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What happened in Art Alley last night?

8/20/2014

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About 236 square feet of new art. That's what happened.
I know, you were looking for something gritty weren't you? Art Alley isn't really as seedy as some of you imagine though..
These pieces were created during "Open Paint Sessions". The Sessions happen the third Tuesday of every month from 5-7pm (weather permitting). All Ages and skill ranges welcome.
In the course of about 20 minutes, we met fascinated tourists from Kentucky, Washington, Massachusetts, California, North Dakota, and Texas! Art Alley is one of our greatest exports.

Clockwise from top right: BRAVO, SIAMESE, MASE, NEVERLAND, and "S".
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WHAT ABOUT THAT !@#$ LETTER STYLE GRAFFITI???

8/7/2014

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I think this is great. Tyler wrote this a little while back for the "Where  the Wild Things Are" exhibit at The Dahl. Corporate America has truly stolen  our hearts, minds, souls and our pocketbooks over the past decades. Tyler sums  up how graffiti art is a way in which artists have worked to reclaim ourselves. 
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"Writing your name everywhere isn't art. It has no message, and no relevance"

 Lego. Cap'n Crunch. G.I. Joe. Chef Boyardee. Nike. Sony. Heineken. Ralph  Lauren. BMW. Rolex. 

Growing up, it was drilled into us that everything we needed, everything  that we valued, everything that would complete us had a name brand attached to  it. The marketing for these things were stamped into every square inch of our  psyche. It was on the television, in our music, and on billboards down every  street. Every nook and cranny was filled with an ad telling us what we needed-  what would make us whole. "All things in moderation" had come to pass  generations ago, and the human spirit that was our beacon of light became lost  and faded away into a desperate attempt to emulate a Ray Ban commercial.

 Then a name appeared scrawled across the wall. The name had no price tag  attached. It simply said "I'm still here". Then another appeared next to it, and  it was large and colorful and it said "I'm here too and there's something  special about me." More names appeared, and they became intricate and beautiful.  They began to master the techniques of catching your attention even better than  the ads that tried to drown them out. Ads of the people, celebrating their own
existence and it was good. 

Our art and our names are a celebration of life. We are here. Our spirits  blazing, more relevant than any version of life that anyone could sell us.

 - "Siamese"


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