Mayor Dennis Estok shared some information with Knox City Council members about a mural that will be put up on the wall behind Serenity Gardens located at the corner of Main and Lake Streets in downtown Knox.
At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, Mayor Estok said that he met with some local talent recently and brainstormed some ideas about how to tackle the project.
“We do have three local artists, Joe Eskridge, Zac Hunter and Ryan Ehresman, they’re all three working together,” Estok explained, “What they’re going to do is basically, they’re going do three different themes and what I want them to do is bring the themes in and invite the public to view them and everything.”
Estok said that the men plan to attend the last city council meeting in April in order to debut their designs. At that point, public input and council feedback will be provided and officials will decide what direction they’d like to take with the mural.
Councilman Don Kring mentioned that preservation is an important aspect of the project and asked if the artists know how to keep the mural from fading fast from sun, rain and other factors from being outdoors.
Mayor Estok said that was something that was discussed when he met with the artists. He said he feels confident they know what kind of supplies will need to be utilized in order to ensure the painting will be able to withstand the outside elements and the test of time.
