Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Will Join Art Community and Downtown Houston Officials in Unveiling Murals

New Murals Bring Total to More than 2 Dozen Pieces of Art on Downtown Buildings that are Part of Big Art. Bigger Change

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Central Houston Inc., Houston Downtown Management District and Street Art for Mankind officials will unveil more murals added to Big Art. Bigger Change., the downtown outdoor art exhibition spanning more than a mile from the Hilton Americas Houston Hotel to the Historic District and another mile from the banks of Buffalo Bayou to south downtown. The new murals bring the total to more than two dozen in the Big Art. Bigger Change project. Internationally recognized street artists created the artworks. The murals were reviewed by a committee of Houston community and arts leaders to reflect the United Nations General Assembly’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which include gender equality, quality education, climate action, and clean water and sanitation.

The event is Saturday, May 27, at 10 a.m. at the University of Houston–Downtown College of Public Service Building.

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, President & CEO of Central Houston Inc. and Houston Downtown Management District Kristopher Larson, and Founders of Street Art for Mankind World’s most acclaimed fine art muralists World’s most acclaimed fine art muralists Audrey and Thibault Decker.