On the weekend of October 12th, the Estria Battle (Prism Urban Art Festival – a large-scale urban art and cultural event), was held in Oakland, CA. There were several art and educational events leading up to the festival – including a youth conference where mural painting techniques were taught to high school groups, an urban art print show at 1AM Gallery in San Francisco, and a slide show night where several artists and organizations each presented slides while they gave a personal narrative about their cause/artwork. The festival/graffiti battle itself was a huge success, attracting several thousand people throughout the day, and featured 16 international graffiti artists battling it out on giant canvas walls, 6 high school groups for the youth battle, a black book battle open to anyone, 3 live entertainment stages, a skate park, a bike park, a petting (with reptiles!) zoo, interactive art activities for all, and of course, food and product vendors. It was a family-friendly event and people of all ages attended.
This event has been growing over the past 5 years or so, and has been sponsored by MTN exclusively in the past.
We are thrilled that this year, the opportunity opened up to MacPherson’s, and together our own Montana Cans and Art Alternatives won the exclusive sponsorship! It was a great sight to see Montana GOLD and Montana Acrylic Markers in the hands of all the artists that day, painting on huge canvas walls constructed out of Art Alternatives canvas topped with beautiful brand banners.
If you are interested to learn more about the Estria Foundation and the events/ projects they run (which will also be sponsored by Montana and Art Alternatives over the next year), you can visit the website: Estria Foundation
