Street art spring hits
New public murals and projects are popping up: Evan Barlow painted a pride mural with Oldham students, Ragan Windsor turned downtown Foley crosswalks into seven colorful murals for joy and traffic calming, and Mexico City’s 'Anime Muros' by Marco Antonio Cruz leans on local talent for social investment. There’s also a free NYC street‑art gallery show on April 2 tied to an SPRVILLN shoe drop — lots to see in urban art this week. (x.com) (x.com) (x.com) (x.com) (x.com)
Seven hand‑painted crosswalk murals now span key downtown Foley intersections — the installations were completed during February and March 2026 and were paid for with a Main Street Alabama grant. (obawebsite.com) Foley City Council approved temporary street closures of roughly two days per location to allow painting, with work scheduled early in the week to avoid weekend traffic and the project slated to finish by the end of March 2026. (cityoffoley.org) Local officials and the project brief cite a Bloomberg Philanthropies study that found decorative asphalt art at some sites cut crashes involving pedestrians and other vulnerable road users by about 50% and increased drivers yielding at unsignalized intersections. (obawebsite.com) EdStart Schools’ Oldham site reported a collaboration with internationally recognised muralist Evan Barlow in coverage dated March 19, 2026, naming the school partnership as the setting for the project. (findglocal.com) Evan Barlow’s professional profile notes he is originally from Moston, Manchester, has worked internationally on large‑scale murals and runs community workshops that engage children and adults in public art projects. (evanbarlowart.com) In Mexico City the Animuros project, led by Marco Antonio Cruz (known as “Beloz”), has placed anime‑inspired murals on at least a dozen walls and school sites across the capital since its launch, and El Universal reported his early One Piece mural reached more than 5 million views on TikTok. (tvazteca.com) SPRVILLN is staging “Unauthorized Culture: Works Seized From Binksy” at Gallery MC, 549 W 52nd St in New York on April 2, 2026, with an opening reception from 6 p.m., more than a dozen new works on view, and a limited Binksy shoe drop — 29 pairs listed at $199 on the SPRVILLN drop page. (eventbrite.com)
