Dozens of artists and scores of folks — all of diverse backgrounds — came together Saturday to celebrate year three of The Welling Court Mural Project, organized by Ad Hoc Art. Here are some scenes from the day:
Photos by Tara Murray
ParisFreeWalls is a mural program in Paris that have organized 11 walls since last November, including contributions from some of my favorite artists. It’s being curated by MSAGallery. Here are a few of the highlights from the program so far.
Photos courtesy of ParisFreeWalls
Thanks to Target for introducing me to the work of Pantónio, who has been getting up in the city of Porto in Portugal. Here are a few of Target’s photos, and you can find many more on his blog.
Photos by Target
Organized by Ad Hoc Art, The Welling Court Mural Project is once again bringing some of the finest artists anywhere to Astoria, Queens to grace the walls of the Welling Court community. The event opened officially today at noon, coinciding with Welling Court’s annual block party, but a number of artists have already had begun making their mark earlier this week. These images were captured yesterday:
Images from opening day to follow.
Photos by Dani Mozeson
After months of work, Olive47 has finished this large mural which wraps around an entire block of buildings. It’s in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood of Atlanta.
Photos by Jon Kownacki
It’s time to talk about what other people have been talking about:
Photo by GoddoG
We returned to Bushwick yesterday to find the streets teeming with even more intriguing characters and creatures.
Photos by Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky
Chelsea Davison is a copywriter in New York City who recently came up with a great new way to play the classic game Truth or Dare. She made a series of 300 cards, each with an option for a “truth” and an option for a “dare” on them, and distributed the cards in Washington Square Park. Some of happened next is shown in this video:
Via AnimalNY
Photo by Chelsea Davison
Half the can I used to be. And a day late, but that’s RJ’s fault.
Photos by From Around The Wizzle, Heavy Artillery, Herbalizer, HowAboutNo!, Morac19, Sokem, Spam Crew, and Wojofoto
While in town for his fantastic solo show, Jaz spent a bit of time putting up a mural in Barcelona (not an easy thing to do legally due to some mural regulations about as screwed up as what LA has, except the laws in Barcelona are actually enforced).
Photos courtesy of Suben
