The Metro Nashville Arts Commission (Metro Arts) will host a community engagement event featuring artist Elisheba Israel Mrozik to celebrate her mural, Elements of Art Out Norf. The event will take place on Saturday, July 27, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Kossie Gardner Sr. Park in North Nashville.
A community panel, consisting of North Nashville leaders, artists, and technical advisors from parks staff, selected the multi-disciplinary artist Elisheba Israel Mrozik to create and install this mural at Kossie Gardner Sr. Park. The artwork, Elements of Art Out Norf, spans 71 feet in length and 9 feet in height and depicts the history, diverse community, unity, and prosperity of North Nashville. Metro Arts will celebrate this artwork with a family-friendly event that includes pizza, music, ice cream, and free art supplies for all attendees. The event will be held on July 27 at 4:30 p.m. at Kossie Gardner Sr. Park, located at 1606 Jefferson Street.
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This project is funded through Metro Nashville’s Percent for Public Art Fund, established in 2000 under Mayor Bill Purcell. This fund allocates one percent of funding from designated projects in the Metro Capital Improvements Budget towards the commission of artworks in the Metro Public Art Collection.
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Murfreesboro Skate Park and Pump Track Opening
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