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((WE WON)) SOLEcial Studies in partnership with The Hopenclass are WINNERS of a 2024 Anthem Award. Having beat out 2000 other submissions from 44 different countries.

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Check out this fantastic interview with my friends at D5 Magazine. Thank you D5 Magazine!!

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Check out my ode to the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop and to sneaker culture in the December 2023 issue of Footwear Plus!

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((NEW EXHIBITION ALERT)) Thank you to PIX11 and Monica Morales for the amazing interview and spotlight on OSD's newest exhibition with Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey titled "From The Feet Up: 50 Years of Beats & Sneaks" a celebration of sneakers and music that literally defined a generation. On view until June 15th, 2023. Stay tuned for more programming and activations being scheduled around this residency by heading over to https://lnkd.in/eV5Tr5hN

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https://www.northjersey.com/videos/entertainment/arts/2023/04/26/hip-hop-history/11743569002/

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((WORLD PREMIERE)) KICKS, KIDS & COPS (2022) 

 A documentary short produced by Sean Williams of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder/SOLEcial Studies which captures OG sneaker lover, police officer Zoe Strunkey 's NYPD Sneaker SOLEcial exhibition and community town hall style discussion. THE GOAL..use sneakers to bridge the gap and foster a better relationship between officers and the youth they interact with in Brooklyn communities. The result..well, you'll have to watch find out. 

 Special shout to DJ Ryno for providing the soundtrack for the day! 

 Filmed and edited by Baba Khid! 

#osdlive #NYPD #solecialstudies #kickstories #peopleoversneakers #Brooklyn #walkgood #weareverypair

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Opening Day of Snapshot /The Red Alert Experience Exhibitions At The NY Port Authority Bus Terminal for Black History Month! A great day for Hip-Hop Culture and New York City.

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Check out this CBS NY preview of my new exhibition at the PABT Honoring Kool DJ Red Alert co-curated with my dude Koe Rodriguez! Yeeeeaaaaaaahhhh!

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((Click below Picture for the full feature)) Check Out This Great Footwear Plus Retrospective Article About the Famed Puma Suede. Some Great Contributors to this one!

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Philly based Traum Diggs of “The People Vs. The Anti People” talks in-depth with Sean Williams (OSD) and Koe Rodriguez (ATW) about their motivation behind creating the historic “From The Feet Up: Sneakers, Hip-Hop & New York City” exhibition at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City!!

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Catch a couple of familiar faces in the BBC Documentary “Killer Kicks” produced by Lynnie aka “ElleSneaks”. 

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SOLE Searching x From The Feet Up. Exclusive Tour of the exhibition at the Port Authority Bus Terminal (New York City) in the Fall of 2019.

Soleful Mike and the team at the Sole Searching Podcast stop by for a tour and on site interview with Sean “Paper Chasr” Williams to get the low down on the historic “From The Feet Up: Sneakers, Hip-Hop & New York City” exhibition at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Times Square Manhattan.

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A  historic day at the Port Authority Bus Terminal! Here’s a preview of the Opening of “From The Feet Up: Sneakers, Hip-Hop, and New York City”.  Filmed and Directed by Dee Wells of OSD / SOLEcial Studies.

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NBC’s Today Show at “The Rise of Sneaker Culture” Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Original Air Date: 7/19/2015.