Belfast City Council approves a plan to give aspiring street artists places to hone their skills.
Grey gable walls, such as this one on Union Street in Belfast, are much-sought-after canvases for street artistsOnce considered the scourge of towns and cities, graffiti and street art are now making properties hot in Belfast.
The idea is to provide spaces in the city where people are allowed to practise their craft without having to worry about getting into trouble for it.Hannah Constance says she wishes legal graffiti walls had been around when she was starting out She says young artists often approach her to ask where they can practice their art but she has never had a good answer for them so she's delighted that could be about to change.The eyes of huge portraits, such as this one on High Street Court in Belfast, seem to follow passers-by
"The city council, to be fair, has actually been at the vanguard of promoting this and has worked with creative artists across the city in developing really expectational pieces of street art," he says.Gary McKeown hopes legal graffiti walls will help to nurture the next generation of street art talent
But he hopes that paint will be splashed on the first legal graffiti wall early in the new year - the selected locations will be "self-evident" and will probably already have a history street art, he says.Image caption,"We get regular constituency inquiries about tagging of public infrastructure and I know people get really frustrated by that.
Having worked in street art for more than 15 years, he's noticed the scene grow massively in recent times.This artwork, painted several years ago at Exchange Place, is one of many in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter
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