New York Times Best Selling Author and philosopher, Martin Buber with the Mailer Estate. In 2018 he created a large body of work for a solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Florida in Spring of 2019. He co-wrote & hand drew art for the mockumentary “The After Party, The Last Party 3” in 2011 which was an officially selected to be shown in 11 international film festivals, winning 4 of them, and his animated short film, “Three Thug Mice”, now a street legend classic, (2008-2009) captured a global underground audience of millions which featured voice overs by over 80 cult celebrities and was an officially selected to be shown in 12 international film festivals winning 7 of those festivals in diverse categories. He created art for High Times Magazine and the infamous Cannabis Cup, MTV, The Cartoon Network, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nickelodeon, Ecko Unlimited, Noggin, The New York Times, Esquire, Art Forum, Time Out, Random House, Conde Nast Publications and the world-renowned Fillmore in San Francisco. Learn more at smarcus.com.