FEATURING; Westly Bauman ANGRY KEVIN BALTIMORE PAINT IG DOCUMENTING GRAFFITI IN AND AROUNd BALTIMORE
Graffiti Alley
Station North
Š Copyright 2016 Michelle Severino.
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CHRIS SMITH, 29 Kindergarden teacher, Know he is a Graffiti Artist Baltimore pg 6
Westley Bauman, 18 Student at Mica University, Studying Paint, and does pg 10 Graffiti in Baltimore
Angry Kevin Graffiti Artist in Baltimore who leaves his mark around the City. pg 18 All right reserved. No part of this Publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or in any means - by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise - without prior written permission.
Station North Art & Graffiti By: Michelle Severino
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ocated 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.
Entertainment Districts.
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tation 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.
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s of now, Station North continues to serve as a national model for Arts & Graffiti Alley
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I Paint more than I draw”
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ccording 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.”
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ocated next to Graffiti Alley, Graffiti Warehouse
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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.
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I’ve always been fascinated by graffiti.”
Chris Thomas,29 Chris Smith, 29
and graffiti. I was in an in between ’ve always been fascinated job: I was a teacher then I by graffiti. I travel a lot, was switching to Sales and in and anytime I travel I go to my interim I kind of was just something like san Francisco, like why don’t I try it because the whole West Coast, up I’ve always been and artsy and down the East Coast person. and every city I go to, I take I came down here pictures of all the street art 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.
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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
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estley 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).
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e 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.
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t’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.
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estley know leaves in Baltimore and goes to Maryland Institute College of Arts, MICA, he is studying painting. Graffiti Alley
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I want to be Muralist.”
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Westley, 18, in progress of doing his graffiti on the walls of Graffiti Alley in Station North, in Baltimore, MD.
Westley, 18, wrote his tag graffiti on the walls of Graffiti Alley in Station North, in Baltimore, MD.
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Photographed by Dean Mattioli In the photo is Westley Bauman and his Graffiti Art. Graffiti Alley
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Westkey Bauman tag after he has done his Graffiti
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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.
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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.
Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint ) Graffiti Alley 19
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.
Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint ) Graffiti Alley
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Station North
Baltimore, MD
Photo Credit to Justin O’ Donnel ( IG:Baltimore_paint )