As a starting project to their work in the Garfield Park neighborhood, south of downtown Indianapolis, Big Car Collaborative joined forces with the Garfield Park Neighbors Association on a gateway mural placed at the northern entrance to the neighborhood at Shelby and Raymond streets. Big Car’s Andy Fry designed the mural in collaboration with a large group of neighbors who offered input on the themes and content. More than 50 neighbors volunteered to help paint the mural, working on sawhorses and easels under the towering oak trees as leaves fell in the park. The cost of the mural was funded by a grant by Lowe’s and Keep America Beautiful while Big Car staff donated their time to this project.

Big Car Collaborative is a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization and collective of artists that was formed in 2004. Big Car focuses on creative placemaking and socially engaged art, based in Indianapolis, Indiana. As an adaptive and flexible cultural organization, Big Car draws together people of all backgrounds to promote and perpetuate creativity, invigorate public places, and support better neighborhoods. Big Car is a creative community builder working to boost livability from an engagement-based arts perspective.