Charlie O'Connor
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 10:22 am

Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center is celebrating the installation of a new mural being added to downtown Rutherfordton.

The event will take place on Friday, August 1 at 5:30pm on 141 Central Street to welcome a new art piece to Rutherfordton and to honor the artists, students, and coordinators who made this Rutherford County Mural Mentorship Program possible.

This collaborative public art project depicts the history of this land, our local food systems, and future food security in a vibrant and breathtaking 8x30 visual story.

Guided by a visiting professional muralist, this past June a dozen Rutherfordton youth, and many community volunteers and artists, brought this vision to life and now it's time to admire their hard work. This mural explores public art as a tool for community revitalization. We are grateful for the co-sponsorship and coordination with the Rutherford County Food Council and the Rutherford Visual Arts Guild. This project is supported by the Town of Rutherfordton and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Please RSVP to the Facebook event if you are interested in attending: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Egur3P8H9/

Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center (DSAEC) is a learning and cultural center building strategies for community resilience and propagating cultural and biological diversity. We are creating a more healthy and just future, in service to our watershed, in honor of our ancestors, and on behalf of future generations.