Ayia Napa Street Art Festival

Ayia Napa Street Art Festival is a fresh initiative that takes over the city. For the first time ever street artists will take over the public spaces of Ayia Napa. People who choose the streets as their gallery often prefer to communicate directly with the public at large, free from perceived confines of the formal art world. Using conceptual slogans, graffiti, stickers, small – scale street artworks, murals and so forth, we desire of urban dwellers to transform public places into more intimate, creative and personal spaces through art. Participants will have one week to implement their idea for given public spaces. The artists have complete freedom of expression. The only request is to decorate the walls of the city with positive emotions emitting artwork.

The idea to organize a festival of this kind appeared by itself. Following strong support from Ayia Napa municipality Paparazzi Art Studio recently started to mentor event which gradually grew into an international festival. The artists who show willingness come not only from Cyprus or are based here, but also from Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, Greece and Switzerland.

The organizers of Ayia Napa Street Art Festival wanted to show the street art variety of styles and techniques, different approach to art and its relationship with the environment by choosing artists that were performed. Ayia Napa city's public spaces will be flooded with surrealist stories, pop - surrealist characters, graphics, 3D graffiti and incredible photorealism. Street art and it’s forms have more and more impact on the daily lives of local people and town guests who see this art around them. We are very grateful to the residents who sincerely and enthusiastically adopted the idea of the Street Art Festival in Ayia Napa. It has become one of the many ways in which we experience the city that we live in.

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