When I agreed to do this murals in Jacksonville post, I thought I’d just run around, snap a few photos of some artwork, list some addresses, and call it a day. GUYS. I had so. much. fun. doing this! I got to see parts of the city that I normally never would, and this little adventure reminded me how lucky we are to get to call Jacksonville home.
In 2016, an initiative was launched to establish the urban core of Jax as a nationally recognized art district, and friends, these artists are gettin’ after it. Once I started driving around looking for these murals, it was shocking to me how much art is downtown. Open your eyes, and get out there and see it, people!
Here are a few tips for finding murals, if you decide to make a day of it:
1. Mapquest it. Use Mapquest to plug in all of the addresses you want to hit, and use the route planner feature. It will line up all of your stops so you’re not driving in circles.
2. Keep your eyes peeled. Be on the lookout for stops and art you don’t expect! As I said, it’s evvvvverywhere — you just have to look.
3. Be aware of your surroundings at all times.Especially if you plan to take the kiddos to get those Insta-worthy photos.
4. Bring on the hashtags. When you do snag some Insta-worthy gems, tag ’em with #JMlovesJax and #JaxMurals, so we can share new art with each other!
Without further ado, here are some of my favorite murals in Jacksonville — ideal for that perfect photo shoot or selfie.
This is just a small sampling of all of the incredible art and murals that Jacksonville has to offer. Go get some selfies in front of them, and have fun exploring new parts of your city! For more on these and other murals (and the artists behind them), visit @jacksonvillemurals.
Do you have a favorite mural spot? Give us the location in the comments so we can make a visit! Please note that murals are always getting repainted, so the above pieces may or may not still be on display.
Don’t forget about all the awesome art at Phoenix Arts District too! I think the addy is 2336 N. Liberty St, it’s in Springfield. So cool to find new ones on your list to go shoot!
Love these!
We are opening a new self-storage facility in Jacksonville and would love for a local artist to create something on our wall, a way for us to say thank you to the San Marco area for welcoming us 🙂
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Angie’s subs at jax beach has some murals, also the coop in atlantic beach has a chicken mural and the local in atlantic beach has a shell mural. the lemon bar in neptune beach has a neptune beach mural.
I have recently been interested in seeing the wall art in the cities I visit. I was thinking one day, how cool it would be to have one location that tells the locations of the wall art in the cities…and WALLAH! I see this! Thank you for sharing.
I have been photographing murals for the last few months and any fun art on buildings all around town and the beaches. There are some great ones and I’m slowly but surely finding them. I’m having a great time doing this project/hobby.
I love the springfield mural on Main & 1st.
🙂 I was coming to say the same!! (I am the one who owned the binding and conceptialized it being painted on there)
Don’t forget about all the awesome art at Phoenix Arts District too! I think the addy is 2336 N. Liberty St, it’s in Springfield. So cool to find new ones on your list to go shoot!
To read the digital mural in Murray Hill, apply a black and white filter and crank the contrast.
Love these!
We are opening a new self-storage facility in Jacksonville and would love for a local artist to create something on our wall, a way for us to say thank you to the San Marco area for welcoming us 🙂
Does anyone have any suggestions?
🎨 Sarah, I’m a local muralist at Artistic Aire and would love the opportunity. You can find me at http://www.artisticaireinc.com 🎨
Volunteers in Medicine at Ocean and Duval has a beautiful shadow box butterfly mural.
I think if you were at the 838 edgewood and you had red glasses you could read it. I used color balance and took out all color but red
Angie’s subs at jax beach has some murals, also the coop in atlantic beach has a chicken mural and the local in atlantic beach has a shell mural. the lemon bar in neptune beach has a neptune beach mural.
Thanks for sharing!
I have recently been interested in seeing the wall art in the cities I visit. I was thinking one day, how cool it would be to have one location that tells the locations of the wall art in the cities…and WALLAH! I see this! Thank you for sharing.
I have been photographing murals for the last few months and any fun art on buildings all around town and the beaches. There are some great ones and I’m slowly but surely finding them. I’m having a great time doing this project/hobby.