Current Mural Projects

Downtown Murals

The Palo Alto Public Art Commission has approved artists Mona Caron, Nigel Sussman, and Harumo Sato to design and paint three temporary murals on privately owned walls in downtown Palo Alto. The wall locations are Mac’s Smoke Shop at 534 Emerson Street, Pacific Art League at 668 Ramona Street, and All Saints Episcopal Church at 555 Waverley Street. The original artwork imagery will draw inspiration from the unique character of Palo Alto, its community, history, diversity, or institutions and landmarks that make this area distinct. The artists have begun their community outreach process and held public community meetings in July 2024 to inform their design development.

ArtLift Grants: Utility Box Edition

The City of Palo Alto’s Public Art Program has made twenty ArtLift Grants available to Palo Alto and Bay Area-based artists to transform utility boxes into distinctive works of art throughout commercial corridors and residential neighborhoods of Palo Alto. Taking advantage of unique locations across Palo Alto, artists will paint the boxes exploring themes of community connectedness, empathy, and vibrancy. A total of 20 artists / artist teams are selected to design and paint original works using City-owned utility boxes as their canvases.

Fire Station 5 Mural

California-based artist Bodeck Luna has been commissioned to create a site-specific mural for the Fire Station 5 roll-up door, at 600 Arastradero Road in south-west Palo Alto, adjacent to Juana Briones Park. The mural will have high visibility and will be experienced by pedestrians, cyclists and drivers using the busy intersection. The selected artist has met with Fire Department staff, reviewed the Palo Alto Master Plan, and has hosted in-person and virtual community meetings to gather input about the Barron Park neighborhood to inform the mural design development. A recording from the virtual community meeting held on June 5 is posted below.

Meet Muralist Bodeck Luna - Community Meeting for a Mural Design Development for the Fire Station #5 in Palo Alto, CA from Palo Alto Public Art Program.