The ARTisNOW murals project, presented by Osceola Arts, will feature its first piece of 2022 beginning this week.
The program, which currently includes nine pieces of "urban art" around downtown Kissimmee and another adorning the skating rink on Dyer Boulevard, will expand to the school with a piece done by Orlando's Don Rimx. He will be painting this week, starting Monday on the Valencia Osceola campus' Building C.
Rimx has been painting murals that capture his Puerto Rican heritage for years. HIs work, more than a dozen murals, has appeared in Puerto Rico, Miami, New York City and in Orlando, where he recently painted the façade of the new Electronic Arts building in downtown Orlando’s Creative Village. To view murals created by Don Rimx go to https://donrimx.com/.
According to Osceola Arts, these murals, "Have transformed and revitalized the downtown Kissimmee public spaces adding color, vibrancy, and character. Murals contrast the negative mental effects of concrete and asphalt and can have therapeutic benefits for all those around."
“Participation in creative cultural activities helps connect people to each other and the community,” said Osceola Arts’ Visual Arts Director, Marilyn Cortes-Lovato, “It creates opportunities for community dialogue, creative community building, shared cultural experiences, and can improve economic development.”
To see all of the murals, painted from 2019-2021, go to the Osceola Arts website at www.osceolaarts.org/murals. For additional information visit OsceolaArts.org or call 407-846-6257.
