Let Freedom Ring!

Ill keep this short. There are one or 2 business owners here in Bridgeport who let street artists work on their walls. One is Henry Bresky and the other is Rampage Skate Ramps. These companies are working with the artists and they are getting incredible works of art on the wall of their buildings!

Cities that have mural programs and free wall space are able to add a beautiful asset to thier city for low cost. Cities who work against it get scrawling and urban blight. It does not go away.

Id like to take you on a visual journey to illustrate what kind of work we get when we work with artists and what we get when we dont.

New wall on Rampage.

This is a new work on the rampage building. It clearly has a theme, beautiful color, and interesting strong work. An asset to the area.

Here is what we get when we ignore and neglect young artists who are frustrated marginalized and bored.

Encouraged

Discouraged.

Bresky has a constantly updated wall.

The artists never attack this wall. There is a respect for the art that is done well.

If you feel no one notices you here is where you get noticed.

If you give this spot to the artists.

You deter then from working here.

or here.

Lets stop ignoring the 800 pound gorilla in the room, They are here, and clearly refuse to be ignored. Lets try and harness the energy and utilize some waisted resources. There are lots of ugly unused walls in this city and lots of lots of idle hands who would love to fill them.

Can we stop doing this?

and embrace some of this?

Our city has made steps to respect the arts in Bridgeport. Here are some artists we should start listening to and maybe work with them to create a more artful city .

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