Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art & Street Wise Arts Announce Beyond the Walls Street Art Summit

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) and Street Wise Arts is excited to announce a new event, Beyond the Walls Street Art Summit, taking place at BMoCA on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, 2026.

Beyond the Walls is an immersive weekend of experiences focused on Street Art. This summit is designed to bring together artists, creative professionals, and community members through hands-on artmaking, skill-building workshops, and meaningful connection. The experience includes a movie screening and networking event where participants can share ideas, build relationships, and connect with fellow creatives, cultural leaders, and community partners. Attendees can attend all or individual sessions.

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Guided Mural Tour

9:30 - 11:30am

Early Bird Discount/Members $22*, General Admission $25

Experience an enjoyable walk through the city streets and alleyways of Boulder while learning about our organization, street art culture, and the various social justice causes championed by Street Wise artists.

Skill Building Seminar - Using Mural Cloth Workshop

Time: 12:30 - 2:30pm

Early Bird Discount/Members $22*, General Admission $25

Discover the process of creating large-scale artwork on mural cloth, a professional-grade material used for permanent indoor and outdoor murals. Instructor: Nicole Buchholz.

Skill Building Seminar - Business of Murals Workshop

Time: 3:00 - 5:00pm

Early Bird Discount/Members $22*, General Admission $25

Participants will learn the fundamentals of the mural industry, with a focus on spray-painted mural projects. Instructor: Thomas Evans (aka Detour 303).

Networking/Movie Night

Time: 6:00 - 9:00pm

Early Bird Discount/Members $8*, General Admission $10

Street Heroines is an award-winning feature-length documentary celebrating the courage and creativity of women who despite their lack of recognition have been an integral part of the graffiti and street art movement.

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Guided Mural Tour

9:30 - 11:30am

Early Bird Discount/Members $22*, General Admission $25

Experience an enjoyable walk through the city streets and alleyways of Boulder while learning about our organization, street art culture, and the various social justice causes championed by Street Wise artists.

Mural Workshop for Emerging Artists

Time: 1:00 - 5:00pm

Early Bird Discount/Members $150*, General Admission $175

Led by professional mural artist Thomas Evans (aka Detour 303), this workshop brings participants together through the creative process to design and create a meaningful shared artwork.

More information can be found here: https://www.bmoca.org/street-art-summit

*Early Bird Price is good until October 24, 2026. BMoCA Member discount is the same as Early Bird Price. After October 24, 2026, all tickets are General Admission price.

Street Wise Arts and Town of Superior Announce Inaugural Superior Mural Festival, Coming October 2026

Street Wise Arts and the Town of Superior will co-produce the Superior Mural Festival, celebrating the Town’s growing community through public art installations and events on October 4, 2026. Street Wise Arts has produced seven successful mural festivals and installed more than 170 murals in Boulder County. This partnership with the Town of Superior creates a new and impactful mural festival uniquely designed for the Superior community. 

“Superior’s vibrant community and active public spaces represent everything we look for in a partner,” says Leah Brenner Clack, Founder and Executive Director of Street Wise Arts. “We look forward to working alongside the Town to celebrate its unique character through world-class public art that neighbors can enjoy for years to come.”

The Superior Mural Festival presented by Street Wise Arts aims to activate the Town of Superior’s public spaces, foster community pride, and support local artists. Street Wise Arts collaborated with Superior’s Cultural Arts and Public Spaces Advisory Committee (CAPS) to select a variety of walls for the festival. The walls vary in size from small to large, which will contribute to a robust and impactful first year mural festival and provide opportunities for artists from a variety of career stages. 

The Town and CAPS selected a theme of nature and regrowth, encouraging artists to consider contemporary, unique, and creative approaches to the theme within their mural designs. The theme celebrates the Town’s unparalleled connections with nature through its 630 acres of parks, green space, and open space and 35 miles of trails. Additionally, it offers opportunities for reflection as the Town continues to expand and define its cultural identity. 

“Downtown Superior is evolving, and this is exactly the kind of energy we want to build—creative, public, and something people can be part of,” says Mark Lacis, Mayor of the Town of Superior. The Superior Mural Festival presented by Street Wise Arts will headquarter itself at the Superior Civic Space, located in the heart of Downtown Superior and surrounded by the festival walls. 

In addition to the live mural installation, the festival will offer free public programming, including an exhibition of artworks by the artist lineup, artist panel discussion, mural walking tours, and art education workshops. These programs offer community members the ability to connect with and get to know their neighbors as well as the local artists creating murals during the festival. The Superior Mural Festival will take place in conjunction with the annual Fall Festival, which brings a variety of vendors and live music to Downtown Superior.

"Superior residents have been asking for more murals in town,” says Andrew Vaughan, chair of CAPS. “The 2026 Superior Mural Festival is the beginning of a beautiful tradition of answering that call."

The call for artists opens May 1-31. Street Wise Arts will work with the Town of Superior to review applications and invite a diverse group of local artists to participate in the festival.

Visit superiormuralfestival.com for more information, ways to get involved, and to sponsor or donate to the Superior Mural Festival. 

Street Wise Arts, PLAY Boulder Foundation, and Boulder Housing Partners Announce New Partnership to Create Accessible Art Opportunities for Local Youth

On weekday afternoons at Tantra Lake Apartments; a Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) community, a group of local youth are trading screens and idle time for paint, paper, and a shared creative environment.

Through a new partnership between Street Wise Arts, PLAY Boulder Foundation, and Boulder Housing Partners, teaching artists will lead a six-week after-school art enrichment program designed for young BHP residents who have limited access to creative programming outside of school. The program responds to a growing desire among families for high-quality arts opportunities that are accessible where youth already live and provide creative connections for children to engage with their communities, neighbors, and peers.

Rather than functioning as a traditional art class, the program centers creativity as a tool for belonging, self-expression, and confidence-building. Street Wise Arts selected local artist Jeresneyka Rose, known as Rizzo, to guide youth through collaborative and individual projects and to create a supportive environment where participants can explore their identities, connect with peers, and experience the value of making art together. “I am passionate about curating spaces where people feel safe and comfortable to create freely,” states Rizzo. “I am excited to provide a high-quality art experience where youth can discover and explore more about themselves, each other and the world through intentional workshops that center storytelling through art.”

For Street Wise Arts and PLAY Boulder Foundation, the partnership reflects a shared belief that art should not be a privilege or an extracurricular luxury, but a community resource, especially for young people navigating systemic barriers to access. The program launched in late January and culminates in a community sharing moment for families and neighbors at Tantra Lake Apartments, highlighting not only the students’ finished artwork, but the relationships and confidence built along the way. “This is a beautiful opportunity for BHP families throughout our properties to have access to enrichment within their neighborhoods and cultivate deeper and more creative relationships with their neighbors. Children and families deserve communities that promote learning, belonging and joy,” says Jamillah Richmond, Resident Services Coordinator of Tantra Lake. 

This program was supported by funding from PLAY Boulder Foundation’s PLAYpass program, which partners with community organizations to connect youth with accessible recreational and arts related opportunities. Boulder Housing Partners and Street Wise Arts were excited to collaborate to bring arts-based programming directly into Tantra Lake. “When community partners come together with a shared vision, more meaningful access becomes possible,” says Greta Sandberg, Access Manager at PLAY Boulder Foundation. “This pilot program allows PLAYpass to expand beyond recreation and into the arts, creating more welcoming and culturally responsive spaces where youth can build confidence, express themselves, and feel a true sense of belonging within their own community. I couldn’t be more excited about this partnership and the opportunity it creates for our youth.” 

“For more than a decade, Street Wise Arts has partnered with Boulder Housing Partners on community-informed mural projects, and we are deeply excited to expand that collaboration by bringing art education programs directly to residents,” says Leah Brenner Clack, Founder and Executive Director of Street Wise Arts. “Tantra Lake holds a special place in my heart—I once called it home—and it’s especially meaningful to continue to be a part of the community here.”

This initial art enrichment program serves as a pilot program. Street Wise Arts, PLAY Boulder, and Boulder Housing Partners hope to expand by bringing more arts education programming to other BHP communities.