Tag Archive for Lexi Bella

WELLING COURT MURAL PROJECT, Part 1

June 15, 2017

Headlining today’s post … Where the Wilder Things Are by Sacsix

Eight years ago, residents of Welling Court in the Astoria neighborhood of New York City joined forces with the Ad Hoc Art Gallery to enhance their small community through public art. From its humble beginning, this annual event has mushroomed into a dazzling array of artwork created by a host of prominent muralists, street artists and graffiti writers … both from around the corner and the globe. The 2017 Welling Court Mural Project took place Saturday, June 10th.

BUSHWICK COLLECTIVE BLOCK PARTY 2017, Part 2

June 9, 2017

Headlining today’s post … Love Brooklyn by Golden 305

The second part of Charm City Streets’ illustrated report on the 7th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party provides you behind-the-scene coverage of an additional 11 artists:

ART IN THE MAKING – ARTISTS AT WORK DURING ART BASEL 2016

December 9, 2016

Headlining today’s post … Danny Minnick’s characters busy buffing the wall

During Art Basel 2016, one saw scores of renowned street artists from across the country and around the world busy creating new artwork. Charm City Streets invites you along to marvel at the artistic action that took place a few days ago in Wynwood.

WELLING COURT MURAL PROJECT

October 19, 2016

Headlining today’s post … Let’s all go to the lobby by Jamie Hef

Back in 2009, folks living in the Welling Court neighborhood of Queens asked Ad Hoc Art Gallery to help them clean up and enhance their community, and the Welling Court Mural Project was born. Every year since then, Ad Hoc Art invites artists from far and wide to help turn the neighborhood into an open-air art gallery. Their annual block party in June is a celebrated event.

PHOTO TOUR OF BROOKLYN, PART II

October 18, 2016

Headlining today’s post … an English bulldog with bling by Sipros_Sipros

Late last week Charm City Streets took advantage of the mild weather and spent several days on a photo tour of Brooklyn. Well-known local, national, and international artists have been busy painting captivating new murals in the Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Greenpoint, and East Williamsburg neighborhoods.

CREATIVE FLOW – ARTISTS AT WORK II

June 28, 2016

Headlining today’s post … Mr Nerds for the Bushwick Collective

This second collection of images details Aquarela, Claudia La Bianca, Case Maclaim, D*Face, DonRimx, Lexi Bella, Li-Hill, Lovenotes, Minuske, Mr Nerds, Nepo, Plasma Slug, and other street artists in action during the 2016 Bushwick Block Party.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

April 18, 2016

Headlining today’s post … Lexi Bella for the Bushwick Collective

The weather forecast called for mild temperatures and sunny skies, so Charm City Streets took off to spend a few days in Brooklyn. Touring the streets of Bushwick and East Williamsburg is always a treat. Colorful murals, fascinating wheatpastes, and kewl graffiti covered many walls.

JMZ WALLS IN BROOKLYN

April 17, 2016

Headlining today’s post … Fumeroism for JMZ Walls

Two years ago, JMZ Walls began. It shares a similar belief with The Bushwick Collective, that is, street art has a positive influence on a neighborhood and benefits both local community members and tourists alike.

Centered around the Myrtle Avenue-Broadway Station (which the J, M and Z subway lines share), you will find an open air gallery of rich, imaginative murals created by prominent artists from Brooklyn and the four corners of the globe.

NEW YORK STREET ART, PART 2

September 2, 2015

Headlining today’s post … Hip-Hop by Oz Gemeos

In mid-August, well-known street artists from around the globe gathered in Manhattan’s Little Italy to create murals for the 2015 LISA Project. In today’s post Charm City Streets shares these new pieces as well as several from LISA 2014.

NEW YORK STREET ART, PART 1

August 31, 2015

Headlining today’s post … Damien Mitchell for the Bushwick Collective

Last week Charm City Streets spent three days in Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Lower Manhattan – enjoying the deli food and the street art.

In today’s post you see murals created earlier this summer during the annual Bushwick Block Party; plus, a number of other art pieces found in and around Bushwick.