A new mural by @soupLAWS in back of a building shaped like the Alamo at Essex Modern City with a train and the Tower of the Americas in the background. That’s a very San Antonio kind of scene.Paul Garson and Essex Modern City once again brought in some of the most talented mural artists from South Texas this weekend.
The result is a fresh collection of art on these outdoor walls on the East Side of San Antonio.
Essex Modern City is located by the intersection of South Cherry Street and Essex Street, just east of IH-37 and about a mile south of the Alamodome.
@_vivet_ – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@deletedtx – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
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@itschristiekaye at work on BE KIND TO YOUR MIND on Sunday at ESX ART Paint Jam 7 at Essex Modern City.
Thanks to Paul at Essex Modern City for setting me straight on the IDs.
And, of course, all the artists are more than welcome to pull photos of their work from this page:
The beach just north of Las Olas Boulevard at Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, in April 2025. – photo by Joe AlexanderYou can’t make a trip to South Florida without hitting at least one of the beaches.
Two of the most popular places for salt and sand are Miami Beach at Lummus Park and Fort Lauderdale Beach between Las Olas Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard.
I was a Texas teenager driving my dad’s Ford F-100 pickup. It had an AM radio with one speaker that probably sounded awful compared to even the cheapest modern car stereo. And no AC.
I was driving along one night with my friend Steve Garza riding shotgun. It’s lost on me now where we were going to or coming from. Probably on some highway in or around San Antonio that’s a lot more congested now than it was then.
We had the windows rolled down and that cheap radio cranked up. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” came on.
I know that scene is cliche as hell. I probably kind of knew it then. But for 8 minutes and 2 seconds, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page made us feel like we were cool and the world was right.
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.More public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio. These murals at the corner of Nolan Street at Chestnut, a short distance north of the Alamodome.
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.More public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio. These murals are a short distance north of the Alamodome in the area around Houston Street up to Nolan Street.
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.I spent some time this weekend checking out the public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio.
These murals are a short distance north of the Alamodome in the area around Houston Street up to Nolan Street and were created as part of the San Antonio Street Art Initiative.
The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.The new artwork at Essex Modern City was either done or close to it on Sunday afternoon, the second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6. Top muralists from San Antonio and South Texas gathered for the event.
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The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio.
ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.Artists at work on Saturday afternoon at ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City on San Antonio’s near east side not far from downtown.
Chavela at Summer Night City at Texas Public Radio in San Antonio on July 11, 2024. – photo by Joe AlexanderSan Antonio soul singer Chavela and her band played at the Texas Public Radio studio in downtown San Antonio on Thursday for Summer Night City.
Chavela at Summer Night City at Texas Public Radio in San Antonio.
