“Los Alcazares has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants, next to the Mediterranean Sea -in fact it is on the edge of an inland sea called Mar Menor,” says photographer Luis Olive Bulbena of this recent trip he took to Murcia to see the ALCÁZARES festival of mural art by primarily urban artists.
Pichi & Avo. Detail. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Begun only a couple of short years ago by a consortium of about 70 artists, friends, and local business people, the festival is transforming the small town with murals, and according to most people it is pretty popular.
With community involvement, music, and other programming, the central tenets stem from one cultural association called “The Company of Mario”.
You can learn more about them from their Facebook page here.
Read an interview in Spanish with Carmen Minuca, the Vice President of LACDM, about the genesis of the organization and festival here.
Pichi & Avo. Detail. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Pichi & Avo (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Jorge Pina Abiétar (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Willy Arenas (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Willy Arenas & Goyo203 (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
XAV (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Dan Ferrer (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Sabotaje Al Montaje (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Pachucho (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Dulk (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Gripe & D Juez (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Wesr (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Hamgeo (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Jorge Pina (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
El Niño De Las Pinturas (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Our sincere thanks to BSA contributor Lluis Olive Bulbena for sharing his photos exclusively for us.
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