Murals to Beautify & Revitalize: AMP hired to paint a Mural on the Historic Cotton Mill Studios in Asheville

The Asheville Mural Project, a program of Arts 2 People, exists to beautify and diversify Asheville’s urban landscape, providing artists and local community members with the opportunity to implement their own public art. AMP believes that murals enhance quality of life and create an artful metropolitan experience through the transformation of conventional architecture. The murals are [...]

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Asheville Mural Project’s Lexington Gateway Mural: A Sneak Peek !

Asheville Mural Project: A Sneak Peek! Saturday, June 19, 2010 7-10 pm 19 Carolina Lane, Grace Studios Arts 2 People has officially announced a sneak-peek event unveiling the finished “Chess Players” piece of the Lexington Gateway Mural destined for the Broadway/Merrimon side of the project. The mural for the Broadway/Merrimon side has been done using [...]

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Archive: Kent, Ohio inspired by Arts2People’s Asheville Mural Project

Art Spark Posted by daver in City Living on March 12, 2010 | no responses http://www.kent360.com/2709-art-spark.html My mention of the Haymaker Farmer’s Market interest in an art mural on the columns beneath the Haymaker Bridge earlier in the week sparked a fair amount of interest from folks.  People seemed to feel that the Market was on [...]

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Lexington murals grow bigger and brighter

by Rebecca Sulock in Spork Mountain Xpress Vol. 15 / Iss. 50 on 07/08/2009 http://www.mountainx.com/ae/2007/070809spork/ AMPlight shines: Harper Leich, Steve Lister and Kurt Thaesler paint on the Lexington Avenue mural. Walking from midtown (the nickname I’ve tried and failed to give the land between Merrimon and Broadway, but it never catches) to downtown has gotten [...]

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NCDOT, town and local artists beautify Asheville bridge

Asheville artists have painted a mural on the I-240 bridge underpass that had previously been defaced by graffiti. Eleven different artists have worked on the project. A local non-profit called Arts 2 People is raising money to complete the project.

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Archive: AMP: Turning concrete into art

Thursday, 16 July 2009 NCDOT, town and local artists beautify Asheville bridge http://www.maconnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5110&Itemid=85 Macon News ASHEVILLE – As motorists drive down heavily traveled Lexington Avenue in Asheville, they will see something other than graffiti. The I-240 bridge underpass is now home to the Asheville Mural Project. It strives to replace the graffiti with elaborate and [...]

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Press Release: Under the Bridge: AMP Poised to Complete the Lexington Gateway Mural

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2009 Update on the Asheville Mural Project Summer 09 Arts 2 People’s Asheville Mural Project Lexington Ave Gateway Mural Summer 2009 – Grant and fundraising news included Location: Lexington Avenue, under I-240 Overpass www.ashevillemuralproject.org   www.arts2people.org/amp The Asheville Mural Project is poised to complete last summer’s work on the concrete support [...]

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Press Release: Dine out at the Asheville Mural Project’s Silent Art Auction and Banquet Dec 20th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Asheville Mural Project – seated dinner at the YMI Cultural Center December 20th, from 7 – 10pm – 39 South Market St (corner of Eagle St) http://www.ymicc.org/ 828-252-4614 $35, 160 seats available http://www.ashevillemuralproject.org/ www.arts2people.org/amp http://www.arts2people.org/ www.myspace.com/arts2people.org (Asheville, NC) Assist The Asheville Mural Project (AMP) in fulfilling the dream of creating more community-made public [...]

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Archive: Mural needs a lifeline

by Connie Bostic in Vol. 15 / Iss. 17 on 11/19/2008 Mountain Xpress, http://www.mountainx.com/ Work has stalled on the transformation of the concrete below the Interstate 240 overpass and alongside Lexington Avenue in Asheville into a brightly colored scene complete with mosaics and mirrors. The mural project needs a cash infusion: about $10,000 to $15,000 [...]

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Archive: Asheville Mural Project in Laurel of Asheville

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