Venice Art Walls Explained

Venice Art Walls
Image Place:Santa Monica and Venice, CA (September 2022) - 228.jpg
Image Caption:Part of the Venice Art Walls, 2022
Pushpin Map:California
Coordinates:33.9864°N -118.4749°W

The Venice Art Walls are murals along the Venice Boardwalk[1] in Venice, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California.

According to David J. Del Grande of the Arizona Daily Star, "Venice Art Walls offers graffiti writers a place to paint and tag, with their creations curated by local graffiti production company Setting the Pace. The Setting the Pace foundation began managing the Venice Art Walls in 2012, and the group has since organized mural workshops for students and young artists."[2] According to Paste, artists with "prearranged permits can legally tag and create".[3] The site has been mentioned as an example of a deterrent for graffiti elsewhere.[4] In 2019, Thrillist's Lizbeth Scordo said the "ever-changing" walls between Windward and Market "actually date back to the '60s (though painting them only became technically legal in the last 20 years), and you can watch artists add to the colorful history on weekends".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Best free things to do in Los Angeles . 2023-02-21 . Lonely Planet . en . 2023-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230122062046/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/top-free-things-to-do-in-los-angeles . live .
  2. Web site: Del Grande . David J. . Embracing graffiti could help contain it, save Tucson money . 2023-02-21 . Arizona Daily Star . August 2015 . en . 2017-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170916010151/http://tucson.com/news/local/embracing-graffiti-could-help-contain-it-save-tucson-money/article_7fec18c9-7b92-587a-93d0-4c647dfd4963.html . live .
  3. Web site: 2016-01-04 . Greetings From Venice Beach, California . 2023-02-21 . . en . 2022-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220919194723/https://www.pastemagazine.com/travel/greetings-from-venice-beach-california/ . live .
  4. Web site: Cruz . Mayra . 2018-02-07 . Harris County inmates help remove graffiti through sheriff's office program . 2023-02-21 . . en-US . 2018-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180209065211/https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring/news/article/Harris-County-inmates-help-remove-graffiti-12559069.php . live .
  5. Web site: The Best of Venice, LA's Quintessential Beach Town . 2023-02-21 . . 23 October 2019 . en . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203093621/https://www.thrillist.com/travel/los-angeles/things-to-do-in-venice-beach . live .