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Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 30, 2009,
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Busted
By DON LEHMAN
dlehman@poststar.com | Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:45 pm
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The scheme will operate with the help of the court and Stirling Council. Once
an instance of vandalism has been reported to police, Stirling Council
wardens will seek permission from affected landlords to use t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 25, 2009,
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Charged
RICHMOND - OREGON HILL -
Richmond police say they have arrested the person responsible for several acts of graffiti vandalism in the City.
Investigators say 33 year old C*** N**** of Richmond defaced several
locations in the Oregon Hill neighborhood along with city parks. They
say he used the tag name "Dr. Bastard."
They say they found proof after a search of N****'s Cherry Street residence.
He's been charged with three counts of destruction of property and o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 25, 2009,
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Busted
Two 19-year-old graffiti vandals were arrested Tuesday night when
they were caught shoplifting spray paint from an area discount store,
police said. K*****
L. C******, of the 2000 block of Franklin Ave. in Marshallton, and
J***** T. P*****, of the 700 block of Dorcaster Drive in the Sherwood
Park community, were each charged with shoplifting, possession of
graffiti implements and conspiracy. C******, a convicted
high-profile tagger known as SUD and SKUM, and P*****, his associate
who tags under... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 25, 2009,
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Street Art
DIY graffiti doesn’t have to be ugly– it can be thought-provoking, challenging, and perhaps most importantly, temporary. Jesse Graves, an artist based in Milwaukee Wisconsin, has harnessed mud as an artistic medium to take his green graffiti to the streets, and he encourages others to do the same. 
Graves’ graffiti, which includes images of bicycles, bottles of oil, and cows, uses mud stencils to promote messages of social justice. Why mud? According to...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 18, 2009,
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Events
When is it legal to graffiti walls? When it's part of school study,
which happens to be at Lorain County Community College. For a look at
this urban art form, check out "Above and Beyond 2: Art and
Installation by Eight Graffiti Artists" at the Beth K. Stocker Art
Gallery in the Stocker Center at the college. Bob Peck has
curated the show, which looks at graffiti-inspired themes via fine arts
and a large-scale collaborative installation. The show will continue through Nov. 13. Stocker
Art Galler... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 16, 2009,
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Charged
New
London – Angry property owners addressed a Superior Court judge this
morning upon hearing that Robert V. Guess, accused of vandalizing
dozens of downtown buildings with graffiti, would serve only five weeks
in prison and two years probation.
Guess, who has been held on $50,000 bond since his Sept. 29 arrest,
pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree criminal mischief and
admitted to violating his probation from an earlier graffiti case. He
agreed to remain in prison until Nov. 3, ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 12, 2009,
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Busted
By Jessica Selva
Signal Staff Writer
jselva@the-signal.com
Authorities
arrested two adults and six teenagers Tuesday morning after recovering
weapons, drugs and graffiti tools in a probation sweep of known taggers
in the Santa Clarita Valley, sheriff's deputies said.
"The
message should be clear that if you're participating in this kind of
illegal activity and marking up our schools, then there's a good chance
we'll come knocking on your door," Los Angeles County sh... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 12, 2009,
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Busted
Some city residents celebrated graffiti as fine art while others
whitewashed the "vandalism" away within hours of each other this past
weekend in downtown Terre Haute. "Heartland Graffiti: Writers
from the Midwest," an exhibition of graffiti artists connected to
Indiana, opened Friday evening at the Swope Art Museum. Hours later,
the "Terre Haute Wipes out Graffiti" pilot event asked volunteers to
paint over graffiti throughout the city Saturday morning. "If
it's in the right spots, like in a ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 12, 2009,
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Charged
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff
A 27-year-old New York graffiti artist was sentenced today to six
months in jail for spray-painting graffiti in the Back Bay and at the
MBTA's Orient Heights rail yard.
D******* B****** was also ordered to serve five years of probation that
will be supervised by New York officials; to stay out of Boston for
that period; to undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment, if
necessary; and to pay restitution, with the amount to be determined at
a Dec. 15... Continue reading ...
A piece of graffiti by Hong Kong's self-proclaimed "King of Kowloon"
has sold for a record 500 000 Hong Kong dollars (R480 954), auction
house Sotheby's confirmed on Wednesday.
The piece by the late Tsang Tsou-choi, featuring rows of Chinese
calligraphy on canvas, attracted fierce bidding in Sotheby's Asian art
auction Tuesday.
It finally went to an unknown telephone bidder for more than seven times its predicted sale amount of 70 000 Hong Kong dollars.
The amount was more than double that... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 9, 2009,
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Battle
In the slang of the street, there are "toys" and there are "writers."
Toys are the spray-can painters who are just starting out, fumbling
around with a can of paint and oblivious to the difference between
standing 2 inches from a wall and working from a foot away.
Then
there are the writers, those artists who have learn...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 2, 2009,
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Busted
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – You’ve seen all the dull multi-colored
signs and gibberish scribbled with spray paint on the sides of
buildings, sidewalks and other structures. It’s not an art form or a
game to avoid detection, the so-called artists are destroying and
defacing property.
Often, the crimes are considered misdemeanors , unless property damage exceeds $2,500.
Two suspected graffiti artists, J***** S***********, 29, a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 2, 2009,
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Events
Monday, 28 September 2009 09:46
 SOME
of the top graffiti artists from across Europe are heading to Limerick
on October 3, and plan to paint the town ‘red’. Organisers of
Limerick’s first international graffiti jam expect a carnival
atmosphere at the festival in Steamboat Quay,
The JUST WRITING MY NAME festival will welcome 23 professional graffiti artists to the banks of the Shannon.
Local artist and musician Nick Bromfield, told the Limerick Post
what to expect: “We’ll be kic... Continue reading ...
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