Amanda Paul and Julie Richards from the City of Greater Dandenong admire Jacob Arnold’s work in Springvale, completed as part of the council’s graffiti management project.LOCAL artists have given Springvale Road a beachthemed touch up as part of the City of Greater Dandenong’s Mural Art Program.
A Springvale trader, whose shop is on the corner of Armstrong Street and Springvale Road, agreed to allow his shop to be the canvas for artist Jacob Arnold.
The mural was a result of a joint project between the City of Greater Dandenong, Dulux Paints ($1000 grant), the Visy Cares Centre, Work for the Dole Program and the Goodbye Graffiti Project through Crime Prevention Victoria.
The program encourages the message ‘do art not tags’ and gives artists an opportunity to channel skills into positive projects that not only promote their work, but provide businesses with a great looking shopfront.
Mayor Maria Sampey said the Mural Art Program was a win for everyone.
“The community and council benefit from an attractive piece of art that assists to reduce the costs of removing graffiti as only one of the 22 art sites across the city have been vandalised since,” she said.
“Artists involved in the program have been known to start their own art businesses and have received recognition from the wider community and their peers.”
