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Crush 2018: The Walls Are Changing

Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.

Kenzie Bruce Shepard Fairey's mural sprawls along the south wall of Denver Central Market. Fairey is known for his 1989 "Obey Giant" campaign as well as his "Hope" poster, which became Barack Obama's campaign emblem. 1/24

Kenzie Bruce Roadsworth, an invited artist at Crush, specializes in large, surreal street paintings. 2/24

Kenzie Bruce Four large portraits near Brighton Boulevard and 31st Street. 3/24

Kenzie Bruce A collaborative piece between Birdseed Collective and Nack in the alley between 26th and 27th streets. 4/24

Kenzie Bruce Thomas Evans, aka Detour, prepares to create a mural of Nina Simone on the side of Nocturne Jazz Club. 5/24

Kenzie Bruce Koko Bayer works on a wheat paste. 6/24

Kenzie Bruce MPEK's piece can be seen in the alley between 26th and 27th streets. 7/24

Kenzie Bruce Laurence Vallières, an invited artist from Canada, is famous for her large-scale cardboard sculptures. This one is at 25th and Larimer streets. 8/24

Kenzie Bruce Nick Napoletano adds paint to his mural outside Matchbox; he is working in collaboration with his sister, Marissa, this year. 9/24

Kenzie Bruce Alexandrea Pangburn specializes in animal portraits; this mural is outside of Il Posto. 10/24

Kenzie Bruce Chris Krieg works on a large mural at 2875 Blake Street. 11/24

Kenzie Bruce Patrick Kane McGregor, Mike Giant and Jason Garcia collaborated on this giant mural at 35th Street and Chestnut Place, "spotlighting a message of love through each artist’s style." 12/24

Kenzie Bruce Anna Charney paints part of her mural in the Denver Central Market parking lot. 13/24

Kenzie Bruce Kirileigh Jones' mural leads you to the door of Bigsby's Folly. 14/24

Kenzie Bruce Lindee Zimmer, left, and Nomad Clan, invited artists from the United Kingdom to work on large murals on the back of the Ramble Hotel. 15/24

Kenzie Bruce Cryptik's mural is on the south side of Denver Central Market, next to one by Shepard Fairey. 16/24

Kenzie Bruce Meredith Feniak and Risa Friedman comprise the artist duo We Were Wild. Feniak is a botanical illustrator and Friedman is a photographer. 17/24

Kenzie Bruce Adrian Afinson is a tattoo artist who paints on the side. 18/24

Kenzie Bruce Sam Turner eats lunch and plans his second wall outside of Crema. 19/24

Kenzie Bruce RUMTUM works on a mural at Formativ. 20/24

Kenzie Bruce Pat Milbery and Pat McKinney works on a mural outside Larimer Lounge. The piece will include a '90s hip-hop theme and incorporate elements from murals that previously covered the space. 21/24

Kenzie Bruce Delton Demarest's murals can be seen in the alley between Blake and Walnut streets near 28th. 22/24

Kenzie Bruce A mural in progress by Emit and Tuke outside of Stem Ciders. 23/24

Kenzie Bruce A building reflected in a puddle near the creative crosswalk by 26th and Larimer streets. 24/24

Crush 2018: The Walls Are Changing

Four days into Crush Walls 2018, RiNo has a different look. The weeklong streets-arts festival has expanded farther than before, with new murals appearing not only up and down Brighton Boulevard and in the art alley off Larimer Street between 26th and 27th streets, but stretching as far as the Pepsi bottling factory. Here's how some of the new walls looked on Thursday, September 6, 2018.