WHAT: Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Central Houston Inc., Houston Downtown Management District and Street Art for Mankind officials will unveil more murals added to Big Art. Bigger Change., the downtown outdoor art exhibition spanning more than a mile from the Hilton Americas Houston Hotel to the Historic District and another mile from the banks of Buffalo Bayou to south downtown. The new murals bring the total to more than two dozen in the Big Art. Bigger Change project. Internationally recognized street artists created the artworks. The murals were reviewed by a committee of Houston community and arts leaders to reflect the United Nations General Assembly’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which include gender equality, quality education, climate action, and clean water and sanitation.
WHEN: Saturday, May 27, 10 a.m.
WHO: Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
Kristopher Larson, President & CEO of Central Houston Inc. and Houston
Downtown Management District
Audrey and Thibault Decker, Founders of Street Art for Mankind
World’s most acclaimed fine art muralists
WHERE: University of Houston–Downtown College of Public Service Building, 1002 Commerce Street at Fannin, Houston, 77002