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Istanbul: Do Street Art with Local Artists at Home Garden
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 2h 30m
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Multiple languages
Overview
- Experience Graffiti Art in Istanbul
- Istanbul Street Art
- Istanbul Street Art Experience
- Visit locals at home
- Istanbul Graffiti Tour
Activity location
- Istanbul
- Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Yıldız, Müvezzi Cd. No:67, 34349 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Türkiye | 1- Our community has a driver. If you wish a private transfer to the location, we will be happy to check the driver's availability. 2- Istanbul has traffic issue. Usually, there are decent public transportation to travel. Instructions to arrive at the address by public transportation: - From the old town (Sultanahmet, Grandbazaar etc.); Take the tram to Kabataş. From Kabataş, you can either take a taxi or bus, or even walk for 25 minutes. Get off at Barbaros Bulvarı station. From there, you will walk 5 minutes to the location. - From Taksim area; Take any bus to Beşiktaş that don't go to Ortaköy and get off at Barbaros Bulvarı station. From there, you will walk 5 minutes to the location. OR, take a metro to Gayrettepe. Connect to Zincirlikuyu Bus stop and take a bus to Beşiktaş. Get off at Barbaros Bulvarı station, go accross the road and walk for 5 mins to the location. Once you are at number 67 on Muvezzi street, ring the bell for number 1 at Birlik Apt. Then, we will welcome you.
- Yıldız, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Graffiti Art Workshop with Locals at an Istanbul Home Garden
- 2h 30m
- English
What's included, what's not
- All equipments to be used for the experience, snacks, tea/coffee.
What you can expect
What makes travelling in a city unique and cool? It is the people you meet and the things you learn! At this experience, you will come visit famous and passionate Graffiti Artists of Istanbul, a couple, Peep and Shimo, at their home. After learning about Graffiti, and its technics, you will create an art piece with them on their home garden wall. In the end, you will have two great local friends and a piece of art with your chosen nickname.
Once you come to the artists' home, you will have some tea or coffee with them to get to know each other and each other's cultures and then talk about what you will do together.
You will start with learning about the materials and tools for graffiti; spray paint, brushes, masks, gloves, spray headers etc. Then, the artists will give information about different graffiti techniques and styles as well as techniques of use of spray
paint. You will then chose a graffiti nickname.
You will start practising the name you chose on a paper with different letter structures that the artists taught. The best part comes in; you will experience painting on the wall with spray cans.
At the end of the experience, you will leave with a lot of things. Having learned so much things, technics about Graffiti art is only some of them. You will leave as friends with some of the most talented Graffiti artists of Istanbul. You will learn about the Turkish culture, teach about your culture during the whole experience. This will all happen in the most warm and genuine place as possible, at a warm Istanbul home.
So, come as a guest, but leave as a friend!
Location
Activity location
- Istanbul
- Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Yıldız, Müvezzi Cd. No:67, 34349 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Türkiye | 1- Our community has a driver. If you wish a private transfer to the location, we will be happy to check the driver's availability. 2- Istanbul has traffic issue. Usually, there are decent public transportation to travel. Instructions to arrive at the address by public transportation: - From the old town (Sultanahmet, Grandbazaar etc.); Take the tram to Kabataş. From Kabataş, you can either take a taxi or bus, or even walk for 25 minutes. Get off at Barbaros Bulvarı station. From there, you will walk 5 minutes to the location. - From Taksim area; Take any bus to Beşiktaş that don't go to Ortaköy and get off at Barbaros Bulvarı station. From there, you will walk 5 minutes to the location. OR, take a metro to Gayrettepe. Connect to Zincirlikuyu Bus stop and take a bus to Beşiktaş. Get off at Barbaros Bulvarı station, go accross the road and walk for 5 mins to the location. Once you are at number 67 on Muvezzi street, ring the bell for number 1 at Birlik Apt. Then, we will welcome you.
- Yıldız, İstanbul, Türkiye