Best Practice no 7 : Local Topic of the best Graffiti open street art museum in Volos, Greece practice Exact Location Volos – various locations across the city Memory type Local tradition and life Way of Visual Art (Graffetti) expression (Intervention Type) Senses mainly Sight activated Implementation 2017 (started) Date Brief The aim of the project was to regenerate specific parts of the Description/Key city that face degradation. Indeed, various old buildings across characteristics the city look ugly and thus, open spaces located in a proximity (Word limit: 500 to them were not as popular as they could. The idea was to words) transform the image of those spaces by transforming old and unpleasant buildings into pieces of art. This idea was started to be implemented in 2017, in the context of “City Call” festival which was organized and managed by Urban Act Organization. 37 buildings were selected in various locations; Greek as well as foreigners artists took place in this action. Street art paintings were inspired by local habits and city’s past (jobs, mentality, local history, problems people used to face, etc). A map was published where the location of the paintings was mentioned as well as some important information about each painting and the artist. The project was decided to be continued; every year, artists come to Volos during spring or/and autumn to develop their art. Since then, local mentality is presented on the walls of the buildings across the city and visitors can experience the way locals live. The city seems to be an open street art museum. It should be mentioned that other interventions related to local memory have also been taken place in Volos: city’s oral 28