Norman mural project aims to create art while encouraging people to stop polluting
A mural in Norman's Colonial Estate Park off Lindsey Street aims to create art while encouraging a cleaner city with less pollution
A mural in Norman's Colonial Estate Park off Lindsey Street aims to create art while encouraging a cleaner city with less pollution
A mural in Norman's Colonial Estate Park off Lindsey Street aims to create art while encouraging a cleaner city with less pollution
Another mural project is underway in the Oklahoma City metro, but this one has a double missing behind it.
A mural in Norman's Colonial Estate Park off Lindsey Street aims to create art while encouraging a cleaner city with less pollution.
"They told us the slogan for the year and what their goals are, but then they left the art up to us," artist Haley Spradlin said.
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At first, there were just pieces of sidewalk. But the city of Norman gave the artists some inspiration.
"My pollution history – which is already a dual meaning of making it gone and making it a goal for the whole town," Spradlin said.
They call these "artful inlets." But this artist is also a sports fan.
"One thing that I wanted to do was to also incorporate another meaning into it with Taylor Robertson," Spradlin said. "Being a former Sooner who just made some history with the 3-point record, I have her in the 'O' of 'pollution' shooting a little basket."
Her goal is to get people's attention – a simple effort to make the park a little cleaner.
"Our artwork is right around all the different trash cans," Spradlin said. "So, hopefully, we'll give people a great opportunity to throw away their trash instead of throwing it in the creeks or on the ground."
Along with some of the storm drains and areas around park benches, it's a friendly reminder that whatever ends up in the city's creeks and drains could impact the environment where that water goes.
"I just hope they can see that art can serve a bigger purpose than aesthetic qualities but that it can further people's goals and draw people's eyes to messages that they want to say a little louder," Spradlin said.
KOCO 5 was told that the city wants to keep doing this at other parks in Norman.
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