Graffiti

Graffiti taggers in South Minneapolis have apparently lost faith in the American dream. These dueling slogans were spotted today on a house on the 3100 block of Clinton Avenue.

A lot has been written about street artists promoting the candidacy of Barack Obama, but how about the GOP side? A search at Flickr shows only a few photos of street art that could be construed, in a pinch, as supporting the Republican ticket (John McCain as Billy Elliot, a fuzzy [if endangered] polar bear [...]

What may be the first large-scale graffito against the Republican National Convention appeared within the last few days on the back side of the landmark Grain Belt beercap sign in Minneapolis.
The slogan, which faces traffic entering downtown Minneapolis on the Hennepin Avenue bridge, reads “Get Out Phascists,” with the initial letters G.O.P. highlighted in red, [...]

Relatively speaking, there’s a lot more money spent on graffiti removal locally than you probably realize. Along with the Minneapolis Anti-Graffiti Initiative, which pays citizens cash for leads about graffiti that produce arrests, the city of Minneapolis is offering Graffiti Micro Grants to non-profit community-based organizations and churches for beautification programs, graffiti clean-up, and teaching [...]