Street Art - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/category/street-art/ The strange but true life and times of Washington, DC Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:04:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 64826792 DC as Canvas: From Crack to Canvas to Condo https://heydaydc.com/2014/10/hanover-place-dc-street-art-crack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hanover-place-dc-street-art-crack https://heydaydc.com/2014/10/hanover-place-dc-street-art-crack/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:37:39 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1117 Before it became home to one of the greatest collections of street art in Washington, DC, Hanover Place NW in Truxton Circle was a narrow, dead-end street where you could Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/10/hanover-place-dc-street-art-crack/feed/ 0 1117 DC as Canvas: International Graduate University Sculpture https://heydaydc.com/2014/08/international-graduate-university-sculpture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-graduate-university-sculpture https://heydaydc.com/2014/08/international-graduate-university-sculpture/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:23:08 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1085 The placement of this Brutalist sculpture next to an elementary school looks as if it may have been intended to enhance the learning environs by bringing some whimsy to the Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/08/international-graduate-university-sculpture/feed/ 0 1085 DC as Canvas: Bohemian Caverns Mural – Miles Misses Shirley https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/bohemian-caverns-mural/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bohemian-caverns-mural https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/bohemian-caverns-mural/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:25:10 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1018 The Bohemian Caverns mural is half the mural it used to be. Created by artist Alonso Tamayo in 2000, the original artwork spanned the entire north side of the famous Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/bohemian-caverns-mural/feed/ 0 1018 DC as Canvas: “WallNut” Acorn H Street Art by BroCoLoco https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:18:08 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=910 Created by the brotherly team BroCoLoco, the “WallNut” acorn H Street art appears on the side of the former Korame Home Products building at 620 H Street NE in the Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco/feed/ 2 910 DC as Canvas: Dancing Stormtroopers https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/dc-canvas-dancing-stormtroopers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-canvas-dancing-stormtroopers https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/dc-canvas-dancing-stormtroopers/#comments Sun, 04 May 2014 22:39:12 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=714 Happy birthday to Ben in Seattle. May the Fourth Be with You! These dancing stormtroopers appear at the western end of Hanover Place NW in the Truxton Circle neighborhood.

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/dc-canvas-dancing-stormtroopers/feed/ 3 714 DC as Canvas: “Marvin” Mural Brings Architectural Healing https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-canvas-marvin-mural-aniekan-udofia-shaw/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-canvas-marvin-mural-aniekan-udofia-shaw https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-canvas-marvin-mural-aniekan-udofia-shaw/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:18:20 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=694 Artist Aniekan Udofia created his Marvin Gaye mural in DC, “Marvin,” in September 2013 as part of a citywide mural project sponsored by Heineken. This tribute to Marvin Gaye** graces Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-canvas-marvin-mural-aniekan-udofia-shaw/feed/ 1 694 DC as Canvas: “Higher” by Gaia and Con https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-canvas-higher-gaia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-canvas-higher-gaia https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-canvas-higher-gaia/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:13:16 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=657 Commissioned by DCArts in 2010, this backstreet gem appears on the east side of 1017 U Street NW in the alley between Lovely Yogurt and Corte Salon. It’s a relatively Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-canvas-higher-gaia/feed/ 0 657 DC as Canvas: “The Battle: Felipe’s Story Remixed” https://heydaydc.com/2014/03/street-art-felipes-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=street-art-felipes-story https://heydaydc.com/2014/03/street-art-felipes-story/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:07:04 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=216 Here’s the first image in our collection of DC street art. “The Battle: Felipe’s Story Remixed” was created by Joel Bergner in 2012 and appears on the sidewall of BloomBars Continue Reading →

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