Street Art and Graffiti
When not working, I research and document street art and graffiti. I’ll research a city in advance, make a grid, and then with a map and a cell phone, I walk around the city, take pictures of the urban scene, and then research artists, art collectives, and who is writing or painting within a city. So far, I’ve traveled to >30 cities around the world, amassed >10,000 photos, and love exploring, meeting artists, and researching. A percentage of each consulting project revenue is allocated to support public art projects and artists.
Street Art - Avondale, Arizona
Historic Avondale Arizona is a city of approximately 76,000 people west of Phoenix. It is also a city daring to imagine itself as an arts district. I was pleasantly intrigued when I heard about Avondale's intentionality with regard to public art specifically street art and murals. Read more.
Street Art - Baltimore, Maryland: A Sampling
Roughly three hours - this is the time I had to explore Baltimore - not nearly enough time in a city with such a rich heritage and many things to do. Maddeningly insufficient when I realized Baltimore's focus on street art murals via the Baltimore Mural Project which has added over 250 murals in the city since 1975 and the Baltimore Open Walls project organized by Gaia, a Baltimore based street artist. Read more.
Street Art - Barcelona Street Style Tour
In my mind, any location deserves a deeper look with regard to the built environment and street art or graffiti found visible to the public. So when I learned that the International Leadership Association (ILA) was holding their annual conference in Barcelona, I was ecstatic for Barcelona is recognized internationally as a vibrant, creative, abundant street art scene. Read more.
Street Art - Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is an incredible city for street art where practically every metal gate covering a storefront has characters, lettering, stencils, or pasteups. It was visually one of the coolest places to explore because you had to constantly be looking - up, down, side to side. I've posted pictures and some notes about a street art tour done with Barcelona Street Style Tour. These are but a sampling of images I saw in the day and half I had to explore. Read more.
Street Art & Graffiti - Berlin, Germany
Berlin is a city that holds a great deal of fascination. I remember the rhetoric of East/West, cold war, and communism. Our school held drills to gauge our readiness to respond to a cold war initiated attack. Movies often depicted Berlin as as dark, grey place and the Wall as a symbol of division, deprivation, and oppression. Berlin - post fall of the wall has an international reputation for street art and graffiti. The photos included here were taken in May 2014... Read more.
StreetArt & Graffiti The Berlin Wall and the East Side Gallery Berlin
Visiting the East Side Gallery in Berlin was a highlight of our trip. The East Side Gallery is located at the Muhlenstrasse in Frederickshain - many of the photos included in my blog post #StreetArt & #Graffiti #Berlin were taken in this area. The East Side Gallery is free and public open at all times. From August 1961 to November 09, 1989 - the Berlin Wall enclosed West Berlin cutting through the city. Throughout the city, there are markers indicating where the wall stood. Read more.
Street Art - Richmond, Virginia
Street Art as an expressive form is experiencing an international zeitgeist in urban settings with cities like Richmond, Virginia intentionally inviting internationally recognized street artists to paint public murals throughout the city. Read more.
Street Art - Tolleson, Arizona
Tolleson is a city of approximately 6500 people located 10 miles west of Phoenix. Tolleson's Integration Mural symbolizes a judge's ordering of the end to the segregation of Mexican-American students in the town of Tolleson. Read more.