Continuing our documentation of ILLicit Creatives claiming space on the streets of NYC, this post focuses on the unsanctioned markings that have surfaced on open spaces in Brooklyn. Featured above is Qzar, Son, Flash, Dink and more. Several additional images captured these past few weeks in a range of Brooklyn neighborhoods follow:
Ecal, Abys, Zerz, and Flash
EXR and Werds aka Optimo NYC
Keans and Notice
Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective
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The striking image featured above was fashioned by the noted duo Faile — multimedia artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. It has been part of Long Island City’s visual landscape since fall, 2022. Several more images of girls currently gracing NYC walls follow:
Bronx-born and bred Andre Trenier does the esteemed late African American writer Zora Neale Hurston
The legendary Lady Pink with community artists in Astoria, Queens, close-up from huge mural
California-based Mexican artist Cova at the Bushwick Collective
The wonderfully talented BK Foxx, in Bushwick
Pittsburgh-based Ashley Hodder does artist Wavy Wednesday at the Bushwick Collective
Multidisciplinary Spanish artist Tirso Paz aka Bublegum at the Bushwick Collective
Photos: Lois Stavsky
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Located at 701 Washington Avenue and Clark Place in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, Washington Walls continues to host a wondrously diverse array of murals. We recently visited its current iteration, strikingly curated by community resident and leader Jeff Beler. The ingeniously fashioned mural/installation featured above is the work of Brooklyn-based Humble, who had earlier been immersed in the Richmond, Virgina art scene. What follows are several more images of murals that we captured last week:
Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Vince Ballentine
The passionate painter Natural Eyes and multidisciplinary artist Lisart
Brooklyn-based, Rio de Janeiro-born Barbtropolis
Painter and photographer Luci
Dumbo-based Craig Anthony Miller and veteran writer BC NBA
Classic graffiti artist Rebs
Photo credits: 1 & 7 Tara Murray; 2-6 Lois Stavsky
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As we continue our monthly posts of illicit graffiti, we are back to the streets of Queens. Pictured above are: Wevs429, Dase, Oldeath, Angr and South LNE. What follows are several more images of unsanctioned graffiti captured in Queens public spaces:
Tocer and Anso LNE
Kitty and Degrupo
Kempe and Cros
Mer
Gour
Loom
Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective
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The shutter featured above was painted by the veteran Parisian stylemaster Seb Gorey in Ridgewood, Queens. What follows are several more images of gates as we resume this occasional series of NYC street art shutters.
Artist and educator Katie Reidy at the BedStuy Walls Mural Festival in Brooklyn
Staten Island-based graphic designer Sharpy
NYC-based Key Detail in Ridgewood
The iconic “Wild Style” logo — originally designed by the late Tracy 168 — at the Bushwick Collective
Veteran writer BC at Boone Avenue Walls in the Bronx
Sebs in Ridgewood, Queens
Photos: Lois Stavsky
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The face featured above — a segment of a larger mural — was painted by New Jersey-based veteran writer Raul Rubio aka Sue Works in collaboration with style master Aesop One this past summer at Boone Avenue Walls in the Bronx. Several more images of faces recently captured on NYC public spaces follow:
Queens-native Zimer does Alicia Keys outside the Ridge Hotel on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
NYC-based contemporary artist Cody James at BedStuy Walls Mural Festival in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Queens-based Mexican writer, muralist and tattooist El Onel at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens
Japan-born, NYC-based self-taught graphic artist Kosuke James at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens
Pittsburgh-based artist Ashley Hodder does artist Wavy Wednesday at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens
Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Huetek. in Ridgewood, Queens
Photo credits: 1 Tara Murray 2-7 Lois Stavsky
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The birthplace of global graffiti, the Bronx remains a treasure trove of all kinds of markings, many unsanctioned. Featured above are Ammo, Vase, Jio, Griz and Uno. Several more images — captured on our recent hunting sprees — follow:
Sokem, Tower and Jaque rappel graffiti– above tag by Stu AOB
MTNW, Eaks, Quez, Ammo & more — as captured through a miniscule opening
Sko AVL, Ireek, Misk AVL and Ceek AVL
Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective
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In 2024, the award-winning creative agency Street Theory‘s multi-year initiative, A Canvas of Culture — under the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture — brought several vibrant, breathtaking murals to various school locations in Boston. The luscious mural featured above “Together, We Rise” — located at the Joyce Kilmer K-8 Lower School in West Roxbury — was painted by Denver-based artist Thomas Evans aka as Detour. Several more images of A Canvas of Culture murals currently gracing Boston Public Schools — all completed this past summer — follow:
Orlando-based Don Rimx, “Garden of Beginnings” and “Roots of Empowerment,” located at the Lee Academy Pilot School in Dorchester
Mexican muralist Israel “Spaik” Guerra Romero, “In Lak’ech Hala Ken – Yo soy tu – tu eres otro yo,” located at Curtis Guild Elementary School in East Boston
Colombian artist Felipe Ortiz, “Umana Rising,” located at Mario Umana Academy in East Boston
Dominican-American artist Silvia Lopez Chavez, “Brilla,” located at Rafael Hernandez K-8 Dual Language School in Roxbury
A Canvas of Culture is currently commissioning several new, original, long-term murals and 2D public art installations at Boston Public School sites across the city. Each project budget will range from $20,000 – $175,000. Specific details and applications are available here and here. The deadline for submissions is February 26, 2025 at 5 p.m. ET.
Photos of 2024 A Canvas of Culture murals by OLP Creative
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Under the curatorial direction of Jonathan Neville, First Street Green Art Park continues to host a wondrously diverse array of local, national and global artists. The elegant image featured above was painted by the Germany-based, Ukrainian artist Shev Lunatic. Several more images captured on recent visits to First Street Green Art Park follow:
Veteran graffiti writer Curve
Parisian artist Seb Gorey with multidisciplinary artist Exacto
Veteran graffiti artist Slash, FTR
Noted Detroit artist Sintex
NYC-based muralist Lexi Bella and graffiti artist Grimace NYC
First Street Green Art Park is located between Houston and First Street off the F train’s Second Avenue stop — just where Manhattan’s Lower East Side meets the East Village
Photos: Lois Stavsky
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Staten Island’s Mariners Harbor is home to a huge graffiti wall that is an aesthetic and thematic delight. Featured above is the work of Staten Island-based urban artist, educator and tattoo artist Dylan Giangrande. A small selection of images from the wall’s current iteration follow:
Staten Island-native multidisciplinary artist and producer Gano, VGL
Tattoo and urban artist John Echo
Staten Island-based veteran style master Joe Goalbino
Staten Island-based muralist and graffiti writer Cody Prez
Veteran writer NoneNYC, Ex Vandals/MTA/UTW/TSK/GOMD
Photo credits: 1-4, 6 & 7 Lois Stavsky; 5 Shalom Stavsky
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