Open Studio Tour
Paint and Plaster has an excellent tour of some of the 52 O Street Studios' artists.
Read it here. Sean discusses Betsy Damos,Matt Hollis, Andrea Haffner, Thanasi Papapostolou, and Micheline Kragsbrun Frank.
Takin' to the streets (Museums)...
Are street art and street artists the newest "new"?
Read this.
And in Europe, check this amazing Brit.
In my opinion, DC's three heavy hitters of street art are (in alphabetical order):
Borf (now retired I assume)
Mark Jenkins
Kelly Towles
Update: A couple of readers have pointed out to me the similarities (read he copied him) between Borf and Banksy.
Update II: I am told that Borf is far from retired and is now putting up work in NYC.
Are street art and street artists the newest "new"?
Read this.
And in Europe, check this amazing Brit.
In my opinion, DC's three heavy hitters of street art are (in alphabetical order):
Borf (now retired I assume)
Mark Jenkins
Kelly Towles
Update: A couple of readers have pointed out to me the similarities (read he copied him) between Borf and Banksy.
Update II: I am told that Borf is far from retired and is now putting up work in NYC.