Public invited to watch 20 local, national, and international artists collaborate and bring over a dozen new murals to NoMa 

Washington, D.C. -- The eagerly anticipated annual outdoor artistic festival, D.C. Walls, will take over D.C.’s NoMa neighborhood, Sept. 7-17. This year’s festival will convene 20 local, national, and international artists who, over the course of 10 days, will collaborate and create over a dozen new, large-scale public murals. The festival has delivered more than 100 works of art since it debuted in NoMa in 2016.

“This festival just keeps getting bigger and better,” says D.C. Walls Founder, Curator and Director Kelly Towles. “We’ve all experienced a lot of change in the last two years, but one thing that hasn’t changed is our community’s appetite for creating mind-blowing, memorable works of art. More than ever, our artists and festivalgoers are eager to get back out in the streets, connect with each other and participate in the beautification of our nation’s capital.”

“NoMa is home to D.C.’s largest collection of mural art, and we’re thrilled to be adding more than a dozen new pieces to our inventory,” says Maura Brophy, President & CEO of the NoMa Business Improvement District. “We encourage everyone to come explore NoMa, see the artists at work, and watch their creations come to life.”

D.C. Walls 2022 will debut epic and original art by some of the world’s most exciting established and emerging mural artists from the region and across the globe, including:

Nicole Bourgea, @nicolebourgea              Nate Gski, @nategski   

Rikasso, @rikasso                                            Jack Labadie, @jacklab.art                                         

E$, @theEdollarsign                                        Ylia Wilson, @ylia_june                                                               

Kelly Towles, @kellytowles                         Atticus Towles

Tommii Lim, @Tommii                              Grace, @Grace.thestreets                               

Stevie Shao, @stepfrae                                Emily Ding, @_emilyding

Muro, @mur0one                                           Jeremy Biggers AKA Stem & Thorn, @stemandthorn

Trav and Emjay, @Travmsk                          Shane, @shane_odv

Jarus, @youngjarus                                        Nate Mann, @natemannart  

Sergio Vazquez, @sergiostuff 

In addition to watching murals come to life, the public is invited to a series of free, special events including:

-- Sept. 9 - D.C. Walls Kickoff Celebration at Alethia Tanner Park, 3 - 10pm

-- Sept. 14 - The return of the Secret Walls Battle, 6-11pm

-- Sept. 15 - A limited release of a Kelly Towles-designed mug at Archipelago, 8 -10pm

-- Artist-led walking tours

More information about this year’s festival may be found at www.dcwallsfestival.com and at www.nomabid.org/events. D.C. Walls 2022 is presented in partnership with the NoMa BID and sponsored by Alto, citizenM hotels, Cre8 - Community & Workspace,DC Brau, District Derp, Dolcezza Gelato, Hickok Cole, HOLY BONES, Liquid Death, NPR, Monster Energy, Montana Cans, POW WOW Worldwide, and Steadfast Supply. Property owners, businesses and organizations that have donated walls for the muralists to paint are: Courtyard Washington DC/US Capitol, DDOT, Dominion Electric Supply Company of Washington LLC, Monument Realty -40 Patterson, PEPCO, and WMATA.

Photos and video available here.