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 ›
Since the blog’s inception we have began delving into various projects the most rewarding of which has been the organization of Street Art in our hometown of Penge through our SprayExhibition20 Community Street Art Project. All of which has been made possible due to the incredible support of the local community who have provided spaces to paint, […]Read Post ›
This morning in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to take a look back at the year of Street Art and Graffiti in Croydon. It’s been another good year in Croydon after the flying start it had through 2015. Croydon’s Arts Quarter has continued to receive a steady stream of new additions and played […]Read Post ›
This morning in our series of reviews of the year we are taking a look back at Shoreditch, which alongside the adjoining area of Brick Lane, make up the epicentre of London’s Street Art scene. An area that is a must visit destination for tourists and enthusiasts alike, and whilst there you will regularly pass Street Art tours and countless […]Read Post ›
We thought next in our series of reviews of the year we would again take a look at the beauty of collaborations. This for us is one of the most impressive things with Street Art, something you don’t see in most other art forms and certainly not to such an extent. Some artists paint in pairs […]Read Post ›
Well it certainly has been a fantastic year for Street Art around London, and we here at London Calling Blog have very much continued to just have a blast along the way. We have had the chance to travel all over London to hunt out and witness some amazing art, we have met a number […]Read Post ›
As hard as it is to believe last Monday marked the one year anniversary of the opening of the Nomadic Community Gardens kicked off with the Greenhouse Effect Paint Jam (covered here). Over the last year a beautifully inspired community project has been born and seems to be gaining more and more momentum as the months […]Read Post ›
A couple of weekends back saw a large-scale Paint Jam in Mile End for Endangered 13, an event set to raise awareness for endangered species through beautiful and at times poignant artworks. The event was put together by Louis Masai, an artist whose output is solely orientated focused upon such causes, along with the Human Nature […]Read Post ›
At the weekend we here at London Calling Blog were delighted to see the creation of the second work in our local area of Penge, SE20, with a beautiful work placed up by Street Artist Morgandy, put up with a little support from us. It’s been a month since Artista kicked off the project with […]Read Post ›
