The coronavirus didn’t just temporarily shut down a lot of small businesses, it also put a lot of public art projects on hold. But the owner of popular Hyattsville eatery Busboys and Poets is trying to turn that around starting a movement he calls #paintthestorefronts. Continue reading →

Noted D.C. muralist MISS CHELOVE says her love of art was first sparked by graffiti along Route 1 she saw as a child. The Hyattsville native, who was selected earlier this year to paint a mural at the Mount Rainier Library, would head into D.C. to visit her mother at work at the Library of Congress and the Voice of America. Continue reading →

The Town of Riverdale Park is seeking local artists to provide five pieces of art to be displayed publicly for a year as part of the Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 3 at noon. Continue reading →

Riverdale Park is looking for local artists to design more traffic signal cabinet art. Working with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, the town recently announced it will pay a $500 honorarium for winning designs for traffic signal cabinets submitted by … Continue reading →

The city of Mount Rainier is seeking an artist to design and paint a new mural on the recently renovated Singer Building. In a posting on a public arts site, the city’s arts commission said that it will be accepting … Continue reading →

As with its sister project across the street, Studio 3807, developers of the Brentwood building worked with local artist John Paradiso to select the artworks. “The Gateway Arts District is home to fabulous and talented artists; it makes it easy … Continue reading →

The Hyattsville Elementary School playground recently got a fun new look thanks to a local architecture firm and a few hundred dollars worth of paint. Grimm + Parker, the firm that designed the new Hyattsville library that’s currently under construction, … Continue reading →