Some people locally are working to keep us from retreating completely to our own private bubbles. When C-VILLE spoke with him for this week’s cover story on mural art, co-organizer Greg Kelly acknowledged that “public art is a very tricky arena to be in.” How do you paint something that makes people proud but also makes them think? The Charlottesville Mural Project’s answer seems to be: make lots of it. Organizers plan to do at least two murals a year, and some of that art they hope will get us thinking and talking about people and events we often ignore. Read the cover story here, and don’t forget to leave comments.
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