Tijuana Urban Art

Ciudad en Diálogo/ City in Dialogue: Tijuana artists engage with the urban landscape
Tijuana Urban Art

Ciudad en Diálogo/ City in Dialogue: Tijuana artists engage with the urban landscape

“Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves.” –Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American […]

Creative Mornings Tijuana: Tijuana unites with creatives worldwide
Tijuana Urban Art

Creative Mornings Tijuana: Tijuana unites with creatives worldwide

Most people think they are more creative in the morning. Well, this morning Tijuana tested the theory with its second “Creative Mornings” event. At 8 AM at the offices of the advertising agency Fotográfika in downtown Tijuana, the creative community of the city gathered for gourmet coffee, delicious fresh breads, […]

Aesthetic Dislocations: TJ in China Project Space remakes Tijuana’s Image
Border Art / Tijuana Urban Art

Aesthetic Dislocations: TJ in China Project Space remakes Tijuana’s Image

Jammed in the corner of the republic, up against the border wall with San Diego, Tijuana can feel a little claustrophobic. Not everybody sees it this way, of course. Tijuana’s condition as a border city has been celebrated in more expansive terms in recent decades as a city that thrives […]

Tijuana participativa: Tijuana will join in worldwide movement of 100 en 1 día
Tijuana Urban Art

Tijuana participativa: Tijuana will join in worldwide movement of 100 en 1 día

“This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.” –Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) Indeed, as Jane Jacobs argued in 1961, what makes a city great is the […]

Urban art in progress
Tijuana Urban Art

Urban art in progress

Garzón Masabó, Professor of Art at University Autonoma of Baja California, guides young Tijuana urban artist Packo Soria as he moves through the stages to create a stencil. Stenciling draws its appearl from its modern roots in commercial design and signage. The form lends itself to collage, mashups, and activist […]

HEM Crew celebrates 24 years on the streets of Tijuana/San Diego
Tijuana Urban Art

HEM Crew celebrates 24 years on the streets of Tijuana/San Diego

Tucked inside a parking lot off Calle Primera in Tijuana’s Zona Norte, a  mural now covers what was once a blank wall. This past week, members of the graffiti crew HEM (Hecho en Mexico or “Made in Mexico”) marked a milestone together–twenty-four years of bombing the streets and alleys of […]

Ciudad Habla:The City Speaks
Tijuana Urban Art

Ciudad Habla:The City Speaks

It is often said that Tijuana is a “ciudad de paso.”  That is, a place of passage, a city where tourists come and go. A launching pad for migrants who are only just passing through on their way to the United States. Indeed, after John Spreckels financed a railroad line […]

Tijuana Alley Art at VISUAL in San Diego’s Normal Heights
Tijuana Urban Art

Tijuana Alley Art at VISUAL in San Diego’s Normal Heights

March 9, 2013  SATURDAY NIGHT  6-10 PM VISUAL Shop  3524 Adams Ave  San Diego, CA 92116  With wheatpaste art & paintings by Tijuana artists: 1102, Panca, and Spel Teodora Craft beer by Francisco J. Garcia of Studio 2287, Tijuana  The concept of my exhibition is to explore—through my photos— “that […]

Callejones de Tijuana: Exposición fotográfica de Jill Holslin
Tijuana Urban Art

Callejones de Tijuana: Exposición fotográfica de Jill Holslin

CON artistas de Tijuana SPEL UNO, PANCA y ONCE CERO DOS,  VISUAL ART SUPPLY 3524 Adams Avenue, San Diego, California  9 marzo 2013, sábado  El concepto de mi exposición es investigar—por mis fotos— “lo que queda” en los callejones de Tijuana.  Muchas veces los graffiteros llegan a un lugar a pintar, […]

Callejones de Tijuana: Alleys of Tijuana  Exhibition of new photos by Jill Holslin
Tijuana Urban Art

Callejones de Tijuana: Alleys of Tijuana Exhibition of new photos by Jill Holslin

  On Friday, December 7, I will be debuting my graffiti series at Studio 2287 in the renovated art and culture alleyway of Pasaje Rodriguz in Downtown Tijuana (between 3rd & 4th streets on Avenida Revolucion – enter next to Caliente Casino). Check out this interview about my show, published by Chad Deal in the […]