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What's the story behind this Mural Fest exhibit?

In a conversation with artist Anthony Brooks, we learned more about how a photo of early fishermen from the Library of Congress inspired his downtown mural.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Mural Fest is returning for its third year of bringing artists from all over the country straight to our downtown area. 

Five new, large-scale murals are in progress in the city's Marina Arts District. The Corpus Christi Downtown Management District is producing the festival- which debuts Friday night during the monthly First Friday ArtWalk—dubbed MuralWalk—from 6:00-10:00PM. 

Madeline Salinas joined us on First Edition this morning with a first look at a mural in progress. 

Anthony Brooks is an artist for this year's Mural Fest. when we spoke with him, we learned more about how a photo of early fishermen from the Library of Congress inspired his downtown mural. 

Brooks says he is looking forward to seeing the final product after a week of hard work in some windy Corpus Christi weather conditions.

The artist line-up and the walls to be painted for the 2024 Downtown Corpus Christi Mural Fest, include: 

  • Anthony Brooks, Chicago, Illinois/Berlin, Germany – The Centre Theatre, 410 N Chaparral Street 
  • Stephanie “SM Sanz” Sanz, Dallas, Texas – Northwater Apartments, 1001 N Water Street  
  • Sonny “Sonny Sundancer” Behan, Florida/South Africa – Retama Vista Apartments, 425 Schatzell Street 
  • Andrey “Key Detail” Kravtsov, New York, New York – Aka Sushi Downtown, 415 N Water Street 
  • Creative Culture, a collective of local artists led by Jeremy Flores – The Ward Building, 541 N Chaparral Street 

During MuralWalk, the public can take self-guided tours to see the murals and get “artographs” from the Mural Fest 2024 national artists. The festival will also feature regular monthly ArtWalk programming, such as block parties on Chaparral, Lomax, Peoples, and Starr Streets, and ArtWalk park parties at La Retama and Artesian Parks. 

    

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