‘Marking George Town started off as a competition initiated by the Penang State Government to physically brand George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, an international competition was held aimed at exploring innovative ideas in art and design for public spaces in George Town.’ Cannon Hole A canon shot fired during the […]
Read More...When I travel I like to photograph examples of graffiti.Here a person is marking a blank white wall with spray paint…. …through stencils.Is this graffiti or art? I guess it is art because it is on the right hand wall leading up to this building in Toronto ON. A group of graffiti artists was commissioned to tag […]
Read More...I am attending the Surface Design Association conference in Minneapolis. After the Meet and Greet session the day was filled with gallery visits – too many to see all in one day so we had the difficult task of picking which ones we would go to.One of my favourites of the day was work by Ann Hall […]
Read More...Then Ron moved inside with the power washer. I got to use a power tool too – the Shop Vac. While Ron sprayed water I sucked it up along with black dirt, grit and 100 years worth of loose paint. See the suction head in the bottom i am trying to operate while taking a […]
Read More...While exploring the streets of Fredericton, we came across a group of legal graffiti artists decorating the side wall of a skate shop. The 1st 2 are local artists while the far 3 were commissioned from Montreal. Graffiti art is becoming mainstream.What will be next?
Read More...While walking through a park I came across another example of graffiti being used to speak out. North of this park there was a gas station for many years. When it was torn down it was found the underground tanks of fuel had been leaking through the soil into the neighbouring residential area. A big […]
Read More...More about the ACAD students’ graffiti stairwell where they go for decompression time. At the bottom of the stairwell you go through a heavy door and pop outside… . …to see this – another place for the students to decompress… and make art.
Read More...Here are some more views of the ACAD graffiti stairwell. I am fascinated by the place. The atmosphere is so palatable. It isn’t sinister, just loud/noisy. It feels like a place where the students let off steam. A place where they can say and do things to see what it feels like, without being committed […]
Read More...On the last day of our residency in The Banff Centre, we all drove back to Calgary in the morning. Ingrid & ReBecca weren’t flying home until the next day so once we had unpacked the cars, we walked over to the Alberta College of Art + Design campus. Fortunately we caught the Fibre Department’s […]
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