Beginning August 10th and continuing through the 20th, over 40 artists participated in Sacramento’s Wide Open Walls mural festival bringing stylish intrigue to the Sacramento area. Pictured above is Russian artist Lora Zombie, along with two young fans, in front of her mural. What follows are several more images captured by NYC-based street and travel photographer Karin du Maire, who had been documenting the festival from the beginning:
Sacramento-based Molly Devlin and SV Williams, close-up from work in progress
Sacramento-based Micah Crandall-Bear, alongside his mural
Santa Cruz-based Jeremiah Kille, in progress
Australian artists Adnate and Jessica Crema aka Last Night Collective at work
Hong Kong-based Caratoes at work
Sacramento-based Bryan Valenzuela at work, close-up of huge mural
Organized by festival founder David Sobon and Branded Arts, the Wide Open Walls mural festival has evolved into one of the largest of its kind in the United States.
Photos by Karin du Maire
Note: Hailed in a range of media from WideWalls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
Home to some of Miami’s most intriguing artists — with an increasing presence of global ones — Little Haiti is an oasis of style and expressiveness. Pictured above is a mural painted collaboratively by 2Alas and Case Maclaim. What follows are several more I captured on my recent trip to Miami.
Hong Kong-based Caratoes
Miami native Axel Void, close-up of tribute mural to the late graffiti writer “Reefa” Hernandez, who was killed by a Miami police officer
Local artist Marcus Blake aka Mdot Blake, close-up
Nicaraguan artist Luis Valle aka El Chan Guri, close-up
Fort Lauderdale-based Nate Dee
Miami-based Ernesto Maranje, close-up
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Note: Hailed in a range of media from Wide Walls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
Founded in 2010 by artist and curator Jasper Wong, Pow! Wow! has since staged several cultural festivals across the globe. While down in DC this past weekend, we had the chance to check out the final days of Pow! Wow! DC in the Capitol’s NoMa district. Organized by DC artist and designer Kelly Towles, Pow! Wow! DC features the talents of 17 local, national and international artists. Above is a segment from a huge mural painted collaboratively by the Yok, Sheryo and Persue. Here are several more images we captured:
Hawaiian duo Wooden Wave
Hong Kong-based Caratoes
Miami-based Hoxxoh
DC-based Decoy at work
Puerto Rican artist Vero
Richmond, Virginia-based Jacob Eveland, close-up from huge mural
Local artist HKS181 at work
DC-based Naturel
LA-based Drew Merritt and London-based Insa
Photo credits: 1, 3, 5. 7-10 Tara Murray; 2, 4 & 6 Lois Stavsky
Note: Hailed in a range of media from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
Here are a few more images of intriguing faces captured in Miami last week:
Jas 9 at work in Wynwood
Jose Mertz in Wynwood
Didi Rok and Miss Zukie in Little Haiti
RasTerms in Wynwood
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Note: First image is of mural by Caratoes
This is the 15th in an occasional series of posts featuring images of girls — and women — who grace our public spaces:
David Cooper in Bushwick
Cern in Greenpoint, close-up
Mag Magrela on the Lower East Side
Caratoes in Bushwick
Andre Trenier in the Bronx
Dasic Fernandez at Welling Court in Astoria, Queens
Photos: 1 and 5 by City-as-School intern Zachariah Messaoud; 2-4 and 6 by Lois Stavsky
