Aug 14 Fri · 6PM
Opening Reception — Night One
First look at the show, artists in the building, live painting in the courtyard.
Platform X · Free RSVP →This isn't fine art — it's the culture. Graffiti, slaps, and wheatpaste shape everything, then get buffed by morning. We're a nonprofit run by writers and artists that exhibits it, publishes it, and refuses to let it disappear.
First look at the show, artists in the building, live painting in the courtyard.
Platform X · Free RSVP →Round two. More walls, more writers, zines and originals for sale on-site.
Platform X · Free RSVP →Bring your blackbook. Trade slaps, draw with the crew, all levels welcome.
A PMSLAPS event · Free Details →Everything runs through two programs of United Street Art. Step Outside puts artists in front of the public. PMSLAPS makes sure the work survives.
Our exhibition program turns indoor spaces into living street environments. Writers and street artists create on-site — every show is part exhibition, part live event, part preservation effort.
Our publishing and documentation imprint records the culture as it actually exists — raw, temporary, and often gone by morning. Zines, interviews, photography, and exhibition archives.
Zines from PMSLAPS, original works from Step Outside shows, and merch that keeps the lights on. Artists are paid on every original sold.
Heads up: subscriptions count as donations — a Priority Mag subscription gets you 5 issues a year, first access to special editions, and a tax receipt.
Show recaps, time lapses, artist interviews, and dispatches from the crew. On the live site this is the blog — every post can embed YouTube and Instagram directly.
USA 250 — Opening Night Time Lapse. Watch the whole show come together at Platform X. Your actual YouTube uploads embed here just like this.
Latest posts from the gallery — install progress, wall reveals, reception photos. Live IG embed goes here.
Fresh slaps, issue drops, and open calls from the zine side. Live IG embed goes here.
Your gift goes straight to programs: artist payments, exhibition costs, printing, and free supplies for young artists. No suits, no overhead bloat.
Puts a fresh blackbook sketchpad in a young Philly artist's hands. We've given out 100+ so far.
Covers paint and materials for one artist's wall at a Step Outside exhibition.
Funds an entire print run of Priority Mag — putting 100+ artists' work into the world.
Major and recurring gifts fund whole exhibitions and new programs. Let's talk directly.
United Street Art is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity — EIN 92-2513633. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Receipts issued for every gift.
Founded in 2022, we started as a zine and grew into an organization. Here's what we've done — and how we run.
Issues of Priority Mag published, featuring artists worldwide
Free blackbooks given to young Philadelphia artists
Artist-led exhibitions produced at Platform X
Of original art sales share revenue directly with the artist