GMW “Community Building-Legal Graffiti Art”-Toronto, Canada

Thanks to Zion at Bombshelter, Toronto, ON Canada, Croft St Laneway Revitalization, Harbord Village Residents Association, Michael Heydon, Harbord BIA, Neil Wright, Molly Johnson, KALE, BOOLEEP, Viviana Astudillo, Community CAVE, Jowi Taylor, Six String Nation Guitar, 7th Generation Image Makers, Lurdes Cruz, Nancy Peters of Probation Services, Portuguese Community Centre, Heidi, Danielle, Michelle, Jason, Chuck, Orlondo, and the entire team from the Argos Foundation, Toronto Police Service Chief William Blair, Inspector Heinz Kuck, Inspector Bryce Evans, Superintendent Ruth White, Staff Sergeant Frank Besenthal, Constable Mathew Crisp, Constable Shane Rolland, Janna Van Hoof, Style in Progress, 416 Graffiti Expo, MANR, MATR, ALPHA, Central Technical School, Central Commerce Collegiate, West Toronto Collegiate (special thank you to Maria Campodonnico for believing and continuing to believe in the kids), Karin Fuessel, GMW staff (all of you) Toronto Crime Stoppers Community Board of Directors led by Chair Lorne Simon, Toronto Crime Stoppers Coordinator Larry Straver, City of Toronto Parks Forestry and Recreation Department Allan Crawford, TorontoBMX, Michael Heaton, TIMMZ, TABS, Laser Eagles (your drive, determination and spirit drives us!) Arthur Lockhart, Leyla Bulcan, Paul Aiello, Sascha Tukatsch and the STD Effekt Band, Canadian National BIA Conference 2007, St Stephens Community House, Richmond Street Laneway Rivitalization, St Mary’s ESP team under the leadership of Cathy Byrd, Youth in Policing students and organizers Melva Radway, Danielle Francis and Joanne Gooding, as well as all the civilian TPS staff who have helped out in so many ways…Michael Brown and the Harbourfront Mural Project.. HORUS, NEAM, SESER, CRUZ1, BUBBLEZ, PHADE, and so many more artists.., Scott Sullivan, Larry King and Fernando Aceto at the City of Toronto Municipal Leasing and Standards Department, the residents of Broadcast Lane..

A special thank you to all the property owners like Trevor Marshall and his family, Molly Johnson, Michael Heydon, Gary Burlacoff, Gary Duke, Glenn Hughes, Sascha Tukatsch, and many many more, who paid for paint, and gave their consent…You truly have made a difference in the lives of kids..

and Mike Young from Ottawa (and Pat too!) … it has only just begun..

“GRAFFITI-COMMUNITY BUILDING”

Duration : 0:9:48


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25 Responses to GMW “Community Building-Legal Graffiti Art”-Toronto, Canada

  1. BGthatsme says:

    hell yeah that …
    yeah that everytime unless its a really toy tag

  2. BGthatsme says:

    damn straight.
    straight.

  3. hockeyivy says:

    scott might be the …
    scott might be the coolest cop ever..

  4. ktothcom says:

    I love how there is …
    I love how there is a video promoting KRINK next to this

  5. mr559 says:

    It’s art, they’re …
    It’s art, they’re not trying to vandalize.

  6. liam3976 says:

    fuck u
    u

  7. BIGmedia7 says:

    who me?
    who me?

  8. 1800222TIPS says:

    no.. not so …
    no.. not so bradley1919

  9. ArcticPurifier02TA says:

    might as well …
    might as well delete that comment cause thats stupid as fuck…

  10. BIGmedia7 says:

    NOOOOOOOT EVEN
    NOOOOOOOT EVEN

  11. bradley1919 says:

    ALL GRAFFITI IS …
    ALL GRAFFITI IS GANG RELATED!! bottom line

  12. GoodEvenings says:

    Of course you don’t …
    Of course you don’t get it, you only get if if your doing it. Having your name everywhere. Its fun you should try it.

  13. rockhills says:

    I concur sir.
    I concur sir.

  14. g702sack says:

    TKO. las Vegas …
    TKO. las Vegas style fool.
    fuck RE or REK whatever

  15. aveenoart says:

    0:55 sick
    0:55 sick

  16. DenisFreeman00 says:

    its not considered …
    its not considered “graffiti” if its done legally. its just “graffiti style art”

  17. DenisFreeman00 says:

    of course, lol
    of course, lol

  18. carleroo says:

    It may be a …
    It may be a signature, but I always thought a real artist used his or her signature on a piece of art. Where is the art? If it’s just a signature, how better is this than anyone wandering around Toronto with a black spray can writing their name on everything. What do I admire? The curvature of the vowels? The angles of the consonants? I have no issue a piece of art that really has something to add to the dreary concrete landscape. But just plain black scrawls? I still don’t get this.

  19. samsondog3 says:

    its a form called …
    its a form called tagging its basically a artists unique signiture

  20. samsondog3 says:

    ya it it is in the …
    ya it it is in the usa

  21. emopotatoman says:

    can u tell scott …
    can u tell scott mills that I graffiti and also it is hard to stop

  22. Alfons665 says:

    amen.
    amen.

  23. ethanolinger says:

    makes me sick to …
    makes me sick to see residents calling it vandalism when its illegal but art when its legal yet its the same thing

  24. joemarie177 says:

    fuck legal graff
    legal graff

  25. 222TIPSCommunity says:

    it is legal in …
    it is legal in Toronto