Water’s Perfect Memory
Project Location: Booker Creek Trail, Chapel Hill, NCClient: Town of Chapel Hill What’s a town to do with six concrete cylinder eyesores along a beautiful rambling greenway? Murals! The answer is always murals isn’t it? NC Public Art won the opportunity to decorate these jutting, crumbling structures and turn them into something memorable. These cylinders,…
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The Power of Persistence
Project Location: 140 West Urban Plaza, Chapel Hill, NCClient: Town of Chapel Hill 140 West Urban Plaza in Chapel Hill is the crown jewel of the larger town masterplan initiative to invigorate this college down with a welcoming, pedestrian geared landscape. Encircled by mixed-use development that creates a commercial connective tissue with Rosemary Street and…
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Destination Becomes Home
Project Location: Apex Public Works Building, Apex, NCClient: Town of Apex This project was an adventure to paint! As can be seen, the mural on the side of the Apex Public Works building presides over a large water retention area, meaning the project necessitated the use of a boom lift to access. As such, we…
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Take the ‘A’ Train
Project Location: Hillsborough, NCClient: Town of Hillsborough As the very first mural in historic downtown Hillsborough the owners of Volume Records and Beer, and the building owners at Margaret Lane Gallery knew that they needed something special. Luckily Anthony, record slinger extraordinaire at Volume, already had an idea to feature the one and only Billy…
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Yesterday’s Tomorrow
Project Location: Durham City Hall, Durham, NCClient: City of Durham Located at Durham City Hall, the Office of Planning had a dilemma: a giant bright wall in the atrium was hit by the sun every day and blinded anyone in the office. Enter NC Public Art with a colorful mural to break up the wall,…
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Tiger Tears
Project Location: Roxboro, NCClient: Private Tiger Tears is an early NC Public Art mural commissioned to call attention to the plight of big cats in the world. The bold colors and iconic design create a sense of peace, but remind the viewer to keep these disappearing wonders close in mind, for one day soon we…
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Venice on the Rancocas
Project Location: Mill Race Village, NJClient: Mill Race Village Before moving the North Carolina we plied our trade in New Jersey. Venice on the Rancocas was created in partnership with the awesome Jim Lemyre, muralist extraordinaire, as lead artist. Much of the design work for this came from his own aesthetics, but we handled the…
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Autumn
Project Location: Mt. Holly, NJClient: Town of Mt. Holly The first mural designed by NC Public Art. Fantastic muralist, Jim Lemyre, partnered on this one, but left the design work up to us. The client wanted something bright, engaging, and featuring her two adopted children. We delivered on all fronts, right in the heart of…
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