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New colorful crosswalk murals to brighten Downtown Spartanburg, raise pedestrian visibility

New colorful crosswalk murals to brighten Downtown Spartanburg, raise pedestrian visibility

FromSpartanburg City News


New colorful crosswalk murals to brighten Downtown Spartanburg, raise pedestrian visibility

FromSpartanburg City News

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jul 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Pedestrians in Downtown Spartanburg will soon have a safer, more visible walk across some key intersections thanks to some planned for the intersections of Main St. and King St., Main St. and Spring St., and Main St. and Magnolia St. Each installation is being designed and painted by a different local artist or artist team with Michael Webster painting Main St. and King St., Matthew Donaldson painting Main St. and Spring St., and Frankie Page and Adrian Meadows painting Main St. and Magnolia St. The artists were chosen by a panel from the Spartanburg Downtown Cultural District Steering Committee made up of businesses, residents, arts leaders, city officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives.    Today on the podcast, we're talking with Eric Kocher, Creative Placemaking and HUB-BUB Director at Chapman Cultural Center, about the murals. We also talk with outgoing HUB-BUB Artist-in-Residence Ambrin Ling about her time in Spartanburg and her collaborative art project, . This project features small paintings that are part of a single series portraying the many, diverse visions of home as contributed by individual citizens in our area. Ambrin will be giving a talk about the paintings during  Listen below for more.
Released:
Jul 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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