Street_Art Windows

Street_Art takes Madrid Windows in CALLE 2016!!! You still don´t  know what CALLE is?? C.A.L.L.E stands for Convocatoria Artística Libre LAvapiés Emergente, in English, Free Artistic Award of Emerging Lavapies) 2016 , a fantastic Street_Art exhibition taking place in Madrid these days.

C.A.L.L.E is a Street_Art exhibition in Lavapies, an emerging and creative historic district in down-town Madrid. This award is sponsored by local businesses, like bars, coffee-houses, bookshops… Artistic creations will be shown in the façades, windows and outdoor spaces of these business for two weeks.

Sixty artists, both domestic and international, are participating in this new edition. Visitors and neighbours have the opportunity to discover the latest trends in street painting, sculpture, photography and so on… displayed by different artists in 60 business of this district.

The Asociación de Comerciantes de Lavapiés, the local trade association, launched this initiative three years ago. They aimed to boost artistic creation in the district from an open and participative point of view, and as a way to attract visitors, both locals and tourists, to enjoy this experience in a friendly way and in people´s everyday lives.

This outdoor museum promotes relationship between artists and traders, while adding a distinctive and unique touch to the district. CALLE makes Lavapiés an open air museum, following the footsteps of similar projects in Berlin, Paris or Istanbulv

For the complete list of the art pieces and artists participating in this edition , click here.
Find out who´s won this competition, click here.