Make your mark

A community activity

What is it about

• A project about having fun• The artist using the community• Letting the community use the artist• Inclusive• Non-profit

What the project can do

Creative,revitalize the community

Make community art

BUT it needs to be:

• Safe – no law breaking, no climbing ladders, no carrying spades or illicit spray cans around

• No special skills• An inclusive art/activity

BUT it needs to be:

• Safe – no law breaking, no climbing ladders, no carrying spades or illicit spray cans around

• No special skills• An inclusive art/activity

Why?

Examples of community art

• Graffiti• Guerrilla gardening• Yarn bombing

Graffiti

• Community based?• Some is attractive

Graffiti

• Community based?• Some is attractive• Some has a message

Graffiti

• Community based?• Some is attractive• Some has a message• Some is just ugly and

destructive

Guerrilla gardening

• Links to graffiti – find this image on a guerrilla gardening website

Guerrilla gardening

• Links to graffiti• The aim is to reclaim

spaces, re-green and beautify the city jungle

Guerrilla gardening

• Links to graffiti• The aim is to reclaim

spaces, re-green and beautify the city jungle

• No space is too small

Yarn bombing

• Shows its graffiti origins – sharing location

Yarn bombing

• Shows its graffiti origins• Described as

unthreatening warm and fuzzy graffiti

Graffiti, gardening, bombing

• Some is social/political commentary• But graffiti artists, guerrillas and bombers are

having fun• These forms of community art require:– specific skills– a will to break the law

The community in community art

• Involve the community in making art• Involve the art community as volunteer

enablers• Make it accessible to all

The community in community art

• Involve the community in making art• Accessible to all• How?– Non destructive– Something about the people (identity!)– While made with community involvement it

doesn’t have to remain in the public sphere

Make a mark equation

Identity+ inclusiveness

+ positive reminder

+ fun = Making a mark

How to make a mark

• Draw it• Paint it•Write it

How to make a mark

• Draw it• Paint it• Write it

Wear it

On a t-shirt

Where and when

At the beach

Where and when

The local park

Take away your own graffiti

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