{"id":11908,"date":"2024-04-23T18:05:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=11908"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:50:39","slug":"murals-and-mosaics-multiply-as-public-art-spreads-in-durham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/04\/23\/murals-and-mosaics-multiply-as-public-art-spreads-in-durham\/","title":{"rendered":"Murals and mosaics multiply as public art spreads in Durham"},"content":{"rendered":"
The lights went out for Wheels Fun Park in 2020 after nearly four decades of skaters and birthday parties. Now tables are stacked inside the darkened interior and an overturned shopping cart sits outside the weathered building. But by the end of 2024, visitors can expect a refurbished skating rink with a new colorful flourish to its exterior \u2014 the latest in a growing number of public art works across the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Project artist Dare Coulter hopes to finish final designs by May and install the artwork this summer, before the opening of the new Wheels Roller Skating Rink in the fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The initial designs depict scenes of people rollerblading alongside iconic Durham symbols, like the Black Wall Street sign and the Bull City hand gesture, done in bright yellows and oranges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHaving the building itse<\/span>lf be bright and colorful, so that it feels like you’re walking into a place of celebration\u2026that’s important to me,\u201d Coulter said.<\/p>\n