GETTING OUT ON THAT INTERSTATE RIGHT NOW, IT IS 601 AND TOMORROW MARKS TEN YEARS SINCE THE MASSACRE AT PULSE NIGHTCLUB. INCREDIBLE, RIGHT? IT’S BEEN A DECADE. AND THIS MORNING AN EXHIBIT IS OPENING FEATURING PORTRAITS OF THE 49 VICTIMS. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN LIVE AT ORLANDO CITY HALL AND BOB. THOSE PORTRAITS ARE BEAUTIFUL, AND IT’S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THEY WERE PAINTED BY THE VICTIMS LOVED ONES. NANCY. THEY WERE PAINTED ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THE ATTACK FIRST HAPPENED. NOW THEY’RE GOING ON DISPLAY INSIDE ORLANDO CITY HALL, AND WE WERE THERE WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY FIRST CREATED BACK IN 2017. THEY WERE SKETCHED BY A LOCAL ARTIST. THE OUTLINE WAS. AND THEN FAMILY MEMBERS OR VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO FILL THE PICTURES IN WITH PAINT AND A PAINT BY NUMBERS FORMAT. IT’S CALLED PORTRAITS OF PULSE. THE CITY SAYS MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EXHIBIT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A TRAVELING MEMORIAL, BUT THEY HAVEN’T BEEN DISPLAYED IN SEVERAL YEARS. WE’RE TOLD MANY OF THEM ARE FULLY PAINTED. SOME WERE LEFT INCOMPLETE ON PURPOSE BY FAMILY MEMBERS. ALL OF THAT IS LEADING INTO TOMORROW’S OFFICIAL CEREMONY AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THAT WILL FEATURE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING BY THE ORLANDO GAY CHORUS, AND AT THE END, A CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY WHERE THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS WILL BE READ OUT LOUD. NOW BACK TO THOSE PORTRAITS OF PULSE THAT WILL BE GOING ON DISPLAY AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, STARTING AT 9:00 THIS MORNING IN THE GALLERY AT ORLANDO CIT
Portraits of Pulse exhibit opening in Orlando to honor nightclub victims
Updated: 6:48 AM EDT Jun 11, 2026
An exhibit honoring the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre opens Thursday morning at Orlando City Hall.Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. The “Portraits of Pulse” exhibit features paintings created a year after the attack. The portraits were sketched by a local artist and filled in with color by family members or volunteers using a paint-by-numbers format. The city said more than 1,000 people contributed to the paintings, which were originally part of a traveling memorial. Many of the portraits are fully painted, while some were intentionally left incomplete by family members. The exhibit, which has not been displayed in several years, opens at 9 a.m. today at the gallery inside City Hall. The exhibit leads into Friday’s official remembrance ceremony at First United Methodist Church. The event will feature musical performances, including by the Orlando Gay Chorus, and conclude with a candlelight ceremony where the names of the 49 victims will be read.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
An exhibit honoring the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre opens Thursday morning at Orlando City Hall.
Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.
The “Portraits of Pulse” exhibit features paintings created a year after the attack.
The portraits were sketched by a local artist and filled in with color by family members or volunteers using a paint-by-numbers format.
The city said more than 1,000 people contributed to the paintings, which were originally part of a traveling memorial.
Many of the portraits are fully painted, while some were intentionally left incomplete by family members.
The exhibit, which has not been displayed in several years, opens at 9 a.m. today at the gallery inside City Hall.
The exhibit leads into Friday’s official remembrance ceremony at First United Methodist Church.
The event will feature musical performances, including by the Orlando Gay Chorus, and conclude with a candlelight ceremony where the names of the 49 victims will be read.