Two years after Baltimore opened its walls to Street Art, the street artist Gaia has again summoned artists this spring and summer to regale walls with murals throughout the up and coming neighborhood it was meant to help develop and revitalize, the Station North Arts & Entertainment District. From March through June this year fifteen artists from hometown Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Europe and South America were slated to come through and hit big walls.
Escif. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
With the majority of the original works still remaining from the first phase, the new walls OWB2 were scheduled for Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Betsy Casanas, El Decerter, ECB, Escif, Gaia, LNY, Logan Hicks, Santtu Mustonen, Nanook, Ozmo, D’Metrius (DJ) Rice, Ernest Shaw Jr., Katey Truhn & Jessie Unterhalter, Zbiok, and the Urban Playground Team.
Thematically derived in many cases from local history and figures and culture, the publicly/privately funded mural program is complemented by a series of free performances and workshops throughout the duration of this year’s installations.
Here are some recent images of walls being completed thanks to Martha Cooper and M Holden Warren. Back in April we also published a selection of images from OWB from photographer Geoff Hargadon.Escif. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Santtu. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © Martha Cooper)
Santtu. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © Martha Cooper)
Gaia. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Gaia. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Ozmo. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Ozmo. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Nanook. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Nanook. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo courtesy © OWB)
Logan Hicks. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
Logan Hicks. Open Walls Baltimore 2014 (photo © M Holden Warren)
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