BELLTOWN MURAL FESTIVAL
August 13-18/2024
“We're harnessing the power of murals to re-energize Belltown and welcome people back downtown.”
Featured Murals
URBAN ARTWORK (restoration of DFace original)
1st Ave (between Blanchard & Lenora)
Artist Statement: “At Urban Artworks we're passionate about our work because everything we do is guided by the core purpose of uplifting artists, bringing communities together, and inspiring and empowering individuals through accessing their creativity. Mural restoration like Dface in Belltown is important because it not only honors the intent of original commissioned artwork, but it also brightens the community in general."
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SAM TROUT & JAYA LAUGHARN
1st Ave S & Battery St
Artist Statement: “We really wanted to create a mural to celebrate the love of people coming back ‘Together Again’. This mural marks a place where it feels like we're landing, able to come out of isolation, and see people again -- with imagery that responds to the grassy hillside of the portal site and Elliott Bay just down the hill..."
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CADY BOGARTS
Artist Statement: "To bring people together to co-create and beautify a neighborhood by creating a large-scale public mural to transform the local Seattle community.”
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MYRON CURRY
3rd & Bell St.
Artist Statement: "I was born and raised in Seattle and am an extreme dog lover so I couldn't be more excited about this project. My art is always focused on community impact, so let's just say this is a project that I am very passionate about and am honored to have been selected to paint the Dog Park Mural in Belltown"
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AARON ASIS
3rd Avenue & Battery Street & 1st Avenue & Battery Street
Artist Statement: “Walking around Belltown, you can feel the spirit that makes the neighborhood so unique. There is great wisdom in our neighborhood’s history and there is even greater wisdom in our community’s voices…and thinking about ways to bring these two together, we can really start to see a more inspired path forward”
3rd Avenue & Battery Street
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1st Avenue & Battery Street
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