COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECTS
Our goal is to create and find public art space to heal and beautify communities through the power of ART!
We also
identify walls that are commonly tagged and work with the property owner to paint over the illegal graffiti with themed positive artwork.
If you are a property owner, whether it is a business or home, looking for artwork outside or inside your property, contact us for details. We work with a great variety of talented artists that can provide different styles and professional artwork to customize your home or business. We have done motorcycles, businesses, signs, storefronts, houses, murals, canvasses, custom portraits, arcade rooms, and many more over the years. Portfolios available upon request.
"In cities across the country, murals have become an antidote for unwanted graffiti. Studies show that structures covered with community-oriented artwork are rarely the targets of vandals.
Minnesota Public Radio reporter Nikki Tundel put together this virtual tour of Twin Cities murals. Some of the public paintings depict the area's cultural heritage. Others showcase the personal interests of the building owners. All of them remain graffiti-free." http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/07/28/photos-murals-slideshow/
For more information about community mural projects helping to deter illegal graffiti visit these sites:
Washington DC Mural Project
Washington Post Article
"A new city-funded program is aiming to cover up graffiti with the work of creative Washington teenagers."
Paint Not Prison
"Paint Not Prison is a community organizing and beautification project which engages local youth, mentors and artists including some youth on probation for graffiti offenses. "
“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, bus also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.” - Salvador Dali
City of Milwaukee Mural Arts Program & The Mural Mile
"It all begins with one brushstroke—the spark that ignites change. A single brushstroke that causes a ripple effect and transforms our city and the lives of those who live here.
Murals are more than just paint on walls. They create community, inspire individuals, revitalize neighborhoods and give hope. They tell the story of our city and give voice to its people, its cultures, its history and traditions. At Mural Arts, it is our mission to paint it forward—to help the force of life triumph in every neighborhood of our city. "-http://www.muralarts.org/getinvolved/gift.php
Redland's Plan to Beat Graffiti
" COMMUNITY clean-up days, household removal guides and legal mural spaces are being touted as the answer
to graffiti problems in the Redlands. "
2009 Community Mural Projects
Chavez Mural on Cesar E. Chavez Drive & Washington St.
Final Mural completed Fall 2009
Oneof our youth participants completed this "Unity" canvass at the 7th annual Summer of Peace Youth Rally August 7th, 2009.
Lead artist, TRUE Skool Co-Founder, and owner of ResiComm Graffix, Eliot Patterson, completed this mural at Bastille Days July 2009.
Our lead artist, Eliot Patterson, recently worked with the youth participants of Project Ujima on a mural project. Here is the completed mural that will be on display at the State Capitol in Madison, WI for the 25th anniversary of the Victim's of Crime Act.
2008 Community Mural Projects
Peace Walk & Block Party @ LCC 10.11.08
TRUE Skool participants painted a live Peace Mural at this event.
MODA3's Boardfest 10.11.08
TRUE Skool painted a live canvass at MODA3's Boardfest
MLK Back to School Talent Show Stage Murals 8.9.08
Project Excel Murals June-August 2008
TRUE Skool's youth participants were hired by Project Excel through the City of Milwaukee's Earn & Learn Youth Jobs Program this summer. They completed 3 murals inside the school and are in the process of completing a 4th inside the main hallway.
North Avenue & East Richards Street Mural 8.16.08
The property owner saw TRUE Skool on the news and contacted us to paint over her garage that frequently gets tagged.
Before
After
Summer of Peace 8.8.08
This was the 6th Annual Summer of Peace Youth Rally. TRUE Skool made a canvass that the event will be able to use year after year.
This mural was completed 8/8/08 at the 6th Annual Summer of Peace Youth Rally on Milwaukee's east side.
South 12th Street & National Avenue 7.17 & 7.18.08
TRUE Skool recently completed a community mural on 12th & National on July 17th & 18th with Legendary Graffiti Artist COPE2. The mural says "From the Youth, To the Community" in Graffiti Art style lettering along with characters of young people holding large art utencils. This mural is funded by The Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Youth-In-Service Fund. This is an example of young people doing positive and legal Graffiti Art in a safe place with permission using art that they are interested in and is relevant to them and their culture. For those that might have a hard time reading the lettering, there are banners above each word in plain lettering. This is just one type of mural our artists can do, our talented artists are very diverse in their skills and themes. Check out the Fox 6 News coverage.
We've seen High School Seniors using this mural as a backdrop for senior pictures!
"From The Youth To...
The Community"
Madison, WI Mural 7.08
Eliot also completed a mural in Madison, WI with one of TRUE Skool's youth participants and another fellow Milwaukee artist, Ben Stark, in July 2008.
Writerz Blok Mural San Diego, CA 7.12.08
TRUE Skool Co-Founder and Graffiti Art Instructor, Eliot Patterson recently took a trip to San Diego, CA in July 2008 to visit Writerz Blok, a nonprofit youth organization that has a large Graffiti Mural Park. Here is his piece in the Graffiti Park...
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