Creative arts agency OnlyUp and Livermore’s Commission for the Arts teamed up for the second year in a row to bring new and vibrant public art displays to the city’s walls and buildings.
Livermore Mural Fest is an event launched in 2020 that brings artists from all over the Bay Area together to share their work and grow the local artist community.
“It’s a cool community project to be able to get artists involved locally, to bring some talent regionally, to give an opportunity for some artists here who might not be quite ready to jump on a big wall to work alongside some artists who maybe are,” said artist and OnlyUp founder Trent Thompson, adding that he wants to build the art scene in the area and inspire local youth and other people to make art.
With painting beginning on Aug. 21, four brand-new murals were installed by a diverse group of contracted artists with a fifth planned for…