Hey Everyone!
When I was in London last week, I had the chance to see the coolest thing EVER! On March 8th, which is International Women’s Day if you weren’t aware, 100 female artists joined together to create feminine focused street art pieces that covered the length of the Leake Street tunnel in Waterloo. Having been to this particular tunnel a few times now, I can tell you…it’s REALLY long, so you can imagine what it must have looked like completely covered in art. The event was called the Femme Fierce Leake Street Takeover, and its purpose was to provide aid for Breast Cancer care. After reading posts like this one and this one, it should be pretty obvious by now how much I love street art. I can’t tell you how lucky I felt to have been in London a mere 2 days after these amazing pieces were created!
As I understand it, a lot of people in the “art world” do not consider street art to be real art. I’ve heard it mentioned that street art has no meaning. Well, I say that’s crazy talk. Street art most certainly has meaning AND expression. The artists who participated in the Femme Fierce Leake Street Takeover not only pulled inspiration from people they knew and admired, but also from their personal experiences with breast cancer as well. I don’t have to tell you how awful a disease like breast cancer is…so it’s not hard to imagine what it must have been like for some of these artists to drum up those emotions and reflect them in their pieces. The theme of each piece, in keeping with the color that represents breast cancer, was the color pink.
If my camera battery hadn’t given out on me, I would be showing you pictures today that I had taken myself (shame on me), but instead I found some fantastic prints on Flickr.
FIRST, take a look at this video!
Femme Fierce: The All Female Street Art Extravaganza // LONDON / 08/03 from BEYONDER on Vimeo.
NOTE: The following photos were not taken by me and are not my property. All photos below were taken by Andrew Smith (McTumshie on Flickr) and I’ve used the HTML code provided on his Flickr page:
I wish you guys could have been there to see the entire tunnel full of these pieces, it truly is something to great to see! Be sure to check out the Femme Fierce Leake Street Takeover Facebook Page and support the cause!
Were any of you in London to see the Femme Fierce Leake Street Takeover?
Until next time!
krystel says
that is so awsome
Johnnalynn Lynch says
Hi Krystel! It was so cool to see all of the street art. I had a blast!
Shannon says
This is so lovely and street art is BEAUTIFUL. I always enjoy looking at the art in Richmond when I go into town. I even have a picture of some artwork that I took in Charlottesville that I still have somewhere.
Johnnalynn Lynch says
Thank you Shannon! I’m so glad you enjoy street art!
Melanie Smith says
This was beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Johnnalynn Lynch says
Thank you! I really enjoyed seeing it!
chris g says
lucky year…been so long since i’ve been to London, wish I could go back.
Johnnalynn Lynch says
I absolutely love it Chris!
Dorothy Boucher says
I love this, and I love the work they put into each piece, and yes to me its real art as anything else is 🙂 thanks for share @tisonlyme143
Johnnalynn Lynch says
Thank you Dorothy! Those pieces were so cool! Such a talented group of women.
Chantelle Walker says
I would have loved to have been there! If only they had it during Oct when I was there last. Next time!
Johnnalynn Lynch says
I had just missed it! But I did get to see the designs when I was there, so cool!
Svetlana L says
those graffitti are absolutely incredible!
Johnnalynn Lynch says
Hi Svetlana! It’s amazing how talented they are. They do all of that with just a spray can. I love it!
Jayme J. says
Thanks for posting; I had never heard of this before, and it sounds amazing! I’ll have to try to catch it next time:)
Johnnalynn Lynch says
Thank you Jayme! It was really nice! The ladies all did a great job with their pieces. I’d love to see it again myself!