Mural

Lauran Bryant painted the mural of a gnarled and craggy mulberry tree a dozen years ago when Uptown Normal was torn up and in the middle of a revitalization plan.

Youth art camps are already filling up at Illinois Art Station. As the art center rounds the bend on one full year since moving into their new home on Vernon Avenue, new leadership by a familiar face in the Twin Cities arts scene is returning the non-profit to its community roots and reigniting the Youth Mural Project for the first time since 2019.

Thirteen of the artists who painted the Uptown mural are asking a federal judge to keep alive their lawsuit against the Town of Normal while they wait for…

The Town of Normal and Trail East developer have asked a federal judge to end a lawsuit filed by some of the Uptown mural artists, claiming that plans to…

The identity of the mystery Uptown Normal mural artist who signed over his rights has been revealed – though the legal fight over the public artwork could…

UPDATED 3:40 p.m. | The Town of Normal says it has obtained a release and waiver from one of the Uptown mural artists—a potentially significant…

A federal judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order to stop demolition at the Trail East site and ordered the mural’s artists and the…

A federal judge has given both sides more time to try and resolve the legal dispute over the Uptown Normal mural.The Town of Normal, Trail East developer…

A federal judge on Monday said he wants to know more about where the Uptown Normal mural might be moved—and whether it will remain publicly visible—before…

The Town of Normal has pushed back against the 13 artists who’ve sued over the Uptown mural, claiming federal copyright law doesn’t protect them because…