Mural

NewsArizona

Keith Haring was a Phoenix teacher's second choice for a 1986 art workshop, but the invite made a major mark on the city.  

Lynn Trimble • January 14, 2025

NewsUtah

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.

Scotti Hill • September 19, 2024

InterviewColoradoVol. 10 Radical Futures

Pamela Zoline speaks with Noah Travis Phillips about the Colorado Plateau, recent work, and the science that excites her.

Noah Travis Phillips • September 06, 2024

NewsNew Mexico

Meet the team behind the Santa Fe-based mural project that brought Jeffrey Gibson's Indigenous, queer dreamland to the Venice Biennale.

Jordan Eddy • July 09, 2024

SponsoredNew Mexico

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.

Railyard Park Conservancy • April 30, 2024

NewsSouthwest

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.

Lynn Trimble • April 11, 2024

FeatureColoradoVol. 9 Living Histories

Amid rapid urban development, Colorado struggles with the preservation of murals as living testaments to cultural identity.

Denise "The Vamp DeVille" Zubizarreta • March 01, 2024

NewsNew Mexico

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. 

Samantha Anne Carrillo • November 08, 2023

NewsUtah

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.

Emily Arntsen • October 31, 2023

NewsNevada

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.

Aleina Grace Edwards • September 27, 2023

NewsArizona

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.

Lynn Trimble • August 11, 2023

NewsUtah

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.

Scotti Hill • June 23, 2023

2023 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico Artists to Know Now

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.

Lynn Trimble • May 26, 2023

NewsArizona

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.

Lynn Trimble • March 14, 2023

EssayUtah

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. […]

Scotti Hill • November 17, 2022

NewsNew Mexico

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.

Jordan Eddy • August 12, 2022

Field ReportNew Mexico

WPA and New Deal artworks are highlights of a road trip across Southern New Mexico.

Hannah Dean • July 11, 2022

NewsUtah

In Salt Lake City, Utah, murals of individuals killed by police have become a community site of remembrance and activism.

Scotti Hill • January 04, 2022