WELCOME

The God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Inc. was founded in 2000 in Chicago in order to combat growing national and international anti-graffiti trends. We feel time has come time that people stand up against the massive misuse of public monies diverted towards graffiti abatement. Instead of spending millions to maintain the dull monotony of the urban landscape and to
criminalize creative youth, it is time we demand a rational policy towards graffiti.

In 2002 we first published our Give Graffiti the Thumbs Up brochure to help educate the public about the truth of graffiti. Tens of thousands of copies of this brochure have been distributed around the world. The success of our initial brochure has led us to expand our activities, including subway ads and our latest endeavor, graffiti bible tracts. In addition to our day-to-day distribution of materials on the street, we have also participated in a number of cultural exhibitions, including:

Dispensing with Formalities, Acme Art, Columbus OH, July 2002.
Public Planning, the Experimental Station, Chicago IL, August 2002
The Department of Space and Land Reclamation West, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco CA, October 2003

We are in the process of preparing a big exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams MA. For more information on this exhibition and how you can be involved, click here. We have also been developing connections with publications to distribute our message and materials. Our brochures were successfully distributed in most recent issue of Faesthetic. If you work for or know of a publication that would be interested in becoming part of the God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Inc. by either including our materials or publishing an article or interview about us, please send us an email.
Individuals can become part of the coalition, too. If you want to help distribute GBGC materials, see our PRINT page. You can also buy a GBGC t-shirt, click here.
If you have any questions, concerns, or messages to convey to us, you can contact us at graffiti(at)counterproductiveindustries.com