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Public art board green-lights series of murals and a mural festival; community votes to decide some designs
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The board approved multiple mural and community-art projects, including an East Pollution Control Facility mural, a Marymount Park community-painted mural, the Crestlake Park giving-wall mural and the Art Oasis Mural Festival in the North Greenwood CRA.
The Clearwater Public Art and Design Board approved a slate of mural and community-art projects and outlined community-engagement steps for several of them.
Amber Bridal said Public Utilities requested a mural at the East Pollution Control Facility — a highly visible wall near the Courtney Campbell Causeway — and that the utilities division favored sea-life and conservation themes. The board voted to move forward with the project; staff did not commit to lighting for the mural because the facility may be relocated in about a decade.
“We reached out to Holland King who is a Tampa based artist. He did the grad chalk walk. He did a really great job and we thought he would be a strong fit for this project,” Bridal said.
The board also approved a community-driven mural at Marymount Park, 1900 Gilbert Street. Laura Thomas is the selected artist; staff will place signage with a QR code in the park to let neighbors vote between two finalist designs, and the community will have the opportunity to help paint the winning design through a paint-by-numbers event.
At Crestlake Park, the board certified the neighborhood’s selection process: a hyper-local QR vote produced 222 total votes, with 136 votes for the chosen design and 86 for the alternate. The board voted to move forward with artist Frankie G and the neighborhood-chosen design.
Separately, the Arts and Cultural Affairs Division confirmed plans for a second Art Oasis Mural Festival in late February–early March 2026 within the North Greenwood CRA; the festival will offer free murals to qualifying businesses within the CRA boundary and will be CRA-funded.
Formal motions to advance the East Pollution Control Facility mural, the Marymount Park mural and the Crestlake Park mural were made and seconded during the meeting and carried on voice votes. The board did not record roll-call tallies in the public transcript.
