Allentown Park Hotel mural competition
This weekend we wrapped up the mural competition at Allentown Park Hotel in Allentown PA. A one week long mural competition including some of the best artists locally and thruout the East coast. Artists include Max Meano, Jay Mack, Mr. PRVRT, Busta, Mustart, Maltas Con Leche, DNZ, Mops, SNX and Jermel Fountain. Voting for the competition began yesterday at the official unveiling/community wide block party. To vote, simply go to the photo album on the Allentown Park Hotel Facebook page and like the mural you wish to vote for. Or follow this link:
I’d like to thank Marc Freud, Kim Rosen and the whole Allentown Park Hotel Team. It’s been a pleasure working with you guys! Also I’d like to thank all the artists who came out and put together all these awesome works of art! It’s been great hanging out all week meeting everyone, I wish you all the best and success in the future look forward to more cool projects with you all. Enjoy
here are some of the photos from the competition:
Max Meano
Jay Mack
Mr PRVRT
Busta
Mr. Mustart
Maltas Con Leche
DNZ
Mops
SNX
Jermel Fountain
MEANO
Max Meano was born in Plainfield NJ and moved to Bethlehem PA at the age of 5. He always had an interest in the arts, showing a passion in all artistic forms of expression in the hip hop culture. From break dancing, DJing, MCing and graffiti, to producing beats, recording and mixing. In high school he took up commercial arts to expand on his graffiti, art and digital design. After stepping back from graffiti and art for a while to pursue music more effectively, he received an Associates Degree in the Radio/TV program at Northampton Community college in Bethlehem PA, specializing in audio production and multimedia; then received a Bachelors Degree in Music Technology at Mercy College in White Plains NY, specializing in audio engineering and production . After graduation and the realizations of the reality of the music industry, he gravitated back to the arts, focusing on graffiti and the full wall production aspect of the game. This included graffiti video productions, solo wall productions(including a huge mural for the Bushwick Collective in NYC), 2 collaboration walls on Zulu Nation headquarters throughout NYC and multiple murals throughout Allentown and Bethlehem PA. He’s done graffiti lectures at Lehigh University and live painting at The Allentown Art Museum. He created a ‘Welcome To The Southside” mural on 3rd St. in Bethlehem PA for Lehigh University, and design the MiLB logo for the Lehigh Valley Coquis, for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. He’s also the curator for the Allentown Artsfest Graffiti Jam. He has canvas work on display at the Alternative Gallery in Allentown PA and has a number of other murals and showings lined up at galleries and venues in the near future. In 2018 he began his apprenticeship at EB Tattoo in East Stroudsbug PA under Eddie Bonacore. There he worked for over 2 Years and honed his skills as a tattoo artist.