Nashville has some great murals and new ones are popping up all the time. In order to keep up with the times, I try to get together with a group of friends each month to go “mural hunting” in a new part of town. This month we hit up the West side.
One of the first murals that we ran across was off Charlotte Avenue on the side of a brick building near the Global Education Center. It wasn’t on our list of murals to check out but it ended up being one of my favorites from the day.
A trip to the West side wouldn’t be complete without going through The Nations. We saw the beautiful portrait of long time Nations resident, Lee Estes, on the side of an abandoned silo. It’s stunning from far away and even more impressive when you get up close to see all of the details.
If you go down the road a bit, you’ll end up in a newer area of the neighborhood that’s a drastic contrast to the older single family homes that used to make up The Nations. There’s a row of murals on the side of Music City Tents and Events painted by different artists in different styles.
After marveling at these murals for a bit, we got back on Charlotte and headed towards downtown for our last stop. We parked near Avo restaurant and walked across the street to see the murals that are part of Off The Wall Charlotte Avenue. These murals include collaborations with non profit organizations in the area.
Overall it was a great mural outing
