New website helps people find and enjoy the many wonderful murals throughout Houston | HOUSTON LIFE | KPRC 2
New website helps people find and enjoy the many wonderful murals throughout Houston | HOUSTON LIFE | KPRC 2Published: July 22, 2020, 3:30 pmHouston has tons of beautiful murals and art installations all over the city, but do you know where they are all located? HoustonMuralMap.com is a new website that has done all the work for you. Elia Quiles and Alex Barber of โUp Art Studioโ chat with Lauren Kelly about helping people find, visit, and enjoy the many wonderful murals throughout Greater Houston.
New website helps people find and enjoy hundreds of wonderful murals throughout Houston
HOUSTON Youve seen pictures of some of the great art work around town, or maybe youve even driven by them a few times...but do you actually know where your favorite Houston murals are located? Elia Quiles, co-owner of Up Art Studio helped create the website HoustonMuralMap.com (along with website developer Alex Barber, among many others) with information and locations for hundreds of murals and art installations across Houston. Almost 1000 art installations are now just one click away! This map includes 500+ murals sourced by our network of artists, community partners, and volunteer mural hunters. Whats your favorite Houston mural?
Map: See Houstonโs murals on this interactive website
HOUSTON โ The people behind the murals on the traffic signal control cabinets around the Houston area launched a mural mapping website Wednesday to feature public artworks around the city. A mural seen on HoustonMuralMap.com on July 15, 2020. (Houston Mural Map)โWe hope Houston Mural Map spurs even more community appreciation of the work of our creative muralists and street artists,โ said Deidre Thomas, Director of Grants โ Houston Arts Alliance. Artists and others are encouraged to submit more murals and information for the website, using a form available on the website. The crowd-sourced map will be updated as more murals and information are submitted.