VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Beach arts district just added ten beautiful murals to properties around the neighborhood.
The sixth-annual Mural Festival ran from August 18-27 in the ViBe Creative District and concluded Sunday.
It featured 14 artists and was sponsored by The Fine Family and The Runnymede Corporation.
“Each artist creates a rendering that gets submitted to the city of Virginia Beach and the ViBe District before it gets presented on the wall, so we get a sneak peek and then the fun part is watching the public enjoy seeing these murals," said Kate Pittman, Executive Director for the ViBe District.
A release detailed the locations of the new murals and the artists behind them:
@onietonie at the Virginia Beach Visitor Center on Parks Avenue
Mannaah Blackwell @battlerappamc and Gina Renzi @renzi.art at Lowe Mechanic on 18th St
Daniel Goodman @_dkane at Yorkies on 21st St
Nicole Gomez at SSI on Baltic Avenue
Dathan Kane at Commune on Baltic Avenue
Eric and Todd Lindbergh aka Talent Murals at Zero’s Subs on 17th St
Seth Lubaton @lubatonmurals at Waring’s Gym
Kevin Restrepo and Steve Swartz @yellowdoorstudios at Colony Mobile Park on 17th St
Kendall Snyder @kendiiart at Kaizen Athletics on 17th St
Mike Vasquez @xmikextattoos at Sacred Daggers on 17th St
Featured TEEN Muralist: Kendall Jones at Zero’s on Cypress Avenue
Troy Summerell, the artist behind OnieTonie tells News 3 he's excited to have his art displayed as visitors drive into the Virginia Beach resort area.
"What I hope this provides is just a real super positive, colorful piece of art, and that's gonna greet everybody that comes down to the Oceanfront," he told News 3.
According to the ViBe District, the murals are located within 1.5 miles. The public is welcome to view them with self-guided walking tours, or through guided walking, bike and golf cart tours.
