Mural series livening up downtown Red Deer ahead of Meet the Street festival
Two downtown Red Deer alleys are set to wow and ‘activate’ the public.
Fifteen murals are either complete or partially complete as part of a City of Red Deer initiative called the Meet the Street Arts & Culture Festival.
The festival itself runs Sept. 3-5, but artists have been hard at work over the summer to bring the walls downtown to life.
“We’re looking to activate two of our alleys where we’re seeing quite a bit of negative activity,” said Bobbi-Jo Stannard, Community Development Superintendent. “A collaboration was struck with our businesses and agencies downtown, as well as with The City of Red Deer, to have a conversation about what would make our alleys a better place to be, and how to bring more people downtown. We have speakers and lighting now, as well as the murals.”