People Interacting with BanksyNY

It is always awesome to see all the different ways that people interact with Banksy's outdoor pieces. This post is is about the people.

Click to check out many different looks at all kinds of people posing like street-corner Vanna White's and interacting with Banksy's pieces in all kinds of fun and amusing ways.

Teaching Graffiti at the LA Conservation Corp.

Bandit and Teacher visited the LA Conservation Corp. to give a demonstration on graffiti, stenciling, and street art techniques.

The LA Conservation Corp. is kind of a detention center for kids who get into trouble, and Teacher joked from the handstyle of some students that day that it was clear what they got into trouble for.

This session from Bandit and Teacher demonstrated how to make a stencil, and the goal is to help these kids find a way to channel their passion for art, and grow from 'vandalism' into an art career.

Dig it~  What an awesome way to help kids out.  Kids need more opportunities, and less punishments, and its great that Bandit and Teacher provided an opportunity through the some punishment.

Click the jump for more action shots from the LA Conservation Corp.  Stay up!

Create LA - Vote to Support Free Art Program for Kids

Create LA is entering a contest to earn a grant for $100,000 which will be used to teach kids a hands on approach to art.

The offical press release says that: Create LA's goals are to engage youth in quality arts education; promote the spread of specialized skill-sets from this generation of artisans to the next; and provide an engaging community space for creativity to thrive. Create LA is a nonprofit organization providing arts education programs to Los Angeles youth both in community locations and out of a facility in Glassell Park that it shares with Keystone Fine Art Studios, a group of over forty artists creating sculpture, paintings, public art, and media installations.

Check out this video and vote to support the cause, and support the arts in Los Angeles.

Sick Kids

Too Cute

New Banksy Street Art in LA (pt. 2/2)

Dog Byte - Welcome To The Jungle

Dog Byte just put out an amazing new piece of street art featuring a full color, lifesize stencil of a child screaming while wearing a tiger outfit, and having its foot caught in a claw trap.

Perfect placement just down from the full size street art tiger.

Really amazing stuff. This is one of our biggest features and well work clicking through, with 9 pics.

Be sure to click the jump below for more exclusive MELROSEandFAIRFAX covereage of Los Angeles street art