Public Art and Murals

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1663+ words) Sacramento-based Filipina artist Jamie Pesquiza Cardenas first saw the mural on the side of the Wellspace Health building on Stockton Boulevard in Little Saigon in February 2024. The piece of public wall art, commissioned by the nonprofit Wide Open Walls, was…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (466+ words) ESCONDIDO — A recently painted traffic signal box in Old Escondido will keep its artwork depicting a historic home after the city reached a tentative agreement with the home’s owners. Since 2023, the Escondido Expressions Program has transformed traffic signal boxes into…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (137+ words) The unveiling came weeks after the project suffered a setback when vandals struck the artwork before it was ever formally celebrated. The Latino heritage mural project was discovered vandalized, with gray paint splattered across multiple sections, including a panel featuring…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (209+ words) Experience the Breathtaking MaestraPeace Mural in San Francisco ABC7 Los Angeles San Francisco Mural Honors Women SAN FRANCISCO -- The Maestrapeace Mural on the Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission District is one of the city's most breathtaking gems. Painted in 1994 by…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (188+ words) by Jamie McGriff, KUTV SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After months of preparation, meetings, and painting, the mural honoring Salt Lake City’s Japantown is now completed. In a brief interview, Cole Eisenhour, a muralist from Ogden, said this mural (to date)…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (112+ words) CCA’s blend of theory and practice inspires students at every level to make work that matters. Select your status to learn about the application process, requirements, and deadlines, as well as contact information should you need any support along the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (586+ words) Sinbad Voyage sits on the corner of Dwight Way and Sacramento Street. In the month since his prominent mural representing immigrant communities was defaced with white paint, Bay Area artist Mokhtar Paki has been making progress on restoration with support…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (406+ words) Communication is key, as proved with a recent painting contract to cover graffiti along the back wall of a business on Independence Avenue. When the error was discovered on Sept. 9, “East Winds”, a mural depicting a dragon kite, a pagoda…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (467+ words) One of the Ramona H.E.A.R.T. Mural Project’s murals was recently moved from its 15th and Main streets location to the Ramona Outdoor Community Center (ROCC) pavilion. The mural titled “Ramona Reflections” depicts a pair of large cowboy boots with a bank and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (103+ words) The Mercury News A new show at a Burlingame art gallery explores the fracturing of existence, a feeling that might seem familiar to people as each news cycle ticks by. “The audience can feel the energy and almost hear the…...