I received an email from the North Shore Community Development Coalition in late October that included an announcement about new murals in Salem.

Over the past three weeks, the twenty (20) Massachusetts-based artists selected for this year's Call for Art, inspired by Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" installed their murals on the National Grid Wall on Peabody Street in Salem.

Graffiti artist JEKS from Greensboro, North Carolina installed two new large-scale murals in the Point neighborhood.

New murals meant I needed to plan to visit Salem - but I needed to wait until after Halloween. Salem (MA) is a destination for those interested in witches. It tends to be crazy during the month of October. I chose to wait to visit until after Halloween.

Punto Urban Art MuseumMore about us Located in "El Punto" Neighborhood in Salem, Mass, it features over 75 large scale murals by 30 world renowned and 25 local artists within a 3 block radius. The art aims to create neighborhood pride and increase economic opportunity for local businesses.puntourbanartmuseum.org

Most of the murals were on the wall surrounding National Grid in The Point neighborhood.

There was one new large scale mural that I loved. It was created by Graffiti artist JEKS. He painted fish looking out of the back wall of a Walgreens drug store.

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The National Grid Wall surrounding the utility is broken into a series of squares. That translates into a mural per square.

Unfortunately there is street parking right next to the wall so it was a challenge to capture the murals with my camera. I was using a wide lens, a 10-24 and trying to stand right in front of the art. Sometimes I was successful, sometimes not so much.

This one was painted using a method that looked better from far away.

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It was the owl and the woman's earring that caught my eye in this mural:

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Here are a few more from the wall that pulled me in.

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And here are two "big wall" favorites from year's past.

"Kaupoku", by Hulu:

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"The Farmer", by Ruben Ubiera:

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Fantastic!! Thanks for posting. I wish I had some to contribute.

It was wonderful to see new murals!

Whenever you find any, please share!

Well I found this while YouTubing and it was pretty damned inspiring:

That is amazing, thanks!