The REAC Guru Bulletin Board

Is there "graffiti" that is deemed intentional that is acceptable?

If we knew that something that appears to be graffiti was intentional, authorized artwork, then we would overlook it. Example: somebody gave the third graders permission to do a mural on the side of building facing a playground. It was a horrible mistake, looks like hell, but the third graders, bless their little hearts, were proud. That’s a community art project, it’s not graffiti. The overarching concept is that graffiti is unauthorized and it conveys some kind of image or words – its more than just a splash of paint, it’s got form. However, we could also have construction markings – something created to indicate the path of underground cables or where to cut the sidewalk. That is not graffiti either.