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Mother Fool's Graffiti Wall Created
Following the approval from the city of Madison, Mother Fool's Coffeehouse at 1101 Williamson St. paints it's first mural of graffiti art. The first mural, coming 11 days after the attacks on the twin towers, is this picture of a stylized version of the Statue of Liberty for the 9/11 attacks. -
Brendan "SOLVE" Scanlon is murdered in Chicago
Brendan Scanlon, known in the underground art and graffiti comminuty by his pseudony "SOLVE," is murdered in Chicago. Before moving to Chicago, Scanlon grew up in Madison and began his street artist work in Madison. His death inspired SOLVE-influenced work to be posted throughout the city. -
Dedication to SOLVE is created at Mother's Fool Graffiti Wall
Ben Bauman, a street artist from Madison, creates a tribute piece to Brendan "SOLVE" Scanlon, who was murdered in Chicago in June 2008. The street art piece took 80 hours to complete and was one of numerous street art dedications to SOLVE, who was originally from Madison as well. -
"Madison Street Art" Blog Created
The "Madison Street Art" blog is created to share the different forms of graffiti and street art that can be found around the city. Users on the site can send in pictures of graffiti and street art that they find throughout the city and these pictures are posted onto the blog to share with the Madison community. -
Eight People Arrested for Graffiti
The Madison Police Department's North District began a crackdown on graffiti in the area, and out of the investigation arrested eight people in three separate cases. Seven of the peole involved were juveniles and one was an adult. Police hope the three crime busts would curb graffiti in the city. -
East High School Commemorates SOLVE
East High School held an art gallery and exhibition for Brendan "SOLVE" Scanlon, who was a former student at East until his graduation in 2002. This gallery showed the impact that SOLVE has had on Madison-area street artists. -
Humanities Elevator turned into Art Gallery to curb graffiti
Kelly Johannsen become the first UW staff member to convert an elevator in the Humanities building on campus into a makeshift art gallery. The elevator had been riddled with sharpie and pen graffiti, and the art department at UW turned it into a design piece for artistic expression. -
Street Artists Protest Governor Walker
In concurrence with the intense protests against Governor Walker in early 2011 as a result of Walker's proposed bill that would eliminate collective bargaining rights for state workers, street artists around the city began expressing their anger through art. A mural was put up at Mother Fool's titled, "Scott the Snake," and subsequent pieces were found throughout the city. -
Painting of Public Streets Ordinance Proposed
Near East Side Ald. Marsha Rummel proposes a new city ordinance for Madison that would give artists the ability to paint artwork across city streets if they gain approval from city officials. The ordinance was proposed after Rummel had heard about similar ordinances in other cities, like Portland, OR. -
Humanities Street Art Mural Finished
Sharon Kilfoy, director of the Williamson Street Art Center, works with students from the Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee to create a mural on the third floor of the humnaitites building to show the beauty art can have, even when created on the street and on the side of a building.
