Faces of Orlando’s Art Scene at CityArts

Located in the heart of Downtown Orlando, CityArts is a collection of galleries that gives local and regional artists a place to exhibit their work while giving the community a place to experience it.

Operated by the Downtown Arts District, the space brings several galleries together under one roof, featuring everything from established Orlando artists and local collectives to emerging artists showing their work for the first time.

B-SIDE, which opened their group exhibition upstairs in the Signature Gallery, has been a part of Orlando’s art scene for nearly two decades. The collective grew out of a group of local street artists who began coming together around 2008, painting live and creating their own opportunities to share their work. Their connection to CityArts goes back more than a decade, with B-SIDE artists exhibiting at the original CityArts Factory and continuing to show their work in the space today. Over the years, many of the artists connected to B-SIDE have left their mark throughout Orlando through murals, installations and other public works that have become part of the visual identity of the city.