LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Artists are finishing a new mural outside the Annie Halenbake Ross Library in Lock Haven. It's just one of many murals artists are working on throughout the city. The artists are here through Dripped on the Road, a traveling art agency that brings muralists and street artists to paint murals in communities nationwide.
"The flowers in the piece are done by Sweeney's Florist just down Main Street. The books themselves are theoretical books that I kind of made up but based off of the community here," said Zach Curtis, artist.
At the end of 2023, the city of Lock Haven received funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to develop an active arts corridor through Jordan's Alley. Other funding for the project came from the Clinton County Tourism Visitors Bureau.
"Which was a culmination of arts and culture with active transportation, so we're looking at developing a bike lane through the alley, which we heard from a lot of residents they bike through the alley anyways, so we're looking forward developing that, but also making it interesting to ride or walk by," said Abbey Roberts, Lock Haven planner and development coordinator.
Artists from all over the country were invited here to Lock Haven to paint murals about the city's history and culture.
"It's really just an inspiration to the town whether you're an artist of this kind of medium or some other kind of medium. The people have been so welcoming to us and told us that they have been inspired and really appreciate this happening here in town," said Denton Burrows, director of Dripped on the Road.
The other four murals can be found at the Haven Wash station, M&J Supply, and the Roxy Theatre.
"There's portrait artists, you have artists that are painting animals, and then you have an artist who's doing a lot of floral and local imagery, and we find that's important because then anybody can see something and be like, I love portrait art I love animals or I love floral and it gives everybody an opportunity to have a favorite mural," said Jonathan Neville, director of Dripped on the Road.
Once the murals are done, they'll be sealed with a UV protective coating.