"How to Create a Mural?"
Educational Course
Online Course
In August-September 2023, we implemented an online course "How to Create a Mural?"
for artists and art managers.
for artists and art managers.
It consisted of 10 online sessions with leading
urban space curators and street artists.
Сourse topics included:
urban space curators and street artists.
Сourse topics included:
— Understanding placemaking and creating a sustainable project in urban space.
— Exploring the social role of street art using examples from Brazil and Belarus.
— Implementing murals on city walls: choosing locations, budgeting, fundraising, and obtaining approvals.
— Post-production of murals: the mural's life cycle, public relations, and the ethics of street art.
— Fundraising strategies for murals and other projects.
— Street art and small-scale urbanism, creating authentic places and recognizing when it becomes inauthentic.
— Understanding placemaking and creating a sustainable project in urban space.
— Exploring the social role of street art using examples from Brazil and Belarus.
— Implementing murals on city walls: choosing locations, budgeting, fundraising, and obtaining approvals.
— Post-production of murals: the mural's life cycle, public relations, and the ethics of street art.
— Fundraising strategies for murals and other projects.
— Street art and small-scale urbanism, creating authentic places and recognizing when it becomes inauthentic.
— Understanding placemaking and creating a sustainable project in urban space.
Speakers: Mila Kotka, Irina Lukashenko, Giorgi Zaborsky, Nadezhda Ilkevich,
and Volha Kavalskaya.
and Volha Kavalskaya.
Artist talks featured Belarusian street artists Vadik Fin, Hutka Smachna, Siarhei Rusak, and Dima Kashtalyan, who shared insights into their projects, experiences, styles, and techniques.
Dima Kashtalyan
Over 30 Young Artists
And art managers participated in the course.
supportive community
We feel it is important for us to create a supportive community to help individuals start
on their journey in street art.
Several participants have already created their first street art projects!
on their journey in street art.
Several participants have already created their first street art projects!