Art is springing from the walls in the Channel District, literally.
The Channel District Community Alliance, Inc. in cooperation with the homeowner’s association at the
Grand Central at Kennedy has begun the first installment of their art giveback to the community. The project entitled, “Waves of Change,” is a four-part art series that will reflect the overall spirit of the district.
The purpose of the art is to bring beauty to the neighborhood, but, according to Vance Arnett, President of the Channel District Community Alliance, it goes beyond just esthetics.
“We are a walkable community so we want to provide people with beautiful surroundings, but we also want to give people a destination to walk to,” Arnett says. “We want to have something that you will want to show visitors, family and friends when they come and visit.”
So what will people see when they walk the streets of the Channel District? A mural created by Artists Meaghan Farrell Scalise of
Traditional and Digitial Arts, LLC (TADA) and Rebekah Lazaridis.
“We really want to catapult the arts scene here in this area,” Scalise says. “The neighbors that have seen our progress have expressed such joy over it and we hope that it provides the residents here with a sense of community and pride living in the Channel District.”
It took the artists under a week to complete the mural.
“We are planning more art projects and each one will have a theme,” Arnett says. “One will be indicative of the history of the Channel District, another of the lifestyle and one that represents our future. We also plan to strategically place them around the community so again they are destination spots for people to walk to.”
You can see the “Waves of Change” mural at Grand Central at Kennedy located at 1120 East Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa.
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