Graffiti – UP MAGAZINE

Bushwick Art Club: Isabelle Ewing

The first in the Bushwick Art Club Series – a collaborative project between UP Magazine & the Bushwick Daily. Signed prints available for sale.

Roosevelt Island Fall for Arts Festival: Reclaiming Our Time

Emma investigates this year’s Fall For Arts Festival on Roosevelt Island, aimed at promoting social justice.

Buenos Aires: Bardo, Ilka, and the Beauty of the City

London-based writer Candelaria Barandiaran talks to a group of emerging female artists from her homeland of Argentina, in an attempt to reconnect with her roots and Buenos Aires’ wonderful culture.

Going All City: An Interview with Cisco

Dania interviews Stefano Bloch, aka CISCO, about his unflinching memoir Going All City: Struggle & Survival in LA’s Graffiti Subculture

#74Wythe – FamiliarFaces: A Tribute to Community, Healing, and Mutual Aid

Whitney interviews principal co-founder Josh Kaiser of 74Wythe—a new Brooklyn hospitality venue—on the creative project #74WytheFamiliarFaces and its social justice applications.

Subway Writers: A New York Minute

An overview of the history to New York City’s iconic subway era of graffiti.

Down in Deep Ellum: Streets, Music, and Art in the Soul of Dallas

Down in Deep Ellum, all the street’s a stage; all the walls, a canvas. A historically Black community-turned-haven of hardcore punk-turned-hub of bourgeois peccadillo, it’s always been the locus of the local art scene.

LAPIZ: Liberty Suspended

In a transatlantic chat with Vittoria, scientist-turned-artist LAPIZ talks about the impact of his travels, his experiences, and the pandemic on his work.

Ups and Downs: Street Art, PTSD, and Hitting it Big with skl0

Vandal, artist, Singaporean, Sticker Lady – Sam Lo knows all about labels and has had their fair share foisted on them over the years.

Demanding Justice: Minneapolis Protests For George Floyd

Tyler Bruett’s account on his hometown protests, as the city became ground zero for an international civil rights movement.