Opening Lines: Connecting 2 Groups Of 5th Graders Living 7000 Miles Apart
One Blue Sky, a new educational project launched by Laura Rodgers of The Good Works Foundation, has officially completed its first endeavor, titled “Opening Lines” with the help of Michigan-based street artist Pat Perry and Samantha Robinson of aptART. As we reported in May, a statement from the One Blue Sky staff explains that “through the …
Above the Clouds By Artez in Belgrade, Serbia
I do a lot of writing at Hotel Indigo on New York’s Lower East Side. The snacks are too expensive to even consider purchasing, but there’s free strawberry lemonade and the air that streams through the vents smells purposely perfumed. One night, walking home from an especially harrowing battle with a blank page, I turned …
Recap Of The Second Edition of Underground Mural Project at Ink Block
July marks the completion of the second iteration of the Underground Mural Project at Ink Block in Boston’s South End. The event was curated by Street Theory, an entity powered by Boston-based development firm National Development. A recap issued by the organization calls Ink Block “Boston’s only outdoor street art gallery.” The project’s website explains …
Conflicting Forces Within A Rapidly Changing Lynn
In January 2019, we ran an article highlighting the role that street art can play in aiding the nefarious forces of gentrification, oftentimes set into action by greedy corporate land developers. We told this story specifically through a lens focused on the role that the new Beyond Walls mural festival has played in a rapidly transforming …
Kirk Gallery Unveils A Stunning Mural By Fintan Magee in Aalborg
After nearly two weeks of painting, Australian street artist Fintan Magee completed his powerful new mural titled “Structure” for the fifth edition of Out in the Open festival, hosted in Aalborg, Denmark by KIRK Gallery. The festival’s lineup, we reported on in April 2019, featured seven artists from five different countries all over the world. …
Come Back Daily Live Mural Painting Event & 18 x 24 Street Art Group Show
Monday, July 1st will mark the closing of the 18 x 24 Street Art Group Show at Come Back Daily, an “experiential cannabidiol (CBD) hub” located in Manhattan’s East Village, according to a press release by the startup company. The show, curated by Harlem-native Savior El Mundo, showcases an impressive lineup of renowned NYC artists working in different …
2 Murals By Nevercrew Depicting The Entangled Forces Of Human Society And Nature
Nevercrew, the street art duo hailing from Switzerland, has acquired notoriety thanks to their passion for artfully depicting the entangled forces of human society and nature. This month, they completed two large scale works in Europe that directly communicate this consistent theme in a perpetually evolving fashion. Celsius The pair harnessed the power of innovation …
An Awareness Concept Piece by Ernest Zacharevic In Turin
Ernest Zacharevic, also known as ZACH, recently joined the ranks of artists enlisted to create murals in Turin, Italy as a contribution for the city’s ‘Toward 2030’ in initiative. A press release for the artist’s latest work explains that this initiative is “an awareness concept referencing the United Nations’ seventeen sustainable development goals.” The project …
Pejac Spends 11 Days Inside El Dueso Spain’s Oldest Prison
Street art takes its creators to unpredictable places: skyscrapers’ facades, abandoned power plants, foreign nations, or any combination of the aforementioned. It can even take one to jail if they paint without permission. In his quest “to continue the conveying of his extraordinary views and art in the most peculiar places” Barcelona-based street artist PEJAC …
A Massive Mural by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada On Child Labor in NYC
New York City is an uncontested center of art world at large, including street art in particular. However, the city’s bustling center, populated by its most iconic skyscrapers and monuments, is somewhat bereft of murals. Midtown and the neighborhoods bordering its North are so heavily trafficked, so infused with the money flowing throughout them on a daily basis, …
One Blue Sky: An Art Intervention That Aims To Instill Within Children A Shared Humanity
Later this month, the end of May will not only usher in the summer season, but also the beginning of a new educational art endeavor brought to fruition with help from Samantha Robison, founder and director of aptART. One Blue Sky is a new project by Laura Rodgers, Director of The Good Works Foundation. The …
Documentary/Book Review: Sky’s The Limit.
“Murals, or cave or rock art, are as old as mankind itself,” begins Jérôme Thomas, in the introduction to his new book Sky’s The Limit. The sumptuously printed, handover compilation accompanies its author’s recent film documenting the tremendous undertakings of street artists in their quest to create large-scale murals. Thomas is a well-equipped authority on …