A Hop, Skip and a Jump
Credit: Sophia Wood
A mural in the Magazine Lane alley of Norfolk's NEON District, created by a Governor's School for the Arts student.
Public art & murals
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Blue Moon
Credit: Andy Harris
A large-scale street mural in Norfolk's NEON District translating the artist's collage practice into public, painted form — a high horizon line and motion built with sponges, drywall taping knives, and other unconventional mural tools.
Build A Dream
Credit: Richard Hunt
A sculpture by nationally recognized sculptor Richard Hunt, part of the Newport News Public Art Foundation's collection. No specific address is published by the source.
Commodore James Barron
Credit: Sam Welty
A mural on Court Street in Olde Towne Portsmouth depicting Commodore James Barron with the ships HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
Great Bridge Shopping Center mural
Credit: Myke Irving
A 6-by-9-foot mural at the Great Bridge Shopping Center depicting a sunset, the Great Bridge Bridge, and a heron taking flight, with a relief sculpture of a heron adding dimension. Commissioned by Great Bridge LLC; painted between October and December 2017.
Harbor of Stories
Credit: Washington Glass Studio
A schooner-shaped sculpture of powder-coated steel and community-made cast glass panels in Historic Kempsville, created through public glass-making workshops reflecting the area's maritime, pre-Colonial, Indigenous, and religious history.
Hidden in the Pages
Credit: Cyd Chambers Player
A 3,000-pound, 26-foot-long outdoor sculpture in front of the James City County Library, depicting open books with pages standing 6 feet, 6 inches tall (each page 6 by 4 feet). Made of galvanized and painted materials, able to disassemble into 15–20 parts for transport and installation. Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of Williamsburg Regional Library.
Horizon
Credit: Alexandra Pierre-Charles
A mural on Magazine Lane in Norfolk's NEON District, created by a Governor's School for the Arts student.
It Makes Me Want a Hot Dog Real Bad
Credit: Heidi Peelen
A mural in Norfolk's NEON District. No specific street address is published by the source, so none is asserted.
Jewel of the Intracoastal
Credit: Myke Irving
A sculpture in the Blue Heron Waterway Gallery, an outdoor public art display between the Great Bridge drawbridge and the Great Bridge locks in Chesapeake's Great Bridge Locks Park.
King Neptune
Credit: Paul DiPasquale
A 34-foot cast bronze statue of Neptune with his trident, resting a hand on an 11-foot loggerhead turtle, at Neptune Park on the Oceanfront. Commissioned by the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival and funded entirely by private contributions.
LOVE Sculpture
Credit: Orlen Stauffer (design), Irving Wolff (fabrication)
A public LOVE sculpture on Crawford Parkway in Portsmouth.
Max Roach Mural
Credit: Scott Nurkin (The Mural Shop)
A mural portrait of jazz drummer Max Roach, born in Newland Township, Pasquotank County (near Elizabeth City) in 1924, painted January 7-10, 2024 for Roach's 100th birthday and part of the statewide NC Musician Murals Trail celebrating North Carolina's influential musicians in their hometowns.
Monument to Service
Credit: Greg Henry
A 15-foot granite monument in front of Newport News Police Headquarters, honoring all who serve the community — 'past, present and future' — including but not limited to law enforcement. Features the Newport News Police badge, benches, and a black granite fountain inscribed "with a common mission." Made from Pennsylvania granite and installed in 2009.
New Energy of Norfolk
Credit: Rick Nickel
A mural marking the northern entrance to Norfolk's NEON District.
Off The Hook
Credit: Myke Irving
A sculpture in the Blue Heron Waterway Gallery, an outdoor public art display between the Great Bridge drawbridge and the Great Bridge locks in Chesapeake's Great Bridge Locks Park.
Papilio Glaucus
Credit: Silas Baker
A mural depicting an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, on an exterior wall behind the Food Lion at Midtown Row. Commissioned through the City of Williamsburg Public Art Council's bid process; completed October 2022, unveiled November 17, 2022.
Peace Quilt
Credit: Steve Prince
A mural at Midtown Row created in partnership with the Virginia African American Cultural Center, the City of Williamsburg Public Art Council, and ViBe Creative District. In the artist's own words: "Peace Quilt tells a story about America from the East to the West, and from the North to the South and beckons us to remember the past while moving forward into an untouched future collectively working for peace."
Perquimans Arts League Alley Mural
Credit: Anna Robertson and David LaPerrier
A flowers-and-dragonflies mural on the rear brick wall of the Perquimans Arts League gallery, facing Barrows Alley in downtown Hertford. Painted by Anna Robertson (lead designer) and David LaPerrier (co-lead) beginning in June 2022, funded by a small Perquimans Arts League grassroots grant, and launched to coincide with Hertford's first Friday Night Stroll of the summer.
Recalibration and Long Lines of Communication
Credit: The Night Owl
A mural on the Voss Street skybridge in Norfolk's NEON District, by Richmond-based artist The Night Owl.
Seashore Cathedral
Credit: Giuseppe Percivati (Pepe Gaka)
A series of geometric enamel murals on the Rudee Walkway underpass columns evoking stained glass, with vignettes reflecting Virginia Beach's maritime heritage. Recognized by Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network as one of the year's most compelling public artworks nationally.
Serenity
Credit: Myke Irving
A sculpture in the Blue Heron Waterway Gallery, an outdoor public art display between the Great Bridge drawbridge and the Great Bridge locks in Chesapeake's Great Bridge Locks Park.
Skate Park
Credit: Jeff L. Hall
A roughly 16-foot steel and UV-protected fiberglass sculpture at Woodstock Skate Park, with an abstract wheel-tread-themed lighted base supporting stacked rings that frame silhouettes of skateboarders, roller bladers, scooter riders, and BMX bikers.
Starfinder
Credit: Owen Morrel
A sculpture in the Newport News Public Art Foundation's collection, sited somewhere among the city's parks, green spaces, and streetscapes. No specific address is published by the source.
The Canoes
Credit: Donald Lipski
A 36-foot sculpture of ten aluminum canoes with filigree patterns cut into the metal, joined in a stylized sunburst atop a tall arch on the Lesner Bridge pedestrian overlook, referencing the Lynnhaven Inlet's early settler history.
The Hole Truth
Credit: Mickael Broth ("The Night Owl")
Two human-scale abstract sculptures installed on the historic block of East Clay Street in front of The Valentine museum, each with a hole through its center and a mirrored surface — an interactive, publicly accessible work sized to let visitors of different heights and abilities engage with it directly.
The Listener
Credit: Nico Cathcart
A large-scale mural on the Warwick Apartments building overlooking the James River in downtown Newport News, part of the Newport News Street Museum's city-wide mural program.
Tides of Change
Credit: Lynda Andrews-Barry
A community-driven sculpture at Rudee Loop transforming plastic waste into an ocean-inspired form, built from aluminum, concrete, and recycled materials to raise awareness of marine conservation.
Untitled mural (Britt Flood)
Credit: Britt Flood
A mural on the exterior of the Food Lion at Midtown Row (1242 Richmond Road), adjacent to Silas Baker's "Papilio Glaucus." Installed over Memorial Day weekend 2023; the artist, North Carolina-based, was selected from 13 submissions through the Williamsburg Public Art Council's public RFQ process. No title for the piece was given in the sourced coverage.
Upward Aspirations
Credit: Myke Irving
A sculpture in the Blue Heron Waterway Gallery, an outdoor public art display between the Great Bridge drawbridge and the Great Bridge locks in Chesapeake's Great Bridge Locks Park.
William Crawford Statue
Credit: Sue Landerman
A public sculpture on High Street in Olde Towne Portsmouth, part of the neighborhood's public art walking tour.
Windsor Mural Project
Credit: Andrew and Sarah McWilson (Hand in Hand Creative)
A community mural centered on a parachute motif symbolizing unity, painted on a formerly blank wall bordering a downtown parking area, with community 'doodle days' and painting sessions letting Windsor residents contribute to the finished work. Incorporates imagery from an earlier mural honoring Bertie County High School's class of 1993.