Street Signs
April 13, 2012
Here’s some random snapshots of graffiti, signs, and lettering that have warmed my heart as I move through Portland and Pittsburgh.
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Street Art & Graffiti
Many of us have done it, some continue to, and we all love seeing what people all over the world are posting on the street. 
Chris Stain Book Release Party
March 13, 2012
This Wednesday (tomorrow) is the long awaited book release for Chris Stain’s Long Story Short, which has been in the works for over two years. Join us in celebrating from…
Rafael Trelles: Cleaning Up the Stain of Militarism
February 15, 2012
Here is a short text that I wrote about the work of Rafael Trelles in the book Art and Social Justice Education: Culture as Commons edited by Therese Quinn, John…
Political Poster Project Censured
January 22, 2012
I just got this email from artist Oliver Ressler: “Elections are a Con” – Censorship by the provincial government of Tyrol On November 21, 2011, I received a funding commitment…
New Work by CDC Billboard Correctors
January 21, 2012
Our friends at the California Department of Corrections have been hard at work, and this week released a new series of modified bus shelter advertisements supporting Occupy Wall Street West….
Orphan Signs
January 14, 2012
Since moving to New Mexico I’ve been working with a project called Friends of the Orphan Signs. This collaborative project was started by Ellen Babcock, who saw potential in the…
Get Your Art Degree Online (?)
December 5, 2011
Over the weekend here in Pittsburgh, someone tacked up quite a few of these “bandit signs” in some of the “transitional” art-themed neighborhoods. It’s hard, at first, to tell how…
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December 2, 2011
Pepper spraying cop on the Bowery, November 2011, NYC, NY Look at Pepper Spraying Cop for more.
This Space Available
October 19, 2011
A new documentary is coming out about about popular resistance to the corporate domination of our visual landscape. I don’t know much about it, but it looks interesting, and debuts…
Graffiti in Libya
October 4, 2011
Al Jazeera just ran a great illustrated story on graffiti in Libya, check it out HERE.
Tahrir Documents
September 13, 2011
I recently came across Tahrir Documents, an amazing website and resource that is archiving, scanning, translating, and representing a huge collection of documents, fliers, posters, and newspapers produced as part…
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September 1, 2011
2008-present Brooklyn, NY
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August 30, 2011
August 2011 Brooklyn, NY Following the last Read the Writing
Clogging the System
August 24, 2011
I’ve long admired the work of designer Ray Noland, otherwise known as Creative Rescue Organization, or CRO. Although I’m not a huge fan of his turn towards largely working around…
No Dude, We Aren’t All Friends!
August 13, 2011
In an article published yesterday in the Guardian UK (read HERE), it’s come out that Shepard Fairey didn’t receive the welcome he would have hoped for on his recent trip…
Justseeds-IVAW essay in The Veteran
July 16, 2011
I recently authored an account of the November 2010 Justseeds-IVAW street art action in Chicago for the Spring 2011 issue of The Veteran, a publication by Vietnam Veterans Against the…
New CDC Billboard Corrections
July 1, 2011
This just in from the California Department of Corrections: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 1, 2011 – San Francisco, California Liberated Ads Salute America Following the Death of Osama bin…
Armed with Art: A New Revolution is Necessary – Art & Resistance in Mexico Film Short
June 13, 2011
Covering contemporary art movements across Mexico, Armed with Art examines the integral nature art plays in creating cultural spaces of resistance and change. A great short film about various collectives,…
A History of Queer Street Art
June 10, 2011
Wheatpasting in West Pittsburgh
May 31, 2011
This weekend, with crucial assistance from Shaun Slifer and Kevin Clancy, I put up some prints on the Murphy building in Sheraden. A post office, corner store and laundromat in…