Trail Blazers x PSAA Street Art
PORTLAND, OREGON
PSAA is teaming up with the Portland Trail Blazers to create amazing art across Portland. Keep an eye out for a series of street art installations popping up around RIP CITY this spring.
“Portland” side of For Rip City
FOR RIP CITY
FOR RIP CITY is more than just a name; it’s an ethos.
THRIVES
Artists NEKON, NOTES, & THRIVES
The Central Eastside Mural District is home to PSAA’s most recent partnership with the Portland Trail Blazers! PSAA’s latest graffiti production, “For Rip City,” wraps around the warehouse near the Hawthorne Bridgehead and features lettering and background art by artists GIVER, KSRA, and THEY DRIFT.
“For Rip City” side of For Rip City
Across the bottom of each wall is a solid line-up of style writer heavy-hitters, featuring NEKON, GIVER, KSRA, TIMBER, ASKEW, NOTES, and THRIVES. Raindrops and basketballs are interspersed throughout the piece, making for a truly Portland drip n’ drop background!
Artist GIVER & THEY DRIFT
Artist ASKEW
Next time you are down in the Central Eastside, channel your Blazer spirit, and come see “For Rip City” in person!
RIP CITY ROAR
7 NE Oregon Street at the Steel Bridgehead, Portland Oregon
Located steps from the Moda Center, where you can almost hear the roar of the gameday crowd, is a new Portland Trail Blazers-themed graffiti art production titled Rip City Roar; the first of a series of collaborations between the Portland Trail Blazers and Portland Street Art Alliance. These productions are part of PSAA's unique Community Art Program, which provides space for creatives to let loose, play, and practice their styles.
Created by the dream team of They Drift, KSRA, and GIVER, the design evokes Portland's "Rip City" ethos. When asked about their approach, artist They Drift summed it up best: "This city doesn't whisper. It plays LOUD."
Spreading across six panels, Rip City Roar contains a mixture of character art and graphic lettering. The first panel features an impressive mashup of the Trail Blazers' logo and a rose, leading into some tight lettering by GIVER reading "Rip City."
The next two panels contain a popping piece by KSRA in crisp wildstyle letters atop a pair of roses. Ending this production with a bang is a slam-dunk portrait of Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard by They Drift.
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
