New colorful crosswalk murals to brighten Downtown Spartanburg, raise pedestrian visibility

Published: July 17, 2019, 6:40 p.m.

b"Pedestrians in Downtown Spartanburg will soon have a safer, more visible walk across some key intersections thanks to some planned for the intersections\\xa0of Main St. and King St., Main St. and Spring St., and Main St. and Magnolia St.\\xa0Each installation is being designed and painted by a different local artist or artist team with Michael Webster painting Main St. and King St., Matthew Donaldson painting Main St. and Spring St., and Frankie Page and Adrian Meadows painting Main St. and Magnolia St. The artists were chosen by a panel from the Spartanburg Downtown Cultural District Steering Committee made up of businesses, residents, arts leaders, city officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives. \\xa0\\xa0 Today on the podcast, we're talking with Eric Kocher,\\xa0Creative Placemaking and HUB-BUB Director at Chapman Cultural Center, about the murals. We also talk with outgoing HUB-BUB Artist-in-Residence Ambrin Ling about her time in Spartanburg and her collaborative art project, . This project features\\xa0small paintings that are part of a single series portraying the many, diverse visions of home as contributed by individual citizens in our area. Ambrin will be giving a talk about the paintings during \\xa0Listen below for more."