Welcome to the Art in the Alleys Project
Murals are now underway.
The Art in the Alley Project is a grassroots community collaboration that seeks to transform and beautify back alleys into colorful gallery spaces in time for the upcoming Riverwest ArtWalk.
Many homeowners have offered their doors to have murals painted on them for this project.
If you are an artist interested in participating in this project, visit the Garage Door Master Page to find a site you are interested in.
If you are a homeowner and would like to see examples of all the artists involved in the project, please visit the Collected Works page, which shows samples of past works from the artists. If you are interested in a specific artist, click on their name below to see examples they have submitted for review.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped clean and weed the alleys and get them all spiffy-looking for ArtWalk!
We have completed connecting artists with homeowners in this exciting project. If you are interested in getting involved in 2008, please email artinthealleys@gmail.com
Artists paint while volunteers help clean up the alleys Riverwest ArtWalk, 2008 We marched through the alleys, tuba, shakers, & cowbells in hand!
We were greeted on the way by Riverwest's scooter mascot.Thank you to all the volunteers who helped clean and weed the alleys and get them all spiffy-looking for ArtWalk!
We have completed connecting artists with homeowners in this exciting project. If you are interested in getting involved in 2008, please email artinthealleys@gmail.com
Artists paint while volunteers help clean up the alleys Riverwest ArtWalk, 2008 We marched through the alleys, tuba, shakers, & cowbells in hand!
THEME: InVision Milwaukee!
We invite artists and audience to envision our community by looking at the following possible sub-themes:
We invite artists and audience to envision our community by looking at the following possible sub-themes:
Milwaukee past, present or future
Our community and human interactions
Our history, heros and landmarks
Our joys and sorrows, hopes and dreams
Beauty
DIY culture and sustainability
Timeline
9/6-7 Prep work (including scraping, priming, weeding, planting?)
9/13-14 Prep work
9/20-21 Begin painting, alley clean-up
9/27-28 Painting, weeding/planting bulbs
10/4-5 ArtWalk (finishing touches on painting if necessary)
9/13-14 Prep work
9/20-21 Begin painting, alley clean-up
9/27-28 Painting, weeding/planting bulbs
10/4-5 ArtWalk (finishing touches on painting if necessary)
These are the current Releases
The "murals guide" contains artists' statements sharing the stories behind their designs.