Justkids convened Seattle-based installation artist and designer Neon Saltwater’s newest installation, Cherry Lake, for the Life is Beautiful Festival 2023.

Place-makingGriselle GPNovember 3, 2023Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas, neon saltwater, installation art, neon, Life Is Beautiful, Public Art

INTERACTIVE NEON MURAL IN BENTONVILLE

Justkids Downtown Bentonville is beaming from our latest public art curation for OZ Art - Interactive Neon Mural #16, a permanent neon art installation radiating from the downtown square.

Place-makingGuest UserMay 26, 2023Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, neon, Public Art, Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas, Spidertag

NEON SALTWATER IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

Justkids convened Seattle-based installation artist and designer Neon Saltwater to freshen up a vintage gas station with an unvirtual installation for the Life is Beautiful Festival 2022.

EventosGriselle GPMay 17, 2023Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas, neon saltwater, installation art, neon, Life Is Beautiful, Public Art

CAMILE WALALA’S AIRPORT HANGARS AT XNA, BENTONVILLE

Unprecedented, Justkids tackled the curation of two colossal airport hangars with London-based French artist Camille Walala. Justkids is a creative firm specialized in the curation and production of public art and creative placemaking.

Place-makingGriselle GPNovember 2, 2022Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, Art Consulting, Camille Walala, XNA, Airport Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, Public Art, Creative Placemaking

BICICLETA SEM FREIO IN FORT SMITH, AR

Curator group Justkids invites Brazilian artist Bicicleta Sem Freio to paint a giant mural in the heart of Downtown Fort Smith for local non-profit 64.6 Downtown.

EventosGuest UserApril 1, 2022art, curator, Art curator, Art Consulting, Arkansas, Public Art, Brazilian Artist, Bicicleta Sem Freio, Fort Smith, Place-Making

CREATIVE EXPLOSION BY VHILS AT THE MOMENTARY

We teamed up with Portuguese contemporary artist Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils, to expand on his technique of explosives based works with a new performative edge, devised to celebrate the opening of the Momentary.

Place-makingGuest UserFebruary 10, 2022justkids, art, design, sculpture, mural, Vhils, signage & wayfinding, event, multimedia, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas, Bentonville, curator, Art curator

BICICLETA SEM FREIO AT WE ALL SCREAM, LAS VEGAS

The Brazilian superstar artists brought all of the colors to the events and sweet destination We All Scream in Downtown Las Vegas, curated by Justkids.

Place-makingGriselle GPJanuary 14, 2022Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, space takeover, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas, PichiAvo, Bicicleta Sem Freio, Douglas de Castro

BLACK GIRL MAGIC BY CRIOLA IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

Brightening the corner of 7th street and Stewart avenue in the desert city is Black Girl Magic, standing tall and leaning proud onto a colorful backdrop of bright pink and red tribal graphics, creating a high contrast against her dark skin.

Griselle GPOctober 6, 2021Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, public art, mural, Downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Life Is Beautiful, Criola

INTERACTIVE NEON MURAL IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

Spidertag’s Interactive Neon Mural #12 curated by Justkids is now on display in the brightest city on Earth and will continue to shine all year round for everyone to enjoy in Downtown Las Vegas.

Place-makingGriselle GPOctober 5, 2021Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, public art, mural, Downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas, neon, Spidertag, Life Is Beautiful

ANTONYO MAREST AT THE STRAT, LAS VEGAS

Justkids appointed Spanish contemporary artist Antonyo Marest to take over The STRAT Hotel & Casino South facade with four gigantic artworks.

Place-makingGriselle GPMarch 15, 2021Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas, Antonyo Marest, STRAT, Hospitality Art, Art Consulting

ANNE VIEUX'S HOLOGRAPHIC INSTALLATION IN BENTONVILLE

Anne Vieux’s “/meta_material” is an immersive and hyper-fluid mural installation, now permanently on view at Downtown Bentonville, curated by women-led global curator group Justkids.

Place-makingGriselle GPDecember 21, 2020Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, ARkanvas, public art, mural, Arkansas, Anne Vieux, Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas

BASKETBALL ART COURT BY LAKWENA IN PINE BLUFF

“I’ll bring you flowers” is Lakwena’s latest basketball court mural located at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and curated by global curator group Justkids for ARkanvas art initiative.

Place-makingGriselle GPDecember 15, 2020Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, ARkanvas, public art, mural, Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Art Court, Basketball, Basketball court, Lakwena

“MINE LOVE DISTRIBUTE HOPE” INSTALLATION BY ROBERT MONTGOMERY IN FORT SMITH

Robert Montgomery collaborated with global creative house Justkids towards a poetic contribution to the Downtown Fort Smith community, embodied as a site-specific installation lighting up the downtown urban-scape with a timely yet wholehearted command “MINE LOVE DISTRIBUTE HOPE”.

Guest UserOctober 5, 2020Place-Making, Contemporary art, Unexpected, 2019, Cultural Place-making, art exhibition, North West Arkansas, art, community, light, text based works, installation, Robert Montgomery, unexpected, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas

MURAL BY MANTRA IN LITTLE ROCK

Artist Youri Cansell, known around the world as Mantra, completed two larger-than-life trompe l’oeil butterfly specimen case murals in Little Rock and Bentonville for ARkanvas, a statewide engagement curated and produced by women-led global curator group Justkids and commissioned by OZ Art.

Place-makingGriselle GPJune 20, 2020Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, ARkanvas, public art, mural, Arkansas, Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas, Little Rock, Mantra, Central Arkansas, mantrarea

"MOTHER NATURA” INSTALLATION BY OKUDA SAN MIGUEL AT PARK MGM

Okuda San Miguel and global creative house Justkids returned to Las Vegas to bring to life “Mother Natura” – a project for PARK MGM’s Mama Rabbit Bar in Las Vegas – featuring the country’s first sculptural slot machines and an accompanying mural inspired by the legend of Mayahuel, the Mexican goddess of agave and fertility.

BRANDGuest UserMay 19, 2020justkids, Brand Collaboration, art, design, Okuda San Miguel, sculpture, mural, Mamma Rabbit, PARK MGM, Okuda, OKUDA

NINA CHANEL ABNEY NEW MURAL IN BENTONVILLE

“Mull It Over” is Nina Chanel Abney’s newest public mural, now permanently on view within the residential heart of Downtown Bentonville, curated by global curator group Justkids for ARkanvas art initiative.

Place-makingGriselle GPFebruary 2, 2020Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, Nina Chanel, Bentonville, curator, Art curator, ARkanvas, Northwest Arkansas, public art, mural, Arkansas, Oz Art

SUMMER ALWAYS BLOOMS BY OUIZI IN DOWNTOWN BENTONVILLE

Artist Louise Jones, better known as Ouizi, completed a site-specific blooming art installation in Bentonville, Arkansas for a public art initiative curated and produced by women-led global curator group Justkids and commissioned by OZ Art.

Griselle GPFebruary 2, 2020Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, public art, mural, Arkansas, Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas, Ouizi, Art

MAGICAL UNITY BY DABSMYLA IN FORT CHAFFEE

“Magical Unity” is Dabs Myla’s most recent mural, located at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and curated by global curator group Justkids for ARkanvas art initiative.

Griselle GPJanuary 20, 2020Contemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, ARkanvas, public art, mural, Arkansas, Fort Chaffee, DabsMyla, Fort Smith

“WALALA PUMP & GO” INSTALLATION BY CAMILLE WALALA IN DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH

Justkids invited Camille Walala to The Unexpected for the first time; taking over all dimensions of a 1950’s neglected service station at the main intersection of Grand Avenue and 11th street.

Place-making, ExhibitionsGuest UserDecember 31, 2019street art, Place-Making, Contemporary art, Unexpected, Cultural Place-making, Camille Walala, art, community, unexpected, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas, Fort Smith, curator, Art curator, justkids, art exhibition

COMME DES GARÇONS DESIGN COLLABORATION WITH BICICLETA SEM FREIO

Bicicleta Sem Freio and global creative house Justkids teamed up with Comme des Garçons’s Junya Watanabe for their Paris Fashion Week S/S 2020 collection.

BRANDGuest UserDecember 17, 2019Bicicleta Sem Freio, justkids, Brand Collaboration, art, digital, illustration, design, Comme des Garçons, print, collaboration, Paris, Vogue, Paris Fashion Week, Douglas de Castro