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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.
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Chief Eufaula: Creek Indian Removal by Bruce Ricket - Dothan, AL
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Sunshine Mural by Presley Langley - Montgomery, AL

The Alabama Mural Project


​“If you want to learn about a city, look at its walls.”
Greek artist INO

​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.

“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 

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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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

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. 
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Click here to view submitted murals as of JANUARY 8, 2021

    Please fill out form for each individual mural and submit.  You must click on SUBMIT button for each mural entered. You will receive a confirmation for each mural that is correctly submitted.  If you would rather submit multiple murals by Excel spreadsheet rather than this form please email Candace Johnson: candace.c.johnson@ua.edu

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Box 870138
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​621 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone - 205.348.7058
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