Estria's 2nd Annual Invitational Graffiti Battle at DeFremery Park

I was able to dip out of LA for a couple hours to "defend the title" at Estria's 2nd Annual Invitational Graffiti Battle at DeFremery Park aka Little Bobby Hutton in West Oakland. This was a beautiful day in the park. There were live preformances by Mos Def, Goapele, Los Rakas with Dj Leydis and Ill Literacy. There was a Scraper Bike exhibition, a skate park and some green bamboo architecture. I kinda wanted to hang out rather than paint... But it was an honor to paint along side some of these graff legends. Here's the line up.

Estria (Hawaii/Bay Area)
Bounce TYS, defending champion, (Berkeley)
Done TDK (Oakland)
Apex BA (SF)
Pose2/Maxx Moses FX (Philly/San Diego)
Slide TMC (SF)
Max Ehrman/Eon75 (SF)
Pryde VE (Oakland)
Aero (San Diego & Hawaii)
Raven (Chicago)
Chez RSN (East Bay)
Satyr (San Francisco)
Persue (San Diego)
Ceyba CA (SF)
Germs EMT (SF)





Click for more photos by Tim Wagner

Click here for the finished pictures


click for more photos by Leo
I didn't know what the hell I was doing.

click for more photos by Skot LaRockwell.
I thought Pose 2 or Apex should have taken the title, but I can't complain. Its an honor to take the title for the 2nd year in a row.

Festival Internacional de los Nuevos Vientos, Ecatepec, Mexico

Cece was invited to participate in the Festival Internacional de los Nuevos Vientos in Ecatepec, Mexico.

Nuevos Vientos from Trust Your Struggle on Vimeo.
This video documents a 14-artist delegation to Ecatepec, Mexico. Located near Mexico City, Ecatepec is one of the most densely populated areas in the country. Favianna Rodriguez organized a group of artists activists to take to Mexico and conduct street art campaigns, graffiti murals, workshops, book release events, and solidarity work. Here is a short video by Reed Rickert and Geraldine Lozano, who documented the trip.