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Contemporary Street Mural Art in Hartford, Connecticut

The depiction of images on walls in cities is a very ancient form of artistic expression [1] and is a very active contemporary facet of artistic expression [2], [3].

This page attempts to compile and organize examples of contemporary street mural art in the city of Hartford, Connecticut. A recent newspaper article identified a large number of street murals in the city [4]. However, there are clearly many more murals in the city than those listed in the article and artists are continuously adding, therefore, this page most likely will be “work in progress” for quite some time. Since painting on walls in cities can be done almost by anyone at any time, the characteristics and quality of the representations can vary a great deal. Ideally, this page will contain examples of creative work by artists that have given serious thought to their planned work and have dedicated significant time and effort to the endeavor either commissioned or not and either made with permission or not. Ideally, each entry should contain its precise location, a brief description of the work and if possible, some information about the artist.

Hartford is comprised of seventeen distinct neighborhoods and mural art can be found in most if not all of them. To organize the works and facilitate subsequent editing, Hartford neighborhoods will be listed. Photographs of the works identified and selected will be gradually added. Murals in each Hartford neighborhood [5], [6] will be listed in no particular order. The initial goal was to identify at least one mural from each neighborhood. As the date of the page going online this was possible for most neighborhoods but not all. Ideally, interested people will contribute to the page by adding additional murals as well as details about the murals contained.

Central Business District/Downtown

Union Station, East Facing Side of South Wall below railroad tracks, Black Women, Corey Pane & Local Volunteers

330 Market Street, Powerful Women, Micaela Levesque

1443 Main Street/ Tunnel Park, Community of Youth, Michael Borders

105 State Street/1 American Row, Women & Butterflies, Corey Pane

Trinity Street, Bushnell Park, Black Lives Matter, Artist Collective

Heaven Skate Park, Nipsey Hussle & Kim Hinds Tributes, Corey Pane

1 Talcott Street, Love & Power

427 Church Street, The World is Yours, John Massey

215 Pearl Street, Water Magic, Adam Niklewicz

98 State Street, Cirque du Soleil, Corey Pane

150 Kinsley Street, Hartford Wakes as One, Alex Ranniello

1 Talcott Street, Love & Power, Deka Henry

Parkville

1598 Park Street/Hazel Street, Dragon

46 Francis Avenue, Peace in Hartford

Frog Hollow

799 Broad Street, Fantasy Girl

955 Broad Street, Hoy Miro Hacia el Futuro

463 Park Street, Puerto Rican Heroes

473 Park Street, Heroes

988 Broad Street

777 Park Street/Putnam, Changemakers, Artist Collective

787 Park Street/Empty Lot next to it, Idol, Estamos a la Orilla del Mundo, Ladies

110 Washington Street, Hartford Heroes, Nicole Johnson

Asylum Hill

111 Gillett Street, Parking Lot, Black lives Matter

Corner of Marshall Street and Farmington Avenue, Immigrant Welcome

224 Farmington Avenue, Universe on Side of Justice, Tao LaBossiere

135 Broad Street, Unlimited Opportunities, Julie Bergeron

West End

566 Farmington Avenue/Whitney Street, From Hartford with Love

Sheldon/Charter Oak

Colt Park, Viva Roberto, Attack problems, Corey Pane & Local Volunteers

34 Huyshope Avenue, Guardian Angels, Yiliya Puhach Upper Albany

305 Greenfield Street, Jackie McLean, Sara Warda

687 Albany Avenue, Martin Luther King, University of Hartford/Ct Center for Nonviolence

1330 Albany Avenue/Blue Hills, Changemakers, Lindaluz Carrillo, Mina Elise et al.

1344 Albany Avenue, Welcome Home, Artist Collective

Clay-Arsenal

430 Windsor Street/West side wall, Tracy Chapman +

679 Windsor Street, Daydream Amid the Flowers, Corey Pane

South End and Little Italy

680 Franklin Avenue, Grinning Boy, Damien Mitchell

South Green

24 Maple Avenue, Girl with Dreams, Josy Batts

23 Park Street, Growing Things, Julie Bergeron

Barry Square

South Meadows

Southwest

Behind the Rocks

180 White Street, Splash of Color, John Ogrodnick

North Meadows

2621 Main Street, Musical Man, Edwin Sepulveda

Blue Hills

395 Lyme Street, Give Peace a Chance, Nick Frasco

Northend

60 Love Lane/Garden St, Black Lives Matter, RiseUP

687 Albany Avenue/North End Church, Beloved Communities

References

1.- Mural – Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural )

2.- Ulrich Blanché, Banksy: Urban Art in a Material World, Tectum Verlag, Marburg, 2016

3.- Paola Mezzadri, “Contemporary Murals in the Street and urban Art Field”, Heritage, 2021, 4, 2515-2525

4.- Susan Dunne, “Hartford is a City of Murals; go on a city-wide self-guided tour”, Hartford Courant, September 26, 2020. (https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-ctnow-arts-murals-hartford-20200926-ehn5krlwr5ez7kmqlpwbrhs7ja-story.html ). Accessed 11/11/21

5.- Neighborhoods of Hartford, Connecticut – Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Hartford,_Connecticut )

6.- Hartford Maps (https://www.angelfire.com/planet/kenyon/map_neighborhood.html )