Steps leading to a library painted with the spines and covers of books banned elsewhere in the USA. From the bottom: Wrinkle in Time, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Fahrenheit 451, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, The Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Catcher in the Rye, Speak, Looking for Alaska, & Slaughterhouse-five. The top step says “art by Gary Herd Newport public library”. Mural by Gary Herd photo by Robert Emond.

#AlphabetChallenge | #WeekBforBooks & #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday

This is how #Newport commemorates banned book week. We put a #murals of banned books on the library steps & tell people come on you can check them out here, where we believe in freedom.

#Photography #WestCoastKin #PublicArt #PNW

Stairs painted to look like banned books. Photo by Robert Emond.

#MuralMonday | #MuralsOnMonday

Not all murals go on walls. These are at the Newport library and they represent many of the books banned by closed minded intolerant busybodies.

#Photography 📸 #books
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
#murals #PublicArt #library

A mural painted on the side of a building in Colombia, by two street artists. The image is titled, "We are water" & depictes a hand surrounded by aspects of nature including a waterfall, boater, birds, trees & a wild cat.

#MondayMural
#MuralsOnMonday
#ArtYear #smArtist
#Painting #StreetArt
"We're made of water"
In Tunja #Colombia
By Kynsha & Siervorte

A bench against a wall with orange traffic cones. The wall has a freshly painted mural of the Yaquina Head lighthouse, a green hummingbird, and the rock formation called “jump-off Joe” as it appeared before it collapsed in 1916. Photo by Robert Emond.

#MuralMonday | #MuralsOnMonday

The mural project is completed. The celebration ceremony at noon on October 11th. Come to the #Newport Visual Arts Center for fun, food, & art!

#murals #PublicArt #Art
#Photography
#WestCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueskyArt
#PNW #Oregon

#MuralsOnMonday

One of the towns that I visited on my recent trip to #VancouverIsland, #BC, was #Chemainus, home of an outdoor art gallery consisting of over 60 murals & 10 sculptures. This mural is entitled “Native Heritage” (see below for details).

#HunterFranklinPics #Murals #Art #Canada 🇨🇦

Celebration: "All Things Newport" Mural Celebration - Oregon Coast Council for the Arts Oregon Coast Council for the Arts (OCCA) invites the public to celebrate the new “All Things Newport” mural in Nye Beach on Saturday, October 11th, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Newport Visual Arts Cent...

I totally spaced out about #MuralMonday & #MuralsOnMonday yesterday. But here is a reminder that “All Things Newport” mural project is having a celebration for the public from noon to 4pm on October 11th at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

#PNW #Oregon #Newport

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A colorful geometric pattern, consisting of different colored isosceles triangle forming squares. Shadows of sea birds are overlaid on some of the squares. Photo by Robert Emond.

#MuralMonday | #MuralsOnMonday

Another completed mural at the Newport Visual Arts Center. The artist appreciation event is October 11th, come on by if you are in the area.

#StreetArt #murals #PublicArt
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin
#PNW #Newport #Oregon

A colorful street mural located in the UK as a tribute to the late guitarist, Jimi Hendrix. In colors of orange, yellow, purple & green, his face & shoulders have been painted by hand.

#MuralsOnMonday
#MondayMural #Leicester
#UK #StreetArt
#JimiHendrix
#Tribute #ArtYear #smArtist
#Painting
By WonABC

A short wall with a mural of a crab with stylized wave on either side. The phrase “Newport Dungeness Crab Capital of the World” is included. The Newport Visual Arts Center is behind the wall and the sunset over the Pacific Ocean behind that. Photo by Robert Emond.

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday

Here’s a completed mural from the mural project. Artist unknown.

#StreetArt #murals #publicArt #urban #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #PNW #Sunset #Art
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#Newport #Oregon

@coastarts.bsky.social

A mural being roughed out, with some color in place. It depicts a light house with a seal flying by it. There are also typical PNW trees to the side. Photo by Robert Emond.

A mural in progress. A sun, birds, and a whale are mostly painted. The other half is just a line drawing. Photo by Robert Emond.

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday

There’s still time to visit and see the works in progress they’ll be complete by Sept. 31. There’s will also be a public party on Oct.11 celebrating the artists.

#StreetArt #murals #publicArt #urban #WiP #WestCoastKin
#PNW #Art #Newport

@coastarts.bsky.social

It’s a #MuralsOnMonday if they had a permit 😉😆 otherwise it’s a tag🤣🤣

A vibrant floral mural on the side of a building in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in colors of pink, yellow & orange.

#MuralMonday
#AtlanticCity
#NewJersey #USA
#MuralsOnMonday
#StreetArt #Art
#Floral #Painting
#Urban #Buildings
By Jenna Morello

A mural at the ocean. The foreground depicts salmon swimming along, they are pointed towards the actual ocean visible behind the mural. The background depicts the Yaquina Head lighthouse and some pink flowers. Mural by Casey McEneny. Photo by Robert Emond.

Two mural at the ocean. One depicts depicts the Yaquina Head lighthouse, some pink flowers, and a river flowing towards the actual ocean which is next to the mural. The other mural depicts several salmon swimming. If you stand in the right place the second mural lines up to look like part of the first. Mural by Casey McEneny. Photo by Robert Emond.

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday

Murals are nearing completion. If you are in #Newport October 11th come to the artists celebration.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #PNW
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#BlueskyPhotography
#Art 🎨 #PublicArt #StreetArt #murals

A triptych collage showing three steps in the creation of a mural. The top show the blue background and drawing birds and light house. The middle shows the birds and building have been put in with some details in progress. The final shows the completed painting. Photos by Robert Emond.

A mural artist, Carol Shenk, working on her mural. Photo by Robert Emond.

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday.

There’s still time to visit Newport & see the murals being made. There will be a dedication open to the public on October 11 if you are in the area you are welcome to come.

#StreetArt #murals #publicArt
#Newport #PNW #urban #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #Art

A painted 3D mural in France of a Goldfish.

#MuralsOnMonday
#MondayMurals
#Abbeville
#France #3D #Goldfish #ArtYear
#StreetArt #Painting
By Sabestien Sweo

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday I was fortunate to meet artist Carol Shenk working on her portion of the Newport mural project. Visit #Newport & see them being created. After 9/30 they will be complete, w/public ribbon cutting early in Oct.
#StreetArt #murals #WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #publicArt

A 3D Mural or street art in the Netherlands showing the residents most valued items that vary from toys to trucks.

#MuralMonday
#MuralsOnMonday
#StreetArt #Art
This #3D #Mural in the #Netherlands depicts it's residents most precious items within their community. ✨️
#TeddyBear #Frog #Birds #Toys #Tractor #Vase #Seahorse Interesting!
By Jan Is De Man

A mural that says “rise against hate” in red letters. Next to the letters multicolored (primarily red) arms and hands reach up. They are reaching towards multicolored butterflies. Photo by Robert Emond

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday a message unfortunately needing to be heard by many people now. This is in Portland OR Chinatown.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #PDX

A mural of a crane in an Asian style on a burgundy wall. Below is a home made quilt with a central panel of cranes. Mural by unknown. Quilt by Lisa Emond. Photo by Robert Emond

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday My father’s Victorian house in Angelino Heights. The quilt below was made by my wife for my dad and stepmom for Christmas.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #Art #quilt #quilting

Last time I used this was before I knew about #MuralMonday & #MuralsOnMonday so here it is under a more apropos hashtag.

#TravelPhotography #Travel
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited

A collage of mural work in progress the left panel shows the blue background roughed in and an outline of sea birds. The next panel shows more complete design where the birds bodies have been painted black and the beaks are colored. The mural will be complete by the end of September. Photo by Robert Emond.

For #MuralMonday & #MuralsOnMonday the Newport public arts advisory committee commissioned a mural project which has officially begun. This is a WiP for the 1st panel. Come to #Newport all summer & watch the murals grow.

#StreetArt #PublicArt #Art
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon

Moo Moo, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia for #MuralMonday and #MuralsOnMonday #Photography #StreetArt

Moo Moo, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
for #MuralMonday and #MuralsOnMonday
#Photography #StreetArt

is this little piggy going to market, I hope not!, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia #MuralMonday and for #MuralsOnMonday #Photography #StreetArt

is this little piggy going to market, I hope not, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
for #MuralMonday and #MuralsOnMonday
#Photography #StreetArt

for #MuralMonday and #MuralsOnMonday just going for a ride, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia #Photography #StreetArt

for #MuralMonday and #MuralsOnMonday
just going for a ride, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
#Photography #StreetArt

A mermaid with a purple umbrella reading a book. Photo by Robert Emond

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday & #MermaidMonday. From Robert’s Bookshop in Lincoln City. A human painted mermaid mural.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon

A mural of a Chinese dragon with “LA Chinatown” written next to it. The “LA” is stylized like the Dodger logo where the lower part of the “L” makes the horizontal line in the “A”. Photo by Robert Emond

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday from my last trip visiting family in LA I saw this great mural.

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#Photography 📸 #LA
#WestCoastKin #Art #StreetPhotography #Urban #ChinaTown

For #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday and relevant for #HolyWeek our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek has Scottish artist Alberto Morrocco's magnificent mural, 59 ft by 9 ft, on the sanctuary wall called “The Way of the Cross” showing scenes in the week up to the crucifixion.

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