muralfest odessa 2023

Odessa Arts seeks 5 professional artists or artist teams to install murals to add to and integrate with the City of Odessa and its growing collection of public art during a festival in May 2023. The artwork should be bright and colorful. It should also celebrate Odessa’s music culture in some way, whether past, present, or future, especially highlighting Odessa’s designation as a music friendly city.

5 artist or artist teams will be invited to install murals in May 2023 in Odessa, TX. The event will include an artist networking event, a private preview party for VIPs and stakeholders on May 12, and a public festival on May 13. Murals range in size from 408 square feet up to 1875 square feet depending on the location. Murals will be placed on either brick or stucco walls. Both hand-painted and spray paint media are acceptable forms of installation so long as the artist can complete their mural between May 6 and May 14, 2023. Artist teams are allowed to apply so long as all artists meet the eligibility requirements.

Artists will be encouraged to take on a local artist apprentice for the duration of the project, aged 18 years or older, in order to help inspire and enrich the local public artist population.