Murals
Map of 22 Storefront Murals in San Francisco
Brand New, Murals, Uplifting How about a hike around San Francisco this week to check out some public art history? Sounds wonderful right? Local artist Todd Kurnat has spent the last three months volunteering his time and designs to beautify San Francisco. He’s done this by connecting with merchants who have boarded up their storefronts more...
See All 9 Bay Area “Black Lives Matter” Street Murals
Causes, Murals Washington DC’s massive Black Lives Matter street mural inspired a nationwide trend. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed the intersection at H and 16th streets “Black Lives Matter Plaza” and commissioned artists to paint “Black Lives Matter” in massive letters lining the street. Within a week, murals started popping up all more...
Vandalized “Black Lives Matter” Mural in Martinez Restored
Causes, Murals Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that the Black Lives Matter mural in Martinez that was vandalized on camera on July 4th has been restored. The “public art project” Black Lives Matter Street Mural was organized by the local group Martizians with permission from the City of Martinez’s Recreation was more...
Oakland’s New Giant “All Black Lives Matter” Mural
Causes, Murals Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know about the new mural circling the street near Oakland’s Lake Merritt over the weekend. Photo credit, John Kirkmire of LakeMerritt.org The text reads “All black trans queer nonbinary women’s disabled imprisoned lives matter“ The East Bay Center for Queer Art organized the art installation on more...
See SF’s New “Say Her Name” Mural in Union Square
Artsy Fartsy, Causes, Healing, Murals Check out the new “Say Her Name” mural on Hotel Abri by artist Kate Tova. The Union Square Business Improvement District partnered with Paint the Void to bring this mural to a local business that is closed due to the COVID-19 Shelter in Place. Where is the mural? Hotel Abri is located more...
George Floyd Ocean Beach Memorial Stroll at Sunset
Causes, Healing, Murals Come gather every week at sunset at the George Floyd Ocean Beach Memorial, located where Vicente reaches the sand on the concrete walkway at Ocean Beach in the Outer Sunset just north of the San Francisco Zoo. Social distance, mouth coverings, peaceful. It planned for there to be a circle dance more...
SF’s Own Huge “Black Lives Matter” Street Mural
Causes, Murals After similar projects in Washington D.C. and Oakland, San Francisco now has its own Black Lives Matter street mural. The words “Black Lives Matter”, painted in bright yellow block lettering, stretch out over three city blocks in S.F. on Fulton Street, between Webster and Octavia with a direct view of City more...
1930s UCSF Murals In Danger Unless $8 Million Is Raised
City Insight, Murals In the wake of COVID-19 and financial challenges, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that sadly the UCSF New Deal murals could be destroyed. A series of celebrated New Deal-era murals on the UCSF Parnassus campus, painted in the 1930s by Diego Rivera collaborator Bernard Zakheim could be destroyed unless $8 million more...
SF’s First “Interactive Justice Mural” Launches in SoMa
Artsy Fartsy, Causes, Murals Located at 1000 Howard St (at 6th St.) in SoMa, is an Interactive Justice Mural. 1AM SF created a “HELLO, the Justice we want is…” wall where you and the community are invited to finish the sentence by either writing your thoughts on our wall. If you cannot physically make it, more...
Oakland & SF’s Beautiful “Black Lives Matter” Murals
Causes, Murals The Bay Area is booming with beautiful street murals in tribute to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Check out Murals of Oakland’s Instagram Page for beautiful and cultural #murals of #Oakland, CA, and where to find them as well as photos from @eggshell001 who catches many of the murals in the more...
Oakland’s Huge “Black Lives Matter” Mural Almost Didn’t Happen
Causes, Murals Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know the background story of Oakland’s massive Black Lives Matter street mural and how it almost didn’t happen. See awesome aerial photos of the mural from Beto Lopez Photography The massive bold yellow mural, which covers three city blocks and took 400 volunteers and artists more...
Oakland Protest’s “Woman On A Horse” Gets Her Own Mural
Causes, Murals Thanks to the SF Gate and @muralsofoakland for letting us know that the woman who rode a horse at George Floyd Oakland protest on May 29th got her own mural. Brianna Noble is a black horsewoman and small business owner. She rode horseback through an Oakland demonstration for George Floyd with more...
The Battle Over Bernal Rock’s “Black Lives Matter” Mural
Causes, Murals Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know how a neighborhood battle started over painting ‘Black Lives Matter’ on SF’s Bernal rock. Bernal Rock is a neighborhood landmark, a community message board that expresses the sentiments of many in the area. Kseniya Makarova, a San Francisco graphic designer, and artist painted the rock more...
SF “Honey Bear” Artist Raises $125,000+ For COVID-19 Charities
Bay Area Updates, Murals, Uplifting Thanks to CBS5 for letting us know that San Francisco underground artist fnnch has not only helped art spread across the city but has also helped raise a ton of money for charity. When the crisis started and shops started getting boarded up, the artist started gluing “Mask Bears” and “Soap more...
Castro Theatre’s Boarded-Up Box Office Is Now a Mural Honoring Frontliners
Bay Area Updates, Murals, Uplifting Thank you Datebook for letting us know about Castro Theatre’s boarded-up box office which has been painted to show appreciation to frontline workers during the pandemic. Award-winning Bay Area artist Mace did a fantastic job with Castro Theatre’s box office murals with coordination from @MissionArt415. He painted images representing gratitude to more...
