During the tile making process, neighbors shared many stories about their lives living in Southern Oaks. Neighbors often visualized these stories by carving symbols into their tiles that represented themselves, a time in their lives , or a memorial about a loved one. These stories have become a visual codex carved into the side of the wall. As a way to preserve these moments, we were able to capture a few of these tales in neighbor's own words below.
Community Art Four Years in the Making:
Like most great things, our mural started as a crazy idea. Southern Oaks resident Elisabeth Healey, who lives a few houses down from the mural, kept staring at the retaining wall thinking to herself, "that wall should have art on it!". She shared that thought with others and soon there was a small group of neighbors that wanted to make it happen, and then an entire neighborhood! See our big milestones:
