Resources
Mural Pictured: The Porch by Banks Compton | Linden, AL
Mural Creation Best Practices
Community Murals: Transforming Rural Alabama
This excerpt from the Alabama Municipal Journal’s Spring 2022 volume discusses the benefits of murals, considerations for communities interested in beautifying their walls through murals, and some potential funding sources.
Mural Creation Best Practices from the American Institute for Conservation
This document walks through the planning and execution of a mural.
How Do I Get Permission To Paint a Mural?
In the beginning stages of planning a mural, there are several questions you should ask yourself to ensure a successful process. This article will walk you through important logistical information critical to the planning process, including how to get permission for a mural and painting on public versus private property.
Historic Preservation Considerations for Murals
This guide offers suggestions, questions, and considerations to follow when considering adding a mural to any historic place.
Sample of Artistic Mural Contract
Looking to contract with an artist to design and paint a mural, but don’t know where to start? Consider adding information included in this sample artist contract.
Sources for Potential Funding
Community Mural Grant - Greeting Tour
Donates time, labor and supplies to work with organizations to install custom post card public murals in hopes to help increase visitor traffic. Individual legal residents, businesses, and organizations in Alabama and other qualifying states are eligible for the grant. To get more information on application dates, sign up for emails on their website.
Gateway Grant - Alabama Power Foundation
The Gateway Grant is open to cities, towns, and communities whose project plans to enhance economic development, maintain civic pride in the communities in which they live, and/or enhance community aesthetics. The Gateway Grant application typically opens in September and closes in October.
Our Town Grant - the National Endowment for the Arts
Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. The projects require a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a local government entity, and one of the partners must be a cultural organization. The grants range from $25,000 to $150,000 with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
Cross-Sector Impacts – South Arts
The Cross-Sector Impact Grants support projects developed between one arts organization and one non-arts organization to emphasize the power of collaboration. Both partners must be located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee.
The Verdant Fund
The fund supports individual artists, artist-curators, collectives, or collaboratives as long as the lead artist lives in Alabama. Visual arts are the focus of the fund. Applications typically open in March and close in August.