The “El Punto” Neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts now features over 75 large scale murals, by both world renowned and local artists, within a 3 block radius. It is all part of the Punto Open Air Museum, or Punto Urbana Art Project. This blog post focuses on the murals on the sides of a group lowrise (3 storey) apartment buildings in that neighbourhood. Some of these buildings are close together making it awkward to photograph the murals while still keeping in mind the residents’ privacy.
below: Avery happy woman in shades of purple, this is “Anacoana” by Ruben Ubiera, 2017

below: “Communion with us” by GLeo – a young woman in white veil, dress and gloves.


below: “Eternal Vibrations” by Trek6 (aka Oscar Montes). A hummingbird with long flowing colourful tail feathers, like ribbons blowing in the breeze as the bird flies.

below: One of the walkways between buildings.

below: Like the text says, “Here for the Imaginable” by Meg Zany, 2018

below: The shape of leaves, white on reddish brown, in an untitled mural by Veronica Rivera.

below: Part of “Stranger Things” by Jeff Henriquez, 2017 – three men in three different colours, with a night time scene with car lights and roads, running through them. (full mural in the next photo)



below: “Three Eyed Witch” by Edward Granger, 2018

below: ” El Campesino” ( or The Farmer) by Ruben Ubiera, 2017


below: Tucked back in a corner is an untitled mural by Aquarela Sabol


below: Krave’s “El Mono Fresco”

below: High up on a wall, a flower adorned head and a profile portrait of a woman, “Kaupoku” by Hula

below: Up high, a man in a white hat. The mural, “Tirando Con Pique”, is painted on a wall beside a staircase. Don Rimx is the artist. 2017

Photos taken August 2024