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Eureka Street Art Festival

by Alexander Woodard August 22, 2018

Matt Beard continues his work on a utility box known to some as a community posting board.
The first day’s work on a wall of The Shanty.
Johnathon Desoto presents his work in progress on day one.
Rachel Schlueter puts the finishing touches on her piece for the day.
Christopher Dmise, left, and Brandon Knok, right, begin their murals.
Zaila Barba-Oliveri, top left, Phyllis Barba, top right, and Courtney Karnes, bottom, work on their collaborative mural with Ellie Gainey (not pictured).
Blake Reagan works from the lift on the back of The Speakeasy.
Christopher Dmise, left, and Brandon Knok, right, continue work.
Trinidad local and HSU Art department alumni Matthew Marshall, center top, pauses work on the back of Redwood Coast Energy Authority to speak to a tour group on the second day.
Claire Reynolds leads the beginning of a tour down Opera Alley on day two.
Christopher Dmise pauses work to answer questions during a tour.
Arcata High School photography students present images that represent what Redwood National and State Parks means to them.
Blake Reagan finishes his work for the day on the back of The Speakeasy.
Jenna Catsos pauses while leading a tour, to point out Matt Beard’s piece that had yet to start.
Ellie Gainey, left, Phyllis Barba, middle-left, Zaila Barba-Oliveri, middle-right, and Courtney Karnes, right, pause work to introduce themselves to a tour.
Stock Schlueter mixes acrylic paint on day two the Eureka Street Art Festival.
Rachel, left, and Stock Schlueter, right, work on their murals just outside C Street Studios, where they each have their own studio.
Director of the Black Faun Art Gallery Claire Reynolds details the work of Elizabeth Berrien at the end of a tour.
Rachel Schlueter opened up her studio to the public after the end of a tour.
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James Carey pauses to look at a printed image of the mural he and Dave Van Patten, not pictured, are painting on the side of The Shanty.
Matt Beard’s work on Eureka’s unofficial community board in Old Town.
Anna Sofia Amezcua’s progress as of Monday evening.
The work progress of Christopher Dmise, left, and Brandon Knox, right as of Monday.
Dave Van Patten uses a bucket lift to paint the his piece on the side of The Shanty.
Stock Schlueter’s piece as of Monday evening.
Rachel Schlueter’s work as of Monday evening.
“Everything That Makes You Feel Bad Is A Lie,” the second piece from Anna Sofia Amezcua featured in the Eureka Street Art Festival.
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The only mural not in Opera Alley, Xavi Panneton’s work as of Monday evening.
Xavi Panneton puts finishing touches after a 9-hour day of spray painting his mural on the side of the Roadway Inn on Friday.
Phyllis Barba, left, uses sharpie to detail aspects of a collaborative mural titled “Spin.”
Ellie Gainey, right, puts the final touches on her portion of “Spin” Friday evening.
Fortuna local Dakota Daetwiler’s painting pays homage a few of Eureka’s most known landmarks in her piece titled “The Madaket.”
Anna Sofia Amezcua takes a moment to pause as she works on her piece titled “This Song Has No Words” near the Speakeasy on Friday.
Wheat paste murals line the walls between F and G street in Opera Alley.
Wheat paste murals by Brian Tripp.
Brandon Knok works on his mural of a homeless man.
Working from a photo taken by his father, Matthew Marshall paints the head of an elk on the back wall of Redwood Coast Energy Authority as the sun sets over Eureka.
The seventh day of the Eureka Street Art Festival nears an end. Although Dan Kitchener’s “Electric City” was painted on the Buhne Building just over a year ago, it was still included in the festival.
Throughout the festival, digital projections lit up the Carson Block building after sunset and featured the work of local artists
A woman takes a video on her phone of Dave Van Patten’s mural on The Shanty.
Phyllis Barba continues work on her collaborative piece “Spin.”
Stock Schlueter recounts his earliest memories of Burnt Ranch and his rural Northern California childhood days spent as a self-described “first generation hillbilly.”
Matt Beard continues his work on a utility box known to some as a community posting board.
Matt Beard takes a moment to discuss the hidden messages along the border of his piece.
Lynn Jones of Just My Type Letterpress, second left, leads a street printing workshop as part of the festival.
Dave Van Patten steps back from his mural on The Shanty to plan out his next area of concentration.
Ellie Gainey adds detail to the collaborative piece “Spin.”
Ellie Gainey working on the scaffold.
Blake Reagan continues work Saturday morning before the crowds flood Old Town.
Blake Reagan paints flowers on his mural behind The Speakeasy.
Charlie Caldwell, director of the Humboldt Skatepark Collective instructs two youngsters how to balance and push on a miniature vert-ramp.
DJ Goldylocks was one of many live acts performing throughout Saturday in Opera Alley.
Anna Sofia Amezcua paints as art-neighbor Blake Reagan takes a moment to spectate.
Blake Reagan poses in a boom lift rented for artists.
Phyllis Barba, left, and Courtney Karnes, right, begin cleanup after the final day of the Eureka Street Art Festival.
One of the last artists still working, Dave Van Patten continues his work on the side of The Shanty.
Xavi Panneton’s completed mural on the side of the Roadway Inn.

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