Seattle: Get active with the Graffiti Defense Coalition!!!

Posted on April 26, 2011 by gdc

The City of Seattle is increasing its efforts to fight street art and we need to be ready to challenge these anti-graffiti policies before they are put into effect. Seattle city council members Tim Burgess and Tom Rasmussen commissioned a performance audit of Seattle’s anti-graffiti practices and policies. Continue reading →

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Live mural painting by Jonathan Wakuda Fischer in Seattle’s International District

Posted on April 10, 2012 by gdc

Seattle, WA. – On Saturday, April 21st The Graffiti Defense Coalition presents a live painting event at Helping Link Vietnamese Community Center by pop artist Jonathan Wakuda Fischer. This mural installation and outreach is in cooperation with the SCIDpda on the 14th anniversary of the Chinatown International District / Little Saigon Spring Clean-Up.

The Graffiti Defense Coalition will be participating with information on how businesses can benefit by working directly with the street art community to abate vandalism, protect locations with murals, and gain the respect of the art community by working in cooperation to solve our problems.

Inspired by street art techniques and traditional Japanese art, Seattle artist Jonathan Wakuda Fischer creates work in the style of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Wakuda Fischer has shown locally and internationally, and his art can currently be seen at the Wing Luke Museum’s ‘Asian American Arcade’ exhibit.

Seattle, WA. - On Saturday, April 21st The Graffiti Defense Coalition presents a live painting event at Helping Link Vietnamese Community Center by pop artist Jonathan Wakuda Fischer.

For more information please read our Press Release

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Expanded mission and goals. More reading added.

Posted on November 9, 2011 by tiny

Check out our new Mission Statement and our organization’s goals. We’ve also added a new list of must read articles covering the topic of graffiti policy and the social impact of the current policy.

If you have any submissions, concerns, comments, etc. Please contact us. We are looking for individuals to contribute to the GDC. If you have an experience skill or talent that you believe would contribute to our cause, please feel free to let us know.

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