When you think of Warped Tour, the first thing that comes to mind usually isn’t “rad art!” Well that’s all about to change, thanks to outta-this-world artist Jesse Spears. At each leg of this summer’s tour, Jesse’s been creating unique wall-sized canvases for the aesthetically inclined fans of NOFX and Less Than Jake to leave their mark upon, and documenting it all for the blog So Many Walls.
The result has been a plethora of peace signs, hearts, and anarchy symbols, to be sure– but the mere concept of creating D.I.Y. art at a punk show has got to be expanding life’s possibilities for the youth of Charlotte, North Carolina and Camden, New Jersey. Jesse is all about encouraging kids to participate and be creative for the pure enjoyment of it, ditching insecurities and judgements at the door. Don’t take my word for it– watch her philosophy in action in this clip (made by the Beautiful Losers crew) about a workshop in which Jesse helped high school students express themselves with paint, cardboard, and pom poms.
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she’s so rad dude