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The Best Things to Do in Phoenix This Weekend

By Lindsay Roberts, Benjamin Leatherman, Amy Young, Lynn Trimble, Jason Keil, Tanner Stechnij, Chris Malloy and Deb Van Tassel

Jun 8, 2018

Your weekend plans are here.

The Stella Artois Mural Ad at monOrchid Was Removed — Here's Why

By Lynn Trimble

Jun 8, 2017

And how it could make a comeback.

The Stella Artois Mural Ad on monOrchid Was Tagged — Here's What We Know

By Lynn Trimble

Jun 2, 2017

“We’d love to have a conversation with whoever did this,” Wayne Rainey says.

Meet the Phoenix Students Behind the ASU Graffiti Gang Mural Project

By Lynn Trimble

May 22, 2017

“I wanted to give back to the artists.”

The Hive Has a New Mural, Thanks to NeoGlyphix Art Collective

By Lynn Trimble

Jan 13, 2017

Featuring Breeze, Dwayno Insano, and Vyal.

Paint PHX Mural and Street Art Festival: A Field Guide to the 2016 Event

By Brittany Corrales

Mar 3, 2016

Launched in 2014, Paint PHX is a weekend-long mural and paint festival that has become a beloved annual affair. In the past iterations, up to 300 artists came from around the world to paint murals in Phoenix during this grassroots event. Now in its third year, Paint PHX's celebration of...

Artist Chip Thomas, a.k.a. Jetsonorama, on Cultural Stereotypes, Grassroots Activism, and Life on the Navajo Reservation

By Brittany Corrales

Dec 4, 2015

If you've ever visited the Navajo reservation, then chances are, you've seen the work of Chip Thomas, a.k.a. Jetsonorama. His enlarged black-and-white photographic portraits are pasted on structures along the roadside. An artist, activist, and physician, Thomas has been living and working on the Navajo Nation since 1987. From December...

Such Styles Gives Hello Kitty a Makeover in "Chola Kitty Nueve Vidas Show" Opening Friday

By Katrina Montgomery

Jun 5, 2013

Hello Kitty is approaching 40, which might be a little early for a mid-life crisis, but if cats really do have nine lives, now is as good a time as any for reinvention. Enter: Chola Kitty -- a feline with spunk. This Friday, local artist Such Styles is unveiling his...

Spotted: "History of American Graffiti" Featuring Phoenix Graffiti Writers on Fab.com

By Claire Lawton

Feb 7, 2013

Graffiti writers across the country might not be thrilled to know their work ultimately ended up on popular art/flash sale site Fab.com, but fans of graffiti (and the increasing blur between graffiti and contemporary art) will likely jump at the chance to snatch up a copy of "History of American...

"Graffiti Free Phoenix" Pilot Program Kicks Off in July, Cites Property Owners After Third Clean-up

By Claire Lawton

Jun 29, 2012

Come July, property owners in the neighborhood between 43rd to 59th avenues and McDowell and Camelback roads will be the guinea pigs of the city of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department's new "Graffiti Free Phoenix" pilot program. Department employees describe the program as "simple" -- Graffiti Busters and Neighborhood Preservation inspectors...

Group Charged with Tagging an Archeological Site in Tucson

By Claire Lawton

Oct 6, 2011

Two years after a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger noticed graffiti on one of Tucson's oldest archeological sites, five people have been ordered by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann DeMarais to pay more than $43,240 in damages. Johnathan Lopez, 23, Andrew Magallanes, 21, Robert Norton, 23 Cynthia Norton, 20 and...

Phoenix's "No.1 Graffiti Vandal" Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison

By Claire Lawton

Sep 22, 2011

You might not see William Barajas or his tag, MAWD around Phoenix streets for a while; Phoenix Judge Sherry K. Stephens sentenced Barajas to two and a half years in prison after he confessed to more than 300 acts of graffiti in Phoenix. The 20-year-old was caught tagging a light...

Cade Gallery's Weston Henry Releases Phoenix Canvas, a Book Of Graffiti

By Joseph Schmidt

Jul 6, 2011

When Weston Henry returned to Phoenix after a stint in Albuquerque, he had a renewed passion to explore the city. He rode his bike around town with a camera in tow, photographed the spots that made him fall in love with the pavement paradise, and quickly noticed that most of his shots were...

DOSE on Graffiti, Respect, and Urbanism at TEDxScottsdale

By Claire Lawton

Apr 26, 2011

If you missed TEDxScottsdale, the independent TED speaker series in Scottsdale last week, you're in luck -- organizers will be posting videos of presentations on its website. The first release is a presentation by DOSE, a street artist known for his commissioned and illegal work throughout the Valley. In the...

Phoenix Artists MAC, KAPER, and SUCH Featured in Upcoming "History of American Graffiti"

By Claire Lawton

Mar 28, 2011

Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon grew up in the graffiti scene writing and throwing up pieces across their own cities and throughout others as they traveled. Their history and experience plays a major role in who they are now -- writers (in the literary sense) and publishers of some of...

Gangplank Turns a Tag into The Chandler Urban Arts Project

By Megan Dobransky

Mar 11, 2011

When Gangplank, the Chandler-based co-working and event space was tagged, its collaborative occupants decided to take matters into their own hands."The city painted over [the tag] with regular brown paint, but that just means it'll be right back up in a few days," says Mike Benner, Gangplank Jr. Initiative Head...

Alley Tour: McDowell Road and 19th Street

By Claire Lawton

Aug 27, 2010

Artists: Unknown More photos after the jump .....

Just Blaze: Street Art Supplies, Apparel and Gallery Now up in Phoenix

By Claire Lawton

Aug 23, 2010

Had it not been for the graffiti-ed plastic chairs by the door, we might have skipped over Just Blaze, which opened its doors on Saturday (now it just needs a bigger sign).Just Blaze was located on McDowell Road in Phoenix, but took over the building on the corner of Camelback...

Immigrant Roots, Immigrant Rights

By Claire Lawton

Aug 11, 2010

We've seen this wheatpaste up in a few spots downtown ... this latest one up on the corner of Seventh and Pierce streets, where the 7th Street Cafe sign used to be (picture after the jump)...

Haloed Heart 2/14

By Catherine Slye

May 20, 2010

When: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 9 am.Where: On trash receptacle outside east entrance to City Hall. ...

Graffiti

Art Meets the Arcade in Chandler

Artists Hope to Restore Iconic Rose Johnson Mural

Graffiti

Art Meets the Arcade in Chandler

Artists Hope to Restore Iconic Rose Johnson Mural

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