What Are Mural Mondays?: The Mural Mondays Project seeks to design and paint murals at schools with school age children through after school programming. Thanks to funding from the Haywood County TDA, HCAC is working with the Haywood County School District on afterschool programming for three schools: Bethel Middle, North Canton Elementary, and Central High School. Check back in June to see what our creative students and their lead artists create!

Program Description: The Art Across Haywood program is a community and public art program that brings HCAC artist members and the community together to get creative and beautify Haywood County through public art. In 2023, HCAC is working with schools and local businesses on public art murals, called Mural Mondays. The Mural Mondays Project seeks to design and paint murals at schools with school age children through after school programming.

Budget Per Mural:

• Supplies: $500.00
• Artist Stipend: $225.00 (to be paid to the lead artist for their time)

Locations: 

• Waynesville – Bethel Middle School
• Clyde – 88 Main Street
• Canton – North Canton Elementary School

Lead Artist Eligibility:

• Must be an HCAC artist member
• Mural experience is preferred, but not required.
• Compete application submitted by March 19 at 11:59 pm
• Artists may only be selected for one mural location  

Lead Artist Requirements:

• The dates of the program are from April 10 – May 29, 2023. The program may end before May 29, if eight weeks are not needed to complete the project, but should last at least four weeks.
• Artist must be available on Monday afternoons from 3 – 5pm.
• Artist must be available for up to 8 weeks, depending on how long the mural design and painting takes.

Lead Artist Responsibilities:

• The main responsibility of this position is to lead up to 15 students through the artistic process including theme creation, design drawing, color mapping and painting. The mural should not be larger than 6 ft in all directions. 
• The Artist will purchase all materials and will submit receipts for reimbursement up to $500.
• HCAC can provide supplemental materials such as brushes, paper, drawing supplies, and paint sprayers.  

Estimated Timeline:

• March 19, 2023: Artist Submission DUE
• March 24, 2023: Artist Selection Announcement
• April 3, 2023: Artist Contracting
• April 10 – May 29, 2023: Program Implementation