Atlanta Artist Corey Barksdale Selected as Muralist for Dr. King Monument Project Funded by Georgia Tourism Website Grant

Dublin Downtown Development Authority and Visit Dublin GA announced today that Corey Barksdale, a nationally recognized Georgia artist, has been selected because the muralist for that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Atlanta Artist Corey Barksdale Selected as Muralist for Dr. King Monument Project Funded by Georgia Tourism Product Grant Decatur, GA, August 16, 2016 –(PR.com)– Dublin Downtown Development Authority and Visit Dublin GA announced today that Corey Barksdale, a nationally recognized Georgia artist, has been selected as the muralist for your Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument under development in Dublin, Georgia. The result of a $5,000 award by the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) Tourism division to invest in a mural and gateway signage at the site from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. monument, the mural will be at the intersection of Church and Telfair Streets. It’s going to set the tone in creating an inventive and interactive public space for tourists to experience the first step in Dr. King’s rise to greatness as a leader with the Civil Rights movement.

The work will put in a 54’ 7” wide by 10’ high mural on the wall of your neighboring building highlighting First African Baptist Church and Dublin, Georgia since the location of Dr. King’s first public speech in the mid 1940s. This mural with a Georgia artist will serve as an additional interactive element of the monument site, provide an artistically colorful backdrop for the monument site, and create a vivid gateway for downtown Dublin. “This project presents the unique possibility to not only commemorate an essential moment inside our history, but also transform a downtown gateway and increase the assortment of unique public art we have in downtown Dublin. This is a win for everybody involved, and we are so proud of the support and man souped up that may be poured into the MLK Monument project,” said Tara Bradshaw, Director, Main Street Dublin.

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Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale uses art to capture Dark history, and promises to capture Dr. King’s speech in Dublin through color and emotion, saying, “A large amount of my images are associated with the experiences that I have experienced and just how I identify myself. These subjects reflect my community. The bold colors that I use have been with me since the beginning.

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