Serendipity Dance Club at the Hardin Center by Joseph Giri - Gadsden, AL
Placemaking through murals
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.
Chief Eufaula: Creek Indian Removal by Bruce Ricket - Dothan, AL
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Sunshine Mural by Presley Langley - Montgomery, AL
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The Alabama Mural Project
“If you want to learn about a city, look at its walls.”
Greek artist INO
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Murals build a sense of community that drives travelers and locals alike to visit locations off the well-known tourist routes.
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. |
“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.” |
Love Murals?
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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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Space is Our Place by Jahni Moore - Huntsville, AL
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Upside Down City by Marcus Fetch - Birmingham, AL
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Caring Days by Rhys Greene and Linda Munoz - Tuscaloosa, AL
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Do you have a community mural?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!
If you have any questions please contact Candace Johnson, 205-348-8338 or candace.c.johnson@ua.edu. Thank you and we look forward to seeing your community murals. |
