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Sacramento: Amazing Street Art Everywhere You Turn!

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a wall with a sign on it

You know I love street art and public art, right? Sacramento, California is heaven for anyone who likes street art – on every street, on buildings, in back alleys, even on utility boxes – there is street art. And, it’s not just graffiti (though there’s plenty of that too), it’s high quality art from some of the top names in street artistry.

The prevalence and quality of the street art is attributable in large part to Wide Open Walls, an annual  street art festival where top artists are invited to Sacramento to create art. What can I say, except that I was blown away by it all? There are maps, including interactive maps detailing locations of artwork, but I decided to wing it by just walking around the streets and seeing what I could find. I’m including photos of my discoveries below. I will try to include names of the artists. Feel free to identify artists’ names in the comments and I will continue to update the post.

And so, without further adieu, here’s some of my favorite artwork I saw in Sacramento.

a mural of a man on a building

Johnny Cash by Shepard Fairey https://obeygiant.com/

a building with a large mural on the top of it

Did you know that LadyBird was filmed in Sacramento?

a mural of a woman on a building

artist: Maren Conrad

One of my favorites:

a mural of a woman

artist: Adnate

a blue building with a blue and white mural on the side

artist: Tavar Zawacki

a mural of a boy on a building

artist: Jorit Agoch

I fell in love with this one:

a mural of a woman on a building

artist: Michele Murtaugh

a blue building with a white and black mural on it

artist: Maren Conrad

a wall with a painting of a dandelion

artist: Maren Conrad

a mural of snakes on a wall

artist: John Pugh

a building with a colorful design on the side

artist: Apexer

a building with a mural on the side

artists: How and Nosm

a mural of a dinosaur with birds on the side of a building

artist: Andrew Schoultz

a tree painted on a wall

artist: Andrew Schoultz

a wall with a cartoon animal on it a wall with graffiti on it a mural on a wall a building with graffiti on it a wall with graffiti on it a wall with graffiti on it    a painting on a wall a building with a face on it a mural on a brick wall a graffiti on a wall  a mural on a building a large banner with many logos a mural of a man on a surfboard a mural of three girls sitting on a bench a wall with a painting of a woman's face a woman taking a selfie in front of a graffiti wall a mural of a woman in the air a mural of a woman with a bee on the side of her face a painting of a woman with pixelated face a wall with a skull and a human face painted on it a car parked next to a wall with a painting of a man a mural of a man with a guitar a mural of a boy on a bicycle and a woman in a window   a car parked in front of a wall with graffiti a wall with a mural on it a wall with many symbols painted on it a mural of a group of men a mural on a wall a mural of people running on a building a woman standing in front of a mural a wall with graffiti on it a graffiti on a building a mural of a woman with a hose a wall with graffiti on it a wall with graffiti on it a man standing in a alley with graffiti on the side of a building a mural of a bear and flowers a wall with a graffiti on it

Even the utility boxes were beautiful:

a box with a woman's face on ita painted box on the sidewalka painted box on a sidewalka box with graffiti on it

While in Sacramento, I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento – which I loved (review to follow).



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Will Run For MilesA New York frequent flyer who elegantly combines her passions for worldwide travel, running a gazillion marathons all over the globe and staying fit ... without sacrificing her fancy for good wine and food.

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