Prescott Downtown Series
Public art encompasses any form of art you see in a public place, large or small, statues, murals, graffiti, gardens, parks, etc. The art should be visible from streets, sidewalks, or outdoor public places. Let your imagination and photographic eye show us diverse samples all over the world.
FEATURED BLOGGERS
Last week for PPAC #39 Prescott Timeline, I had a marvelous response from all of you. I want to say thank you to each of you for joining along in our challenge. Here are the featured bloggers for this week. Their posts really grabbed my attention. They are all worthy of a second or third look.
My Choices for PPAC #40 Prescott Art Murals
You all know that you have to either be a tourist in a new place or entertain visitors to really enjoy what a place has to offer. When we first moved to Prescott, we were both tourists and busy living in the community. We overlooked a lot. When our friends came, Monica and I had to park a distance from our destination, Courthouse Square. As a result of having to walk, we discovered these fabulous murals depicting artists and musicians over the years.
Since my WOTY (Word of the Year) is CURATE, I contemplated how the committee came up with all these names of artists to honor. It’s hard to sort out the history makers from the average people who might have talent but not the fame to go with it. Without some research and knowledge of the area, we have to rely on legend-makers, like the artist who painted this mural, to make good decisions about who and what to include. Happily, research went into these art pieces and then went before citizens for approval.
Updates on Always Write
- If you host or participate regularly in a challenge and would like an interview on Always Write contact me. My next interview will be with our neighbor, 12-year-old Olive, the bull rider. It has nothing to do with any challenge, don’t worry!
- Yvette Prior’s short story, “SWEET FEELING” on Story Chat is receiving a lot of attention! Come be part of the conversation. The summary will have links to the “chatter’s” blogs.
- For a list of topics for WQW 2022 check out my page. This week we are GREEN for St. Patrick’s Day.
Now it’s your turn.
If you are one of the PPACers who hasn’t joined us in a while, then donโt panic! The tag is #PPAC and we are looking for any photographs whose subject matter is an art exhibit that’s free to the public best seen when walking or driving.
Feel free to double dip because many times your mural or fountain, statue, or engraving fits someone else’s challenge, too. Thanks so much for stopping by and having fun with PPAC.
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
81 responses to “PPAC #40: Prescott Downtown Art Mural”
I was just commenting on another post about how we mostly see murals and public art mostly in urban or downtown locations, Marsha. Prescott sure has its share, as did Woodlake when you took me there! I actually have some public art in today’s SS post: https://secondwindleisure.com/2022/03/27/sunday-stills-an-urban-focus/
And BTW, what a popular post, judging by the scrolling I had to do to get to the comments ๐
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Thanks, Terri. It does seem that murals have caught on. Years ago. probably 25 or 30, a small town in Tulare County – Exeter – started having murals painted and it was unique. they offered mural tours. Within about ten years even the tiniest communities had murals. Now they are ubiqitous world-wide. We see them more in urban settings, but the small, rural towns in Tulare County have them. If they do, I’d bet they are everywhere. What a great way to spruce up a dilapidated building or an uninteresting building. They even look nice of good buildings and walls.
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Yes! You took me to Exeter, right? Saw the murals then we went to breakfast. Such fond memories of that couple of days with you, even after the racoon incident ;/ I’ll be on the lookout for murals and public art as we walk through Leavenworth next week!
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Leavenworth is such a beautiful town. We went there when Mark and I were first married. I had some pictures of it nearly 50 years ago. The quality of photography was poor, but it was a beautiful place. You will be in photograph heaven.
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Love this post, Julie. ๐
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Love Emma one.
Superb clicks!
Thank you Marsha.
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Thanks! ๐
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Thanks so much. Interesting post. ๐
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I love murals (and I am getting caught up on some
Posts here –
Enjoying it)
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Thank you Yvette. I donโt know how you do it!!! Youโre an amazing blogger.
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Oh thanks – amazing is not the word I would use – but I do think I found a home on WordPress and that makes a difference! Lets me “be me” and I guess that unfolds in my evolving blog modes! Hahaha
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I agree with you on that. I just got a notification saying that today is my 10-year anniversary.
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This is such fantastic artwork Marsha and Monica. I like the idea of all the musicians and artists on the one mural. Prescott seems very proud of their art history. Beautiful murals! So colourful.
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I think there is a lot of pride in Prescott about it’s history. It used to be the state capital. There was a lot of money here during silver and copper mining days and they built some beautiful homes and buildings. It’s a fun place to visit.
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These murals are just amazing! I love the vibrant colours!
Thanks you so much for featuring my post, Marsha!
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You are always welcome, Aletta. You add amazing sights to our lives. Thank you so much for being a regular.
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Thank you so much for the lovely challenge! I love it!
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Thank, you Aletta. ๐
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The murals are so striking Marsha and the colors vivid and delicious! ๐๐๐๐
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Prescott tucks their gorgeous murals in out of the way places, I think. You have to really hunt for them on foot.
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Oh interesting… i’d love them front and center! ๐
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I love this mural, your photos of it, and your word of the year. This is what you do, curate. Carry on!
I’ve got for you the Forma Viva open-air sculpture exhibition from Slovenia, part one of three, from a hot day in 2017. I love it how your challenge made me revisit some of my favourite days. Thanks for that. See, you help me curate as well.
https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2022/03/19/ppac-forma-viva-1/
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Thanks so much Manja. You always have a wonderful assortment of public art to share. I am enjoying this challenge very much, too. It is a great way to travel around the world without leaving the comforts of home. ๐ I hope young people can see these posts and make great decisions about where to visit in their lifetimes. ๐
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These murals are remarkable! You did well to find such talent in your neighbourhood ๐
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Aren’t they amazing. Did you see my Prescott Library murals. They are similar only with a different topic, and took 800 volunteers to paint them. I can’t imagine even coordinating 800 people to do a job.
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They certainly are! Iโll have to go back and look for those – we havenโt been following that long! Managing 800 people on a job sounds like herding cats to me ๐
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Some beautiful ones here. I have a couple of sculptures from my latest post
https://travelswithali.com/2022/03/19/%f0%9f%8c%bc-enjoying-essex-hyde-hall-gardens-chelmsford-%f0%9f%8c%bc/
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Fabulous post, Alison!
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Thanks Marsha ๐
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Wow what amazing murals you have here. So much details. ๐๐๐๐
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A different type of murals than Hosier Lane, huh?
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We missed so many murals, I see from your blog. Thank goodness you are there to share them with us.
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That is an amazing mural! I love the combination of paint and mosaic.
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Thanks, Janis. I was astounded to see this hidden away on a side street. I thought it was gorgeous, too.
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Marsha, Prescott art murals look amazing. Rich in content, history and colours. Thank you for sharing your discovery with us.
My entry for PPAC this week is black & white murals that bring back history:
https://natalietheexplorer.home.blog/2022/03/18/these-b-w-murals-revive-history/
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Wow and Wow!
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Prescott is such a great place to wander around. I should look for the hotshot memorial mural and add it. it is moving. Kind of town a little alley. Fantastic and colorful collection, Marsha. and so much history there. Donna
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This is a fun way to learn a little bit about it. Knowing a little makes you want to research a bit more, doesn’t it?
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It really does. Always something new to learn. Thatโs why we love travel.
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Do you ever go visit people you know or do you mostly just go to places because they are interesting?
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Thatโs a ponder. Itโs changed over the years. But both. We have lots of family in different parts of the country, so we do that, and with my dads stoke a few years ago, we go to NH and also make a point of visits to local friends. That wonโt change while my parents are still with us. Our visits are a distraction for everyone.
I have a distant cousin in Belfast. Such a nice trip to see him.
But honestly we often find ourselves dragging people along. We do lots of research, and I have to give my husband credit in putting together awesome itinerary.
So 99 percent of the time, itโs interesting.
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We have done both as well, but don’t have too many relatives. We have taken people with us or gone with others. It’s always fun to share. My husband is a pretty good planner, but not the researcher your husband is. He also loves to stay home.
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I love home too. Iโll bet your husband loves to putz.
We have to have a nice balance.
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He’s a great putzer. In CA we spent nearly 20 years designing and rebuilding a home on an acre that was a mess when we got it. When w sold it and moved here to a condo, I thought he was done. The first thing he did was rip out the old sink and replace it with a new one. His most recent project on our condo in Scottsdale is the new furnace. It is proving to be more than he can do alone. So he has some help coming hopefully at the end of the month. He’s like I used to be with food as a kid – my eyes were always too big for my stomach. (no longer true – stomach has grown!)
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Hahaha. Love it. We all have what bring us passion. For me itโs the garden. I have never bought a house that I couldnโt visualize natural spaces. ( I think when we moved to AZ my husband thought the smaller property would curb me, as well). Instead I went through the landscape certification through the DBG, and also volunteered to work on the grounds at our national cemetery. And I putz everyday in our yard. I think I am the only person in my neighborhood who does their own yard. Lol.
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How cool is that though. What is DBG? Vince would love that!
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Desert botanical garden. They have workshops too. The gentleman who oversees the cactus is known all over the world as the garden has the most diverse and unique collection of anywhere.
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How interesting. I think my husband would really enjoy that. I’m definitely going to look it up and see how to get involved. He loves cacti and everything desert. My garden this year consisted of a tomato plant which the javelina and rabbits gobbled to the ground, and some basil, which also did not make it.
We had Master Gardeners through the University of California system in CA. They had a very rigorous program which neither of us participated in, but I had several friends who did.
A UC Davis professor started the rose garden in our tiny town of Woodlake and he has a fabulous botanical section as well as a cactus garden within the rose garden. I was spoiled being able to go there any time and chat with him about all things botanical. He developed the types of blueberries which can grow in hot climates like we had in Central CA. He’s well known in CA, but he chose not to patent his work so others have.
Didn’t mean to write an entire post here, Donna.
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I loved every word. I would love that professor. I am a Master Gardener in both Washington and Oregon. I opted to train through the garden instead of MG here. for no other reason than I like to go there anyway. So…one a week for 18 months I was there. Loved it. Ah yes, our sweet vege loving critters. I have learned that my front yard only has plants that the animals dont like. My back is better. I have so many barriers up they would have a hard time getting out. Then again there is a squirrel who has been eyeing the strawberry plant. I have a Donald Duck/ Chip and Dale relationship with him.
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We have a fence around our back patio, but rabbits and possibly rats and squirrels get through it. Both were demolished to the soil! Iโve got to find a way to get at least those two to grow next year!!โ
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Wow! And to think I was there watching you take the photos. It all came out great, and your narrative is spot on.
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Spot on, eh? Wow, that’s quite a compliment, my friend. I finished the first book. Fabulous selection. I wish I was in your book club. ๐
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These are amazing – the sort of pictures you could stare at for ages and still discover something new next time you visited ๐
I’m joining in this week with a slightly different take on street art: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-just-passing-by-street-art/
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I plan to go back and do a little more research into it. The museum was involved, and believe it or not, I have not visited it yet. Yet another great outing awaiting me. ๐
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You’ll have to tell us all about the museum!
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I will when I do a little bit more research. They have twice as many instruments as shown here. So there’s plenty to tell. I’m hoping to hear from one of the curators.
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Those murals are so detailed. I’m sure you got tons of photos from them ๐ ๐
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Not tons, but I can go back. I was taking them in a hurry since I wasn’t really on a photo shoot.
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those are some beautiful murals! amazing what we discover by just walking around…
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I need to change my walking path, Jim. I may just do that next time.
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There’s a lot of information and detail in this mural, very nice
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Thank you so much, Alice. The murals here seem to be great teaching murals. And they are so well done.
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