Last July 29th and 30th the Spanish artist Ona Salvador travelled to UK to participate in the Cheltenham Paint Festival. During the festival, a large number of murals were created in different parts of the town of Cheltenham. Within these days there were also held several urban art workshops and musical performances. Ona Salvador is an illustrator, plastic and urban artist, born in 1999 in Menorca, Balearic Islands, and currently lives in Barcelona. She likes to give life to the walls by cre...
Read moreAware of the challenges facing the urban art sector, at Wallspot we are committed to the promotion and development of artists' skills, and we want to offer our support to them in their training and professionalization. So, on this occasion, we are doing so by programming training and specialised courses in the handling of lifting machinery (including platforms, articulated arms...) for all the artists registered in Wallspot. These courses are designed to address fundamental aspects...
Read moreIn the vibrant scenario of Barcelona, on Sunday, June 18th, took place the JAM "There is no home without LGTBIQ+ rights". This event had the main purpose of raising for the rights of refugees belonging to the LGBTQ+ community, while promoting their inclusion and equality. Following the slogan " There is no home without LGTBIQ+ rights" the JAM emerged as a space for creative expression, aiming to raise awareness and give a voice to those courageous refugees who not only face the ad...
Read moreA year ago, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Rebobinart at the old La Model prison and one of the activities Wallspot carried out for this event was a Wall Lab on the outside walls. Now we want to repeat this event and celebrate the second edition of the Wall Lab La Model, that's why we are launching a new call for our Wallspot users! This is an initiative that allows networking among local artists while offering them the opportunity to generate a work with greater impact and visi...
Read moreThere's no stoppint at Wallspot, so stay tuned because... We are celebrating a new edition of TRAVEL THE WALL! You can find below the call for artists to apply for the TRAVEL THE WALL 2023 edition. But first of all, do you know what this initiative consists of? Throughout 2023 we will organize one artist exchange between Barcelona and other European city: Cheltenham (United Kingdom). The call is open to all artists who live in Europa and are Wallspot users. Once closed, a Spanis...
Read moreTHERE IS NO HOME WITHOUT LGTBIQ+ RIGHTS In Wallspot we cannot stop! This time, we celebrate diversity! In June there is the international day for the rights of the LGTBIQ+ collective, which will give rise to the LGTBIQ+ JAM with the aim to end discrimination, threats, aggressions and prejudices against the LGTBIQ+ community.As in previous editions, we will count on the collaboration of an association that works in favour of the collective and that has knowledge and experience of the inju...
Read moreLast Sunday, March 5th and on the occasion of 8M, Wallspot hosted the fourth edition of WOMART JAM at the Three Chimneys Park under the slogan 'Our ceiling is not glass, it is concrete'. On this occasion we have had the good fortune to collaborate with an association of the Raval neighborhood coordinated by tireless women: Associació intercultural Diàlegs de Dona, a space of welcome and socialization for immigrant women who work to facilitate and contribute to their autonomy and social...
Read moreHello everyone!!! We bring you news that will surely interest you: First of all, we want to announce that we are back in the ring with the JAMS and this March, in commemoration of 8M, international women's day, we will celebrate the fourth edition of WOMART JAM. This time we will work hand in hand with a social association that works and focuses on the eradication of discrimination and violence against women and other vulnerable groups. We will soon announce both the partner organi...
Read moreOn Sunday 23 October, in Parc de les Tres Xemeneies (Paral·lel, Barcelona) Wallspot hosted the migration JAM 'ALL BORDERS ARE IN YOUR HEAD'. On this occasion, it was considered important to join the debate on racism, stereotypes, and the conceptual limits that we have internalised as a society, as well as to talk about migratory movements and the resulting humanitarian crises. This JAM has been agreed with the collective Dos Latinas, a platform and foundation that works with artists,...
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