Internet helps find National Parks graffiti vandal
Internet helps find National Parks graffiti vandal
Social media sleuthing brought down a young criminal.
Graffiti can be beautiful and artistic, but it doesn’t belong in our National Parks, where its removal can damage cultural treasures forever. (Photo: A_Lesik)
As a National Parks fangirl, when I heard there was a graffiti artist painting smiley faces in acrylic paint on rocks at Yosemite, Crater Lake, Death Valley and others, I was, like much of internet, outraged. Even though I come from a family of artists and have long considered graffiti an art form, the idea that an artist would use something that belongs to all of us as her personal canvas struck a (very angry) chord. Read more.