Hands-on with Graffiti Painting
with Luis Del Valle
Join us for a hands-on workshop led by Luis Del Valle where participants are invited to produce a graffiti-style painting using a mixture of fine art and graffiti techniques. We will explore the rise of graffiti as one of the four elements of hip-hop culture and its presence in the city today. Using carbon paper transfers, stencils, and acrylic marker line work, we will delve into the meaning of words and letters, and the scientific power they have in creating a positive and inspiring public message.
No experience necessary. All materials provided.
IMAGE: Luis Del Valle, Malcolm X “RED”, 2023, Acrylic on street sign
About Luis Del Valle
Award-winning artist Luis Peralta Del Valle was born in Nicaragua in 1980 and migrated to the US in 1986. At the age of 13 he started painting graffiti murals in the DMV. Luis received his first commission from the fitness franchise Body by Jake after his 16th birthday. Since then, he has been commissioned by other businesses, foundations, public institutions, museums, and private collectors to create murals, portraits, sculptures, and paintings of various themes. Luis has exhibited his works at museums and institutions including NCIS headquarters, VA; Vatican City; The Embassy of Italy; The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site; The Historical Society of Washington, DC; The Vatican Embassy in DC; and the Frederick Douglass Isaac Myers Museum in Baltimore, MD. Luis continues to grow his unique personal artistic sensibility, remaining an active leader in the arts community in the District of Columbia and abroad.
