Graffiti alley - Baltimore, MD

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Station North Art & Graffiti

By: Michelle Severino

Located in the heart of Baltimore, Station North is one of the first area in Baltimore to receive the State title as an Arts & Entertainment District in 2002. It Spanned to many neighborhoods in Baltimore including; Charles North, Greenmount West, and Barclay, Station North which s a diverse collection of artist live-work spaces, galleries, rowhomes, and businesses.

As of now, Station North continues to serve as a national model for Arts &

Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. it’s vision is to strives to ensure that the Station North Arts & Entertainment District keeps building on its reputation as a nationally recognized creative hub and that it can maintain its appeal to a diverse population of locals and visitors from near and far.

Entertainment Districts.

According to the Station North Arts & Entertainment District, “Rosenfeld Organization (RO) is a non-profit experimental community art organization dedicated to preserving both Graffiti Alley and Graffiti Warehouse and supporting Baltimore street artists. Graffiti Alley is the only legal art space in Baltimore City where street artists can create their work freely without fear of prosecution.”

Located next to Graffiti Alley, Graffiti Warehouse

“I Paint more than I draw”

offers unique shooting space for photographers and videographers. RO also provides Baltimore street artists with the opportunity to market their work in Baltimore and beyond.

Westly Bauman

“I’ve always been fascinated by graffiti.”

Chris Thomas,29

Chris Smith, 29

I’ve always been fascinated by graffiti. I travel a lot, and anytime I travel I go to something like san Francisco, the whole West Coast, up and down the East Coast and every city I go to, I take pictures of all the street art

and graffiti.

I was in an in between job: I was a teacher then I was switching to Sales and in my interim I kind of was just like why don’t I try it because I’ve always been and artsy person.

I came down here because you’re allowed to do it here, which is pretty neat, and I put up some pieces. I’ve tried a couple pieces and these is my fourth or fifth one. It’s kind of cool and it’s a different medium, a different kind of way to express yourself which is pretty neat.

Chris Smith, 29, in progress of finidhing his fraffiti in Station North, Graffiti Alley in Baltimore, MD.

Photo by Michelle Severino

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Westley Bauman Westley

is from a small town in Connecticut, It’s about 2, 000 people, but he isn’t sure, but everyone knows everyone, and you can’t spray paint. They have really hard lockdown on trying to get it, even one of my friends came and tag his name over there (graffiti Alley).

He had 5,000 restitutions because of his sketchbook, so I’ve never really gotten a chance to fully express myself, other than on a walls on his house, but I got here to Baltimore and saw this (Graffiti Alley) and said Fuck Yea! So know I’m doing big things, I want to be Muralist.

It’s been going pretty well, I do a lot of painting, I paint kind of in a blocky way, I like that style. I’ve never really liked letters much, that’s more of a graffiti style., and it’s also about the people you meet, like my man Drew, he is great. He is always here because he has nowhere to go, but I love him.

Westley know leaves in Baltimore and goes to Maryland Institute College of Arts, MICA, he is studying painting.

“I want to be Muralist.”

Westley,

Westley, 18, in progress of doing his graffiti on the walls of Graffiti Alley in Station North, in Baltimore, MD.

18, wrote his tag graffiti on the walls of Graffiti Alley in Station North, in Baltimore, MD.

Photographed by Dean Mattioli In the photo is Westley Bauman and his Graffiti Art.

Graffiti Alley

Westkey Bauman tag after he has done his Graffiti

Angry Kevin!

“He is a sort of a galvanizing figure in Baltimore among other graffiti artists,” says Justin O’ Donnell. He started off writing the word Angry Kevin and then he would do these character from a nickelodeon cartoon called ‘Hey Arnold’. He would spray paint artwork, with a frown, looking upset or angry and then writes angry Kevin right underneath it.

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )

For the last 2 years, you see his work everywhere, and he just doesn’t do graffiti, he does stickers, primarily Kevin figures, but he does other characters too. You see the stickers everywhere you’ll see the angry Kevin head, just the name, all over town. Ranging from pretty big pieces to just handwritten pieces, with like a white oil pen or paint, in a bathroom wall or man hole cave.

Graffiti Alley

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )

Angry Kevin a graffiti artist in Baltimore, MD. His work is known throughout Sstation North. Justin O’ Donnel (Baltimore_Paint in Instagram ) documented his progress since he started for the first time and has gotten better says Justin.

Graffiti Alley

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )

Station North

Baltimore, MD

Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )