In many urban areas, and increasingly in suburban neighborhoods, graffiti and vandalism are a growing nuisance, damaging property and creating an eyesore for community members...

Who would have thought that the day would come when graffiti would be considered an art form and not just a nuisance on inner city walls...

The earlier forms of graffiti styles were inscriptions and figure drawings that were found in the cave walls and ruins of ancient building...

Each year Graffiti, ’scratch-iti’, and other forms of property vandalism cost Americans an estimated $8 billion in removal and clean-up in the form of taxes, private funds, and insurance premiums...

Graffiti has always been given a negative connotation as it is seen as a defacement of a piece of property with the used of paint and other items...

Modern day Graffiti art is closely associated with the Hip Hop Culture It started out with names like TAKI 183 and JULIO 204 who wrote their tag names all over New York to more accomplished artists that have shown their work in respected art galleries...

You can travel almost anywhere in the world, and you will probably see graffiti Although graffiti art is usually more common in big cities, the reality is that it can occur in almost any community, big or small...