Round 58: Free Someone

Porch Talks
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 4:30-5:30PM  

Opening + Community Market
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 4-7PM 

On View
Saturday, March 8, 2025 – Sunday, June 1, 2025 

Free Someone celebrates Houston artists who have overcome adversity to become renowned for their artwork in public places, using the city’s landscape as their canvas. Graffiti is typically painted without permission, yet BE SOMEONE, prominently displayed over I-45, has been embraced by the public, questioning the relationship between public art without permission and public art by commission. GONZO247, Phillip O. Perez (Article), Lee Washington (Theonelee), Erik Del Rio (Colors oner), Iris Karami, Craig “BBC” Long, Chandrika Metivier and DUAL have come together to highlight their journey with collaborators, appreciators, and law enforcement over the last thirty years. Court cases, news stories, documentary film, large scale murals, and Hip-Hop music all tell a complex and unfinished history, educating audiences about graffiti art in Houston while encouraging viewers to free someone – the artist within.