Street art. My favorite kind of city wandering, and it always seems to offer endless inspiration. I consider it a parenting win that my children have no qualms about stopping on the side of the street and getting out to take photos. In fact, they often suggest it now! I guess it seems perfectly normal after years of my traipsing around various alleys and byways in cities and small towns on the hunt for hand painted signs and graffiti art.
Last weekend, we did our traipsing in nice shoes, which is not usually the norm. We were in Memphis to see the Broadway series production of To Kill A Mockingbird at The Orpheum (which I HIGHLY recommend) and had a little time to kill between brunch and curtain time.
We claim to be pretty familiar with the mural and street art offerings in Downtown Memphis. We consider it to be one of “our places,” and I’ve spent many fun hours walking the greater Downtown area with camera in hand, capturing the colors and sights and the creativity of amazing artists. Still, there is always more to see in the ever-changing streetscape as pieces get painted over or refreshed and new graffiti pops up.
The last time we were in the area, we were on the hunt for a parking space more than murals, but happened upon a row of art we hadn’t see before in the area south of South Main. At the time we were too hungry to stop, but last weekend we decided to search it out again.
If you’re in Downtown Memphis looking for a free “gallery” showing, drive down 2nd Street as it dead-ends into East Carolina to see these works up close! From Elvis and Frida Kahlo to angels and moon phases, a pretty cool skeleton holy family and my favorite magic door, the street is a flood of inspiration!
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