# Wooster Collective > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wooster_Collective > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wooster_Collective.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooster_Collective > Source revision: 1298644887 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Street art blogging website}} '''Wooster Collective''' is a [website](/source/website) founded in 2003 that showcases [street art](/source/street_art) from around the world.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/travel/09weekend.html|title=Weekend in New York: Street Art - To the Trained Eye, Museum Pieces Lurk Everywhere - Travel|last=Kugel|first=Seth|date=2008-03-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/nyregion/thecity/25neck.html|title=Billboard Blues|last=Bleyer|first=Jennifer|date=2007-03-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} [''The'' ''New York Times''](/source/The_New_York_Times) called it "a leading street-art blog."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/arts/design/and-now-a-word-from-the-streets.html|title=And Now, a Word From the Streets|last=Allen|first=Greg|date=2005-07-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} It features ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. The site also offers [podcast](/source/podcast)ing with music and interviews featuring street artists. The name Wooster comes from [Wooster Street](/source/Wooster_Street_(Manhattan)), located in the [SoHo](/source/SoHo) neighborhood of [New York City](/source/New_York_City). The website's archive starts in January 2003, and the category list is over 100 items long.{{cite web |url=http://www.woostercollective.com/ |title=Wooster Collective |accessdate=2015-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027052728/http://woostercollective.com/ |archive-date=2015-10-27 }} Categories include entries as "Cardboard" art and "[Guerrilla gardening](/source/Guerrilla_gardening)", as well as locations with a [street art](/source/street_art) presence such as [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Dublin](/source/Dublin) and [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee). It also contains interviews of street artists,http://www.woostercollective.com/2003/11/profile_blek_le_rat.html Interview with Blek le Rat with reviews of artists' new work or of recent gallery exhibits.{{cite web|url=http://www.woostercollective.com/2003/02/review_tuesday_nights_opening.html|title=Wooster Collective: REVIEW: Tuesday Night's Opening Night|accessdate=4 March 2018}} == 11 Spring Street Project == Wooster Collective was involved in gaining recognition for [street art](/source/street_art) in its own neighborhood. In 2006, the website collaborated with Caroline Cummings and Bill Elias, members of a development group, with the idea of turning the building located at 11 [Spring Street](/source/Spring_Street_(Manhattan)) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) into a temporary [street art](/source/street_art) gallery.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/realestate/25deal3.html|title=11 Spring Street Graffiti Celebrated|last=Barbanel|first=Josh|date=2008-05-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/arts/design/last-hurrah-for-street-art-as-canvas-goes-condo.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=B32E81CB3F2BF3ECF61ABDC6B9A7B84A&gwt=pay|title=Last Hurrah for Street Art, as Canvas Goes Condo|date=2006-12-14|work=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)}} The address was about to be converted into [condominium](/source/Condominium_(living_space)) apartments. The idea for the project was set forth when Elias Cummings contacted the Wooster Collective site and suggested that they curate a show at the location to celebrate the building's place in the history of [street art](/source/street_art). The show ran for three days, from December 15 to December 17, 2006. Street artists who had been featured in the Wooster Collective, such as [Shepard Fairey](/source/Shepard_Fairey), [Swoon](/source/Swoon_(artist)), [Dan Witz](/source/Dan_Witz), [Above](/source/Above_(artist)), Bo130, Doze Green, [D*Face](/source/D*Face), [The London Police](/source/The_London_Police), Skewville, [Lady Pink](/source/Lady_Pink), Microbo, Jace, Kostas Seremetis, [John Fekner](/source/John_Fekner) and [Don Leicht](/source/Don_Leicht), Ruslan Karablin, [Graffiti Research Lab](/source/Graffiti_Research_Lab), Will Barras, WK Interact, [Matthew Hoffman (You Are Beautiful)](/source/Matthew_Hoffman_(artist)), and many more participated in the event. The art was left on the walls and built over (a nod to a tradition in [construction](/source/construction) of leaving newspapers in the walls of a house as a sort of "time capsule"), thereby leaving a legacy of [street art](/source/street_art) behind for future excavators. == Books == In 2012, Wooster Collective released the second in a series of 'Wooster on Paper' books called ''Graphite''{{cite web|url=http://www.woostercollective.com/post/announcing-wooster-on-paper-2-graphite|title=Wooster Collective: Announcing Wooster on Paper #2: Graphite|accessdate=4 March 2018}} which featured pencil drawings by a number of their favourite artists including Paul Alexander Thornton, Connor Harrington and Word to Mother. == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{official website|http://www.woostercollective.com}} {{Street Art}} Category:Online mass media companies of the United States Category:Art websites --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wooster Collective](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooster_Collective) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooster_Collective?action=history)). 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