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.
Washington Workshop
On Thursday September 22nd we touched down in Washington ready for a great week of painting, eating new food, and of course the first ever Pinstriping workshop in Everett, WA. The workshop was held at Scuttlebutt Brewery on Cedar Road and it was a blast. With 14 students signed up I thought it was going to be a challenge for me to keep up but I had the help of my beautiful woman Mo and of course Hyper and Bri were an amazing help too. I didn’t want to have to bring a bunch of panels and paint on the plane with me so Hyper being the awesome brother he is offered to cut and make the plexiglass panels for the students to use in class. Every student went in not having a clue on how this class was going to be but every one of them got the hang of it faster than they thought. I am looking forward to having more classes out in Washington and who knows maybe even around the rest of the United States as well. Big thank you to Grimlock, and Big Ant for the amazing photos and to Scuttlebutt Brewery for letting me host this workshop in their building.
Going All City NW #2
We traveled to Washington to paint for the Going All City Paint Jam the first week in August and found out the wall Faust, Savvy, Huray and I painted was buffed due to some politics with the owner of the business not liking what we painted. We brushed it off but the beautiful people of Everett wanted us back to paint again and Scuttlebutt Brewery had the perfect wall for us. Thanks to Hyper and Bri Mattes we were able to come back for a Round 2 with two of our team members from Texas; Laced and Cease. We ended up deciding in our group chat that we would paint a comic book style piece of our alter egos being super villains. The wall was a hit and thanks to our good friends Big Ant, Grimlock, MoLov Photography, Melanni, and Socal Gal we were able to capture the whole trip with amazing photography and a cool Youtube video that will be uploaded real soon guys I promise. We even had time to visit some tourist spots in Seattle like the famous Space Needle, Pikes Place Market, The Gum Wall, and even had a chance to check out MoPOP Museum which is home to the worlds dopest pop culture experiences showcasing Hip Hop, Rock N Roll music and a whole lot more- definitely something you have to check out if you get a chance to visit.
I want to send a big shoutout to everyone who helped out with this giant project and it was because of everyone getting together for this that it was all possible. Thanks again from me and the rest of the Graff Aheloks.
TOP- The Samurai mural BOTTOM- The Vicious Return
WE HAVE PRINTS! If you are interested in a print make sure to contact Hype Murals and get one of these large Quality Gallery grade ink and Paper Signed and Numbered Prints. The proceeds from these prints goes to recovering the money spent to put all this together. You can get one of these prints by messaging Hyper directly HERE.
Going All City NW 2022
This year we flew out to Washington for the second annual Going All City Paint Jam and we brought out a whole bunch of our friends from Arizona. This event had over 100 artists and over 30 walls being painted all over the city of Everett. We got to hang out at Scuttlebutt Brewery for the character battle and tried the Limited run of Going All City Beer which I ended up bringing back a six pack with me after the event. We also enjoyed a day at Apex which is a New Museum being built to hold the largest graffiti collection in the world. The Museum held the Burner Battle which was a competition between artists to take home the belt plus a stack of cash. over all we had a blast and are already planning on flying back at the end of September to paint a giant wall near Scuttle Butt Brewery. The next Going All City Paint Jam is this December in Phoenix Arizona so do not miss it. Click (HERE) to see the video.
