The Metro Nashville Arts Commission (Metro Arts) will host a community engagement event with artist Elisheba Israel Mrozik in celebration of her mural, Elements of Art Out Norf, Saturday, July 27 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Kossie Gardner Sr. Park in North Nashville.
A community panel, which included North Nashville leaders, artists, and technical advisors from parks staff, selected muti-disciplinary artist Elisheba Israel Mrozik to create and install this community mural at Kossie Gardner Sr. Park. The artwork, Elements of Art Out Norf, is a 71 foot long and 9 foot tall depiction of North Nashville's history, diverse community, unity and prosperity. Metro Arts will celebrate this work dwith a family-friendly event with pizza, music, ice cream, and free art supplies for all on July 27 at 4:30 p.m. at Kossie Gardner Sr. Park, located at 1606 Jefferson Street.
This project is funded through Metro Nashville's Percent for Public Art Fund, established in 2000 under Mayor Bill Purcell. This fund allocates one percent of funding for designated projects in the Metro Capital Improvements Budget toward the commission of artworks in the Metro Public Art Collection.