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Use the map below to find murals across the state of Tennessee. Click on the map markers to see the details and view additional details and photos of the mural.
Address: 320 6th Ave N., Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-741-1701
For accessibility accommodation requests including alternate digital formats, captioning, ASL, and assistive technologies please contact Kim Johnson, Director of Arts & Health, 615-532-9797.
The Downtown Jackson Public Art Initiative
The Downtown Jackson Public Art Initiative commissioned a rockabilly-themed mural to visually connect the east and west sides of downtown Jackson along Highway 45 and a mural depicting Black public art. The murals honor Jackson’s musical legacy and serve as a cultural bridge across neighborhoods.
The first mural, is located in a predominantly Black neighborhood, and is the first in a planned series to increase the presence of Black public art. The second mural, located at The Local, a new development for entrepreneurs and artisans in downtown Jackson, highlights Jackson’s rich musical heritage including Rockabilly artist Carl Perkins. See Mural. View Mural
Art Lives Here
The Franklin County Arts Guild created a mural titled “Art Lives Here” and constructed a platform for live performances in a community garden alley. See Mural.
Cross Connection Alleyway Project
This alley serves as an alternative egress for business fronting Main Street while the street was rebuilt. The project brought together business owners and artists to create eight murals in the alley that celebrate Kingsport. See Mural.
Milan Mural Project
This mural depicts scenes, characteristics, and figures from the town’s history. See Mural.
The mural is located on the side of a building along South Main Street in the central business district, near the intersection with Williamson Street, essentially in the downtown mural courtyard area next to L.A. Realty.
Smithville Mural Project
This in one of multiple murals downtown to celebrate regional history and natural beauty while contributing to redevelopment efforts. The murals foster civic pride and attract both residents and visitors. Project Accomplishments included the following mural/art projects for downtown Smithville. See Mural.
Map of Murals: 200115 – 2020 Smithville Creative Placemaking Project (1)
Heritage Square Mural and Historic 1925 Fiddler’s Convention Mural
This mural celebrates the region’s musical legacy. The project reinforced the area’s cultural history and expanded the downtown’s Mural Mile, fostering place-based pride. Mural Virtual Tour See Mural.
History of Roane County Peach Tree Orchards Mural
In the 1930’s, Roane County was known for the largest Peach Tree Orchards in the South and was known as the “Kingston Peaches.” This mural celebrates Roane County’s peach orchard heritage and includes a web-based mural tour and interactive map. See Mural.
Historic West Side Mural
This mural (16 x 24 feet) depicts a 1930’s streetscape scene of the Fayetteville public square at its western gateway entrance. The mural, depicting businesses located there nearly a hundred years ago, celebrates the rich and diverse heritage of downtown Fayetteville. See Mural.
Whitesburg Mural
This mural (50 x 9 feet) reflects the diverse unincorporated community’s desire for visibility and recognition as well as shared values. See Mural.
Mural Apprenticeship Program
Carpenter Art Garden (CAG) established a Mural Apprenticeship Program, in which resident youth from the Binghampton neighborhood learned to paint murals, manage projects, and engage community members. See Mural.
Historic 1925 Fiddler’s Convention Mural and Heritage Square Mural
This mural (top) depicts the historic Fiddler’s Convention. 1925 Fiddler’s Convention. The Heritage Square Mural (bottom) is at the same location. See Mural.
Magnolia
Completed in Viola, this mural project reflects the power of sustained community investment in public art. Artist Megan Lingerfelt installed “Magnolia” (left) on the west-facing wall of Viola’s Guest House on the Square in 2021, a piece made possible through grassroots crowdfunding. See Mural.
Laurel and Magnolia Murals
This dual-mural project reflects the power of sustained community investment in public art. Artist Megan Lingerfelt first installed “Magnolia” (L) on the west-facing wall of Viola’s Guest House on the Square in 2021. Five years later, she returned to create “Laurel” (R) (60 x 20 feet) on the building’s east-facing wall, supported by a combination of grants and contributions from local businesses, organizations and residents. See Mural.
Dresden Community Farmer’s Market & City Enhancement Project
The City of Dresden, in partnership with the University of Tennessee at Martin, Department of Visual and Theatre Arts, launched the “Meet the Artist” program. Intended to enhance the quality of community life and build support for local art, the program offered visitors opportunities to interact with artists through talks and demonstrations. The project also included a community-driven mural painted by young artists to enhance the Dresden City Park. See mural.
Welcome to Dresden Mural
The City of Dresden utilized an art graduate of The University of Tennessee at Martin to paint a mural along a state route within the city limits which is also an entrance to the downtown area. A space at the end of the Green Rail Trail was used as the canvas for the mural. See mural.
Chilhowee Park Mural, Knoxville
This mural aims to reconnect the community to the public space and establish the park as an asset. The mural panels depict historic postcard imagery reflecting Chilhowee’s once esteemed place in Knoxville. See Mural.
Welcome to Townsend Arts and Heritage Mural
This mural was created to enhance awareness of and celebrate the arts and heritage opportunities available in the community. The mural is located on a concrete wall overlooking US 321, entering Townsend from Maryville. See mural.
Welcome to Lavergne
The goal for the mural project (270 sq ft) was to recognize and honor the community’s diversity and all that La Vergne has to offer. See mural.
The Arts Center designed and installed an 80 foot by 10 foot mural on the Cannon Courier Main Street building.
Oak Ridge-based muralist Megan Lingerfelt was moved by the stories of South Cumberland’s coal mining history—how many early plateau residents made a living—as well as those of the miners who are highlighted in the Whitwell / Marion County Coal Miners Museum.
Using backcountry and fishing guide Micah Howard’s brown trout imagery as a muse, they created this realistic painting to bring attention to the area’s biggest tourism draw: fishing.
The Los Angeles-born artist has long embraced the transition between cities through painting graffiti and exploring new territories via skateboarding.
Tennessee was the 36th and final state to ratify the 19th Amendment. The state Senate had already approved the amendment, but a tie in the House would mean defeat. The vote was in a deadlock, and Rep. Harry T. Burn wore a red rose, the sign of the anti-suffragists, in his lapel.
Tennessee artist Megan Lingerfelt honored Lawrence County’s history in the women’s suffrage movement with a colorful new mural that spans a 50-foot-long wall in downtown Lawrenceburg.
The Nashville-based muralist came up with this creative design on the side of the Masonic Lodge in Tullahoma after we received an Arts Build Communities grant from the state to provide innovative arts experiences that are new to community residents.
DMA represented the Southeast in the National Endowment for the Arts’ women’s suffrage project and was awarded the grant on behalf of the region. After putting out a call for rural cities, we received more than two dozen applicants, and a panel of judges selected Sweetwater as a recipient due to its ties to the suffrage movement.
Artist and educator Whitney Herrington lives in Columbia, where she also has a studio downtown. When asked to be a part of Walls for Women, Whitney altered her original floral design after she saw the first few completed projects.
We first came across Tokyo-born artist JUURI’s work on our travels to Oklahoma City, then invited her to come paint in Tennessee for Walls for Women. Tullahoma was one of the sites where Japanese—mostly U.S. citizens—were interned during World War II at Camp Forrest, and JUURI drew inspiration from that history for her concept.
Pure magic happens when you give an artist full creative rein, which is how this bold, beautiful octopus came to greet passersby on 41A in downtown Tullahoma.
Manchester Parks and Recreation commissioned artists Matt Wiley and Lance Turner to paint murals along the Little Duck River Greenway to create an Art Walk. This project built on murals that were painted on the structural supports for the Woodland Street bridge as a part of the River Romp arts festival in September, 2018.
The mural project was to pay homage to the history of our community and spur economic growth. While everyone was staying home because of the COVID-19, social media was buzzing with talks and comments about the murals.
