Green Candy Art Series to Raise Awareness for Environment
With one hand silver from spray paint resting on her waist and an umbrella looped through the other hand, an Argentinian artist stands on a brick wall and overlooks the progress of her work for the public art program . A light breeze ruffles her dress, which was once black but now pops with color, as she smiles at her project for Green Candy, located on the side of a Dickson Street brewery . Marina Zumi has been painting street murals for the past 15 years. She has not thought of a name for her newest mural yet, but she will when she is finished, she said. Green Candy is an art- action program supervised by Experience Fayetteville, the city’s tourism department. In 2015, the governing body of Experience Fayetteville set aside money for the art project. In July, Experience Fayetteville partnered with JustKids to hire six artists to create large works of public art, said Hazel Hernandez, the director of marketing and communication for Experience Fayetteville. JustKids is a global...