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| ''[[Welcome to Birmingham mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2019]]–[[2020]] || [[Blank Space Bham]] || 50' wide || [[Fashions Hair Care]] || 1518 [[3rd Avenue North]] || [[Fountain Heights]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.513587 | lon = -86.813051 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Birmingham mural banner.jpg|140px]] || | | ''[[Welcome to Birmingham mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2019]]–[[2020]] || [[Blank Space Bham]] || 50' wide || [[Fashions Hair Care]] || 1518 [[3rd Avenue North]] || [[Fountain Heights]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.513587 | lon = -86.813051 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Birmingham mural banner.jpg|140px]] || | ||
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| ''[[Willie Perry mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2024]] || [[Marcus Fetch]] & [[Dewon Moton]] || - || [[Magnolia Point]] || 914–916 [[23rd Street South]] || [[Southside neighborhood|Southside]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.504654 | lon = -86.793800 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || | | ''[[Willie Perry mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2024]] || [[Marcus Fetch]] & [[Dewon Moton]] || - || [[Magnolia Point]] || 914–916 [[23rd Street South]] || [[Southside neighborhood|Southside]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.504654 | lon = -86.793800 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Willie Perry mural.jpg|140px]] || | ||
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| ''[[Yankees mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2012]] || [[Stephen Smith]] || || [[Wininger Law Firm]] || 513 [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.51113 | lon = -86.78847 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Yankees mural.jpg|100px]] || | | ''[[Yankees mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2012]] || [[Stephen Smith]] || || [[Wininger Law Firm]] || 513 [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.51113 | lon = -86.78847 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Yankees mural.jpg|100px]] || | ||
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| ''[[North Birmingham EcoScape Mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2016]] || [[Shane B.]] || || [[North Birmingham EcoScape]] || 2930 [[27th Street North]] || [[North Birmingham]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.551753 | lon = -86.816814 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || | | ''[[North Birmingham EcoScape Mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2016]] || [[Shane B.]] || || [[North Birmingham EcoScape]] || 2930 [[27th Street North]] || [[North Birmingham]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.551753 | lon = -86.816814 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || | ||
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| ''[[North Birmingham Mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 1978 || [[Joyce Smith]] || || [[Birmingham Police Department North | | ''[[North Birmingham Mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 1978 || [[Joyce Smith]] || || [[Birmingham Police Department North Precinct]] || 2600 [[31st Avenue North]] || [[North Birmingham]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.55307 | lon = -86.81840 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Ron Taylor North Birmingham Mural.jpg|140px]] || [[Birmingham Mural Project]] | ||
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| ''[[The Place of Peace]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2015]] || [[Ukuu Tafari]] || || || 1215 [[31st Street North]] || [[Norwood]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.534897 | lon = -86.799195 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || | | ''[[The Place of Peace]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2015]] || [[Ukuu Tafari]] || || || 1215 [[31st Street North]] || [[Norwood]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.534897 | lon = -86.799195 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || | ||
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| ''[[Her Voice Carries]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2021]] || Sarah Rutherford || || former [[Value-Mart]] || 5515 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.53994 | lon = -86.75239 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || [[2021 Magic City Mural Festival]] | | ''[[Her Voice Carries]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2021]] || Sarah Rutherford || || former [[Value-Mart]] || 5515 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.53994 | lon = -86.75239 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || [[2021 Magic City Mural Festival]] | ||
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| ''[[It's Dope to Have You in Woodlawn mural|It's Dope to Have You in Woodlawn]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2024]] || - || || former [[City Meats]] || 5535 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.540445 | lon = -86.751935 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || covered former mural advertising business | |||
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| Untitled || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2021]] || [[Jamie Bonfiglio]] || || former [[Value-Mart]] || 5515 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.53994 | lon = -86.75239 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || [[2021 Magic City Mural Festival]] | | Untitled || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2021]] || [[Jamie Bonfiglio]] || || former [[Value-Mart]] || 5515 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.53994 | lon = -86.75239 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || [[2021 Magic City Mural Festival]] | ||
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| ''[[City Meats|City Meats mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2017]] || [[Andy Jordan]] / [[Woodlawn High School]] || || [[City Meats|City Meats & Vegetables]] || 5535 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.54046 | lon = -86.75195 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || | | ''[[City Meats|City Meats mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[2017]] || [[Andy Jordan]] / [[Woodlawn High School]] || || [[City Meats|City Meats & Vegetables]] || 5535 [[1st Avenue North (Woodlawn)|1st Avenue North]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.54046 | lon = -86.75195 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || | ||
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| ''[[Football players mural]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 1978-? || || || [[Birmingham News production building]] || 417 [[22nd Street North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.5192 | lon = -86.8051 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Ron Taylor Football players mural.jpg|140px]] || | |||
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| ''[[Gallery 2 (mural)|Gallery 2]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 1978-? || || || [[Oxford Furniture Galleries]] || 2412 [[2nd Avenue North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.51835 | lon = -86.80309 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Ron_Taylor_Gallery_2.jpeg|140px]] || Painted over before 2008. | |||
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| ''[[Geo-Chromatic Progress]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 1978-2009 || [[Michael Mojher]] || ||[[Adams Design Associates]] || [[22nd Street North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.51504 | lon = -86.80227 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:%22Geo-Chromatic_Progress%22_(photo_by_Ron_Taylor).jpeg|140px]] || [[Birmingham Mural Project]] | |||
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| ''[[It's Nice to Have You in Birmingham (Woodlawn mural)]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 2014-2016 || [[Magic City Mural Project]] || ||[[Freddy's Auto Detail]] || 5512 [[1st Avenue South]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.539500 | lon = -86.751567 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Its Nice to Have You mural.jpg|140px]] || | | ''[[It's Nice to Have You in Birmingham (Woodlawn mural)]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 2014-2016 || [[Magic City Mural Project]] || ||[[Freddy's Auto Detail]] || 5512 [[1st Avenue South]] || [[Woodlawn]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.539500 | lon = -86.751567 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Its Nice to Have You mural.jpg|140px]] || | ||
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| ''[[It Takes a Village]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | -2016 || [[Glenn Wood]] || || vacant store || 100 [[South Park Road]] || [[Germania Park]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.485575 | lon = -86.876063 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:It Takes a Village mural.jpg|140px]] || | | ''[[It Takes a Village]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | -2016 || [[Glenn Wood]] || || vacant store || 100 [[South Park Road]] || [[Germania Park]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.485575 | lon = -86.876063 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:It Takes a Village mural.jpg|140px]] || | ||
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| ''[[Reading Room]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 2004-2016 || [[Patricia Martin]] || || [[Gus's Hot Dogs]] || 1915 [[4th Avenue North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.51667 | lon = -86.80811 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Reading Room mural.jpg|140px]] || Later site of [[John Lewis mural]] | | ''[[Reading Room]]'' || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | 2004-2016 || [[Patricia Martin]] || || [[Gus's Hot Dogs]] || 1915 [[4th Avenue North]] || [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] || {{Locate coords inline | lat = 33.51667 | lon = -86.80811 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || [[File:Reading Room mural.jpg|140px]] || Later site of [[John Lewis mural]] |
Latest revision as of 14:03, 24 March 2024
This is a List of Birmingham murals including examples within Birmingham proper. The list consists of hand-painted wall murals, whether painted on site or painted onto a backing that was mounted to a wall, indoors or out. Some murals contain advertising, but this list focuses on those where the evident intent is primarily decorative, artistic, or political, rather than commercial.
City Center murals
Avondale murals
Title | Date | Artist | Size | Building | Street Address | Neighborhood | Map | Image | Notes |
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Eyes on Birmingham | 2016 | Marcus Fetch / Blank Space Birmingham | 160' | - | 3827 1st Avenue North | North Avondale | map | Updated by Fetch April 2020 | |
I Love Birmingham mural | 2022 | Shawn Fitzwater | 450' | Lee-Rodgers Tire Co. / Hugh Kaul Trail | 3500 2nd Avenue South | South Avondale | map | ||
It's Awesome to Have You in Avondale | 2016 | Rob Clifton | Avondale Brewing Company office | 4117 2nd Avenue South | South Avondale | map | |||
Know Your History mural | 2017 | Tim Kerr | Spring Street Firehouse | 412 41st Street South | South Avondale | map | |||
Wall of Respect | unknown | Munchies Food Store | 4100 5th Avenue South | South Avondale | map | ||||
Wings over Avondale | 2018 | Marcus Fetch | Painted Shovel Auctions | 409 41st Street South | South Avondale | map | vandalized and repainted in 2018 |
Ensley murals
Title | Date | Artist | Size | Building | Street Address | Neighborhood | Map | Image | Notes |
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Black Wall Street mural | 2020 | Dewon Moton | 50' w. | V G's Hair Studio | 1900–1910 Avenue F | Ensley | map | replaced "Seedling" mural | |
Ensley Alive mural | 2015 | Ukuu Tafari / Ensley Color Project | Bethesda Health Center | 321 19th Street Ensley | Ensley | map | |||
Ensley mural | 1978 | Jerel Cunningham | Hope Tee's | 1901 Avenue E Ensley | Ensley | map | Birmingham Mural Project | ||
McAlpin Park mural | 2006 | - | 50' w. | McAlpin Park swimming pool | Ensley | map | |||
Personification of Ensley | 2019 | Jamie Bonfiglio | Gilmer Drugs | 413 19th Street | Ensley | map | commissioned by Ensley Alive and Bethesda Life Center | ||
Seedling | 2020 | Erin LeAnn Mitchell | 50' w. | V G's Hair Studio | 1900–1910 Avenue F | Ensley | map | with Ensley Color Project and Living Walls of Atlanta, Georgia |
North Birmingham murals
Title | Date | Artist | Size | Building | Street Address | Neighborhood | Map | Image | Notes |
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North Birmingham Community Mural | 2010s | Maxway grocery store | 2612 30th Avenue North | North Birmingham | map | ||||
North Birmingham EcoScape Mural | 2016 | Shane B. | North Birmingham EcoScape | 2930 27th Street North | North Birmingham | map | |||
North Birmingham Mural | 1978 | Joyce Smith | Birmingham Police Department North Precinct | 2600 31st Avenue North | North Birmingham | map | Birmingham Mural Project | ||
The Place of Peace | 2015 | Ukuu Tafari | 1215 31st Street North | Norwood | map |
Woodlawn murals
Other murals
Former murals
References
- Massouleh, Tara (July 2017) "Meet the people beautifying Birmingham's walls with colorful murals" Birmingham magazine
- Cook, Sarah (September 2018) "A visual tour of Birmingham's many murals" Birmingham magazine
- "Photos of Every Mural That We Could Find in Birmingham" (June 6, 2019) The Birmingham Times
- Womack, Camille (July 22, 2022) "Learn about the inspiration and black artists behind these historic 4th Avenue District murals" Bham Now
External links
- Murals of Birmingham Facebook page
- Magic City Mural Map by Viktoria Havasi