Full Tilt Arts’ latest mural, on the wall in the parking lot West of Webb’s Family Pharmacy, is nearing completion. Visit the organization’s Facebook page to see when there’s an opportunity to help with the mural. The Sentinel photo / Christina M. Seiler
Full Tilt Arts is pleased to announce that it’s featured as one of the destinations on Visit Indiana’s Arts & Culture Passport.
“Since its inception, Full Tilt Arts has been on a mission to introduce art to public spaces in Fulton County. In an effort to explore the best ways to achieve our goals, we have traveled throughout the state, visiting art installations, festivals, workshops and seminars to learn strategies for enhancing our community via publicly accessible visual art,” a press release states.
Full Tilt is a Rochester-based not-for-profit. Its board members are Christine and Brian Walsh and Erica Coffing.
In the last three years, Full Tilt initiated a windows beautification project and completed two murals: the jungle mural, with seating for a photo opportunity, on the side of a building north of Times Theater in the 600 block of Main Street, west side; and one that depicts the Potawatomi Indians’ September 1838 forced removal from Fulton County, which is on the south wall of Corner Market Mall in the 700 block of Main Street, east side.
It is almost finished with a third in downtown Rochester – in the parking lot west of Webb’s Family Pharmacy. The mural is a tribute to the artistry of the Potawatomi Indians’ beadwork and applique and includes native and medicinal plants that grew in Indiana at the time the Potawatomi lived in this area.
“The community’s embracing of these and upcoming projects has helped to get us ‘on the map’ as an up and coming arts destination, potentially attracting visitors who we hope will stimulate the local economy with their patronage,” the release says.
The organization says it’s excited by the idea that the Indiana Arts & Culture Passport will introduce new visitors to Rochester’s arts offerings, including The Native Nook, The Times Theater and Elemental Art Studio.
To find the passport visit www.visitindiana.com/indiana-passports/ and scroll down for a passport link. Full Tilt is listed under the public arts tab.
The Full Tilt mural projects are supported in part by the Indiana Arts Commission, through the St Joseph County Community Foundation.
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