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Street art fest bringing 40 new works to Eastern Market (Detroit)
Source: Freep
On your mark, get set, paint!
The inaugural Murals in the Market festival opens Thursday, and by Friday morning most of the roughly 45 national and local invited artists will be hard at work on 40 newly commissioned works of street art in Eastern Market and environs. For the nine days of the festival, Eastern Market, already one of Detroit's richest centers of street art, will pulsate with the energy of artistic creation. The festival will effectively double the number of authorized murals in the market, and the spectacle of dozens of artists all working at the same time within a few concentrated blocks of the city promises to shrink the distance between artists and the public, letting everyday folks in on the process of how murals get made.
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"It's going to change the landscape of the entire area," said festival director Roula David. "The murals will be a catalyst for people to explore the market. They'll go down streets where they haven't been just to see the art. When you put up art, it makes everything feel safer and makes people feel more welcome."
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Detroit has long been a haven for illegal graffiti, but in recent years the city has become one of the most vibrant centers of authorized street art in the country. Hundreds of murals done with permission, by some of the most famous street artists in the world as well as gifted metro Detroit artists, can now be seen all over the city.
The inaugural Murals in the Market festival opens Thursday, and by Friday morning most of the roughly 45 national and local invited artists will be hard at work on 40 newly commissioned works of street art in Eastern Market and environs. For the nine days of the festival, Eastern Market, already one of Detroit's richest centers of street art, will pulsate with the energy of artistic creation. The festival will effectively double the number of authorized murals in the market, and the spectacle of dozens of artists all working at the same time within a few concentrated blocks of the city promises to shrink the distance between artists and the public, letting everyday folks in on the process of how murals get made.
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"It's going to change the landscape of the entire area," said festival director Roula David. "The murals will be a catalyst for people to explore the market. They'll go down streets where they haven't been just to see the art. When you put up art, it makes everything feel safer and makes people feel more welcome."
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Detroit has long been a haven for illegal graffiti, but in recent years the city has become one of the most vibrant centers of authorized street art in the country. Hundreds of murals done with permission, by some of the most famous street artists in the world as well as gifted metro Detroit artists, can now be seen all over the city.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2015/09/11/mural-festival-bringing-40-new-works-eastern-market/72013322/
Some current street art in/near Eastern Market via: http://ilovedetroitmichigan.com/detroit-graffiti-street-art/10-new-works-of-detroit-street-art-in-eastern-market/ :
