Photo by Makenna Wozniak | The Crow’s Nest
“This is senseless destruction of culture out here today,” University of South Florida St. Petersburg graduate psychology student Jackson Nash-Sembler said, as he watched the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) paint over “Fluid Structures,” the campus’ street mural.
Nash-Sembler was one of the many students on campus who witnessed the FDOT removing the mural. Painted in 2023 by USF St. Petersburg graphic arts professor Jay Giroux and 10 students from the graphic arts program, the mural was a part of that year’s Shine Mural Festival…