Carbondale WALLS

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Mural arts are a powerful way to express our identity, tell our stories and increase the vibrancy and vitality of our community. The Carbondale Walls mural program activates civic spaces by engaging the local community, artists and organizations to collaboratively create murals throughout Carbondale. 

How does it work:

Murals are creative democracy in action! The best projects engage with and respond to the community and empower artists to be visionary and help us visualize our shared experiences. With this in mind we follow a framework that engages the appropriate partner at each stage of the process.

Call for Walls:

We are always looking for walls that have that special mural allure. Good mural walls are in high visibility locations and are in good shape with a willing owner.

Walls submitted before March 31st will be considered for a mural in that calendar year. 

After reviewing submissions we will reach out for any additional information and notify applicants.

If you or your organization knows of a wall that you think would be a good fit, let us know below or drop us a line. 


Mural Partners: 

The best murals bring the community together. As part of our process we put together a collaborative project team to help guide the mural process. This includes Carbondale Arts staff, building owner or representatives as well as community experts. This team helps to guide the process for each mural. 

If you are a community organization and interested in being involved in a mural project, or a funder who wants to see more murals in town, let us know!

Call for Muralists:

Once we have a site selected for a mural, we issue a call for muralists with the project details, timeline, design process and artist stipend. Artists who are interested in being considered are encouraged to apply. We also use our Creative Directory to identify local artists who are qualified and reach out to them directly. 

Current and open mural calls will be posted here when they are available.

Completed Murals

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Community Mural on 4th St.
Community Mural on 4th St.

Thank you to this amazing team of artists working to keep Carbondale colorful! This exciting new mural will decorate the side of the CenturyLink building on 4th & Main. The best part? The community has been involved since the beginning- over a year ago survey respondents selected themes they thought best represent Carbondale. And now the community is invited to help paint! The panels have already been sketched out and installed.
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Mural at the Roundabout
Mural at the Roundabout

The Carbondale Creative District and Carbondale Arts are partnering with Loge Properties, LLC, to produce 2 new murals at 1201 Main Street by the roundabout at Highway 133. Muralist Jonny Alexander of San Diego, CA was chosen for the project which will commence in late September. Read More

Armando Silva at Stepping Stones
Armando Silva at Stepping Stones

June 4th is First Friday in Carbondale and it will be filled with art for everyone. Carbondale Arts presents a new exhibition curated by Gayle Embrey and Vanessa Porras at R2 Gallery called “Identidad y Libertad,” on display June 4th through 25th. In addition, the talented mural artist Armando Silva will be revealing a new community mural on the side of the Stepping Stones building (1154 CO-133) at 4 pm on First Friday as an extension of the exhibition.
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Main St. Street Mural
Main St. Street Mural

As we are still living in the unknown, in terms of returning back to business as we knew it before the pandemic, we are working hard to make the most out of this situation. Implementing some tactical urbanism, we’ve enlisted the help of two of our well known and well loved local artists, Chris Erickson and Stanley Bell. They will each design and paint a side of Main Street on the expanded block between 3rd and 4th street, a collaboration we’re beyond delighted to see. As the mural is painted on the actual street it’s considered to be temporary, but we hope something like this can happen again in the future.
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New City Market, New Mural
New City Market, New Mural

Carbondale’s new City Market, a Kroger Co. store slated to open this fall, has selected two local artists, Andrew Roberts-Gray and Reina Katzenberger, to create a mural inside the new store. “Andrew and Reina’s submission was selected because of its beautiful layering of local imagery that spoke to the character of the community,” said Bo Wachendorf, Art Project Manager for The Kroger Co. Read More

Mural at El Jardin de Arte Folklórico Latino
Mural at El Jardin de Arte Folklórico Latino

This mural was completed in 2019 as part of the “Latinx Folk Art Garden,” a community garden along the Rio Grande ARTway. Senior art student Tansy Zacharias and her mentor, Valerie Rose created this piece to represent Latin cultures and asked the community to help them paint the final product. (Touch ups done years later by Gabriela Mejia).

The project is designed by the coming together of the Latinx + Anglo communities. The purpose of this project is to call attention to the importance of Latinx culture in our valley. Read More

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Bunnie Reiss at 4th St. Plaza

Completed in October 2019, Bunnie Reiss was among 35 international artists who submitted applications to paint a mural commissioned by Carbondale Arts. Reiss, who grew up in Denver but now lives in the Korea Town district of Los Angeles, had previously been to Carbondale before and looked forward to returning for what would be a busy week. Read More

Support from: The Embrey Family Foundation and The Marlane Miller Fund.