grafitti in school....legal style

[VEN]

My tech teacher let me do graffiti on his wall, my friend did another design. He wrote motivite and mine says endeavour: snoopy special:

[sanddrag]

That's terrible. I don't like graffiti whether it is allowed or not. The fact that you and your friend know how to make graffiti is also somewhat disturbing. Your teacher allowed this? Just wait until the principle comes in. I have a feeling you have much more painting to do. And how is your team role "Engineer" if you were born in 1990?

[KyleGilbert45]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

That's terrible. I don't like graffiti whether it is allowed or not. The fact that you and your friend know how to make graffiti is also somewhat disturbing. Your teacher allowed this? Just wait until the principle comes in. I have a feeling you have much more painting to do. And how is your team role "Engineer" if you were born in 1990?

What's wrong with a little artistic expression? Try not to stereotype graffiti as "gang art" which I'm only assuming you are. So if you aren't then just ignore that. I've always thought graffiti was cool as long as it's tasteful. I am also not implying that randomly tagging a wall is ok either. I believe that graffiti is a terrbile thing when someone just tags a random wall, but in a controlled setting it can be a cool form of artistic expression.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by KyleGilbert45

What's wrong with a little artistic expression?

Here's the problem. All it takes is one word on one new wall, and pretty soon, the whole city is covered in it, the whole city looks trashy, gangs claim their territtory, shootings happen, the residents get mad, the property values fall, the city must spend millions more on cleanup and cops, and it just turns into a really bad situation which takes decades to recover from.

This type of "art" should never be allowed or supported in a school environment.

Take a drive over by the Southern California regional location one day. You won't be calling it "art" anymore.

[xzvrw2]

i think that is pretty cool.
I think it is very artistic.
As long as you had permission to do it, it is ok.
I don't see people starting up doing graffiti all over the city because of two legal paintings.
My city, Pontiac, is covered in graffiti, not even nice looking graffiti, but it is covered in it.
not because of some one did a mural of something, legally, on a wall, because they want to.
if some one is going to do it, it is because they want to, not just because some one did it in a classroom because a teacher said ti was cool for them to.
people will do it any ways.

[Michelle Celio]

I think it looks pretty cool. You did a good job.

But I don't think it's 100% appropriate...maybe it's because I go to a "technical" and "professional" high school and thats how my mind is set but yeah.

[Kyle A]

I see nothing wrong with it really. I think that it looks cool and it adds color to that wall. And it really doesn't matter because it sounds like they had permission to do it.

[Jay H 237]

I don't see this being a big issue. There's a difference between having permission to paint the wall and going out and spraying a random bridge for example. Think of it this way, how is there a difference between spraying grafitti on the wall or painting a mural on it? (with permission )

The high school 237 is based out of used to have paintings that students did in art class on the walls. The paint was everything from what you could call modern art to graffiti to picture of the Statue of Liberty. Most of the walls of the school were painted when I went there as a student. After they repainted the complete school in the late 90's most of these paintings were painted over. The school today is basically a two tune green paint scheme, not as interesting as it had been.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Here's the problem. All it takes is one word on one new wall, and pretty soon, the whole city is covered in it, the whole city looks trashy, gangs claim their territtory, shootings happen, the residents get mad, the property values fall, the city must spend millions more on cleanup and cops, and it just turns into a really bad situation which takes decades to recover from.
This type of "art" should never be allowed or supported in a school environment.
Take a drive over by the Southern California regional location one day. You won't be calling it "art" anymore.

"Cap'n I think we lost the Inspiration in this one!" LOL
You're a "glass half empty" kinda guy aren't you?

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

The high school 237 is based out of used to have paintings that students did in art class on the walls. The paint was everything from what you could call modern art to graffiti to picture of the Statue of Liberty. Most of the walls of the school were painted when I went there as a student. After they repainted the complete school in the late 90's most of these paintings were painted over. The school today is basically a two tune green paint scheme, not as interesting as it had been.

Some of the walls still are painted Jay. You should come to meetings more often LOL j/k..
Nah, there is one with a graffiti style teacher's face and other images outside his room's wall, another of a rain forest scene, and yet another of a (unfinished still) map of the United states with some landmarks over the map on the wall in the main cafe.

I would have to say (in my 5 years on the team based out of the HS) that I have never seen any of these murals disgraced, or violated in any way. I know that it may be the fact that it's on the inside, and hard to defile a huge mural in a public hallway in a school, but I see other things written over (signs for events for instance & bathroom walls) but the murals remain untouched.
People know that it took a long time to create these works of art, and they tend to respect that.
It's kind of nice really. It restores my faith of people in general when I see them as good looking as they were the day they were painted each time I am at the HS.

I wish the same good fortune to your artwork as well. It may be a bit on the edge as far as "publicly accepted" art forms, but I still would like to see it live on for quite some time.

[vic burg]

I think it is really awesome. My dad let me take down my bedroom door and do graffitti all over it. I mean, it's not like, actual graffitti since I don't know how to make those kinds of letters but, it still looks cool. If the teacher said it was okay, I don't see why you should get in trouble for it. It is his classroom so, I would think that he can do whatever it is, to it. If the principal has a problem well, yes, it may be a bit of a problem but, I think that if a student(s) and/or teacher(s) want to allow it, so be it. It is a way to express how one feels and all. And, it's not like you just went up and did it. The teacher OKed it so, there isn't too much controversy about it. Is there?

[Adam Shapiro]

Originally Posted by vic burg

I think it is really awesome. My dad let me take down my bedroom door and do graffitti all over it. I mean, it's not like, actual graffitti since I don't know how to make those kinds of letters but, it still looks cool. If the teacher said it was okay, I don't see why you should get in trouble for it. It is his classroom so, I would think that he can do whatever it is, to it. If the principal has a problem well, yes, it may be a bit of a problem but, I think that if a student(s) and/or teacher(s) want to allow it, so be it. It is a way to express how one feels and all. And, it's not like you just went up and did it. The teacher OKed it so, there isn't too much controversy about it. Is there?

I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that it is allowed in their school, it's not a problem. There was an argument in this thread as to whether or not graffiti in general is ok, or if it is all wrong. Ven's work, however, is not in question. His teacher allowed it and I don't believe that the school has any problems with it.

[VEN]

Our principal looked at it today and she liked it.

[sciencenerd]

Wow, I'm kind of suprised you got permission for that (not that I have anything in particular against it). It seems to me if I were a school, I wouldn't want random pictures all over the walls, it is possible that they could detract from the learning. Then again, for all I know this is actually helping with the learning, as the creator of this thread said they are intended to.

Team 1318 decided it would be cool this year if we painted the top of our practice-field ramp to be team-spirited. This is what it looked like (before we actually attached it to the ramp).

[chrisinmd]

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

The high school 237 is based out of used to have paintings that students did in art class on the walls. The paint was everything from what you could call modern art to graffiti to picture of the Statue of Liberty. Most of the walls of the school were painted when I went there as a student. After they repainted the complete school in the late 90's most of these paintings were painted over. The school today is basically a two tune green paint scheme, not as interesting as it had been.

That sounds exactly like what happened at my school. There were murals all over, done by some really talented students, and this summer they painted the entire school, which was in need of some fresh paint, but they also felt that the murals needed some fresh paint. A few of them survived, but the two tone green scheme has taken over. The halls are really lacking without them.
-Chris

edit: Great job! Looks great!

[KyleGilbert45]

Sorry to bring back a dead thread, but I didn't want to start a new thread just for this.

It appears that Marc Ecko has tagged Air Force One while it was sitting on the ramp overnight. http://stillfree.com/ This is an excellent example of the kinds of graffiti that make the art of graffiti look bad...