Temporary art designs to enhance the downtown experience.
By Amy Hoppe
Installation currently being installed January 2020
Located at the intersection of Rosemary St. & Church St, this is the newest of the four projects. Hoppe’s design references a historical element in Chapel Hill’s architecture — brick sidewalks and buildings throughout downtown and campus.
By Rachel Herrick
Installed March 2017
Located at the intersection of Cameron Avenue and Wilson Street. This crosswalk depicts one of the most iconic symbols of UNC-Chapel Hill, the Old Well. Herrick chose to portray the Old Well because of its importance to the history of the school and surrounding area.
By Mary Carter Taub
Installed March 2017
Located at the intersection of East Rosemary and Henderson. The lines are intended to replicate UPC barcodes with pedestrians “scanning” the UPC barcode as they walk across mimicking a real-life barcode. The UPC barcode has local roots in the surrounding Triangle — it was invented in the 1970’s by IBM in Raleigh’s Research Triangle Park.
By Lope Max Diaz
Installed March 2017
Located across from Shortbread Lofts on West Rosemary Street. His design incorporates minimalist geometric patterns with colors and symbols of Chapel Hill and the University. If you look closely, the design abstractly spells out “walk.”
Enlivening the transit experience.
By Jermaine Powell
Installed 2020
Located at the bus shelter at Shadowood Apartments on M.L.K. Jr. Blvd.
In Have A Really Good Day, Powell hopes to remind people to enjoy the ride and make friends along the way. “I think my paintings are a beautiful example of where I live and the people who make my life worth living.” -JP
By Kiara Sanders
Installed 2020
Located at the bus shelter by Hamlin Apartments on Ephesus Church Road.
By Charles Chase
Installed 2020
Located at the bus shelter at SECU on Pittsboro Street.
By Joel Sobelson
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at Glen Lennox Shopping Center.
“To bring a smile to both young and old how about a circus-like sense of fun, color and enjoyment. I don’t know about you but If you look closely you can actually hear the fun um-pa-pa of the band. ” – Joel Sobelson on The Ooom Pah Band
By Helen Seebold
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at Caldwell St by Northside Elementary.
In Kindness Matters, Seebold explores how we can make a difference in our community by stopping and taking a moment to be kind. She hopes the mural can help people shift their perspective and invite the viewer to become part of a movement to enlighten our minds and open our hearts.
By Britt Flood
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at University Place.
By John DeKemper
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at South Columbia St.
We’re Here uses bright acrylic paint and glitter to recreate a traditional rainbow Pride flag. Glitter has a conceptual and material tie historically to the LGBT community. DeKemper encourages accessibility to pedestrians and commuters.
By Sarahlaine Calva
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at Airport Gardens.
Using a signature style and vibrant color palette, Calva weaves in raindrops and flowers to depict how one must face trials and obstacles in order to grow and bloom. Growth is a beautiful thing that requires effort and patience.
“I believe it would be a nice touch to the city while also serving as a reminder to persevere.” – Sarahlaine Calva
By Chloe Strauss
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at Franklin Woods Apartments.
Strauss’ art is inspired by diversity and helping others “to see aspects of themselves shown as beautiful and important.”
By Tarish Pipkins
Installed 2018
Located at the bus shelter on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd & Stateside Dr.
By Ron Liberti
Installed 2018
Located at the bus shelter on Southern Village Park & Ride Lot.
Ron Liberti’s What Just Happened? features altered stills from the final scene of the 1967 The Graduate where a bride runs out of her own wedding and hops on a city bus another suitor.
By Ross Ford
Installed 2018
Located at the bus shelter on Eubanks Road at Park & Ride Lot.
By Ingrid Erickson, 2018
Installed 2018
Located at the bus shelter on South Columbia St. at UNC Health Sciences Library.
Erickson created stencils that were spraypainted and paired with bendable foam to create the look of willow branches.
By Wendy Spitzer, 2018
Uninstalled 2020
Formerly located at the bus shelter at Ridge Road.
Wendy Spitzer is known for her altered vintage postcards piecing together unusual images and historical photographs of iconic Chapel Hill landmarks.
By Mary Carter Taub, 2018
Uninstalled 2019
Formerly located at the bus shelter at Carrboro Town Hall.
Taub created a super-sized, abstract drawing made of brightly colored duct tape applied directly to the bus shelter windows.
Photo by Jim Wallace
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter at the Rosemary St. & Columbia St. Parking Lot.
A Mouthful of Sand features a quote from Harold Foster, a leader in the Chapel Hill Civil Rights movement.
“Man, this town is hard to crack. It’s called a liberal place, but that’s a mirage man. When you go to get water, you just get a mouthful of sand.”
Quote from Harold Foster, from John Ehle’s book, The Free Men.
Photo by Jim Wallace
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter in front of Moe’s Southwest Grill on Franklin Street.
I Raised My Hand To Volunteer features a quote from Karen Parker, the first African American woman to graduate from UNC- Chapel Hill.
“On Saturday, the 14th, I decided to go to jail. It was not fun at all.” This was in December 1963 during a time when hundreds of people were arrested for protests and when those protests occasionally turned violent.
Photo by Jim Wallace
Installed 2019
Located at the bus shelter in front of the Franklin Hotel on Franklin Street.
We Were Troublemakers features a quote from Harold Foster, a leader in the Chapel Hill Civil Rights movement.
“We were troublemakers. We questioned authority and challenged it head on.”
Telling the story of our community
By J Massullo
Installed 2020
Located on the Bolin Creek Greenway tunnel that passes underneath M.L.K. Jr. Blvd.
By Daniel LeClair
Installed 2018
Located on the Bolin Creek Greenway Tunnel that passes underneath Pritchard Avenue.
