A few weekends back we here at London Calling Blog had the absolute pleasure in visiting Bristol for Upfest 2018, marking the 10th anniversary of what is now Europe’s largest Urban Arts Festival and our second time attending the event. Bristol is very much a place with a long and rich history of a thriving Graffiti […]Read Post ›
This evening we are taking a look at year of Street Art in Penge, something we have to say which has been a real pleasure to look back on. Since the blog’s inception three years ago now we have began delving into various projects the most rewarding of which has been the organization of Street […]Read Post ›
We thought today we would take a look at Maple Road in Penge, perhaps a little biased, as this road is where we started our community Street Art project SprayExhibtion20 to bring some creativity and life to this corner of South London we call home. To date the project has seen some 90 works put up […]Read Post ›
Some while back now we had the pleasure of spending the day with Street Artist Vanesa Longchamp whilst she painted a striking skating character with such absorbing eyes in Penge for our SprayExhibition20 Community Project. Taking to the most tucked away painting corner of SE20’s blooming gallery in the little alleyway along the High Street end of […]Read Post ›
Thursday night saw the opening of the ‘Displacement’ group exhibition in Bethnal Green organized Skeleton Cardboard in association with The Hidden Streets Of London. The show presents works from some twenty-five artists who have all painted in Clare Street, home of the exhibition, over the last two years filling this little industrial corner with colour and life. […]Read Post ›
Well it’s been another month in Camden Town, and more so than any calendar month this year the area has been adorned with many fresh new artworks, predominantly from the superb work of The Real Art Of Street Art, with numerous pieces being jointly organised with Pigment, regarding the works by Brazilian artists, Onio, Waleska Nomura […]Read Post ›
On Sunday at the Queen of Hoxton rooftop bar in Shoreditch, amid the glorious sunshine Lend Us Your Hands, a charity fundrasier comprising a day and night of art, music, crafts, food and cocktails all in order to raise vital funds for the Tsum Valley region devastated by the Nepal Earthquakes took place. A vast part of the […]Read Post ›
On Sunday in Brixton the second installment in the current plan to decorate the shutters of the businesses lining the Brixton Arches took place, with contributions from Aero, Mr Cenz and Vanesa Longchamp. Network Rail intend to evict the current tenants of the shops along the railway arches spanning Station Road and Atlantic Road, in […]Read Post ›
On Saturday we were lucky enough to stumble across four artists working around Brick Lane and Bethnal Green and met upon a fifth artist having completed her work on Hackney Wick. Needless to say we had a great time on Saturday, it was if we couldn’t move around the East End without seeing someone work […]Read Post ›
Great reworking of the classic Leake Street Tunnel board by Pad. It finally happened, Femme Fierce Reloaded, organized by Ayaan Bulale, hit Leake Street for the second year running to raise money and awareness for the Plan UK charity “Because I Am A Girl” campaign, which sets to end such acts as forced marriage and FGM […]Read Post ›
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