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Interview: Mohamed L’ghacham

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Interview with Sebas Velasco

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Honest And Candid Interview With Dulk

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Detroit based artist Pat Perry recently completed a mural titled “City Of Poets” and  workshops with kids from both Syrian refugee and Kurdish communities in Sulaymaniyah, a city in the Kurdish part of Iraq. This project was implemented by Samantha Robison of aptART in collaboration with UNHCR. Since this was Pat’s first trip to the Middle East, I was curious …

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Paola Delfin is an artist born in Mexico City, and is mainly influenced by illustrations, organic forms and a mixture of unusual materials. The topic she endeavors to explore relates to beauty and feminine sensibility. Through these female characteristics Delfin is able to depict a vast range of incredible changes and contrasts where she attempts …

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Doug Gillen is the man behind Fifth Wall TV, a London based production channel, and digital platform that investigates all aspects of graffiti and street art. Originally from Scotland, Doug moved to London 10 years ago where he experimented with various different broadcasting projects in radio, as well as television. However, it didn’t quite fit until he …

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Martyn Reed is a British artist, writer, curator & exhibition organizer based in Stavanger Norway. He is the founder and artistic director of the Nuart Festivals. Much of Reed’s work and the platforms he creates are collaborative events that revolve around promoting art as part of everyday life using counter cultural strategies, values and thinking. …

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Would you rather go to see the work of internationally famous anonymous artist Banksy or work of local artists? The best answer is two-in-one. Writing On The Walls: Visual Literacy Through Street Art Culture exhibition is on view in the Jax Makerspace Gallery at the Jacksonville Main Library from Feb. 14 – April 14. The group show …

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Zippo and Ben Eine, the world-acclaimed typography street artist, have unveiled a massive 188,368 square foot mural of the word “CREATE” – to celebrate the release of a limited-edition windproof lighter. The mural is located on the ground of an industrial compound in East London, where for over two and a half weeks a team …

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Nicolás Sánchez AlfAlfA (born in Mérida, Venezuela, 1983) is a muralist that specializes in large size paintings and draftsman. He became interested in art at an early age, and later studied Plastic Arts at the University of Caracas. He also attended the National School of Fine Arts in Montevideo. However since 2008, he has focused on urban-street art, painting murals of different sizes. His …

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Kevin Ledo – November 15th, 1978 – lives and works in Montreal, Canada. Ledo finished his studies of Illustration and Design at Dawson College in 1999, and since then his artistic practice has crossed back and forth through the boundaries of mural, street art, fine art, and art installation, focusing on the human form interlaced …

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In a time where borders and walls seemed to burst onto the global agenda in the context of halting spontaneous movement of refugees and migrants escaping violence and persecution, a very small group of artists and activists, led by Samantha Robison, decided to travel to some of the affected areas and instill hope to the youth who …

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Well-executed public art can add vibrancy to a neighborhood. Especially from an artist like WD (Wild Drawing), renowned for his ambitious 3D designs on large-scale walls. Recently he applied his highly unique style to paint ‘Helixotherapy,’ a stunning mural for the Rotterdam Street-Art Museum.   WD’s conceives his ideas by interacting with the spot where …

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The Dutch have a saying “He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” Anastasiya Fomchyna, an international lawyer, started on a journey from her hometown in Minsk, Belarus that brought her all over the world to learn more about human rights and refugee protection while working in the …

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Iryna Kanishcheva was born and raised in Ukraine where she had a successful career working in the pharmaceutical sector. She completely changed her focus when she moved to the USA in 2013. Iryna founded and curated the first urban art project in North Florida, 352walls, and was awarded the 2015 “Public Art Award”. IN 2016 she co-founded and …

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