Indianapolis - Mural Art

I suggested in my post Revising Anderson that Anderson use public art, including murals to create tourism. That idea was ignored, of course. I will say the problem is one of my status, not that Anderson's leaders lack the imagination. 

Nuvo now reports about mural painting in Indianapolis. First Friday artist spotlight on Samuel Penazola:

A small community on the southside is turning an old potato chip factory into an art center for the punk, graffiti, and alternative artists outside the mainstream Indy art world. Indy Walls is named for its focus on murals, and there are designated free walls that are open to anyone in the community to come and paint. The community is fast at work. This First Friday, painters made art live, and artisans tabled their crafts. People are constantly building and refurbishing the building, even during the art opening, with new two-by-fours having gone up to lay out future studio spaces. Murals are covering the outside of the factory building, and the crawl spaces are covered with the stencil works of its founding members. 

So it would not be a technical problem but one of imagination and will.

sch 7/8/22