A total of 10 new murals were added to a concrete wall on the 100 block of W. Pratt St. in front of the Baltimore Convention Center. The murals were created during an event called BRUSH Mural Fest (BMF) and are part of an effort by the Baltimore Convention Center to bring more local art to the building.
This is the second year of BMF, which was started by muralists Jaz Erenberg, Saba Hamidi, and Jess Langley. During the first year, five new murals were added in Station North, Downtown, and Highlandtown.
Erenberg and Hamidi organized the 2024 BMF at the Baltimore Convention Center.
The BMF 2024 mural artists are Hannah Atallah, Rowan Bathurst, Justin Duvall, Hiro Hubbard, JLaw, Kolpeace, LaToya Peoples, Saz Ross, and Locust Point’s Nicole Buchholz who goes by SolRaya. Buchholz also recently completed a mural on Francis Scott Key Elementary Middle School.
Philip Costa, deputy director for the Baltimore Convention Center, told SouthBMore.com the artwork on the outside of the building, which also includes a large mural installed this summer on S. Howard St. by artists Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn, is “just the beginning” of the Center’s efforts to bring in more local art.
The Baltimore Convention Center will next move its focus to the inside of the building.
Costa noted the local art pieces and The Nest are part of an effort to make the local community “feel like the building is for them as well,” not just out-of-town visitors attending a convention.
Take a look at the new murals below.
