Tag: colossal media

The Art of Connection

Published by Colossal Media on June 27, 2022 by Ahmad Sayar We paint walls because it’s our passion. Connecting people makes it all worth it. “Currency” might be the word of 2022. We’ve seen cryptocurrencies and NFTs cycle through peaks and valleys, influencers dominate our social currency, and international currencies in constant […]

Fresh Paint: Inside Colossal’s Painter Apprentice Program

By Katie Danforth Gill | Colossal Media, Project Manager, Creative Services Poll a thousand people and ask them if they’d like to spend months learning to mix paints, tie knots and hinges, operate rigs and lifts, and practice lettering outside on a damp Brooklyn winter day — 999 of them […]

Lamar Advertising Acquires Colossal Media

Baton Rouge, LA – December 7, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired Colossal Media, the leading operator of hand-painted walls and murals. Colossal currently operates 81 large-format, hand-painted wall displays in New […]

Colossal Media Wants to Grow

Today’s podcast guest is Kelly Peppers, the CEO of Colossal Media, the global leader in hand painted outdoor advertising.  Kelly talks about the company’s growing pains, a successful capital raise and priorities for next year. Kelly, how did Colossal get into out of home. We’re a Brooklyn–based media company credited for […]

The Curious Steps to Better Creative

By Kelly Peppers CEO at Colossal Media What makes a really great OOH campaign? I’m talking about the ones that go viral, win awards, transform the hearts and minds of people everywhere—what do those campaigns have in common? As I prepare for my first year as an OBIE Awards judge, […]

2020 OBIE Jury Announced

OBIE Awards Now Open for Submission  October 28, 2019 (New York, NY) — The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has announced the jury for its 2020 OBIE Awards program. Joe Maglio, CEO of McKinney, will serve as chief judge on a jury of seven advertising and creative executives, who will determine which […]

Out of Home News Roundup

  The Day reports that  Stonington Connecticut Zoning Board of Appeals has denied a variance allow a landowner to tear down three billboards in Route 1 and replace them with a smaller digital billboard.  A short-sighted decision by the town.  They would have replaced 900 square feet of signage with […]