Milk Made

In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, editors Kathleen Tso and Vicki Ho of Banana Magazine are taking over Milk with eight different features, highlighting some of their community’s best and brightest creatives. Next up? Artist Greg Foley. Greg Foley is a half Filipino and half Irish-American artist, author, and designer—his portfolio includes an impressive scope from Grammy-nominated album covers to children’s books (he does it all).

“My mom has always been my primary role model,” Allie Hanlon, the founder and front woman of LA-based punk outfit Peach Kelli Pop, says. “I’m influenced by her strength and utilitarianism but also have a natural inclination to extreme femininity.” Since their incarnation in 2009, Peach Kelli Pop has become a cult favorite, fueled by femininity and rainbow-colored daydreams lined in badassery and 80s and 90s post-punk. And this vibe isn’t just present in their music, but in their style as well.

If Hollywood directors were looking for someone to portray a graffiti artist — think dark, brooding and probably hooded — then Federico Chiozzi most certainly wouldn’t be cast. Clean cut and soft spoken, with an easy laugh, he chats as comfortably about his next-day plans for alpine skiing as he does the historical significance behind the graffiti movement.