The prettiest monster in the deep ocean

Another piece by one of our most prolific Madison street artists (or collective, I've heard conflicting rumors), Meep! On the side of Mother Fools, natch. Such a pretty, pretty deep sea creature!

Girls Rising

Photo by Catherine Capellaro

This is so ridiculously cool:

It looks so awesome, I'd never guess it was painted by a group of sixth graders. 

A bright new mural gracing the graffiti wall at Mother Fool's Coffeehouse on Willy Street pays tribute to the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and the Bring Back Our Girls movement, and is part of a global awareness campaign in support of girls' right to education. 

Six middle schoolers from O'Keeffe -- Adeline Geary, Skye Lukas, Odessa Chusid, Anabelle Poore, Ruby Sutherlin-Sovern, and Amelia Hoffman -- are involved in a group called Girl Generation (modeled on the Mother-Daughter Project) that has been meeting over the last five years. Over the last year, these moms and daughters have organized community service and fundraising projects while also considering a public art project.

Read the full article at Isthmus.

A very curious mural

A graffiti wall to honor the Mars rover Curiosity. Science + art = the best.

SOLVE: Still in the streets, and our heartbeats

This piece just went up at Mother Fool's as part of the annual celebration of Brandon "SOLVE" Scanlon's life held by the McGlynn-Scanlon family.

The work is by well-known Chicago street artists Nice One and Tara D, photographed by Bill Scanlon (SOLVE's dad).

Grafiteira from Rio de Janeiro in Madison

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From madison.com:

Brazilian artist Panmela Castro painted the graffiti wall at Mother Fool's Coffeehouse Tuesday. Castro, also known as Anarkia, is a grafiteira from Rio de Janeiro known for calling attention to domestic violence and for working to empower women. The rotating graffiti wall at Mother Fool's, 1101 Williamson St., has been in use since fall 2001.

The mural is stunning, by the way.