Residents of Montgomery Haven retirement village were treated to a graffiti tour with renowned graffiti fan and fellow resident Eelco Meyies.
Meyies provides regular tours of the local street art scene, which he calls ‘urban safaris’, as clients are driven around the city admiring some of the best artworks which adorn suburban streets.
He has been doing this since 2019 and has helped to change the narrative of the art from vandalism to street art.
The tour visited murals in Linden, Emmarentia, Delta Park, Rosebank and Parktown North which was a real highlight for residents of the retirement village.
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Lorna Somers who runs the Methodist retirement facility said, “Retirement can be the start of living your life not the end, and our small community live that mantra every day.” She said it was incredible for those on the tour how much street art they drove past daily that they had not noticed before and were thrilled to have discovered it.
If you would like to learn more about Meyies graffiti tours, he can be contacted on 082 457 4936.
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