Graffiti Wall Austin Texas – Hope Outdoor Gallery Graffiti Park ATX

I love taking photos of graffiti and public art while I am traveling and at home. The graffiti wall in Austin Texas has been around for several years but I only just stumbled upon the downtown graffiti art park in 2014. Waiting on an appointment downtown and killing some time I walked around Castle Hill area and found this fantastic outdoor wall art.

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UPDATE Dec 1, 2025: Hope Outdoor Gallery Graffiti Park Austin reopened on November 28, 2025 with a special weekend event. The new location is 741 Dalton Lane, across from Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Winter hours: Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.

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New Graffiti Park in Austin

The Hope Outdoor Gallery new location at 941 Dalton Lane (near Austin Bergstrom International Airport) offers more than the ever changing colorful graffiti art. The new digs include a permanent collection of graffiti murals, an event center, coffee shop, paint supply shop, and washrooms.

I was impressed when I visited the new Hope Outdoor Gallery on opening day, November 28, 2025. The site looks amazing with the circular design for the permanent outdoor graffiti gallery and event space. Concrete walls and shipping containers provided the canvas for people of all ages who were spray painting their original designs.

Quote from the HOPE Outdoor Gallery:

“The new HOPE Outdoor Gallery (HOG) will be an art park & full service events center where people can experience large scale public art, new creative technology, and educational arts events in an open-air environment while attending inspiring cultural events, classes, camps, and productions.”

Looking out of an airplane window while  approaching Austin Bergstrom airport you’ll notice the buildings housing all of these activities and events are shaped to form the word HOPE. On the ground you can watch airplanes flying low as they approach the airport.

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Original Graffiti Park in Downtown Austin

The original Hope Outdoor Gallery graffiti park was located at Baylor and 11th Street in central Austin back in March 2010. The location was at a former construction site with several sections of the concrete foundation that provided a canvas for graffiti artists.

 

So far as urban parks go my favorites in Austin were always the graffiti park and Zilker Botanical Garden. Two totally different inner city spaces but both put a smile on my face every time I visited.

Another beautiful park in Austin that always brings happy faces is Mayfield Park. There are peacocks roaming around and hiking trails. Check it out.

 

The location is also known as Castle Hill – in the photo below you can see a portion of the castle – formerly the Texas Military Institute and now home to Castle Hill Partners – the private owners of the space known as the graffiti wall or Hope Outdoor Gallery.

 

Castle Hill Partners agreed in 2011 to allow the Outdoor Gallery Project to paint artwork on the walls. The work was later tagged and painted over by local graffiti artists and piles of trash collected on the site.

It was at risk of being closed to the public and no trespassing signs were posted for a time. The signs are gone now and the site has become somewhat of a tourist attraction in Austin.

 

Original Hope Outdoor Gallery Graffiti Park Artist Sign Up

In the old days artists could sign up to paint; there was an information booth at the site when I visited the park in January of 2014.

 

There were several sponsors of the Hope Outdoor Gallery including Austin Resource Recovery which aims to “turn waste into resources while keeping our community clean”. I did notice several trash and recycling containers at the site.

 

Original Graffiti Park Austin Images

Below are some more photos from the original graffiti wall in Austin. The old graffiti park was at Baylor and 11 Street in downtown Austin and served as a creative outlet for artists and a wonderful outdoor gallery for anyone to visit and explore the ever changing painted concrete walls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this virtual tour of Hope Outdoor Gallery graffiti park in Austin Texas. Personally I love graffiti and street art and I seek it out when I travel. Cities like Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, and Barcelona have some incredible graffiti murals. Often you may stumble across street art in small towns such as the murals in Alpine Texas.

Enjoy exploring street art and graffiti wherever you go!

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