Lisa Simpson's Street Art and Women's Rights Take Center Stage at the Upfest of Bristol 2018

"The Simpsons" and the celebration of women's rights have been at the center of this year's Upfest, the largest street art festival in Europe.

Some 50,000 visitors flocked to Bedminster's weekend neighborhood to observe approximately 400 artists from more than 70 countries spray painting on buildings, planks and shutters. They also installed ceramic pieces, pasted posters and stickers. The festival ends on Monday

To mark the 10th anniversary of the event, founder Stephen Hayles has teamed up with Fox's animated comedy and Bristol Women's Voice, an organization that fights for the event. equality in the city

street artists aka Cbloxx and AYLO) were entrusted with honoring the series of long-standing cartoons and the centennial of women getting the right to vote in the UK with this unique piece :

The organizers also invited artists Zoe Power and Caro Pepe to offer their own artistic commentary on women's rights. The Simpsons' creator, Matt Groening, asked artists Bao and Soker to revive Springfield's bustling family in other plays.

"Bringing together BWV, the suffrage movement and" The Simpsons "may seem strange at first glance," Hayles said. "But throughout the show's history, Lisa has been the most likely character to mobilize for change and introduce political issues." Lisa has the strongest opinions and the most vocal voice. strong and a great advocate for women's rights. "

" Women make an enormous contribution to street art and it's great to see them recognized, " Penny Gane President of Bristol Women's Voice.

Jody Thomas, based in Bristol, who directed in 2017 a street art show on the new HuffPost logo, was the main artist of this year 's event. "Upfest for me has always been the Glastonbury of street art," said Thomas, a contemporary of the Bristolsy artist Bristolsy at the famous "Barton Hill Aerosol Art Project" in the 1980s. [19659002] "Traveling artists from around the world all focus on one square mile to create one of the most striking and unique works of Europe, it's the creative highlight of the world." 39, year for all of us, "adds Thomas to HuffPost

festival above.A selection of this year's plays is below.

You can see the pictures from the Upfest 2017 Here

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