Best Art Exhibit in a Non-Traditional Space

Street art: populist art form, nuisance to society or super cool fashion? Does art have to exist inside a gallery or museum to be legit? The artists collective Streetela has answered the latter question with a decisive “Hell no” by slapping drawings and paintings by local artists on T-shirts and selling them online. Some of the designs are twee, like a Wayne’s World-inspired shirt and tote by Paper Twins, and others are edgy, like an Ola Bad design that looks like a wheat paste project on your chest. Right now, Streetela is only featuring artists who are participating in the Living Walls Conference, but come November, it’ll be selling shirts by street artists from around the country. streetela.com. less...