Street art in Atlanta

Atlanta is host to the street art conference Living Walls, the City Speaks. In 2012, the conference limited participation to women street artists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/living-walls-atlanta-2012_b_1774430.html|title=Atlanta Hosts First All Female Street Art Conference|last=Harrington|first=Jaime Rojo & Steven|date=2012-08-15|website=The Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-08}}

The Outerspace Project, an annual series of street art and cultural events coordinated by Greg Mike, began in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/arts--theater/outerspace-project-brings-eye-popping-street-art-atlanta-this-week/wTaK99uOj6xWq7RQtY3rjN/|title=Outerspace Project brings eye-popping street art to Atlanta this week|last=Emerson|first=Bo|date=2016-06-22|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=2018-03-08}}

Peter Ferrari founded Forward Warrior, an event and initiative to bring together muralists in Atlanta to add street art to a host neighborhood.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pba.org/atlanta/forward-warrior/|title=Forward Warrior {{!}} This Is Atlanta {{!}} PBA30|website=Forward Warrior {{!}} This Is Atlanta {{!}} PBA30|access-date=2018-03-06}}

Images and mapped locations of over 200 works of Atlanta street art can be found on the Atlanta Street Art Map.{{Cite news|url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/12/6/16742596/behold-detailed-maps-to-200-pieces-of-atlanta-street-art-murals|title=Behold! Detailed maps to 200+ pieces of Atlanta street art, murals|last=Green|first=Josh|date=2017-12-06|work=Curbed Atlanta|access-date=2018-03-06}} Hotspots for viewing Atlanta street art include:

• The Krog Street Tunnel
• The 22-mile BeltLine path which circles the inner city along industrial and residential spaces
• In Cabbagetown, Atlanta along Tennelle St and the Wylie Street wall of the CSX railroad's Hulsey rail yard.
• In Inman Park around the intersection of Krog St. and Edgewood Ave.
• In East Atlanta surrounding the intersections of Flat Shoals Road and Edgewood Ave.
• In Little Five Points surrounding the intersections of Euclid Ave. and Moreland Ave.
• In Sweet Auburn along Edgewood Ave.

In 2010, ten haiku poems of artist John Morse were featured on 500 'bandit' signs posted around the streets of Atlanta, a guerrilla installation that received extensive press coverage including The New Yorker, The Guardian, NPR and South African national radio.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/roadside-haiku|title=Roadside Haiku|last=Blake|first=Meredith|date=2010-08-31|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/09/streets-atlanta-haiku-advertising|title=Poet hijacks Atlanta streets with haiku advertising campaign|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2010-09-09|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.good.is/articles/atlanta-street-artist-writes-poetry-on-illegal-bandit-signs|title=Atlanta Street Artist Writes Poetry on Illegal|date=September 15, 2010|website=GOOD}}

Greg Mike began doing graffiti when he was 13 years old, and he started painting murals in his twenties.{{Cite news|url=https://www.modernluxury.com/jezebel/articles/creature-feature|title=Creature Feature|last=Skinner|first=Kelly|date=2011-12-29|work=Modern Luxury|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en-US}} His murals are prominent in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. Mike is known for his Loudmouf Larry depictions in his art.{{Cite news|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/50bestthingstodo/snap-a-selfie-at-these-colorful-atlanta-murals/|title=50 Best Things to Do in Atlanta: Snap a selfie at these colorful Atlanta murals|date=2017-10-28|work=Atlanta Magazine|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}

Fabian Williams creates murals under his pseudonym Occasional Superstar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/artist-fabian-williams-new-project-focuses-activist-hosea-williams/isWRcQOaUiO8Uy0iFQ0FPO/|title=Artist Fabian Williams’ new project focuses on activist Hosea Williams|last=Poole|first=Shelia|date=2017-08-04|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=2018-03-08}} In 2017, Williams painted a mural of native Georgian and civil rights leader Hosea Williams.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wabe.org/atlanta-muralist-fabian-williams-highlights-civil-rights-heroes-art/|title=Atlanta Muralist Fabian Williams Highlights Civil Rights Heroes Through Art {{!}} 90.1 FM WABE|last=Johns|first=Myke|date=2017-09-27|work=90.1 FM WABE|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}} In 2017, Playboy named Fabian Williams a "New Creative".{{Cite news|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/fluorescent-hosea-williams-latest-atlanta-mural-fabian-williams/|title=A fluorescent Hosea Williams is the latest Atlanta mural from Fabian Williams|last=Bainbridge|first=Julia|date=2017-07-27|work=Atlanta Magazine|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}

• Olive47{{Cite news|url=http://www.decaturish.com/2016/02/oakhurst-will-receive-new-mural-as-part-of-feed-a-bee-campaign/|title=Oakhurst will receive new mural as part of ‘Feed A Bee’ campaign|date=2016-02-16|work=Decaturish - Locally sourced news|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}
• Sarah Emerson{{Cite news|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/painter-sarah-emersons-sweeping-landscapes-explore-the-concept-of-place/|title=Painter Sarah Emerson’s sweeping landscapes explore the concept of place - Atlanta Magazine|last=Malone|first=Tess|date=2015-12-10|work=Atlanta Magazine|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}
• Sanithna{{Cite news|url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/8/7/16107576/atlanta-beltline-eastside-trail-art-murals-graffitti|title=Photos: Beltline’s newest stretch boasts a wonderland of street murals, graffiti|last=Green|first=Josh|date=2017-08-07|work=Curbed Atlanta|access-date=2018-03-08}}
• Evereman
• Matt Haffner – works on shipping containers in the Old Fourth Ward, amongst others.
• BlackCatTips / Kyle Brooks
• Alex Brewer, a.k.a. HENSE
• Sever
• Yoyo Ferro
• Peter Ferrari
• 70Dot
• Lauren Pallotta Stumberg
• CisneArts
• Bornartistofficial
• Doitdoitleague
• Nat.hugs.cats
• EvilTwinBrother

On April 1, 2011, Alex Brewer, also known as HENSE, and several other local Atlanta graffiti artists, were sued for $1 million by Atlanta neighborhood property owners.Wyatt Williams [https://creativeloafing.com/content-204520-a-few-questions-with-street-artist A Few Questions With Hense] April 5, 2011 However, shortly after HENSE and several artists countersued stating they had nothing to do with the work that they were being sued for.[http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/street-artists-taggers-in-graffiti-lawsuit-strike-/nQtLb/ Street artists, taggers in graffiti lawsuit strike back with counterclaims] The Atlanta Journal Constitution. May 9, 2011 Despite HENSE's prolific "all-city status" for tags, his 2010 grant proposals for city-funded wall paintings on Arizona Avenue and along the Atlanta BeltLine were all accepted.[http://specials.myajc.com/reinvention-hense/ The reinvention of HENSE - How the Atlanta graffiti artist went legit and became a global art star] myAJC. Sep 20, 2015

In May 2011 the City of Atlanta established a Graffiti Task Force. In October 2011 the police arrested 7 persons that they designated as vandals and some regard as artists. However, city officials assert that they have no intention of stifling the street art scene. The city selected 29 murals which would not be painted over including those commissioned as part of the BeltLine and works created during the Living Walls conferences. But the list did not include the most famous street art space in the city, the Krog Street Tunnel. Many street artists and members of the arts community interviewed by Creative Loafing believe the city's efforts are misdirected or futile.{{Cite web|url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-170616-vandals-and-taggers-beware|title=Vandals and taggers, beware|first=Thomas |last=Wheatley |date=May 5, 2011 |website=Atlanta Creative Loafing |access-date=July 17, 2024}}

In May 2017, the city of Atlanta began regulating murals on private property, enforcing a 1982 ordinance that artists and property owners must complete an application process to obtain approval from the city or face a $1,000 fine and up to six months' confinement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.myajc.com/news/local/artists-landowners-sue-atlanta-over-crackdown-murals/aG7umOqBv0AXjbFXniGa9M/|title=Artists, landowners sue Atlanta over crackdown on murals|last=Rankin|first=Bill|date=2017-05-30|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}} A group of artists, including Fabian Williams, Peter Ferrari, and Yoyo Ferro, sued the city, claiming the ordinance was unconstitutional.{{Cite news|url=https://www.myajc.com/blog/legal/city-atlanta-settles-lawsuit-with-street-artists/NGx1GmFQ7hKM9JoGnWvFUL/|title=City of Atlanta settles lawsuit with street artists|last=Rankin|first=Bill|date=2017-06-26|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}} In June 2017, the city settled the lawsuit, agreeing not to require artists to obtain city approval for murals on private property.{{Cite news|url=http://legal.blog.ajc.com/2017/06/26/city-of-atlanta-settles-lawsuit-with-street-artists/|title=City of Atlanta settles lawsuit with street artists {{!}} Bill Rankin's Legal Brief|access-date=2018-02-11}}

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• Arts in Atlanta

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• [https://creativeloafing.com/content-215194-the-internet-likes-atlanta-street Henry Samuels, "The Internet likes Atlanta street artists", Creative Loafing, January 11, 2012]
• [https://streetartmap.org/ Atlanta Street Art map]
• [http://atlantastreetart.com/ Pictures of Atlanta Street Art]

• [http://www.fatcap.com/city/atlanta-1.html Atlanta street art on fatcap.com (blog)]
• [http://dirtythirdstreets.com/category/atlanta/ Atlanta street art on dirtythirdstreets.com (blog)]

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