Decades ago, DC was full of hand-painted signs pointing customers toward various retail establishments. They were eye-­catching and distinctive, but they were also expensive, required regular ...

Most of today’s signage tends to elicit little more than a shrug of acknowledgment. All too often, it’s not something that exactly merits much attention. Then there are the hand-painted signs of ...

SHAYNA: IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A SIGN WHILE WORKING ON A SHOW ABOUT SIGNS, THAT IS IT. >> THEY STOPPED SELLING THE NET HE BUDDIES AND OTHER FROZEN STREETS -- STREETS IN EARLY 2000. THE DORCHESTER ...

With a swift and steady hand, Ruben Marcilla is painting a 3-foot-tall “T.” The “T” is white, and Marcilla is cutting crisp lines around it in teal. When he’s done he moves on to “H,” then “E” and an ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - For 35 years, hand-painted signs have covered the outfield fence and skyboxes at Avista Stadium, keeping a timeless era intact. But due to changing Major League Baseball (MLB) ...

“That’s How They Get Ya” by Alex Sheldon at Match & Kerosene, part of Signs Galore! at KO Gallery (All images by the author for Hyperallergic) Installation view of Signs Galore! at KO Gallery ...

A new exhibit, “The Traditional Art of Sign Painting,” has taken the stage at the Mariner Theater for the month of October. The exhibit, which kicked off on Oct. 2, features old-school hand-lettered ...

For more than seven decades, 90-year-old Ell Sheckles has been painting signs in East Tennessee. Longtime Knoxvillians might have seen his hand-painted billboards over the years, but vinyl wrapping ...

Two University of Michigan Art & Design graduates are working to bring a unique touch to sign-making in the Motor City. Jordan Zielke and Kelly Golden graduated from Stamps School of Art & Design in ...

Hidden on the walls of old buildings scattered across Louisville are fading remnants of the city’s past. They’re called “ghost signs,” and they’re typically hand-painted advertisements of bygone ...