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Outdoor Mural/Music Festival: It's a Wrap

Festival Overview

MillHouse and the Cotton Mill Partners thank you for attending our 3nd juried OUTDOOR Mural Festival at the McKinney Cotton Mill. We now have 33 murals adorning the historic Cotton Mill facility. Come by for a tour.


NOTE: We're pausing MuralFest to tackle new projects. Stay tuned.


                                    HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR 2024 EVENT: 


Featured muralist: Alex Bugg of Littleton, Colorado.


MuralFest is a family-friendly festival with live music, food, and drinks and artists painting live while you watch. Free admission.

The HEB Helping Here Music Stage offered a full lineup of musicians performing throughout the festival. Muralists will paint on either side of the stage. The Community Canvas paint station offered participants an opportunity to add to the collaborative mural designed by MillHouse Gallery Artists Dana Brock and Gail Delger. 


Food and drinks was provided by Luchas Tacos, Oopsie Scoopsie Ice Cream, and Boozy Bar Dallas; as well as coffee and snacks at White Box Roastery inside the Cotton Mill.


SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MURALIST MENTOR ALLI KOCH OF ALLIKDESIGN.


                 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU!

Festival Hosts

MillHouse Foundation partners with the Cotton Mill Partners to offer art festivals to showcase local and regional talent, and to bring art patrons to historic McKinney to shop, eat, and enjoy our marvelous city. Sister nonprofits, MillHouse Foundation and MillHouse McKinney, operate out of the Cotton Mill to lift up micro-business women in creative fields. 


The McKinney Cotton Mill is a century-old property that has played a vital role in the McKinney community. The industrial equipment and unique features that once made the place the largest denim manufacturer in the World still remains today, making it a one-of-a-kind destination for artists, businesses, weddings, corporate events, and art festivals.


Funding and in-kind support is provided by the Cotton Mill Partners,  McKinney Arts Commission, Visit McKinney, McKinney Community Development Corporation, and festival sponsors, listed below.

Alex Bugg 2024 Featured Muralist

Animator, illustator, muralist Alex Bugg is this year's featured muralist. Her mural is generously sponsored by Mark & Lori Farrell.


Her "Spirit of Texas Music" design is a companion piece to her 2023 mural, "Spirit of Texas Summer." This design is a love letter to the wonderful culture of music that permeates across the state of Texas. Her design includes bright, colorful retro motifs of florals and sunshine, and highlights women artists in Texas music (Janis Joplin, Selena, Beyonce, Kacy Musgraves) as well as the talent and spirit of women artists at MillHouse and McKinney.


Learn more about Alex on her website.

12x20 ft Exterior Wall Muralists: Denise Kendrick, Audie Pope, Trenise Williams

MillHouse MuralFest 2024 Muralist Audie Pope. Sponsor: Presidium

    Auction Muralists: 8x4 & 8x8 ft Take Home Murals

    MillHouse MuralFest 2024 Muralist Ivanevid, "New Texas Feeling.

      Rosie the Camper design by Artist Nolan Mueller

      MillHouse Muralfest 2024 Rosie the Vintage Camper design by Artist Nolan Mueller, sponsored by MNC Candle Co

      MillHouse Muralfest 2024 Rosie the Vintage Camper design by Artist Nolan Mueller

      MuralFest Music Stage: Sponsored By HEB Helping Here

      MuralFest 2024 Performer Ginny Mac

      Ginny Mac

      Travelin Jed Band

      Abram Olivas

      Ginny Mac, FRIDAY VIP Reception performer, brings a fresh twist to Country & Western Swing vocals and instrumentals

      MuralFest 2024 performer Abram Olivas

      Abram Olivas

      Travelin Jed Band

      Abram Olivas

      SATURDAY June 1 at 10 am

      DFW Bassist, composer, arranger, educator
      HUD Field economist

      MuralFest 2024 performer Erick Fayard

      Erick Fayard

      Travelin Jed Band

      Travelin Jed Band

      SATURDAY June 1 at 12 pm

      Singer-Songwriter, REALTOR®, Recruiter, Ambassador. 

      MuralFest 2024 performer: Travelin Jed Band

      Travelin Jed Band

      Travelin Jed Band

      Travelin Jed Band

      SATURDAY,June 1 at 2:15 pm

      Travelin' Jed Band offers blues, soul, and rock n' roll. 

      MuralFest 2024 musician Amanda Riley

      Amanda Riley

      Festival Emcees

      Aaron Whitman

      SUNDAY, June 2 at 10 am

      Amanda's soulful voice is insired by Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Alicia Keys. 

      Aaron Whitman

      Festival Emcees

      Aaron Whitman

      SUNDAY June 2 at 12 pm

      Dallas-based award-winning saxohonist, multi-intrumentalist, and music producer.

      MuralFest 2024 performer Rachel Stacy

      Rachel Stacy

      Festival Emcees

      Festival Emcees

      SUNDAY June 2 at 2:15 pm

      Rachel fuses blues and country with vocals accompanied by guitar and fiddle.

      MuralFest Celebrity Emcees Celeste Seitz and Markus Lloyd will host this year's festival from the HE

      Festival Emcees

      Festival Emcees

      Festival Emcees

       MuralFest Celebrity Emcees Celeste Seitz and Markus Lloyd will host this year's festival from the HEB Helping Here Stage. 

      Event Photos

      Our Partners & Sponsors

      McKinney Cotton Mill Arts & Design District
      McKinney community development corporation
      visit mckinney
      McKinney Arts Commission
      HEB Helping Here
      Presidium
      Favorite Brands
      MNC Candle Co
      Higier Allen & Lautin
      Kroger Delivery Freshcard

      Food & Drink Vendors

      2023 Featured Muralist: Audie Pope

      Audie Pope of Audie Anne Art is this year's featured muralist. Her design is featured on our collectible festival T-shirt.


      Audie uses graphic design elements such as flat planes of color and linework to display the vibrancy found in nature in her art with crisp shapes work in tandem with organic texture to create an illustrative style.


      Learn more about Audie on her website.

      2023 Wall Muralists

      "Texas Woman" by Texas Artist Rita Vicari. 

      Rita uses bright colors that reflect the symbolism of living life to the fullest, finding joy, striving to be a better version of ourselves. She combines symbols to create dreamy yet powerful images that inspire and motivate.


        SPECIAL THANKS TO 2023 MURAL SPONSORS!

        The Cotton Mill Partners
        Lori and Raj Bhargava
        David & Barbara Kelly 
        LuAnne Malnory, Bottle Britches LLC 
        Bruce and Shelly Mead
        Stacy De La Cruz, RE/MAX Dallas Suburbs
        Dana Brock Art
        33 Restaurant Group
        Wayne & Connie Luna and Family

        The Body Shop Collision Repair

        Beth Beck for Bailey Elizabeth Brown

        Benchmark Bank

        Judy Moody
        Visit McKinney

        McKinney Christian Academy

        MuralFest Soundstage Sponsor: McCarthy Family Foundation

        Funding and In-Kind Support provided by Partners & Sponsors.

        Cotton Mill Arts and Design District
        Visit McKinney
        McKinney Community Development Corporation
        McCarthy Family Foundation

        2022 FEATURED MURALIST

        IVANEVID of Allen, TX

        His design represents the day with the bright and iconic sun of Texas, and the Moon and starry nights in Mckinney. Look closely in the design to see if you can find some of the attributes the artist believes make Texas a great state: Freedom, Strength, Love, and Nature. 

        IVANEVID: Previous Murals

        From Ivan: "I love creating art on big canvases. You'll find my work in Mexico City 'Pedregal San Angel' 23X66 ft exterior wall, 2019; Guadalajara, Mexico; 'Bob Marlin Restaurant' 26X19 ft indoor, 2014;  'UAM College' 20X65 ft exterior wall, 2016;  Tepic, Mexico 'Centro Carretero' 12X70 ft indoor in 2013, and more."

        Find out more about Ivanevid:

        http://ivanevid.com

        2022 Muralists

        Here Comes the Sun by McKinney Artist Pernie Fallon

        "My art expresses playfulness and hope through light reflected off clouds or back-lit objects."

          Special THANK YOU to our 2022 Mural Signature Sponsors

          Cotton Mill Partners

          Michael and Angie Jones

          Valley Creek Dental Care, Matt Parker, DDS

          Appian Commercial Realty

          Independent Financial

          Metro Linen

          City of McKinney

          Kraft-Oakes Real Estate

          Encore Wire

          Priscilla and Bill Darling

          Love Life Foundation

          33 Restaurant Group

          News & Articles


          Texas Monthly, Explore McKinney, April 25, 2023

          Visit McKinney-Murals Provide Extra Slash of Color Vibrancy to McKinney, Jan 4, 2023

          Dallas News Editor's Pick - MillHouse MuralFest

          Jessica Molina, MillHouse McKinney Empowered Texas Women Mural

          D0 2016 - MuralFest

          McKinney Courier-Gazette article, June 22, 2022


          Press Release

          MuralFest Press Release (pdf)

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