Going All City SW was a Success
This major Graff Aholeks even took place at a Giant yard in Phoenix this year and it was a huge success. We don’t put this event on for money or recognition; we put it on for all the writers to have a place to be able to paint what they want and show off the skill they have been working on their whole life. I know there’s many paint jams across the world and festivals with live art but there’s something special about an event put on by real Graffiti Writers for real Graffiti writers. We accept the muralists and street artists but all in all this jam is put on to make the true Graff heads feel at home. Being a Writer myself that has been a full time artist for so long I have seen everything from greedy promoters to regular joes’ who see an opportunity to exploit and make money off our culture but none of that matters here. We are all here to paint and network with each other. There’s much more I could say but I’m getting tired of typing so please enjoy the video and photos and also make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel or buy some merch from my online store. Everything we do comes out of pocket and we do not have any sponsors paying for anything. Thank you and come back soon.
Going All City Southwest
This year we have been working together to bring you the biggest GAC event we have ever done. The GAC Southwest (Formally known as the Grill And Chill) Is a yearly event happening in different states across the U.S. since 2018. Every time we put this event together we try to make sure it goes off without a hitch and thanks to members like Nrvek, Hyper, Jerne, 2Nice, and Spawk amongst many others we have been able to bring this event to Washington State, Chicago, Texas and Arizona. The event started in Arizona and this year we are proud to bring it back with even more artists, more walls, and now we have procured a lot with a few acres where the artists will be painting in one location as well as different walls across the city. This year we are also proud to announce our collaboration with Champ Styles to bring you the Sticker Shogun Sticker show at the GA Studio in Downtown Phoenix (aka The Grand Arthaus 1426 W Roosevelt St. Phoenix, AZ 85007) on Friday the 2nd of December 2022.
Painting will also begin Friday, the 2nd. at 9:00am at the yard located at: 313 West Apache St. Phoenix, AZ 85003. Our Meet and Greet and Sticker Shogun begins same day from 6:00pm to 10 pm. Saturday will be another paint day beginning at 9:00am until the sun goes down but we will also be hosting our 6 artist- Character Battle that evening with each representing their state to win Bragging rights for their Crew and State. Last year we had a tie between Arizona and California; This year there will only be 1 winner.
Everything is coming out of pocket and the event is free to attend to the public. This event is created for the artists by the artists so come out and support any way you can. We will have food vendors, merchandise booths, and a live Dj playing the whole time.
Photos above provided by Grimlock Media and Anthony Photography.
I got to paint with Kind
My good friend Kind came to visit from Chicago and you know we had to paint together. This was a cool wall we did for the upcoming Paint Jam the Going All City Paint Jam. I was able to get a few clips of us painting to remember the moment forever and to bring you all on this little journey with us.
25 Years Strong
Since this is our 25 Year as a crew we have all been going extra hard out there Painting, Traveling, and spending more time with the other chapters. This year we were approached by Artlink to put together a gallery show highlighting the 25 years as a Collective. The catch is we only had 4 weeks to put it all thogether and half of us were going to be in Texas for the 25 year Paint Jam already. that means we only had three weeks to come up with new artwork, clean out the gallery, paint the walls, and hang the show. Thanks to Robert (2Nice) Gentile we were able to get it all done with enough time to enjoy the show. I didnt get many photos but here is what I could steal from the internet. Thank you to everyone who came out and those of you who helped make it run smooth.
25 Year Anniversary
This year we have been celebrating 25 years of the Graff_Aholeks Crew and it’s been a blast. We kicked things off in Tyler Texas with a few Massive walls and even made the front page of the Tyler newspaper. I had a blast with my crew and even tho it was a 15 hr drive for me I cant stress enough how well Gemini from the Texas chapter treated the crew. I had a blast and the crew painted some amazing walls. Gemini even set us up with a couple box trucks and a taco truck to paint whatever we wanted. We had our meet and greet at a local bar and it couldn’t have gone any better. we let a few new heads in the crew that are for sure gonna make the team even stronger and I am grateful for my new Familia.
