ART + DESIGN
Mural OTW and the VCA are organizations the Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company (VCDC) aims to uplift, communications and tourism manager Miles Amende says. “The VCDC’s mission is connecting businesses growing in the Vermilion area and being a leader in Vermilion in terms of development, and so when it comes to the arts in the community, the mission is sort of twofold,” said Amende. The intersection between the arts, a thriving culture, and a community’s economic development cannot be ignored, and are an intrinsic part of improving quality of life, he added. “Vermilion has been very open to the idea of community-based public mural making and has embraced that process,” said co-lead artist of Mural OTW Amber Hansen . “People have shown up to help imagine the murals, offering stories and ideas, and they’ve also shown up to help raise funds and paint.”
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