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Problem Tracker: Graffiti taints alley in downtown Belvidere - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Article says was a mural that got painted over, but not clear how old the mural was, or what it looked like. From photo, looks more like a sign - whitre lettes in black.

Problem Tracker: Graffiti taints alley in downtown Belvidere - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star.

Jan 21/2011 - BELVIDERE  - Ill - — A walk down the alley between Lori’s Little Critters, 109 N. State St., and the building at 105 N. State St. will likely draw your attention to the graffiti on both brick buildings. The building at 105 N. State St. houses the Register Star’s Boone County Bureau, apartments, a meeting room and Hot Heads hair salon. On this building are the somewhat faded words “White Power.” At 109 N. State, blue spray-paint, scribbles and black graffiti mar the building’s mural.

Graffiti artists to tag station / News / Vale of Leven / Articles / Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter

Unfotunate choice of words, they will be doing a mural, not tagging the wall.

Graffiti artists to tag station / News / Vale of Leven / Articles / Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter.

Jan 20, 2011 - UK - TWO young graffiti artists are set to transform a dull wall outside Renton train station into a bright mural depicting a scene from Scottish history

Building owner hopes mural idea is approved | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com

Encouraging to see this type of approach, hopefully council will approve and fund it. Would be nice if local youth are involved too - we'll see.

Building owner hopes mural idea is approved | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com.

Jan 20, 2011 - Palm Springs, CA - The owner of an Indio plaza is proposing to have the city pay for a mural on the side of her building to help deter graffiti. During the past 12 weeks, the building that houses Pam Schott's Mercado de Monroe on Monroe Street, just south of Interstate 10, has been defaced by graffiti taggers four times.She believes a mural on the north side of the plaza would not only be a welcome sight for motorists exiting the highway, but she says it will also address the vandalism

Graffiti arts new Berlin Wall -- Creativity Articles -- Red Bull

Amazing video, great variety of styles from this gal. Great stuff on her site too, at madc.tv

Graffiti arts new Berlin Wall -- Creativity Articles -- Red Bull.

Jan 19, 2011 - Berlin - If you travel by rail between Berlin and Halle, Germany, and pay attention to the passing landscape, you will eventually set eyes on a 100m-long (350ft-long) series of detailed scenes: a laboratory overrun by rats, a shipping port under dark clouds, galleons fighting through rough waters and a giant octopus, and a cityscape at sunset. The graffiti name of the artist, MadC, is ubiquitous.

Graffiti mural for Australia Day at Raymond Terrace - Local News - News - General - Port Stephens Examiner

Good way to involve youth in the events as well as educate others about the different "types" of graffiti

Graffiti mural for Australia Day at Raymond Terrace - Local News - News - General - Port Stephens Examiner.

Aerosol artists will provide demonstrations of their medium, creating a graffiti mural which will then be displayed in the council building. Artist Callum Lourensz, 20, said he hoped the demonstration would help raise the profile of graffiti in the local community as a form of art.

Ford Graffiti Wall an Unlikely Diversion at Detroit Auto Show - NYTimes.com

Once again showing that if it can help to sell a product, people treat graffiti as a "good thing"

Ford Graffiti Wall an Unlikely Diversion at Detroit Auto Show - NYTimes.com.

Jan 11, 2011 - Detroit - The distinctive sound of aerosol spray cans could be overheard at the Ford Motor Company booth here, but nobody appeared concerned. Ford commissioned the digital graffiti wall for the brand’s display, which they hoped would encourage visitors to explore the options list for its Fiesta subcompact. Users would select a color from a digital palette, which could then be applied to a graphic of the car’s surface with a digital-paint rendering nozzle, activated with two fingers to mimic the preferred grip of so-called fat-cap street artists.