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.

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

SPIDERTAG IN SPRINGFIELD

Downtown Springfield is now illuminated by our latest public art production—a striking new interactive neon mural by artist Spidertag, wrapping around the walls of the city’s History Museum and Theater. The mural, titled Interactive Neon Mural #23, blends bold geometric patterns and vibrant colors into a dynamic installation that spans across two walls and transforms the corner into a glowing landmark.

Place-makingGuest UserJanuary 18, 2023Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, neon, Public Art, Arkansas, Spidertag

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-makingGuest UserNovember 2, 2022Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, Art Consulting, Camille Walala, XNA, Airport Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, Public Art, Creative Placemaking

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 UserNovember 1, 2022Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, neon, Public Art, Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas, Spidertag

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-makingGuest UserJanuary 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.

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

CHERRY LAKE IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

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

Place-makingGuest UserMarch 21, 2021Contemporary art, art, curator, Art curator, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas, neon saltwater, installation art, neon, Life Is Beautiful, Public Art

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-makingGuest UserMarch 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-makingGuest UserDecember 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-makingGuest UserDecember 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-makingGuest UserJune 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-makingGuest UserFebruary 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.

Guest UserFebruary 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.

Guest UserJanuary 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