Four ground-to-roof wall murals have been completed in Athlone as part of the pilot mural project which was first initiated in Leonsdale by the City of Cape Town’s arts and culture branch.Â
Professional artists from around the city and aspiring artists from Athlone took part in the project which will expand to other areas.
Mayor Dan Plato said: “With these murals the City hopes to demonstrate the ways in which art can contribute towards transformation in vulnerable communities; establish a positive and stronger neighbourhood identity; and make art more accessible to everyone and thereby improve our public facilities and spaces.”
Artist Eugene Bezuidenhout from Wynberg, visual artists Roscoe Masters, Grant Jurius from Diep River and Elsies River respectively, and part-time arts teacher at the Zonnebloem Children’s Arts Centre, Gary Frier from Kuils River were part of the project.
Local emerging artists, who took part in the project, are Lance Coetzee, Royden Croy, Landen Davids, Matthew de Lange, Julian Wagner, and Kyle Murphy.
Mr Plato said public art has become an important focus and brings cultural, social and economic value to communities.