A Mission Impossible-Style Art Op Birthed One of the World’s Largest Mural Galleries
Street artists went vertical to enliven a levee in Pueblo, Colorado. As the project grew toward record-breaking scale, city officials swooped in.
July 07, 2026
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Abstract Picnic Spreads a Blanket at the Santa Fe Railyard Park
Abstract Picnic's new Santa Fe Railyard mural turns the picnic into a metaphor for gathering. Celebrate the unveiling on Saturday, June 6, 12–2 pm.
May 18, 2026
César Chávez Allegations Trigger Artwork Removals—and Concerns of Cultural Erasure
Before a recent fall from grace, Chávez was a rare Latino hero in Southwest public art. Now, arts leaders are asking how to de-center an icon without obscuring entire histories.
April 30, 2026
Jessi Cross’s Flow of Wildlife Releases A River of Creatures in the Santa Fe Railyard Park
Santa Fe–based artist Jessi Cross brings woodcut prints of roadrunners, bobcats, and more to Flow of Wildlife, a public mural at Railyard Park.
April 27, 2026
New Mural Guidelines in Phoenix May Support Local Artists—or Restrict Them
As Phoenix overhauls its mural directives, local artists are weighing how more structure could professionalize—or narrow—the field.
April 14, 2026
Southwest Labyrinth: Your Underground Guide to the Region’s Mural Scene
Quest through this five-state guide to the most mercurial art field, featuring insider tips on essential Southwest murals, from alleyways to art districts.
October 21, 2025
Shepard Fairey Unveils His First Arizona Mural in a City That Tried to Censor His Work
Shepard Fairey was nearly censored at the Mesa Arts Center. He's back with a monumental artwork—and thoughts on police power, fascism, and art as a "counterwind."
April 24, 2025
Keith Haring’s City-Spanning Phoenix Takeover Almost Didn’t Happen
Keith Haring was a Phoenix teacher's second choice for a 1986 art workshop, but the invite made a major mark on the city.
January 14, 2025
Mourn the Dead, Fight for the Living: How Should Salt Lake City’s Fleet Block Murals Be Commemorated?
The artists and families tied to soon-to-be-demolished Salt Lake City murals depicting people slain by police diverge on how best to preserve their legacy.
September 19, 2024
InterviewColoradoVol. 10 Radical Futures
“I don’t think there’s going to be any future that’s not radical”: an interview with Pamela Zoline
Pamela Zoline speaks with Noah Travis Phillips about the Colorado Plateau, recent work, and the science that excites her.
September 06, 2024
Jeffrey Gibson’s Rainbow-Wrapped Venice Pavilion Has a Gritty Southwestern Origin Story
Meet the team behind the Santa Fe-based mural project that brought Jeffrey Gibson's Indigenous, queer dreamland to the Venice Biennale.
July 09, 2024
Reframing the Western Rail Experience: The Railyard Art Project Presents Herstory’s Women of the Rails
Uncover the hidden stories of the Women of the Rails through an illustrative mural project at Railyard Park in Santa Fe, on view through July 31, 2024.
April 30, 2024
How Can Mural Artists Take Steps to Protect Their Legal Rights?
Do muralists have a legal right to keep their work from being altered or whitewashed? Experts and artists in the Southwest discuss artist contracts and the Visual Artists Rights Act.
April 11, 2024
FeatureColoradoVol. 9 Living Histories
Whispers in the Walls: Navigating the Preservation of Colorado Murals Amid Urban Evolution
Amid rapid urban development, Colorado struggles with the preservation of murals as living testaments to cultural identity.
March 01, 2024
Nani Chacon, Hand and Machine, and Working Classroom PAHTIA Mural Collaboration Celebrates Healing, Empowers Education
Nani Chacon, Hand and Machine, and Working Classroom student artists collaborated to create PAHTIA, an interactive, site-specific space for healing via art and technology at Albuquerque’s National Hispanic Cultural Center.
November 08, 2023
Moab Officials Reject Message of Equality in Mural by Black Artist Chip Thomas
Grand County, Utah commissioners censored a quote by a historic Black cowboy about racial and class equality in a mural proposed by artist Chip Thomas.
October 31, 2023
Hannah Eddy Paints Life and Death in Technicolor
Reno-based artist Hannah Eddy, in her bold paintings and murals, strikes a balance between fun visuals and fervent reminders of what we have to lose with climate change.
September 27, 2023
How a Phoenix Mural Project Could Bring Local Latino History to Life
The La Flor Del Pueblo mural project in Phoenix will transform an Arizona Public Service utility substation into a canvas for telling diverse stories of the Grant Park neighborhood.
August 11, 2023
Eric J. García’s Latest Community Mural and Video Game Allow Players to Interact with Colonial “Aliens”
Ogden Contemporary Arts’s second artist in residence Eric J. García invites us to scrutinize the principles upon which American history and identity are based in a dazzling and multifaceted artistic project.
June 23, 2023
2023 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Lynnette Haozous: 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2023
New Mexico artist Lynnette Haozous (Chiricahua Apache, Diné, Taos Pueblo) combines art and activism with murals that bring representation of Native peoples and cultures into public spaces.
May 26, 2023
Oak Street Alley Mural Festival Celebrates Art and Community in Phoenix
The Oak Street Alley Mural Festival in Phoenix’s Coronado neighborhood gives community members a chance to meet and talk with local artists whose live painting reflects diverse styles and themes.
March 14, 2023
“Pornographic” Mural in Salt Lake City Suburb Causes Confusion, Outrage
Midvale, Utah recently instituted a cultural revitalization project to enhance its downtown. A large mural depicting two nude figures and a ghoulish specter has become the talk of the town. […]
November 17, 2022
Meet Zara Kriegstein, the Forgotten Artist Who Spearheaded Santa Fe’s Most Embattled Mural
The recent destruction of Santa Fe’s Multicultural mural caused fierce controversy, but its little-told history reveals tough questions about authorship and cross-cultural collaboration.
August 12, 2022
Field Report: Tour New Deal Artworks Across Southern New Mexico
WPA and New Deal artworks are highlights of a road trip across Southern New Mexico.
July 11, 2022
Anonymous Art Collective Depicts Victims of Police Violence in SLC Murals
In Salt Lake City, Utah, murals of individuals killed by police have become a community site of remembrance and activism.
January 04, 2022
