The Schrinner Council’s latest street art wall will provide even more to see and do for artists in Brisbane.
The Paddington skate park has become the latest location for the city’s popular legal street art walls, with the community rallying around the previous locations in Ekibin Park East, Greenslopes and Stanton Road West, Tingalpa.
The walls are a free, legal space for street art and are a great place for emerging artists to hone their skills.
From June, the Paddington skate park will be the first location to feature a purpose-built tri-wall, which features three 2.4 metre by 2.4 metre walls where artists can create larger scale murals for the community to enjoy.
Visiting a street art wall is free and all are encouraged to bring their own materials and get involved in making Brisbane better.
The opening of the new wall arrives just before the 2024 Brisbane Street Art Festival which will be held at several sites across the city from 4 May to 19 May, 2024.
Now in its ninth year, the festival features dozens of events, from large scale exhibitions to artist panel talks and a diverse workshop program that has something for anyone interested in public art.
For more information on street art walls, visit the Brisbane City Council website.
For more information on the Brisbane Street Art Festival, visit https://bsafest.com.au/
Quotes attributable to Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner:
“Our street art wall program has been hugely popular with artists of all ages and is all about making our lifestyle even better.
“Street art walls provide a safe space for budding and established street artists to express their creativity, while learning from others and sharing their talent with the broader community.
“The addition of a custom tri-wall at the Paddington skate park will provide more space for larger murals and bring a previously overlooked area to life with the help of Brisbane’s talented creatives.
“Brisbane is home to some of the world’s best artists and we’re keen to continue growing our street art wall program to create even more for people to see and do in our suburbs.”
Quotes attributable to street artist Matt ‘TERVO’ Tervo:
“The Paddington Skate Park wall has had a long history in the Brisbane graffiti community – it was where artists like Drapl and Sofles first started to see each other’s work.
“They are now both internationally renowned professional artists, have worked all around the world, and they both started and developed at the Paddo skatepark.
“In the former era though, graffiti was not viewed positively and Drapl has the police charges from his artwork at Paddo to prove it.
“So, it’s great to see this initiative to create legal street art walls from the Mayor and Council to authentically support the artistic community.
“These walls are great for public art and also encourage shared learning experiences between generations of Brisbane muralists and artists.”