Our entire city is an illegal, underground art gallery.
Whatever you may think of urban graffiti, a huge amount of effort and creativity is involved in plastering the city with stencils, stickers, lettering and random bursts of black spray paint.
Downtown Albuquerque’s 516 ARTS gallery, in conjunction with the ACLU-NM and 23 other Albuquerque-based organizations, celebrates the energy of graffiti with “STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression.”
The event goes on throughout October and November, and it features a two-part exhibit at 516 ARTS, a pair of documentaries running this month at the Guild Cinema, a series of (legal) murals downtown and a string of other events throughout the two months. To celebrate the beginning of STREET ARTS, the Daily Lobo culture section presents street art from the University area. Look out for more coverage relating to the art form in the coming month.
