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From Beats to Brushes (and Cans): Bushwick Collective Block Party 2025 – Part 2

From Beats to Brushes (and Cans): Bushwick Collective Block Party 2025 – Part 2

Welcome to Part II of II of our photo collection from the 14th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party. This year’s edition, held on May 31, 2025, brought together a powerful fusion of beats, paint, and community spirit—just the kind of vibrant energy we at BSA love to celebrate.

Maximiliano Bagnasco. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Everybody’s proud of their neighborhood, and even though Bushwick continues to change, become more unaffordable, a little suburban, and sometimes feels like it is erasing the hardworking community that made it great, it takes a block party like this to remind you about what Bushwick is. Shout out to Joe and his family and team for incorporating the graffiti heads into the mix and allowing street art and graffiti to coexist in a way many predicted would be impossible; a truly unique collection of artists, styles, disciplines, inspirations, and themes.

Maximiliano Bagnasco. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dallas Penn (September 1970 – May 1, 2024) – a multifaceted cultural figure — a fashion designer, “sneakerhead”, musician, blogger/vlogger, and internet personality from Queens, New York. Chris Haven (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Enzo. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Enzo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
V Ballentine (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mad Vaillian (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Daedal (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art 1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ac2bsk (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Hydde (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Hydde (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Hydde (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jase (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOACS and friends. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sponge Bob is for the Children. HOACS and friends. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOACS and friends. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOACS and friends. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOACS and friends. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
GIGS. MINUS. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fo Estudio. “It’s All About The Journey”. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Art Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Group shot at the Bushwick Collective BBQ for artists and friends on the eve of the Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A NYC Subway Map being tagged at the BBQ party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bushwich Collective Block Party with live music by RAKIM, Statik Selektah & Friends, Evil Dee, Tony Touch. Hosted by D-Stroy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bushwich Collective Block Party with live music by RAKIM, Statik Selektah & Friends, Evil Dee, Tony Touch. Hosted by D-Stroy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bushwich Collective Block Party with live music by RAKIM, Statik Selektah & Friends, Evil Dee, Tony Touch. Hosted by D-Stroy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Caratoes in effect at the Block Party. (photo ©Steven P. Harrington, Brooklyn Street Art)
Kam’s Art at the Block Party. (photo ©Steven P. Harrington, Brooklyn Street Art)
Red necks and Red Alert: blackbook action at the Block Party. (photo ©Steven P. Harrington, Brooklyn Street Art)
Backstage appears to flow into the street as the crowd awaits Rakim at the Block Party. (photo ©Steven P. Harrington, Brooklyn Street Art)

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