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“One thing I love about mural art is being out in the open and getting to meet passers by. I had one woman come by and introduce herself, and say ‘thank you’ for investing in my community, and gave me a big hug. And that really meant a lot to me. We had two children from the children’s center come out and look at the mural, and one of them kept exclaiming ‘big fish.’ Later I found out that the child is legally blind, and that the fish are so big she was able to actually see them, which...

“Of the mixed criticism and affirmation I’ve received over my (Black Cat Alley) BCA mural, here is something that deeply disappoints me: in a single selfie we can instantly see how little the legacy of white supremacy and mass incarceration means to white people. Thanks to Clarene Mitchell for bringing this advertisement to our attention.” – Adam Stoner Despite negative blowback that the marketing industry received after the failed Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad earlier this year, and countless other examples, the field continues to produce tone deaf and culturally aloof content. A current case in point example is a feature...

Even in the Age of Emoji and digital publishing, the human touch of painting signs has been making a slow comeback across the country and the style now adorns Milwaukee’s Pabst Brewery. Once the only way to display advertising and signage, the commercial art form was obliterated with the advent of computer technology during the 1960s. Vinyl signs began to offer photorealistic displays that broke with the quaint and vintage look of the past. Yet anyone who has taken cross-country trips in the family car can still come across the remains of the painted sign heyday, with faded pigments...

The inspiring and public body of work produced by Reynaldo Hernandez has presented powerful social messages to the Milwaukee community for the past few decades. Even if his name is not recognizable, his iconic murals are.

Jennifer Anderson is one of the five female artists who was hired by the Kinnickinnic Avenue BID to paint a large-scale mural along Bay View’s main retail corridor, with a work titled “Fade Into Blue.” The “Street Canvas” project is part of an overall enhancement initiative long the main street of the Southside artery, once the most frequently traveled road connecting Milwaukee and Chicago. The five commercial buildings selected along the mile-long stretch of Kinnickinnic Avenue, or simply KK as the street is commonly known, are as architecturally diverse as the area is culturally. Nova Czarnecki, Jenny Jo Kristan,...