CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — A Chapel Hill artist is looking for a new canvas as his impressive mural tribute to Dean Smith is set to be demolished in the near future.
“Back in 2015, when Dean passed, a good friend of mine called me up and said ‘I think it’s time,’” said Scott Nurkin.
Nurkin got to work the day the legendary UNC basketball coach passed away, working dot by dot to transform part of a delipidated building near the intersection of Smith Level Road and US Route 15/501 in Chapel Hill…