changing a community through art

The work shown here was installed on a wall located on the corner of Tobey and Broadway st in providence RI. The wall was a victim of a lot of tagging done by many different people. Through work I have done with other property owners and the city of Providence. It took me over a year to get permission to install a piece on this wall to help solve the issues the property owner has had for many years.

During the time frame of this installation we were approached by over 300 people passing this corner through out the day, every person made a point to say how much they were happy to see this style of art installed and wished their was much more around the city. I also found it interesting to see how so many different people was affected by seeing the installation of public art in their community.

To date the work has been up for 1 week with no negative actions done to this wall, which shows how public art can help solve the larger problem which exists in Providence and other cities. I'm excited to work in partnership with this local artist to help change the community in a positive way using Large Format Public Art.

New Wall: check it out on the news CH 12 6:15pm fri 10-7-11

New wall just completed today, this work was done as part of a feature which will be aired on News Channel 12 this fri 10-7-11 at 6:15pm. Come find this amazing new wall in it's finished form, and post what you think.

Special Thanx to REAK:

I would like to call out REAK,

For stepping up and helping me by blasting out an original panel live during a RISD club fair, he really came through when I was in a pinch and the my RISD community was really impressed.

RISD CITY ARTS project I worked on with 9-11 yr kids

2005: SEAZ, DNA container

Just found this pic, this was one of the 1st productions done on my container. It was done in 2005 by SEAZ and DNA members, you can also see some of the cars which attended a large euro car show.

vist from out of town:

Had a visit from a few artist from Ohio, great to see how word gets around. Turned out a local gave them the word on the street and brought them over. It was late, but with the lights on they had just enough time to leave their mark.

Summer is almost here:

With the summer coming fast, the walls are getting filled up quickly and new work is brewing. We have paint coming soon, and planning on our 1st jam in early June.

blessed from Singapore, and a rookie

to the local community,

Below is new work from an artist from Singapore, which is pretty exciting to see. What is even more interesting is the squid character was done by an artist who has never used spray paint before. Enjoy and keep posted as a new shipment is expect in the next 2 weeks!

bright colors on the walls

New work done last week, has raised the line and brings the 1st bright colors of the spring to the walls. sorry the pics are not high quality, but we are excited to see it.

out of paint:

to the community,

last week, I sold my last Montana can until my restocking order arrives. keep posted for info regarding my new stocking order and my spring schedule for jams and events.

New work:

New work: done by a boston crew, with the level of work starting to show face this early spring is very exciting. Keep posted to this blog to see all the current work and a list of events and exciting projects I am working on this summer.

staff

New work:

New work done by artist from Boston, with the warm weather coming the walls are starting to get painted and new fresh ideas that have been penned up for the winter are coming out!

Old Graffiti: from PRIMER car show

This work below are pics from PRIMER a large European car show I hosted at my old shop, the night before the main event I opened up my main showroom to any and all street artist to paint on the walls for all to see the next morning. Here are some pics to enjoy, I have lost all my pics but have found a few in the past week or so to share.

1st 2011 large order: looking for requests

to the world,

I'm preparing my 1st large order for this exciting new season, I'm offering a large discount to bulk orders of over 50 cans. I'm also going to offer a 1 time discount for all preorders made by April 10th.

Yarrow

PRO & USER

some new work on the wall, with the warm weather writers coming out to play and write. New work by USER and PRO.

New work: PRO a local legand

New work done about a week ago by PRO very clean, with the warm weather coming around I look forward to our first spring jam. date to be announced hoping for june?

AP crew: mural at Yarrowsport 2004

Some history for all you old timers: AP Crew did this mural at my old shop which was off Elmwood st in Providence RI. At this time Yarrow's Cans did not exist and I was very new to the scene.

Update: Winter Time

Some more pics to help us all get through this long winter, Kepto B-day work enjoy!

RI Monthly: FEB 2011 "Back Against A Wall"

To the World,

RI Monthly one of the leading Mag's in the state has published a large article about Graffiti in RI. I will not spoil the article for you so the only pic I will publish is the one below, and I will not post any text. The main artist featured are: E-Tips, Wizart-Spoke, and Yarrow's cans and the work I'm doing to create a positive side to street art in the world.

Providence street Graffiti

about 2 months ago, I took a walk over the 195 old highway, this section of highway is know being torn up. below are a few pics of throw ups and burners which I saw, they are quite faded but are strong examples of work being done in the Providence RI. Enjoy as all this work is currently being destroyed, and thrown in a dump.