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Street Art as Public Voice

"We’re All In The Same Boat" by Banksy, Shoreditch, London, UK.

Graffiti. Murals. Public Installations. Creativity That Confronts & Connects

Street artists and public art creators turn walls into voices, reclaim spaces for dialogue, and spark collective action. How will your work challenge perceptions today?

If you are a street artist working with graffiti or murals, or an artist developing a public installation, here are ways you can harness your talent to create significant social change and foster community awareness:

  • Raise Awareness: Art makes injustice visible. Graffiti, murals, and installations expose social struggles – from inequality to environmental devastation – transforming public spaces into urgent statements that demand attention.

  • Engage the Community: Art belongs to the people. Collaborating with local communities ensures that public work reflects shared experiences, strengthens cultural identity, and fosters solidarity.

  • Empower Marginalized Voices: Visibility is power. Street art gives voice to those often silenced, offering platforms for individuals and communities to share their stories, histories, and resistance.

  • Transform Public Spaces: Revival through creativity. Turn overlooked buildings, neglected streets, and forgotten spaces into visual declarations – instilling pride, reclaiming identity, and reshaping environments.

  • Encourage Dialogue: Art starts conversations. Whether through provocative imagery, symbolic storytelling, or participatory installations, street artists push communities to engage, reflect, and take action.

Raise Awareness

This photo depicts one of the “Follow the leaders” installations created and placed by Isaac Cordal in locations around the world. Installed in Berlin, this piece is popularly known as “Politicians discussing global warming.”

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Engage the Community

"A Monument to Maggie" by sculptor Toby Mendez in Richmond, Virginia is an example of a community coming together, having disagreements, and working through them to reach a common goal: honor African–American civil rights leader and the first American female bank president to charter a bank in the United States. Photo by BeyondDC.

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Empower Marginalized Voices

Garden River First Nation, also known as Ketegaunseebee, is an Ojibwa band located near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. News stories revealed the names of the six men who helped paint 'This is Indian Land' on the side of a Garden River rail crossing, fifty years after they took a vow of silence about the act.

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Transform Public Spaces

Graffiti by Shamsia Hassani at Darul Aman Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan. Hassani is the first female graffiti artist of Afghanistan. Through her artwork in public spaces, Shamsia portrays Afghan women in a male-dominant society.

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Encourage Dialogue

Theaster Gates’ "Black Vessel for a Saint" is a 20-foot architectural structure in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. It provides a new home and holy space for a salvaged statue of St. Laurence, patron saint of archivists and librarians.

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Meaning "woman teacher of peace," the "Maestrapeace" mural stands five stories tall, adorns The Women's Building, and is the jewel of San Francisco’s Mission District.

"Maestrapeace" was created by seven muralists, artist and calligrapher Olivia Quevedo, and almost one hundred volunteers. Meaning "woman teacher of peace," the mural stands five stories tall, adorns The Women's Building, and is the jewel of San Francisco’s Mission District.

Keith Allen Haring was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s
"Yininmadyemi, Thou didst let fall" is by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who served in Australia’s military. It can be found in Hyde Park, Sydney.

"Yininmadyemi, Thou didst let fall" is by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who served in Australia’s military. Find this work in Sydney's Hyde Park.

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