Cultural Identity Through Public Art: The MacFarlane Park Mural Project
Description:
Public art can help communities develop an identity, and offer historical perspective and a sense of place. The aim of this project is to better understand the role of public art in urban community revitalization by video documenting the process through which West Tampa conceives the design and implementation of a new mural, designed to represent the diversity of Latino cultures, which will be located in
The video documentary and a final report on this historic process will become a part of the permanent archives of the West Tampa Council on Arts, Cultures and History.
Contact Person: Elizabeth Bird
Funding for Academic Year: 2007-08