Comments on: Proposed Graffiti Ordinance Softened

By: Jim Blake

Jim Blake — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:55:13 +0000

They should have some more places that are good for spontaneous street art. I have heard of surfaces that wash off easily. That would be perfect to sort of wash the wall every month or so.

By: Monica Fink

Monica Fink — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:44:24 +0000

I also second what Dug wrote. Ann Arbor is well known for their support of art- after all, we have on of the best art fairs in the country. Why shouldn’t we have an outlet for graffiti art?

By: Jafabrit

Jafabrit — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:48:21 +0000

I agree with Dug, I think its wise for cities to have public walls (and many around the world are recognizing their value as tourist attractions and a cultural markers). I LOVED visiting the graffiti alley St. Patrick’s Day and adding my own little bit of art to it :) I hope people will enjoy it (not spray painted, but she likes to hang around the alley).

This is my second visit to Ann Arbor and I enjoyed it as much this time as I did the last.
All the best
Corrine aka Jafabrit

By: Dug Song

Dug Song — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:38:50 +0000

The city should consider more public walls to allow this kind of artistic expression. When Katherine Tombeau painted the Liberty St. alley, she did so as a visual dialogue with the public, knowing her work would be gone over. Why not open this up to all comers for whatever pieces, throwups, stencils, stickers, wheatpastes, mosaics, and other street art the community can bring? Even Chicago’s CTA has held graffiti contests. And our own public library!

Used to be you could go down to the Wall of Fame (by the tracks under Medical Center Drive), and see some amazing stuff by the Parisien Send/Diego (and his whole KTF crew), Fosik (who made serious progress from his early tagbanging days), and others regularly, without hassle. The Halfway Inn in the basement of East Quad had also been host to a number of legal burners, including a piece by NYC graffiti royalty Gaze, from the internationally-renowned, East Coast DF crew.

But unless you knew about them, you’d never know. You’d think you could only find art in galleries, and that only tagbanging gangsters would dare take it to the streets (or in Ann Arbor, fairy door craftsmen ;-).

I would love to see a public, legal Wall of Fame in downtown Ann Arbor, organized by AAPAC (or some other “legitimate” public entity). Otherwise, what else do we have as an outlet for legal, public art in this city?

A rock on frat row. :-P

By: TeacherPatti

TeacherPatti — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:08:39 +0000

‘A response to the ubiquitous “duck.” ‘

Don’t forget the Chu and Fresh! tags that were all the rage a few years back.

By: Andy Ann Arbor Real Estate

Andy Ann Arbor Real Estate — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:50:28 +0000

Secretly I like much of the graffiti I see around town-spontaneous self expression, often funny. My official line though, is that defacing public and private property and should not be tolerated.