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Nelson’s mural festival: scenes from opening night

Crowds wandered the streets and alleys finding delightful surprises in unlikely places
Bill Metcalfe
Bill Metcalfe
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Nelson’s first annual International Mural Festival opened last evening with groups of people wandering the streets finding new murals, sometimes on unlikely surfaces. Today there are events all day at the Hall Street Plaza starting at 11:00, with mural maps available.

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Mural by Jerome Davenport at the rear of 502 Baker St. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Andrew Tavukciyan at 415 Kootenay St. behind Tandoori Grill. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Tyler Toews at 536 Stanley St., behind the Outer Clove. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Barry Overn at 316 Stanley St. behind Downtown Auto. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Barry Overn at 316 Stanley St. behind Downtown Auto. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Kelly Shpeley at 421 Victoria St. behind the Capitol Theatre. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Margaret Stacey, as the executive director of the Capitol Theatre for many years, started the tradition of murals from each of the summer youth productions. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Amir Shakir and Ivette Cabrera with their mural at 395 Baker St. behind Hipperson’s Hardware. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Katie Green at 520 Falls St. across from the SPCA and Share Nelson. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Katie Green at 520 Falls St., with dancer, across from the SPCA and Share Nelson. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Mural by Stephanie Kellett at 358 Baker St. behind Leaf Cross Society. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Bill Metcalfe

About the Author: Bill Metcalfe

I have lived in Nelson since 1994 and worked as a reporter at the Nelson Star since 2015.
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