Downtown Vero Beach was awash in color during an inaugural Main Street Vero Beach Mural Festival, which brought a three-day, open-air art experience to the city.
Hosted by Main Street Vero Beach in partnership with the Downtown Vero Beach Mural Art Project and the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, the festival transformed blank walls and pop-up panels into vibrant landmarks to enhance the area’s aesthetic while painting a bright, promising future for the city’s burgeoning arts scene.
The Mural Festival was the culmination of a decade-old idea, explained arts advocate Barbara Ruddy during the Sunday afternoon Meet the Artists Brunch. Ruddy challenged the attendees to seek out other spaces where additional murals could be created in the downtown area as a way to ignite a city-wide passion for public art…