The Blacksmiths Way Graffiti and Street Art Project is a collaborative public art project based in Belgrave, an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Blacksmiths Way is a 400m laneway running behind the Belgrave shops and alongside the township's train line. The project was seeded in 2015 by an artist-run initiative called tbC. For many years tbC’s studio was part of the shops that back onto Blacksmiths Way. In 2015 member artists began painting the studio’s rear walls. This practice grew to include the rear walls of all the shops along the laneway. The success of The Blacksmiths Way Graffiti and Street Art Project has revived the 1980s and 90s painting culture in and around Belgrave, attracting many original graffiti writers and painters back to the site. Locals love the project, and people from all over Melbourne travel to see the works. Click the image above to view a short film about the earlier version of the project.

Click here to see more images of the earlier version of the project.