Art on Call
Washington, DC is filled with the remnants of remnants of if emergency call boxes from a time before modern communications and the 911 system. You can see these metal skeletons and intersections …
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Kinetic Sculpture Race
Below are photos from Baltimore’s Kinetic Sculpture Race, a celebration of weird, home-made, man-powered vehicles sponsored by The Visionary Arts Museum. All of these contraptions had to locomote through mud, water, and the streets …
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Mansbach’s “Rage is Back”
I recently finished reading Adam Mansbach’s Rage is Back, a novel steeped in the history of New York City Graffiti. The main character, Kilroy Dondi Vance, is the son of …
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BORF Returns
Below is an old stencil from the once prolific DC street artist BORF. I took this picture on the way home from the grocery store the other day. BORF is …
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Yarn Bombing in Takoma Park, MD
I learned about the phenomena of yarn bombing after someone knitted a sweater onto a tree outside my local library. More research led me to images of fabulous examples of …
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Graffiti Church
Graffiti artist Hense painted this church in Southwest, Washington, DC. You can read more about the project by clicking here. It’s part of a grand plan to bring a new museum …
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Interview: DC Artist Setsuko Ono
On my drive to work each morning, I pass a house with several large metal sculptures in the front yard. Internet research helped lead me to the creator of those …
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Speed Camera Robot
Here’s an early-morning picture of a speed camera with a robot head. By the time I came back in the daylight to get a good picture, the robot had been …
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Interview: Salvadore Delvisco on Free Art Friday DC
Salvador Delvisco runs Free Art Friday DC (FAFDC), an event that encourages artists in the area to leave their work out in public areas in Washington, DC, offering it up …
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