in the little alleyway next to dancer’s core on the decatur square, you can find this living walls piece. it’s by atlanta artist sam parker. be sure to read this sam flax article about his work from a few months ago.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by freddy sam & ever, doodles, gaia & nanook, gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls: sam parker

133 sycamore street
decatur, ga 30030

here is another living walls piece in downtown decatur. you can find this huge mural on the side of the old paste magazine building near the dairy queen. it’s by south african based street artist freddy sam & argentinian based ever. these guys have done some amazing work around the globe, so be sure to visit their websites. here is an interesting interview with ever from a buenos aires street art publication and an article on freddy sam’s street art in cape town.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by doodles, gaia & nanook, gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – freddy sam & ever

302 e howard ave
decatur, ga 30030

here is another living walls mural in downtown decatur. it’s on the back side of twain’s brew pub by artists doodles, gaia & nanook. gaia & nanook have been well covered on our blog, so here is some other great street art from doodles.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – doodles, gaia & nanook

211 east trinity place
decatur, ga 30030

downtown decatur was covered with living walls murals in 2011. there were six pieces installed in all, which is quite impressive for such a small area. this first mural can be found on the side of squash blossom in the decatur square. it’s by gaia & nanook, the same duo who did the sunrise on edgewood piece we covered a few weeks ago.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – gaia & nanook

113 e court square
decatur, ga 30030

this weekend is the 10th annual kirkwood spring fling in our little historic kirkwood. the festival also features a 5k race on saturday morning and an open air artist market with a ton of vendors, good eats, and live bands. admission to the festival is free from 10am-7pm on saturday at bessie branham park, with music lasting until 11pm. tickets for the kirkwood tour of homes can be purchased at the festival or at local kirkwood businesses.

– ryan & gub

kirkwood spring fling
2051 delano drive ne
atlanta, georgia 30317

tour of homes
saturday, may 18th, 2012
sunday, may 19th, 2012
from 12pm until 6pm

5k race
saturday, may 18th, 2012
starts at 8am

artist market
saturday, May 18th, 2012
from 10am until 7pm

happy mother’s day! clementine and i made this cut-out card for gub (from clementine’s handprints) and we also got her a sorbet peony and a visit to the jeju sauna!

it feels like it’s been ages since my first father’s day.

– ryan & clementine

acclaimed children’s author and illustrator maurice sendak passed away today. he was best known for where the wild things are & in the night kitchen, classics that most children of our generation grew up with.

for an amazing remembrance of sendak, albeit super sad, head to npr’s fresh air. the program looks back at various interviews terry gross had with sendak over the years along with links to the original interviews.

maurice will be missed, but at least his stories live on.

– ryan & gub

clementine has been enjoying eating pieces of fresh banana! she tends to get it all over!

– ryan & gub

here is another graffiti-style living walls piece. it’s by atlanta-based street artist plf and can be found in oakhurst village. it’s on the facade of the old mulligan’s building, which was home to the ultimate hamdog and luther burger. right now it houses the oakhurst church, which seems like a strange place for a hip living walls piece.

the work features intertwining tubes, which is common in plf’s work. here is a video of his graffiti work in progress!

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – plf

630 e lake dr
decatur, ga 30030

here is another kirkwood living walls piece; who would have thought our little neighborhood would have such hip street art? this one is a series of work by ltrs, peeve & blief at the corner of la france street & arizona ave ne near the arizona pub. it’s more old-school graffiti/tag style, which is cool to see. i couldn’t find much more information on the artists though or other works by them for that matter.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – ltrs, peeve & blief

la france street & arizona ave ne
atlanta, ga 30307