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Washington D.C. embraces legal graffiti




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The DC government spent nearly $800,000 removing graffiti in 2007, but this year there's $100,000 in the city budget to HELP graffiti artists produce murals - legally.

The city is embracing some young DC artists in hopes of curbing illegal graffiti-- but do graffiti artists want to be part of the establishment?
lagan

15 responses // Washington D.C. embraces legal graffiti

  • tahts cool no more jail time for some or tickets.
    NoMadN
  • Hey bro, nice work!! Thumbs up for sure!! Lets collaborate!!
    Duzer
  • wonderful work, you did a great job of both showing the artwork and letting the artists tell about their projects.
    sarahbelle
  • nice work sir. Great topic, lighting was good, hip music without distraction, well timed, well framed, narrator sounds like this dweeb I knew in college but... seriously, I'm pretty impressed. The pixelation is a shame but surely one of your media savy buddies can help with that. Keep up the good work.
    elreyalobar
  • http://www.artcrimes.org/maine/maine_3.jpg
    great idea!
    I always think that should happen more!
    We have a space in Portland Maine but there should be much much more.
    CarolynGillis
  • Victory! 'Bout time someone figured out you can't stop graffiti. Might as well embrace it.
    imabettie
  • Excellent pod! And it touches one of the most important issues of "street graffiti" that the kids and adults need to learn. I intent to develop a similar program in San Francisco, not reinventing the wheel through but offering an education so them can understand what is legal and what is not, giving an opportunity to graffiti street artists to express their art without running against private property and the law. Thanks DC!
    stopnoise
  • it always
    starts in
    the streets
    before it
    becomes
    'the thing'

    holl@chaboi
    good work...

    p.s. pixel thing looks cool...like
    an effect or some'n...
    dijital2000
  • I think that's an awesome idea, it's good for artists, to be able to paint without fear (that's a big thing that holds me back)
    maxwithxxx
  • It's been years where only LA and NY have fully embraced graffitti, it's about time DC embraced it's local artists!
    lmbright
  • http://www.woostercollective.com/
    i love street art, it means so much more to me than gallery art, galleries are tied down framed up and sold to a single owner, but this is for all to see. if you like this kinda stuff you have to check out the wooster collective.
    AswegoAsdego
  • I'm a huge fan of graffiti and a minor artist myself. I'm digging deep to try and get some sort of legal space to practice and produce my work.

    I dislike how the government is trying to illegalize an art form. It's disgusting. It's very refreshing to see the higher ups giving us support.

    Thanks for the pod, my friend.
    EternityAwaits
  • awsom video keep up the great work
    rosiekalan
  • nice pod. This is an interesting subject to cover, cities seldom support graffiti in anyway. I think more local governments should look into mural programs like this.
    keilsomebody
  • murals from graffiti artists give up and coming graffiti artists the faith to carry on. I think people should follow this example and stop just scribbling and get the piece and the murals going.
    ashley1415

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