Launched by Street Theory — a creative agency founded by Victor “MARKA27” Quinonez and Liza Quinonez in 2020 as a response to police brutality — Murals for the Movement is intent on rebuilding communities with “uplifting large-scale murals and public art by Black artists and artists of color.”
Under the curatorial direction of Street Theory, several large, inspiring public artworks by Marka27, Cey Adams and Sophia Dawson recently surfaced in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The image featured above is one segment of a huge, boldly colored neoindigenous mural celebrating “the African Diaspora and contemporary Afro Futurism” painted by the multidisciplinary international artist MARKA27.
A close-up from another segment of Marka27‘s huge mural, “Back to the Essence,” 195 Gold St
NYC’s legendary Cey Adams brings a message of LOVE to Prospect + Adams St. with two murals
And directly facing it–
Brooklyn-based, socially conscious visual artist Sophia Dawson, “Standing in the Gap,” Front St. between Pearl St. & Adams St.
Close-up
This project was funded by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and DUMBO Improvement District utilizing NYCDOT property. The murals will remain on display through spring, 2022.
Photos: Lois Stavsky
The first BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival, an all Black-produced event, took place from July 24th through the 31st in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded by Sydney G. James of Detroit, Thomas “Detour” Evans of Denver and Max Sansing of Chicago in response to their past experiences of participating in mural festivals where there had been a lack of racial diversity among the participating artists and too many expenses incurred by the artists themselves.
Each of the artists participating in the inaugural BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival was provided with a fee for painting, as well as free lodging, meals and transportation. In addition to live mural painting, the inaugural festival hosted artist talks, panel discussions and pop-up exhibitions.
The image featured above was fashioned by Detroit-bred and based visual artist Sydney G. James. Several more murals that surfaced last month at the BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival — all captured by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad — follow:
Nepali artist Sneha Shrestha aka IMAGINE
Chicago-based Max Sansing and Roxbury, Boston native Rob Gibbs aka Problak
West Coast born and bred Jamaican-American artist “JUST” Giovannie
Bay Area based artist and singer Zoë Boston
Mexican artist Victor “MARKA27” Quinonez at work
West Coast-based, self-taught artist Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith aka Wolfe Pack
Photos: Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad
This past Saturday, September 9th, Boston’s new urban playground, Underground at Ink Block, officially opened to the pubic. Earlier in the week, eleven acclaimed artists — both local and national — converged on this distinct space, located under the highway between the city’s South Boston and South End neighborhoods. By week’s end, 100,000 square feet of walls were transformed into a visual wonderland. The mural pictured above was painted by Miami-based Hoxxoh. What follows are several more images of artworks — some captured in progress — that have made their way onto Underground at Ink Block.
Marka 27, Don Rimx & Problak
The legendary NYC-based Cey Adams at work
Los Angeles-based Vyal Reyes aka Vyal One
Boston-based Percy Forting-Wright
Boston-based Sneha Shrestha aka Imagine
Los Angeles-based Pen Taylor aka Upendo
Curated by Street Theory Gallery, The Underground Mural Project is powered by Reebok in partnership with National Development.
Photos: Above the Sky, ATS Photography
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Born in 2011, BucketFeet has since connected with over 2000 artists in more than 35 countries to design original footwear. But BucketFeet isn’t just about shoes. It is a celebration of artistic expression across cultures. Here in New York City, a range of artists — from graffiti writers to tattooists to illustrators — not only share their designs on footwear at BucketFeet’s SoHo venue, but exhibit and sell their artworks there, as well. Here is a small sampling what we saw on a recent visit:
Marka27, this past month’s artist-in-residence, whose artwork has also graced our walls for the Juicy Art Festival
Chicago-based JC Rivera
New York-based Jimmy Sheehan
In addition to the works on exhibit, BucketFeet also sells dozens of wonderfully affordable prints both online and in its NYC store at 108 Wooster Street in SoHo.
Photos of artworks by Dani Reyes Mozeson
The walls along Meserole and Waterbury in Bushwick and on and near Borinquen Place in Williamsburg have become canvases for an extraordinary array of magical murals. They are among the highlights of the Juicy Brooklyn Art Festival launched by Exit Room. Here’s a sampling:
Spain-based Muro and Txemy
Chilean artist Dasic Fernández
Mexican artist Werc
Bogota-based Stinkfish
Argentinian artist Ever at work with Zio Ziegler
Close-up from huge collaborative mural by Puerto Rican artists Rimx, SON and Ricardo Cabret
Mexican artist Marka27, close-up
The Juicy Brooklyn Art Festival begins today, Thursday June 5, at 270 Meserole Street in Bushwick and continues through Saturday. Keep posted to our Facebook page for images of more magical murals that are surfacing along Meserole and Waterbury.
All photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson — except for Stinkfish by Lois Stavsky
