The Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency is looking for artists to paint a second set of murals on the concrete perimeter wall that surrounds the Talbot House Ministries homeless shelter. The Midtown Mini Murals Project is located on E. Parker Street and N. Tennessee Avenue.
The theme for Phase II is murals that demonstrate faith, hope or charity. The deadline to apply to paint a mural in Phase II of the project is Feb. 29.
“It’s going to showcase more artists and their capabilities. The murals are smaller, but so what? It helps to make the Talbot House a more attractive place,” said painter David Collins, 76, who is helping the CRA with the project. “We need lots of artists to apply. If we don’t have enough who apply, we may let artists do more than one.”
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