Believe it or not, August is in the rearview and fall is upon us! The 2021 BUMP Festival’s come to a close, and we (and our artists!) are looking forward to enjoying some well-deserved rest. Shall we recap the 2021 BUMP Festival? Over 60 new wall...
Time flies! Week 3 of the BUMP Festival is a wrap, and a very stacked Week 4 is looming. Here’s what we got up to: We sat down with bb iskwew, John F. Ross, Cassie Suche and Rhys Farrell for our fourth Artist Talk at...
Welcome back! Another week of the BUMP Festival is in the books. Things are ramping up around here… Let’s crunch some numbers, shall we? We streamed two (!!) Artist Talks at Contemporary Calgary with seven of our favorite muralists Six DJs and three bands brought...
Welcome back! That’s a wrap on week one of the 2021 BUMP Festival, and what a way to start 🥳 We had a great time at our first Artist Talk with BUMP Road Works artists Mike Hooves, Sydonne Warren, J. Broz and Billie Rae Busby ...
We've launched our new BUMP Road Works Series in partnership with the City of Calgary Parks and City of Calgary Roads Departments to bring the works of local artists to Calgary streets. A total of nine artists have painted thirty concrete jersey barriers that will be used to provide additional public space on streets, enhance safety for on-street patios in support of local businesses and help transform main streets in Calgary into an open-air art gallery.
We've launched the first phase of our new BUMP Road Works Series in partnership with the City of Calgary Parks Department to bring the works of local artists to Calgary streets. Three local artists have painted two new container parklets that will be used to provide new public gathering spaces and help activate main streets in Calgary in support of local businesses and communities.
“The BUMP Road Works series brings local artists to new surfaces on Calgary streets in support of local businesses and community. We’re so happy to be creating more opportunities for local artists to share their talents” said Julia Schreiber, Murals Director for BUMP.