La Entrada Project murals

are now finished and their videos are online.

Wall2:
http://www.vimeo.com/4649797

Wall3:
http://www.vimeo.com/4649818

La Entrada Project

Google Maps but With Graffiti | NBC Washington

Bay Area company lets you virtually tag the city
Google Maps but With Graffiti | NBC Washington
By SAJID FAROOQ / NBC Washington / Around Town



earthmine

United Kingdom “Street Art” View

United Kingdom “Street Art” View
on Arrested Motion Blog

Banksy, Blue, Conor Harrington, Eine, JR, Obey, Shepard Fairey, Street Art, Toaster

Of Bricks and Beauty: Murals feed the urban soul - washingtonpost.com

In today's Washington Post Magazine article, Deneen L. Brown writes a compelling story about the place and need for murals in our communities.

"Beauty always seems to fall on the lowest step of the staircase of needs. You tread on it to get to other things, such as food, shelter, safety, companionship."

The article includes mention and a photo of the Westminster Playground mural, Community which I completed in 2002 for DC Creates Public Art. Information was provided by historian Perry Frank who is working on a book about Washington murals. Read this lovely article with an online photo gallery to see a dozen of DC's landmark murals.
HERE: Of Bricks and Beauty: Murals feed the urban soul. By DeNeen L. Brown

"Standing on the side of Bohemian Caverns on U Street NW, looking at a pair of jazz greats painted against black bricks, it seems a mistake to ignore the beauty set generously before you."

"Murals have the same claim to your attention."

"In the mural overlooking a playground in Shaw, blight is transcended, the red houses are leaning, yet never falling; swaying in a frozen dance in a happy neighborhood where the sky is always blue."

Denver Museum Exhibits Allen True

Denver Museum Exhibits Allen True: "Denver Museum Exhibits Allen True

A three-part exhibition featuring the work of Colorado artist Allen Tupper True, presented by the Denver Art Museum’s Petrie Institute of Western American Art (DAM), the Denver Public Library’s Western History and Genealogy Department (DPL) and the Colorado History Museum (CHM), will open at all three venues on October 2, 2009.

Each venue will highlight a unique aspect of the renowned artist’s work, including illustrations, easel paintings and public murals that depict life in the American West during the early 20th century. The joint endeavor also includes a documentary on the artist and his life, produced by Colorado Public Television (Rocky Mountain PBS). Allen True’s West is organized by the DAM and will run Oct. 2, 2009, through March 28, 2010, in Denver, and will travel to eight additional museums in the western region."

www.denverartmuseum.org

Oneness-Family students unveil mural

Oneness-Family students unveil mural
Education Notebook | Bradford Pearson

It's not often that a school assignment gets sent halfway around the world. But a project by students at Chevy Chase's Oneness-Family School will soon be making a journey to Egypt.

On Friday, students at the school unveiled a mural they painted that will be sent to Egypt, where it will join thousands of other murals for the International Day of Peace in 2010.

The 12-foot long mural will be turned into a synthetic skin, added alongside thousands of other murals and displayed on a pyramid next to the Great Pyramids at Giza as part of the Art Miles Mural Project.