public art

The mural, which students helped paint, was the latest in a series of public art projects under the auspices of KCCI and other community partners.

23 arts organizations in Tallahassee/Leon County are scrambling after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed state arts grants. The cuts total close to a million dollars locally.

Project managers say the $1.1 million investment is the largest ever made in a Tallahassee/Leon County public art project.

Saturday's pilot exercise will be expanded to other locations by KCCI's incoming catalyst class.

Painter Pattie Maney says she'll bring her own knowledge of the artists and their works to the tours

It's the latest in a series of art in public space art projects made possible by KCCI (Knight Creative Communities Institute).

The monumental images of Zora Neale Hurston, Betty Mae Jumper and Marjorie Harris Carr are painted on an exterior wall near the corner of Park Avenue and Calhoun Street.

The idea is to discourage graffiti on the area's traffic control boxes by commissioning local artists to turn them into outdoor canvases.

The idea is to discourage graffiti on the area's traffic control boxes by commissioning local artists to turn them into outdoor canvases.

Tallahassee officials are asking residents for help funding and building a public art project called “Art Alleys” behind businesses on Gaines Street.…