The Beltline Urban Murals Project (BUMP) is deeply disappointed by the recent events around the Pink Flamingo Black Lives Matter mural project and the hateful messages that have been unfairly directed towards this group. Projects like these are essential to help make room for underrepresented...
Week one of BUMP 2020 Festival was a huge success! Multiple murals-in-progress, live music events, and a fan-favourite: self-guided mural tours. We appreciate everyone that stopped by at our events and all the social media posts we've been tagged in! Here are some highlights from this...
We're pleased to welcome you to the start of the 2020 BUMP Festival, Presented by TD. The Beltline Urban Murals Project is a community driven project that has been transforming the centre of beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada into an expansive open-air art gallery since 2017. We...
Pink Flamingo’s Black Lives Matter murals series opens a call for submissions for the first of four works to be completed in Calgary over summers 2020 and 2021. Calgary’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) artists are invited to submit a proposal to the first...
We can barely wait to announce our artist lineup next month for the 2020 BUMP Festival presented by TD, bringing magic to the streets of Calgary once again for the fourth year this August 26-29. This past week, the Calgary Herald published an article titled “Festivals...
We're Recruiting for Five Exciting Positions! The Beltline Neighbourhoods Association is recruiting youth for five exciting summer positions as part of our 2020 BUMP Festival team for work between June 1 and September 11, 2020. We're seeking ambitious, outgoing and talented youth to help organize our...
The Beltline Urban Murals Project (BUMP) is now accepting submissions for our 2020 program until April 3, 2020. The submission process is intended to solicit portfolios and qualifications for artists who will be chosen for the project. We are seeking artists experienced in murals, who...
Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, supported or participated in the 2019 BUMP Festival. It was the biggest BUMP Festival yet and was a huge success. We look forward to making 2020 another great year for the Beltline Urban Murals Project. -BUMP TEAM Photo © 2019...
We're thrilled to announce our 16th muralist for 2019! Please give a warm welcome to RUNT (Alex Currie)! Informed by a wide range of influences, from Hieronymus Bosch to Dr. Seuss, Runt’s work embodies a love and critique of humanity as his monster scenescapes play out...
The Beltline Urban Murals Project (BUMP) is thrilled to announce the full program lineup for the second edition of the annual BUMP Festival presented by TD August 28-31 with fifteen stunning new murals, the biggest alley party Calgary has ever seen featuring Sango, Jubilee, Lou Phelps and more, plus Inner City Brewing Company beer...