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Cleaning tags and graffiti from Wylie Street to Memorial in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia - It might have looked suspicious– the woman stooped over, back turned, applying spray paint to an Atlanta BeltLine retaining wall. At least that’s what a concerned citizen thought as he called out to her, “You should be ashamed!” Turning to face her accuser from her task of transforming a vulgar graffiti tag into a flower until a proper clean-up could be done, the woman’s City of Atlanta shirt clarified the situation for the citizen, who quickly apologized. After seven years as BeltLine District Manager for city’s Office of Parks, Tucker Hutmacher is both tickled...
MuralShield Protective Coating applied to 7th Street murals to ward off vandalism
The murals on 7th Street in Little Rock have been defaced several times in the last few months. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Murals with messages of peace and social justice have been popping up along 7th Street in Little Rock since 2016. But the art really started to spread at the beginning of summer 2020, amid the death of George Floyd and protests across the country, including in Arkansas. Images of Floyd, along with those of Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and others lost to police violence...
Artist Tatiana Ortiz Brings More Color to Barrio Logan
In Barrio Logan, Artist Tatiana Ortiz moves her brush and with each movement color flows. She has created a mural that “presents a statement of the simple yet powerful gesture of covering our nose and mouth in order to protect ourselves and others. This is an act of love and one of recognition that we are connected now more than ever, not only as a community or a country but as a whole world.” Those words and work were presented by the San Diego Union Tribune in April 2021, right in the midst of the Corona Virus pandemic. This vibrant work was...
There’s No Place for Graffiti in the Forest!
Trash No Land has seen an increase of graffiti on public lands in the past 2-3 years. So much so, that the staff at Trash No Land decided to do something about it. Remove it and restore the natural features of our great outdoors. Learn More Download EcoBlaster PDF Trash No Land has seen an increase of graffiti on public lands in the past 2-3 years. So much so, that the staff at Trash No Land decided to do something about it. Remove it and restore the natural features of our great outdoors. On April 24th, 2021, three Trash No...
Anti-Graffiti Squad Hits Back
It's 9 o'clock in the morning and it's already a blistering 90 degrees out, but Ryan Faretta and Julian Woodard are hard at work out on the streets of Canyon Country.Sweating it out under the blazing sun with their pressure washers and vacuums, they don't miss a single spot as they expertly scrape, wipe and flush away all signs of graffiti from a wall, a sidewalk and a palm tree trunk along Whites Canyon Road.As Faretta finishes eradicating the last few remnants of paint, Woodard heads to his vehicle to start inputting the details of the job into his on-board...