13505 Main St, Grabill, IN 46741
"Preserving our past. Focusing on our community. Sparking movement for our future." References listed in brief and incorporated into the design: Amish Community, Farmingcrops, Craftsmanship, Horses, Plow, Draft Horse, Grabill Country Fair, ProduceFlowers, Street Market Feel.
Special Thanks
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Indiana Arts Commission
Growing Grabill
Grabill, Indiana
Property Owner: First Merchants Bank
About the Artist
Ricardo Diamante Guerrero was raised in Defiance, OH, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ricardo is known as Ricco Diamante. He is a graduate of the University of Saint Francis and CEO of Diamante Studios
. He primarily creates art on skin, canvas, and paper. Ricco specializes in life-like detail in his art and tattoos.
Being a great husband and father to two sons is a huge part of his life, and he is always excited to create mural art for a community.
11117 English St, Hoagland, IN 46745
This mural is a re-creation of the Hoagland Hardware and Implement Store and the Larabee Flour Mill historic mural advertising. The mural is a celebration of the days of old in Hoagland's downtown.
Special Thanks
Hoagland Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Property Owner, Dan F. Saur
15004 IN-1, Leo, IN 46765
Leo-Cedarville is known for its excellent school systems. The mascot for the local schools is a lion. There are numerous churches, and the city was named for Pope Leo; Leo is the Latin word for lion.
Special Thanks
Leo Cedarville Foundation
Leo-Cedarville Town Council
Property Owner, Troy Wieland (Wieland Real Estate
)
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Indiana Arts Commission
About the Artist
Tim Parsley
is the Program Director for Studio Art and an Associate Professor of Studio Art, Painting & Drawing at the University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne, IN, Creative Arts.
"My work navigates American history and the complicated effect of its constructive ambition. With a focus on the originating stories of America, I appropriate and piece together scraps of historic imagery and collective memory, reconstructing the American narrative of progress to reveal and reinterpret nostalgic anxiety about the past.
The construction of America was a dichotomous and implicating mixture of hope, pride, destruction, and dominance culminating in a conflicted national history. We live in the wake of this complicated history and continue to play out the same drama in our individual lives. My paintings, collages, and drawings explore the undercurrent assumptions that cultivate this phenomenon."
100 Main St, Monroeville, IN 46773
Allis-Chalmers was a tractor manufacturer with a history going back to 1847, and there was an Allis-Chalmers dealership in Monroeville for decades. The tractor embodies the agriculture theme that Monroeville hoped to highlight in their mural. The town's name announces to visitors that they are in 'Monroeville'!
Special Thanks
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Indiana Arts Commission
Town of Monroeville
About the Artist
Amy Buchs is a retired art teacher who has always specialized in painting. One of her main goals is to be involved in the community. Her art classes have painted six murals throughout DeKalb county, entered several group Art On the Square projects for Downtown Auburn, and completed projects for the DeKalb County parks.
Her students also worked with Shelter Ministries, created paintings for Waterloo’s soup kitchen, participated in partnerships, and got involved in local art shows.
Since retirement almost four years ago, Amy has painted eight wall murals for three DeKalb County Schools, a community mural in a new soup kitchen, and four outdoor murals in downtown Auburn. She also participated in the 2020 Make It Your Own Mural Fest, creating a mural in LaGrange, IN.
4409 Bull Rapids Road, Woodburn, IN
A large buffalo bull was slain by the rapids on the Maumee River north of Woodburn. Thereafter the place has been known as Bull Rapids. At that time there was a small settlement but now only a Church going by that name still stands. We also have Bull Rapids Road (where the mural will be placed). Water reference: East of Woodburn is the Blue Cast Springs-ACRES Land Trust that offers walking trails. It was the original site of Blue Cast Sanitarium selling mineral water sold world-wide. Along with agriculture, Woodburn residents have many flower gardens. The mural committee was very much in favor of including flowers in the mural.
Special Thanks
City of Woodburn
Woodburn Main Street
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Indiana Arts Commission
Property Owner: Bork Enterprises
About the Artist
Julie Wall
was born and raised here in Northeast Indiana and continues to call it home to her studio and business, The HEDGE
.
With a background in printmaking and metals, she assembles pieces while layering imagery and texture. She is continually inspired by our environment, insects, women, and pattern.
