Clean Graffiti in 2015

2015 was a huge year for #thesavageway Clean Graffiti! Our eco-friendly, outdoor messaging was used in 11 cities for 21 clients! 2015 saw the growth of our sales team in NYC and in the Southeast. From creating reverse graffiti campaigns for some of the largest organizations in the world to working with the North Carolina government on a safety campaign, we saw this medium grow and evolve! Here is a breakdown of our year in cleaning sidewalks.

Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Department
We love seeing organizations use Clean Graffiti for the healthy, insightful medium that it can be. Well Run Media and the Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Department used Clean Graffiti to promote tobacco free parks!

Greenpeace
We created a campaign for the Global organization, Greenpeace, in the spring of 2015 to promote solar power. Using a stencil with two footprints and the hashtag #IStand4Solar, Greenpeace was able to see results through third party content on social media.

Clarks, USA
Ever have a pair of Clarks Wallabees growing up? We did and that made working with Clarks, USA an even bigger deal. This international fashion brand used Clean Graffiti in SoHo, New York, NY to showcase the location of their flagship store. The detail that went into recreating the vintage Clarks Desert Boot in stencil form was one for the books!

NC Department of Transportation
One of our favorite jobs was for the NC Department of Transportation. We worked alongside the marketing agency for the NCDOT and integrated Clean Graffiti into their Watch For Me NC campaign. Clean Graffiti safety messages were used across six NC beach towns to act as a reminder to pedestrians and bikers to watch for cars! The six cities included Jacksonville, NC, Greensboro, NC, Durham, NC, Corolla County, NC, Dare County, NC, and Surf City, NC.

Carolina Performing Arts
We made our first trip to Chapel Hill, NC during our Clean Graffiti job for Carolina Performing Arts. The artistic design and kaleidoscope whimsy used for the message truly made the spots stand out! We want to see more companies use Clean Graffiti as street art!

YMCA of Greater Charlotte
The YMCA of Greater Charlotte used Clean Graffiti for the annual Corporate Cup. Clean Graffiti was used as a promotion on the streets of Charlotte, NC.

Isabella Santos Foundation
Another one of our favorites in 2015 was working with the Isabella Santos Foundation. This Charlotte, NC based non-profit uses running to raise money for pediatric cancer research. If you don’t know about Isabella’s story, read here. Putting her image on the ground was such a great reminder to the #IsabellasDreamTeam as they were training.

NC Music Factory
The Charlotte area entertainment hub known, as the NC Music Factory, used some funny and clever messages to help get across the message that the Factory offers not only great music venues, but delicious restaurants as well.

OrthoCarolina
OrthoCarolina was an early adopter of Clean Graffiti and has run many campaigns; however one of the smartest campaigns to date still has to be the run we did using “Watch Your Step.” These spots can be seen in Charlotte as well as Concord, NC.

Project Art Aid / Project LIFT
2015 saw the completion of our Project Art Aid Queen City Soup / Project L.I.F.T. art grant with West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, NC. Teaching the students about the medium and then having them help bring the stencil to life was an awesome experience.

Hooker Media / OrthoCarolina
We also got creative with OrthoCarolina and their relationship as the Carolina Panthers team physicians. We brought in local Charlotte, NC artist Matt Hooker of Hooker Media to design a stencil representing the move that the quarterback uses for touchdowns – the Superman. These spots went down in Winston Salem, NC.

MADabolic
We had to represent the #MADlifestyle for the Charlotte-based MADabolic boutique gym. (She is always watching!)

Mint Museum
The Mint Museum, a Charlotte art institution, used Clean Graffiti to highlight their new youth art program, #NEXGENMint. The campaign was fun, interactive and geared toward middle-high school kids.

CityMD
New York City saw its first run of Clean Graffiti by #thesavageway through a project with CityMD, a local urgent care.

UNC-Charlotte
We were able to complete two jobs on the UNC-Charlotte campus in 2015. The first was for The Edge apartments at Tailgate Village and the second was for Chartwells, the campus dining services division.

Pearl. Dentistry Reimagined
Who doesn’t like to “Smile More?” Pearl. Dentistry Reimagined used reverse graffiti in the Uptown area of Charlotte, NC to spread some positivity.

Sustain Charlotte
We kicked off a partnership with Sustain Charlotte and OrthoCarolina to bring a healthy, walking initiative to the Queen City. #WalkCLT was developed and launched in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood in Charlotte, NC. This is a campaign that will reach other neighborhoods in 2016.

Charlotte’s Thunder Road Marathon
The Novant Health Thunder Road Marathon is a huge deal for the city. It is Charlotte’s largest road race and a qualifier for the Boston Marathon. The marketing agency behind Thunder Road contacted us to complete some Clean Graffiti with positive and motivational messages. The result was AWESOME!

Solis Crabtree
Apartment Envy? Solis Crabtree has the cure for you! This company used reverse graffiti in the popular Glenwood South neighborhood of downtown Raleigh, NC.

Dogtopia Charlotte
We loved the fun paw prints that Dogtopia Charlotte decided to use for their campaign. This doggy daycare put spots down near their location in Southend, Charlotte, NC.

S&D Coffee
One unique way to use reverse graffiti is through a social media contest, like S&D Coffee did for their partnership with Johnson & Wales University located in Uptown Charlotte, NC. Students had to find the spots, snap a picture, use the hashtag and then they were entered to win $5,000!

#thesavageway Street Art
And simply because this earth needs more art and positivity, we put down some birds and roses in random places throughout the city of Charlotte.

2015 was great and we are looking forward to what the New Year has to bring for #thesavageway. Follow us on Instagram & Twitter to stay up to date on all of our upcoming projects.