Unite for Culture and Community

Unite for Culture and Community

Archive - Mural

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Unite for Culture and Community is a mural expressing a cultural call for action. Situated on the southern wall of a building that formerly housed Big Car‘s Service Center for Culture and Community, artist Clayton Hamilton’s mural is an example of how simple text can create a powerful visual statement.  The Service Center closed in 2014; Big Car now works out of new headquarters in Indianapolis’ Garfield Park neighborhood.

Clayton Hamilton is best known as the “sign artist” behind the constantly-changing slogans on the low concrete wall that is visible driving north on College Avenue at E. 38th St.  He first painted on that site in 1988 and sees the 100-ft-long “canvas” as a platform to inspire the community to take action on issues important to their lives. “They’re just humanistic insights that everybody probably has,” he says. “I have a big tapestry. I could say things that maybe people would be interested in, maybe they won’t.”

The mural was one of 46 murals commissioned by the Arts Council of Indianapolis as part of its nationally renowned 46 for XLVI mural initiative.

Medium type: Paint

Date created: 2011