Murals coming to fill downtown Augusta

AUGUSTA — Downtown Augusta has plenty of historic architecture, but when it comes to public art, it is a relatively blank canvas.

Multiple groups of people, each led by at least one artist, plan to change that this summer, by painting several murals on some of the most highly-visible, if now pretty plain-looking, building walls in the downtown.

What the murals will each feature for artwork is still being finalized. Organizers said they are intentionally avoiding having a common theme running through them, favoring, instead, variety they hope will bring some vibrancy, and visitors, to the downtown, which was named to the National Register of Historic Places earlier this year.

“Study after study has shown arts and culture are a great vehicle for economic development,” said Michael Hall, executive director of the Augusta Downtown Alliance. “If you improve the way your downtown looks, it improves the way people see it. And we need a little bit of vibrancy downtown.”

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