Local Street Art and Graffiti

Abstract

The Masters Research Project examines how local street art and graffiti might be integrated in a curricular design. The research takes place in Bogota, Colombia. This city has become renowned for its street art and graffiti scene that has even been compared to other street art meccas such as London, Amsterdam, Paris, and New York. The primary goal aimed to create an effective way to include this non-conventional art style into the Visual Art curriculum of a Fifth Grade class at the Colegio Anglo Colombiano. The research searched to develop street art and graffiti techniques such as stencil making, free-hand graffiti or painting, and tagging. The main themes covered are place, street art and graffiti, and curricular design. This Project led students to create a street art technique of their own creation inspired through the study of renowned local street artists CRISP, DAST, and other artists that are evidenced on The Bogota Graffiti Tour. The research takes you on a voyage through Bogota’s history and it’s modern tendency to be a canvas for street art and graffiti.