<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The inner west is home to Sydney’s street art. Find out..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How a world-famous, graffiti health campaign started here?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why the inner west has the most murals in Sydney? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How its most iconic mural was painted? (illegally, in the middle of the night)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What stencil inspired a top selling kids book?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &lt;em&gt;other &lt;/em&gt;street art - stickers, pasteups, yarn bombing...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And how it all still challenges us...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guests&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tour guide, author and photographer Melinda Vassallo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not Quite Newtown: Author Peter Warrington and photographer Rachel Williams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Writers Bonnie Huang and Tom Martin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Artists: Juilee Pryor, Sharon Billinge, Lotte Smith, Rebecca Enya Loury, Kim Siew, Zachary Bennett-Brook, and Hugues Sineux&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hosted by Bernie Hobbs. Produced by Jane Curtis. Sound engineering by John Jacobs. Artwork by Dylan Tonkin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="www.innerwesticons.com/episodes/street-art-inner-west" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Read the full Show Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Inner West Icons: the other side of Sydney

Jane Curtis

Street art of the inner west

JUN 14, 202230 MIN
Inner West Icons: the other side of Sydney

Street art of the inner west

JUN 14, 202230 MIN

Description

The inner west is home to Sydney’s street art. Find out..

  • How a world-famous, graffiti health campaign started here?
  • Why the inner west has the most murals in Sydney?
  • How its most iconic mural was painted? (illegally, in the middle of the night)
  • What stencil inspired a top selling kids book?
  • The other street art - stickers, pasteups, yarn bombing...
  • And how it all still challenges us...

Guests

  • Tour guide, author and photographer Melinda Vassallo
  • Not Quite Newtown: Author Peter Warrington and photographer Rachel Williams
  • Writers Bonnie Huang and Tom Martin
  • Artists: Juilee Pryor, Sharon Billinge, Lotte Smith, Rebecca Enya Loury, Kim Siew, Zachary Bennett-Brook, and Hugues Sineux

Hosted by Bernie Hobbs. Produced by Jane Curtis. Sound engineering by John Jacobs. Artwork by Dylan Tonkin.

Read the full Show Notes