So a couple of weekends back we had the good fortune of spending a long weekend in Croydon with some 36 artists reworking the vast majority of the ‘Arts Quarter’ around St. George’s Walk to put on the ‘Any Colour You Like’ Paint Jam organised by ourselves and put together with support from friend of the blog and […]Read Post ›
Well it has taken a while to process all this, but at the weekend we here at London Calling Blog were privileged enough to get to celebrate two years of running the blog (officially this weekend) with many of the friends we have made over the last year, artists and photographers alike, with a Paint […]Read Post ›
Saturday and Sunday saw a casual Paint Jam in the Stockwell Hall of Fame comprising some 10 writers and artists baring the damp foggy weather for an end of year gathering put together by Solo One. It is always a thrill to head to this spot, you never know what you will find and yesterday morning […]Read Post ›
Yesterday saw a mini Paint Jam take place in Highams Park, Walthamstow, as part of the Highams Park Festival which may have been small in numbers but was certainly a case of quality over quantity, featuring five artists with Giusi Tomasello repainting her spot on the Regal Cinema in Beach Hall Road, as well as Elno, Oliver Roubieu, […]Read Post ›
After a little spell away from the scene we here at London Calling Blog were delighted to get back out on the streets for the ‘We Are Croydon’ Block Party put on in St George’s Walk encompassing live music, DJ’s, street performance and an exhibition of local artists – which runs until August 13th – and most importantly for us […]Read Post ›
On Saturday in Paradise Row, Bethnal Green, another impromptu Paint Jam featuring some half-a-dozen artists took place, organized by Hidden Streets Of London. We have grown very fond of these Paint Jams in Bethnal Green that occur periodically, there is always a nice atmosphere of fun and relaxation over the day by all in attendance both painting […]Read Post ›
In our last post we took a look at the Illustrated 2016 event, run by Marc Farrington and held in the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane a few weeks back (covered here), of which one of the events was the Saturday night’s Secret Walls battle organized by Captain Kris, hosted by Hidden Street Of London and […]Read Post ›
Yesterday we here at London Calling Blog were up bright and early in order to catch the train from London to Birmingham in order to spend the day attending the City of Colours Street Art Festival in Digbeth, Birmingham. Originally launched in 2014 with much success, sadly last year City of Colours was cancelled due […]Read Post ›
Well the only way to end our series of more-in-depth look at some of our favourite works from the fantastic Meeting Of Styles event in London last week is by taking a more focused look at the construction and outcome of the Nomadic Community Gardens feature wall. Receiving it’s third working as a painting spot, having been painted […]Read Post ›
This evening in our series of more-in-depth look at some of our favourite works from the fantastic Meeting Of Styles event in London last week, we are going to take a look at a piece by an artist we were previously unaware of but very much glad we got to discover, namely Elfin. Hitting up one of the […]Read Post ›
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