The public will be able to help create selected murals at special paint-by-numbers events.
Vic Verbalaitis For the Arizona Daily Star A group of Tucson artists have banded together to rejuvenate public spaces along one of Tucson's main streets, hoping to beautify and show their love for the historic city they call home.
People are also reading… Public art encourages people to pay attention to the environment they occupy, according to Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit whose primary focus is advancing the arts in the United States. A report from the group's Public Art Network Council said public art can be essential when a municipality wishes to progress economically and to be viable to current and prospective citizens.
“There’s six of these walls. They all mirror each other, they’re all the same size, they’re right next to bus stops,” Miller said. “They’re adorning a very annoying section of road that we’re all stopped at every stoplight, so there’s some visual appeal to being able to see a mural when you’re waiting for the red light.”
Many of the public artworks seen throughout the city have to be approved before they are created. Miller’s project, like other community-based projects, went through a public art donation process at the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. To select the six muralists for the project, Miller is putting together a selection ommittee of local artists. She said her vision is to highlight six different artistic styles, but community engagement and the decisions of the committee will ultimately determine how the muralists are selected.
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