Sat 4/22 @ 6PM
The local nonprofit Graffiti HeArt was founded bring legitimacy to street art and the artists who create it. Founded by Stamy Paul based her own love for this form of creativity and her feeling that its artists didn’t get the respect they deserve, the organization has awarded scholarships to promising young artists, hooked up practicing artists of all ages, races and genders with paying jobs and brightened the Cleveland landscape with mural.
In addition to keep Cleveland artists busy, it’s brought in such national and international artists as Beau Stanton in 2020 who painted the Guardians-inspired work next to Graffiti Art’s rainbow-painted building on Superior and East 49th; La-based, Cleveland native WRDSMTH in 2021, who left his typewriter logo all over town and painted the tribute to Michael Stanley in Payne Avenue; and Parisian artist Blek Le Ray in 2022, who influenced superstar Banksy.
It funds some of this work through its annual Graffiti & Grapes Scholarship Fundraiser taking place at the Graffiti HeArt Gallery & Museum. There’s be music, food, drink, and a silent auction, of course — it’s a benefit. But there’ll also be live graffiti and street art painting going on and landscape art performances by local artists. Artists who will be present include Bob Peck, Stina Aleah, Garrett Weider, Eileen Dorsey, Isaiah Williams and WRDSMTH himself.
Get your tickets here.
graffiti-heart-7th-annual-graffiti-grapes-scholarship-fundraiser