Welling Court Mural Project – take 1 (2014 Open House New York)
October 12th, 2014 by Mr. C
Though it was part of the Open House New York offerings this past weekend – a great weekend when all 5 boroughs of NYC opens up its doors to many of its establishments,events,landmarks, and businesses in order to celebrate the city – The Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens has opened up it’s “outdoors” for 5 years strong now – providing beautiful artwork on display on its concrete walls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! The Welling Court Mural Project is a collection of local and international street artists whose sole mission is to unify,celebrate,beautify, and provide hope to their community. The network of all star aerosol artists mashes up a mix of old school legendary artists with up and coming young guns as well as a blend of talented writers from abroad. I honestly didn’t find out about this Astoria Queens collective until a few months ago, mostly being overshadowed by the late great & defunct 5 Pointz and the similiar street art community in Brooklyn – The Bushwick Collective.
(Eddie C3)
(Cekis)
Earlier today, we strolled through the Welling Court Mural surroundings and was astonished at how creative and gorgeous some of the pieces on the wall and metal shutters were! Familiar artists like Cern,Too Fly,Lady Pink,Fumero,Mr Prvrt to just name a few, really adorned the neighborhood with pieces of eye candy on the concrete slabs to celebrate street culture at its finest! Below are a few photos we took from Welling Court and the surrounding neighborhood in Astoria. Enjoy! Also, if you end up stopping by to check out the murals in person, a really good cafe in the area to hang out and just ponder over with the out of sight graffiti that you just witnessed is the Astor Bake Shop on Astoria Boulevard. Really good coffee and delightful pastries! I loved the almond croissant!
Astor Bake Shop
12-23 Astoria Blvd, Astoria – Queens
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(Cern)
(Dasic Fernandez)
(Caleb Neelon)
(Epic-Uno)
(Lady Pink)
(Mr Prvrt)
(Imnopi)
(Logik-One)
(Too Fly)
(SP-One)
(Fumero)
(Cey Adams – from Def Jam – OG in the creative designs)
(KR-One)
(Raquel-Echanique)
(Sinned)
(Shiro)
(Queen Andrea)
(esteban-del-valle)
(Indelible Funk)
(Wayne-COD)
(Bishop)
(Icy & Sot)
(Left-Danielle Mastrion & Lexi Bella;Right-Pyramid Oracle)
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