Mural Arts in Palestine, Texas

Mural Arts Program

Visit Palestine seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design and paint murals at various locations city-wide. Each year, the city will designate the location of the murals and detail the stipend and criteria for each canvas.

The projects should meet the following objectives:

• Enhance the public space.

• Provide a photo worthy selfie station for locals and visitors to take pictures in front of various backdrops.

• Serve to beautify individual buildings and neighborhoods, discourage graffiti, and add to the unique charm and character of the City.

• Draw visitors and tourists to the City.

WWII Hospitality

The theme for this mural is to showcase the hospitality shown to our service men at the time as depicted in the marker. Proposals will be accepted for full canvas and partial canvas ideas as the wall has columns that can allow for different vignettes across the length of the wall, or the entire wall can be one submission. 315 W Spring Street

Don't Mess With Texas Mural

To create an image representative of the anti-litter campaign Don’t mess with Texas®. This mural is meant to generate conversation about keeping Texas litter free and should be used as a conversation starter for bringing people, organizations, and groups together. 709 Crockett Road

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The selection of an artist, or artist team, will be based upon:

• Artistic merit of the design

• Appropriateness of the design for the location, including the scale, content, color, and design in relation to the site.

• Concept promotes themes stated in project summary.

• Artist’s qualifications.

• Originality of the design.

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

Preference will be given to local artists or artist teams who have experience in mural/large-scale artworks and prior experience in the creation of public art.

Completed Projects through Program

Stages of a Mural

Before

Blank concrete wall adjacent to the largest parking area in Historic Old Town Palestine

Taking Shape

The artist created a large paint by color template for community paint day

Completed Mural

After the community paint day, the artist came back and cleaned up the lines to finalize the project.

City Mural Approval Process

For artists who wish to create a mural outside of the Mural Arts Program, prospective muralists will fill out a form below and deliver to Development Services at City Hall for review.

Click here to review or download a sign permit.

Mural Review Form