“Utilize” from the UTI Crew at American Hotel for Bloomfest LA
Modern graffiti in Los Angeles started to catch on in the mid ‘80s and quickly grew in popularity among kids that were attracted to its half-art-half-sport (lots of climbing and running), getting-away-with-it nature. One of the crews to achieve acknowledged veteran status in the world of Los Angeles graffiti is UTI (Under The Influence, Using…
Save the Date November 8 Bloomfest LA
Join us in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District on November 8 to celebrate Bloomfest LA for a series of events honoring Joel Bloom, the pioneering urbanist, advocate, and the Downtown Arts District unofficial mayor who passed away in 2007. In the 1990s Joel Bloom successfully petitioned the city to designate the area the “Arts…