Produced and managed annually by Cleveland Public Art, this is easily my favorite summer festival. It brings together the most eclectic crowd - from the tourists from the West Side Market, to neighborhood yuppies and guppies to the elderly folks from Riverview housing, to you name it, it's there in every age, race, gender, creed, socio-economic status and orientation.

 

The official PR from Cleveland Public Art:

 

City Xpressions Street Art Festival celebrates urban and street art in its dynamic and eclectic forms. Inspired by the miles of graffiti exhibited along Cleveland's public transit routes, the festival brings aerosol and other street artists out of invisibility by providing a public space for the creation of their beautiful, controversial artworks. In its seventh year, City Xpressions continues to evolve with the voices of the artists leading the way.

 

B-boy/B-girl breakdancing clips:

 

 

 

Spoken word performance:

 

And of course, the aerosol artists:

 

 

The event is sponsored by Scion:

 

 

 

 

Like most festivals there's always a group with petitions for one cause or another:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now THAT's a piece of equipment!

 

Future breakdancers warming up the dance floor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can he hear something we can't? ;-)

 

 

 

 

 

The spoken word artists are introduced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's a great little festival Ohio City has and every city in the country should have one.

Last pic, girl in white tank top. D@mn I love summer :)

I'm mad I missed this but there's hip hop festival going on at Lock 3 in Akron next weekend.

Great shots!

Great event, some stunning photos.

 

I've caught this a couple of times, and being a small-town old fart, I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. There's so much positive energy there, and the diversity of the audience is a big plus.

 

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Wow that looks like an awesome place to be.  I love graffiti and I wish i was skilled enough to make it look good lol.

And I envy that girl with the CANON :clap: Camera and huge lens.

was it well attended vs years past? the last shot says yes, but i'm not sure by the others. i am wondering if it's growing in popularity?

Nice shots. Love the dollar bill art.

 

C-Dawg, that lady's thigh muscle looks just lovely to me. Nice equipment, indeed.

was it well attended vs years past? the last shot says yes, but i'm not sure by the others. i am wondering if it's growing in popularity?

 

Yes, it was hopping - just to clarify, I volunteer for Cleveland Public Art as an event photographer. That said, I left out a lot of photos that are great for grant/sponsorship proposals (but not so much photo threads on UO).