Category: Street Art

Postcard from London, England: Street art in Shoreditch, Part 2

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Above: “Future,” mural by Mr Cenz (Julian Phetean) with typography by Lovepusher in Shoreditch neighborhood

I just see the space and just do it. There’s no tricks. There’s no projectors. No apps, and no grids. What you do have is a building that has its unique architectural features.”

Matthew A. Eller interview of ROA, Belgium artist who tucked the pig below tightly in a space between a windowsill and the sidewalk, in Street Art News

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Postcard from San Antonio, Texas: Reclaiming creek as urban asset

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Above: “Restoration,” mural by Kathy and Lionel Sosa

Once upon a time, I logged a lot of hours at City Hall, sometimes parking on a surface lot behind it. Behind it meaning on the other side of an unrecognizable creek. An ugly footbridge, hemmed in by chained-link fencing, crossed a narrow trash-filled concrete-walled ditch – San Pedro Creek. A place creepy enough to leave me feeling I should pay an extra dollar or two to park in front of City Hall.

Above: 1889 photograph of San Pedro Springs, Austin History Center via Portal to Texas History

Development and insensitive flood-control projects had destroyed what had once been a healthy spring-fed creek.

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Postcard from Morelia, Mexico: Festival marks walls with color

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Above: Part of a community art project of Color a Mexico

Sharing snatches of artwork brightening up walls and doorways we encountered while meandering the streets of Morelia. Some of these murals resulted from Morelia’s Festival Internacional del Arte Urbano in 2022. These photos were taken prior to the fall 2023 event, so presumably there is a fresh crop greeting visitors now.

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