The finished murals by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.A group of muralists who call themselves “The Butchers Crew” gathered at Essex Modern City near downtown San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.
On that day I only had time to stop by for a few minutes and get a look at the works in progress.
The next time I got to Essex Modern City, the place was locked up. I managed to stick my camera through the front gate and take the long shot of the finished wall. Because of the angle, I wasn’t able to get a view of Paul’s mural on the far right.
Paul Garson: A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
World of Cease: A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
TGRI: A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
LACED and FOUND: A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
The Butchers Crew: A mural in progress by The Butchers Crew at Essex Modern City the weekend before Christmas, 2025.
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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@the.dream.monster – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
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@SilvyArtStudio – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
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@ABSTRACT_AVILA – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
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@traviscii – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
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@SoupLaw – 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 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.
Artists work on the outside wall during Essex Paint Jam Volume 4 on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at Essex Modern City in San Antonio.The walls of Essex Modern City received an update on Saturday, Jan. 6.
The Essex Paint Jam Volume 4 attracted some of the area’s top local muralists back to Essex Modern City on the near East Side not far from downtown San Antonio and just a little ways south of the Alamodome.
Closeup of a mural at Essex Modern City in San Antonio.Some of San Antonio’s top muralists gathered at Essex Modern City on Saturday, Jan. 6, for Paint Jam 4.
While new work was going up, there were plenty of existing paintings to attract local art fans on the walls of the former manufacturing building near downtown.
