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THE ALABAMA MURAL TRAIL

Visit the Trail
The goal of the Alabama Mural Trail is to provide the state of Alabama a sense of community, to drive economic impact, and to bring people together. By inventorying and promoting murals in all 67 of Alabama's counties, UACED hopes to encourage both locals and tourists to find someplace new and discover the beautiful art Alabama has to offer.

Placemaking through murals is a key aspect to the Alabama Mural Trail. ​Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. Placemaking capitalizes on a local community's assets, inspiration, and potential, with the intention of creating public spaces that promote people's health, happiness, and well-being.

​Phase I of the Alabama Mural Trail is planned to launch this summer. Visit www.alabamamuraltrail.org to keep up with the trail's progress.
Murals build a sense of community that drives travelers and locals alike to visit locations off the well-known tourist routes.
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Public art can drive significant economic impact by attracting tourists who spend their dollars locally, as well as potential new residents and business investors looking for a dynamic new place to live and work.

​Public art is a great way to bring people together by overcoming socioeconomic divisions, differences in physical abilities and language barriers.


​“If you want to learn about a city, look at its walls.”
–
Greek Artist INO
“Instagram has changed the way the Millennial generation travels and seeks out new places to explore; and, most importantly, how murals can be a relatively easy, quick and cost-effective way to improve a city’s aesthetic while injecting economic vitality into an area otherwise primed for tourism.”
–​
Kristin Luna, 2018 
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"Greetings from Historing Greensboro" by Donald Walker 
Greensboro, AL 

Make sure your community mural is included in the
​Alabama Mural Trail!

 The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development (UACED) wants to know about your community murals. We are in the process of creating a statewide mural trail and our first step is inventorying all existing murals in Alabama. After we have a good inventory of the existing ones we will then begin taking suggestions for locations for new ones! UACED is planning to launch the first stage of the trail this summer. Submit your community's murals soon to be included in the first round!

​If you have any questions please contact Candace Johnson at (205) 348-8338 or candace.c.johnson@ua.edu.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing your community murals. 

Criteria for being included in the official trail

  • Mural must be publicly accessible 24 hours a day.
  • Provide a physical address for the mural.
  • Murals must be outdoors only.
  • Mural must be able to be photographed with a selfie/person standing in front of the mural (no skyline/rooftop murals).
  • Mural must have a high-resolution photograph (72 ppi).
  • Must place Alabama Mural Trail sticker in the bottom left-hand corner of the mural (stickers are for external use only).
  • Must be in good condition and easily visible (not too faded or grown over).
  • UACED will make the final decision as to which murals will be included in the trail. Additions to the trail will be made through multiple phases. Priority for Phase I will be given to areas less traveled and murals that are unique and diverse in type. Examples of types of murals include, but are not limited to:
    • Rustic/antique
    • Colorful/pop-art
    • Murals featuring people
    • Murals featuring phrases​
view submitted murals as of January 2023

Don't miss out on this opportunity!

UACED wants to make sure all 67 of Alabama's counties are represented in the Alabama Mural Trail.
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There are currently 10 counties that have yet to be placed on the trail due to no submissions, incomplete submissions, or submissions that failed to meet the requirements (i.e. mural is too faded or elevated). We want to hear about your murals!

​​​If you live or work in one of these 10 counties and know there's a great mural in your community, fill out the form below.
  • Autauga
  • Bibb
  • Chambers
  • Cherokee
  • Choctaw
  • Geneva​
  • Henry
  • Lowndes​​
  • Talladega
  • ​Winston
Submit a Mural

Love Murals?

​Alabama already has many murals scattered across the state. Some groups, like Murals of Alabama, Trés, and Instagram influencer Viktoria Havasi @MagicCityMurals have graciously shared their content on murals throughout Alabama.
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"Mockingbird" by Steve McNider
​Monroeville, AL 

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"Edmund Pettus Bridge" by Sunny Paulk & Corey Spearman
​Montgomery, AL 

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"Glass Orthodontics Mural" by
​Patti Gillespie 
Atmore, AL 

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Box 870138
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Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone - 205.348.7058
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