We Are All Immigrants
In May, over two dozen mural projects took place in South Central, Los Angeles transforming the campus of the Maya Angelou Community High School into an artistic hub. Organized by Branded Arts, an LA-based company that brings public art to community-based settings, local and international artists such as Shepard Fairey, Faith XLVII, and Add Fuel …
Mural By Artez for Urban Vision Festival in Acquapendente, Italy
At the beginning of July, as summer crescendoed into its critical mass of long days bursting with life, residents, visitors, and artists in Acquapendente, Italy gathered for the fourth edition of UV Collective’s Urban Vision Festival. The event, hosted in this agriculturally-minded city situated in the northern region of Viterbo, has hosted an esteemed roster …
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 …
A Phalanx of Angels Ascends over Downtown Las Vegas
Native Las Vegas artist and photographer James Stanford has designed a monumental site-specific mural to commemorate the iconic Blue Angel statue that watched over Downtown Las Vegas for 61 years from its mid-century perch at the Blue Angel Motel. About The Mural The art installation A Phalanx of Angels Ascending was commissioned by Alison Chambers, …
Mr. Dheo & Pariz One paint A Twin Mural in Porto On Racism And Xenophobia
The portuguesse artists Mr. Dheo and Pariz One recently collaborated in Porto, Portugal to create two massive murals split between the two building facades of the student residence, Livensa Living Porto Campus of Temprano Capital Partners. The mural, done with a spray technique, aims to trigger awareness towards two social problems: racism and xenophobia. About …
Brand New, You’re Retro: NUART FESTIVAL Line Up 2019
As Nuart Festival kicks off its 19th edition, they once again bring a host of international artists to the city of Stavanger to help us make sense of the world we inhabit and how we can better navigate it. Through the creation of public artworks, Nuart aims to challenge existing narratives, generate new ideas, and …
‘Garbage Whale’ by Murmure Street at the V-Rox Festival in Vladivostok, Russia
In July French Duo, Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche Aka Murmure Street completed their first of a series of murals called “Garb(age)” in Vladivostok (Russia). Titled “Garbage Whale“, the mural was curated by the cultural festival V-Rox. After studying at the Beaux-Arts, Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche have been transforming public spaces since 2010, and work under the …
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 …
Street-Art Duo PichiAvo Unveil A Mural in Barcelona
Organized by the cultural entity Rebobinart Association on behalf of the real estate development company Temprano Capital Partners, the Spanish street-art duo PichiAvo were recently invited to Barcelona to create their first large-scale mural in the city. For students that reside at the Livensa Living Diagonal Alto in Esplugues de Llobregat, a building designed by …
Kindness Through Greenery: Street Artists Icy & Sot Aid Asylum Seekers at Moira Refugee Camp
The story of refugees in the Greek islands has faded from headline news, yet the humanitarian crisis is far from over. The underlying factors that led to more than 1.8 million people to come to Europe since 2014 are still very much a reality, and unless the conditions in their home countries improve, people will …