On a clear day, you can see the largest mural in the world from the third-floor windows of McKnight Art Center on the 萝莉社 campus.
The Horizontes Project brought Columbian street artist GLeo to Wichita to paint 鈥淓l Sue帽o Original鈥� (the original dream) on a grain elevator in an industrial area that separates the majority African American northeast neighborhoods from the majority Latino North End. The mural depicts residents of both neighborhoods.
Art history student Dale Small served as the art director for Horizontes, which sought to connect the two north Wichita populations.
Small was drawn to the project because it involved 鈥渕aking a difference beyond putting a beautiful picture out into the world,鈥� he said.
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