Croft St '08 - Graffiti Artist RAB Explains Art Work

Legal Graffiti Artist RABS attended the Croft Street Graffiti Project after learning about it on an EVENT posted on Facebook by one of the co-organizers of the event - Jessica Allan - The EVENT is titled 'Croft Street Graffiti Project'.

In this video, RABS explains his art work that he completed in the laneway after helping residents remove vandalism graffiti from several garage doors. Local resident Eleanor has KALE on her garage door, and is quite happy with the community building nature of the ongoing collaborateive graffiti projects in the Croft Street laneway.

Saturday, October 18, 2008, 10 a.m., − 4 p.m.,
Croft Street (south of Harbord Street, north of College Street between Borden
Street/Lippincott Street)
Croft Street Graffiti Project
Broadcast time: 05:05
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Crime Stoppers
416−808−7260

The Harbord Village Residents' Association, Central Technical High School Art Program, 14
Division School Watch police officers, Humber College Police Foundations Students working
with CSI Community and Community CAVE will team up with the Toronto Crime Stoppers
Community Youth Officer, property owners, and graffiti artists to paint over vandalism graffiti,
and do legal graffiti art murals in the Croft Street Laneway.
The attached photo is the meeting place and home of the Harbord Village Residents'
Association graffiti coordinator Colin Furness. It will be the meeting place for volunteers at 10
a.m. The street address is 150 Borden Street at the rear (backs on to Croft St). The legal
graffiti art mural on this garage was done by respected legal graffiti artist HORUS in past
graffiti events on Croft Street.
The media is invited to attend at any time of the day.
At noon, Inspector Bryce Evans, 14 Division, and the Crime Stoppers International 2008
Student of the Year, Legal Graffiti Artist BUBBLZ (Kedre Browne) will be in attendance to
speak to the media about Graffiti as a "Community Building Strategy".
A Facebook event with more details, and comments from event participants as well as
property owners, can be viewed if you have a facebook account:
A link to the Crime Stoppers International Facebook Page can be viewed without a facebook
account. It includes videos and photos of the Crime Stoppers International 2008 Student of
the Year.
Legal Graffiti Art − Community Building Strategy, is one of the ways Crime Stoppers has
reached out to youth in the community to increase trust with youth. In 2007, a record number
of anonymous tips were received that prevent and solve crime as a result, and the numbers
for 2008 are even higher. For more information on Legal Graffiti Art click on the YouTube
account operated by the Crime Stoppers Youth Officer here:

http://YouTube.com/LegalGraffitiArt

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[jk235513]

the whole point of doing a graffity piece is to make it look good enough so that they would admire it and want to leave it up!.. tumbs up it you agree!..

[MolotowTagger]

@jk235513 The whole point of graffiti is having fun and push your limits...

[skate3745]

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY

[YouBoobinator]

toy! and before you say im a toy i am 16 and i have more graffiti talent in my little finger than you do in your whole body, the letter style is wack and you are shit!

[skater79304]

at least somebody supports it

[frshoscar]

my homie writes RABSR 17 i suggest change ur name!!

[StupidToy1]

You need ALOT of work my friend, I wouldn't let HIM of all people explain art that looks like ass.

[Philup512]

WHAT A FAG!

leagle graffiti beats the purpose

also they're surprising somebody with this i would be pissed get that shit off my walls

[skinniestcape]

that piece isnt that great

but still its good to see people tagging

[hoypinoymonkeyboy]

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