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The American Dream By Jofre Oliveras
One’s relationship to the place where they live largely depends upon their privilege, stemming either from the environment they were born into or the circumstances affecting their life. Either way, the experience of any one place is different for every person inhabiting that place. Rankings like those provided by US News incorporate metrics considering cost …
Second Mural in Florida By MTO In Support Of The Yellow Vest Movement
France is consumed by a ferocious and sustained outpouring of social unrest. The tumultuous, intermittently violent protests of the so-called Yellow Vests Movement have shaken the country since they began in November 2018, intensifying in recent weeks. The Yellow Vests reverberate as a primal scream from working-class France at the tax-avoiding, wealth-hogging Parisian glitterati enabled by …
Horsepower: A Mural By Daas in Jacksonville, FL
They could be wild mustangs, the three rainbow splashed horses painted running in a mural done in Jacksonville, Florida, by Jacksonville native DAAS. Though Florida is not considered part of the country’s Wild West States, the horses exude that vision of powerfully moving freedom that constitutes ideas of the Western United States. The Florida owned …
“Eikosi” By Etnik In Jacksonville, Florida
The St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida flows in close proximity to a very spacious white building that houses Bever Steet Fisheries. The mural that decorates the facade of this building is of a most intriguing design. Titled “Eikosi” by internationally renowned artist Etnik of Turin, Italy, its focus on Plato’s sacred geometry and the …
Highlights From The 2018 Shine Mural Festival In St. Petersburg, Florida
Using the power of public art that inspires dialogue and unites the community, 37 artists from around the world were selected by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance to participate in the fourth annual Shine Mural Festival, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The festival, which added more than a dozen new murals to empty walls featured six …
Return to the Sea by Nomad Clan in St. Petersburg, FL
In early October, the annual SHINE Mural Festival took place in St. Petersburg, Florida. Now in its 4th edition, the event invites artists from all over the world to paint murals and add to the growing public art around the downtown area. This years’ edition brought over the U.K. duo Nomad Clan, to paint a …
New Anamorphic Mural by Peeta Arrives in Downtown Gainesville
A new project organized by Iryna Kanishcheva, former curator of Art United Us, one of the biggest mural projects in the world that took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the founder of the first Urban arts program in North Florida, 352walls, celebrated her newest business endeavor, the independent urban art agency GNV URBAN ART LLC …
Evoca1 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
HOY- Villa Francisca is an urban art and community festival, initiated by Modafoca. Its goal is to transform the Villa Francisca neighborhood with art, highlighting cultural and social values within this area of the Dominican Republic’s capital. In its second year, Dominican born, Miami based artist Evoca1 was invited along with other local artists to leave …
Axel Void & L.E.O. in St.Petersbourg, FL
“Harmony” is the title of the stunning mural Axel Void and L.E.O. painted in St. Petersburg (Florida) for the third edition of the SHINE festival which took place in October 2017. The concept of this wall is an attempt to understand human behavior and its relationship to power. About The Mural This mural is based on …
SHINE 2017, St. Petersburg, FL
Represented by numerous of independent galleries and museums devoted to such big artists as surrealist Salvador Dalí and glass artist Dale Chihuly, rank St. Petersburg, FL as one of the most attractive art destinations. Museum on the streets where everybody can see work of Internationally accomplished artists for free, SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival, even …
Interview With Iryna Kanishcheva
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 …
Rachel Sommer paint a mural for Grove St. Neighborhood
American artist Rachel Sommer just finished her last piece in Gainesville, Florida, for the Grove Street Neighborhood. About The Mural “Shadow” is the title of the last piece realized by the artist Rachel Sommer. The mural depicts a dancer with a cage as a head surrounded by two birds flying around. The meaning of this …