Ferguson Street Art tells the true story - Street I Am

Ferguson Street Art tells the true story - Street I Am

The Street Art Story Surpasses the Media’s   —

Can Ferguson Street Art Bend it Like Brooklyn  –

Will Ferguson street art help lift this neighborhood, as street art
has in places like Brooklyn? If the street art could speak it looks like
it wants the answer to be yes I can.

Artists and community rebuild and reflect

The latest Ferguson street art seems to indicate that the main stream
press’s “Justice ” narrative, may be more a product of outside
organizers rather than the story of hopes and dreams in Ferguson.

Top 11 Favorite Thanksgiving Parade Videos - Street I Am

Top 11 Favorite Thanksgiving Parade Videos - Street I Am

Your Top 11 YouTube favorites Thanksgiving Parade Nideos   ---

Your Top 11 most viewed videos on YouTube  –

Something to do on a Thanksgiving Day. What do you like to watch on the subject of parades. Your Top 11 answers that question.

 Your top number 1 viewed video on YouTube

Civil Rights Goes Beyond Innocence in Ferguson - Street I Am

Civil Rights Goes Beyond Innocence in Ferguson - Street I Am







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Ferguson Street Art by Damon Davis   —

The mash up of art, evidence and civil rights in Ferguson  –

Damon Davis is inspired by the cause of Civil Rights. The current
outstanding work of Damon Davis expresses an outrage stemming from the
widely assumed Ferguson storyline. Hands up. Don’t shoot.

Inspiring art by Damon Davis

Today we found this article on the artist that has been creating awareness art in Ferguson.

FERGUSON NOW HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREET ART IN AMERICA

Dubai to create Worlds Longest Graffiti Wall - Street I Am

Dubai to create Worlds Longest Graffiti Wall - Street I Am

2 Days to set Guinness World Record   —

7,000 spray paint containers to be used  –

Are you busy this weekend? Fond of spray painting walls? Well if that
is who you are, then get your passport in order and head on over to
Dubai.

UAE and Dubai, make street art part of a PR message to the West

The UAE has been mounting  a PR campaign to broaden its alliance both
culturally and militarily with the west. It really began to get
underway early this year. This and other street art bombast is
definitely a part of that mix.

Fancy making a graffiti? Do it for UAE

Mumbai Gets it's Graffiti On, ST+Art Fest - Street I Am

Mumbai Gets it's Graffiti On, ST+Art Fest - Street I Am

Street Art Frontiers

ST+Art Festival is the latest feature of city’s expanding street culture

Mumbai along with Delhi  and other areas is trying a lot of street
culture on for size.  The effort also extends into the area of street
performers as well

Street Art in Mumbai

The festival is taking place primarily in the neighborhood of Bandra and art district of Kala Ghoda. The festival started on Nov. 2 abd cibtubues till the end of the month.

Grant, Unleashed - CD by You Bred Raptors? - Street I Am

Grant, Unleashed - CD by You Bred Raptors? - Street I Am

New CD Grant; Redefining the song   —

 You Bred Raptors?; How to challenge music without over taxing the muse  –

If you want to hear original songwriters plying their craft in the
Big Apple, you need to go past Tin Pan Alley and head underground. You
Bred Raptors plays down there along with other outstanding, unique NYC
musical talents. Their original flavor as heard in their new release
“Grant”, succeeds in taking your musical tastes on an unusual  journey
where the familiar is transformed before your very ears.

Margaret Cho, Busking & Obama Net - Street I Am

Margaret Cho, Busking & Obama Net - Street I Am

Serious fun with Margaret   —

One man band is fun and great – Obama net is just serious   –

A lot of heart and soul on the busking side from Margaret Cho today. 
An outstanding one man band from another street gets some props too.
Meanwhile, street culture coverage of busking on our net, may become a
matter of government discretion soon. But don’t worry. Obama says
everything is gonna be alright.

Great busking heart today

Margaret Chow was busking in her renegade style, to raise some money for and awareness of the homeless.

Comedian Margaret Cho busking for San Francisco’s homeless

You Bred Raptors? Fearless Fresh Interview - Street I Am

You Bred Raptors? Fearless Fresh Interview - Street I Am







YOU BRED RAPTORS? PRE ORDER



You Bred Raptors?, is the
question that is the answer.



It answers the question, What
is one of NYC's top original busking bands?

You Bred Raptors? New CD “Grant”   —

Exclusive interview with composer and 8 string bassist Peat Rains  –

You Bred Raptors? is another amazing reason why the NYC subway has
been elevated to a status above that of being a mere transportation
artery. This video is a live performance of “Hazmat”. It is from their
new CD titled “Grant”, and is being performed in the aforementioned
subway.





 

Political Trash Art slammed by DC locals - Street I Am

Political Trash Art slammed by DC locals - Street I Am

Trash art gets ugly at 5X5   —

Political guilt trip doesn’t look like art to locals  –

When these Washington DC neighborhoods were singled out for political
messages, the organizers expected the point of view of the visiting
artists to be embraced.

Art Burn: What happened when public art met the public at 5×5 this year? – Washington City Paper

Asheville, NC - Pumping Up Street Culture - Street I Am

Asheville, NC - Pumping Up Street Culture - Street I Am

Top Stories This Year   —

Asheville Rivals New Orleans for Southern Street Culture  –

This Asheville keeps popping up in the news recently. From improving
busking laws to mounting world class street art events The increase in
street culture is making people notice.

Embracing Busking as a City Resource

They really notice the good performers. They examine the law and make sure it is optomized to the tastes of the town.

Committee rejects busking policy options

Veterans Street Culture News This Year - Street I Am

Veterans Street Culture News This Year - Street I Am

Looking back through the year   —

 New Piece for Veterans today   —

The Beautiful Artwork Pictured Here Can Only Be Seen on Veterans Day    —

Cover
picture is of a piece in Arizona where the sun only highlights the
Great Seal of the United States at 11:11 a.m. local time on Nov. 11 — on
Veterans Day

Throughout the year   —

VETERANS SFAC : Street Artists Program    —

Meres 1 "No 5Pointz deal with G&M" - Street I Am

Meres 1 "No 5Pointz deal with G&M" - Street I Am

G&M accused of misleading from the start   —

Meres 1; Lack of trust at the heart of dispute  –

What If 5 Pointz Could Be Preserved by Incorporating the Existing facade

A spokesperson for Meres 1, an important group opposing the owner
developer of 5Pointz property says David Wolkoff cannot be trusted.
Furthermore the group does not believe that love of graffiti art has
anything to do with any of G&M Realty’s use of 5Pointz so far.

5pointz owner defends trademark bid - Street I Am

5pointz owner defends trademark bid - Street I Am

5Pointz; What is in a name?   —

5Pointz owner G&M and art group Meres 1 – A love for street art creates a cultural icon  –

5Pointz
owner David Wolkoff  says he loves street art and wanted to have a
place for street artists to be street artists. This was the reason that
he invited them to create at 5pointz. 

Afghanistan street art culture; NATO US pt2 - Street I Am

Afghanistan street art culture; NATO US pt2 - Street I Am

What is now and what’s next on Afghan streets   —

Locals and foreigners instigating new creativity  –

As we learned in our first article when NATO and the US left Iraq, the artists left the streets. NATO US Street Art Connection Kabul & Baghdad 
In this article, we focus our attention on the current creative juices
in Afghanistan. It looks like the outcome of the war effort there will
determine the long term prospects for Afghan street culture.

The locals are coming

In the first article we started out with the latest Big media street artist celeb from Kabul, Shamsia Hassani. But there are other Afghanistan street artists  getting media attention as well.

AFGHANISTAN – A Space for Art Emerges in Kabul

Public Space fights in Dublin and Indiana - Street I Am

Public Space fights in Dublin and Indiana - Street I Am

Busking Noise and Street Art censored  —

Struggle to optimize public space  –

Public space is every which way these days. It is vertical,
horizontal and inside out. Agreeing on a standard of weights and
measures to better regulate public ambiance is daunting at best.

Out goes the bad and in comes the good; we hope -

Who should say what goes up on a wall that is in outdoor public space
and in plain view? The property owner, the community that shares the
space, the artist, or the government.